Thanks to Rose City Reader for hosting this meme. To participate, share the first line or two of the book you are currently reading and, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line.
This is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me, but in the lighter area of historical fiction: Philippa Gregory! We begin…
The light of the open sky is brilliant after the darkness of the inner rooms. I blink and hear the roar of many voices. But this is not my army calling for me, this whisper growing to a rumble is not their roar of attack, the drumming of their swords on shields.
I am intrigued so far.
And what are you reading this weekend?
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Makes for an effective alarm clock!
Here’s my Book Beginning.
I enjoy Ms. Gregory’s books, too. This one is really good.
I seen to recall tearing through a bunch of her books at one time, and loving them. What was this one written?
Rayme Waters – the author of my Book Beginnings book – guest posted on Rose City Reader today, explaining how the heroines of 19th Century literature inspired her debut novel, The Angels’ Share.
It will give you a much different idea about the book than the opening sentence.
Thanks for participating in Book Beginnings!
Cool, thanks for the tip, I’ll go check it out.
Did you mean to ask when this book was written? It was published about two years ago: Amazon shows August, 2010.