First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines? If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
If you’re using Twitter, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!
Hello, reader!
We’ve reached the end of the standard work week, which means it’s time for another First Lines Friday! This week, I’m featuring a romance that I recently picked up after hearing about it all over the bookish community. I read this book in two days, so I see why so many people were gushing about it!
I got pulled into the story fairly quickly, so let’s see if the first few lines can do the same for you.
The Line(s):
“The last time I attended a funeral, I ended up with a broken arm. The story made headlines after I threw myself into my mother’s open grave.”
The Build Up:
Kerri McBookNerd 