I don’t know about all my northern hemisphere friends, but here in the Great South Land of Oz it’s a lot more like First Line Fryday! Ouchie Mama! It’s 43ºC here today (that’s about 110ºF!) and the weekend is set to be even hotter! 😳
Luckily for me, blogging takes place from the comfort of my air-conditioned lounge room. 😊
But, moving right along to today’s first line, which comes from Redeeming Grace by Jill Eileen Smith. This is the Biblical story of Ruth, and it releases on Valentine’s Day:
Naomi lifted the hem of her robe as her feet fairly flew down Bethlehem’s streets toward the outskirts of town.
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“About the same time as Hardy was walking into the village market for his purchase of carnations, his cousin set out from the Auld Hoose, faithful sheepdog bounding ahead of him.” This is from “The Cottage,” by Michael Phillips. It’s the first line of chapter 9. 🙂
I haven’t read this one yet. Thanks for sharing 😊
The Mark of the King
Jocelyn Green
And the first line is…
Paris, France
September 1719
“There it was again. Suddenly wide awake, Julianne covered her ears. Straw crunched beneath her, needling her skin through the ticking as she inched away from the dank stone wall and closer to the warm body beside her.”
Happy reading and happy Friday!
I loved this one!
I want to read Redeeming Grace! Of course my favorite is from Pride & Prejudice: “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
But I also love this line from The Thorn Healer by Pepper Basham: “If my thoughts could write letters for you, your arms would be filled every day with words from me.
Jane Austen and Pepper Basham are two of my favourite authors!
I just got my copy of Redeeming Grace in the mail this week! We’re experiencing rollercoaster temps here, 10 degrees to 70 degrees and back again with sunshine, snow, and thunderstorms… my sinuses are not happy 😜
Ugh! For some reason whether like that messes with my kids’ health too!
No fun!
The old-time car horn a-oogaed, and David Harrington slowly reached over to the nightstand for his cell phone.
~The Triple Date Dare by Lauraine Henderson
I wish horns still made that noise!
I didn’t make the list for this one so I ordered a copy and can’t wait for it to arrive.
Piccolo. The restaurant matched it’s name – – a tiny and delicate white stucco building with a short, neat brick walk leading from its front door to the parking lot.
From The Portrait of Emily Price by Katherine Reay
I love The Portrait of Emily Price ❤️
Well, it made it to about 45F here on Friday, which is 7C haha! My first line this week is from The Memoir of Johnny Devine (It is fiction lol) “A tiny cyclone of dry leaves raced ahead of Eliza as she crossed 35th Avenue, urging her to hurry.” Stay cool my friend!
Lol! Air conditioning is a wonderful invention. And I must get around to reading Johnny Devine. Love Camille Eide’s writing!