First Line Friday

Today is First Line Friday! I began First Line Friday because first lines have always intrigued me since I heard an author say that writing the first sentence is, by far, the most difficult part of writing a novel. The reasoning was that a first sentence can make the reader continue reading or cause the book to be tossed aside. So, go to your To Be Read Pile, choose as many books as you want and share the first line. Be sure to include the title and author so that if your reader also finds it intriguing, they can find the book. Also, share your thoughts about the first line. Does it draw you in? Is it...exciting...thought provoking...scary...funny? Join in, if you enjoy first lines as much as I do! Be sure to use my great First Line Friday graphic and leave me a comment so I can read your blog! I'm not the only one with a meme celebrating first lines... Becky at Page Turners at http://pageturnersbooks.blogspot.com/ hosts Book Beginnings... check her blog, too.

"Much to the shock of his family, Mr. Singh rather enjoyed delivering newspapers."
Old City Hall
Robert Rotenberg

Because this is a murder mystery, I have a feeling that Mr. Singh will be finding a body while he's delivering newspapers and I'll bet that his family will be a lot more shocked about that.

I received information about this book from a publisher's email. I subscribe to quite a few and always get great book suggestions. This debut mystery was one of them. Because it's written by a debut author, I picked it up at the library. I'm not really loving the cover but it says "Amazing..." ~ Nelson DeMille. I love his novels so I hope he actually liked this book and didn't just write a blurb as a favor to someone as sometimes happens in the publishing world. On the back cover, there is also a blurb from Douglas Preston. His novel, Monster of Florence, is very, very good!

I have high hopes for this mystery and will definitely read it soon. I'm not sure if I mentioned this, but, lately, my TBR has had a lot of historical mysteries. I love them but I definitely feel the need to read something contemporary.

I carried two purses today. I used my Liz Claiborne cheetah print bag with red patent handles for work today. I wore black and white with deep red accessories. The bag looked great with my outfit. Later, I went to the bookstore to get the new People magazine. I had changed my clothes so, of course, I changed my bag. My second purse was my black Coach Satchel.