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 sharing on social media, don’t forget to use #FirstLinesFridays!
Hello, reader!
Happy First Lines Friday, everyone! I hope you all had a good work week and are ready for the weekend. I know I am because this work week was looooooong. Now, it’s time to lose myself in talking about one of my favorite things. The book I’m featuring today is one I started reading recently. I get the feeling this is one that a lot of you will recognize quickly because I feel like one of the few people who hasn’t read it 😅😂
The first line had me intrigued, so let’s see if it gets you, too!
The Line(s):
“I am dangling, and it is only my father’s blood-slicked grip around my wrist that stops me from falling.”
The Build Up:
Kerri McBookNerd 