Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. This week I’m travelling to India, Thailand, and Mexico with a team of humanitarians via The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden. It’s already a fabulous read and I’ve only been to India so far!
About the Book
At twenty-six, apprentice baker Mia West has her entire life planned out: a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, a job baking at The Butter Emporium, and her first love—her boyfriend, Ethan—by her side. But when Ethan declares he “needs some space,” Mia’s carefully planned future crumbles.
Feeling adrift, Mia joins her vivacious housemate Rosie on a humanitarian trip around the world funded by a reclusive billionaire. Along with a famous grunge rock star, a Rwandan immigrant, and an unsettlingly attractive Hawaiian urban farmer named Kai, Mia and Rosie embark on the adventure of a lifetime.
From the slums of Mumbai to a Hungarian border camp during the refugee crisis, Mia’s heart is challenged and changed in astonishing ways—ways she never could have imagined. As she grapples with how to make a difference in a complicated world, Mia realizes she must choose between the life she thought she wanted and the life unfolding before her.
In a romantic adventure across the globe, The Enlightenment of Bees beautifully explores what it means to find the sweet spot in life where our greatest passions meet the world’s greatest need.
First Line
I’d love it if you’d share the first line of whatever you’re currently reading in the comments. And don’t forget, you can find out what other bloggers are sharing for First Line Friday by going over to Hoarding Books blog and finding all the links. If you’ve got your own blog, why not join in and add your link over there. 🙂
Happy Friday! On my blog, I’m featuring More Than Words Can Say, by Karen Witemeyer. Since it’s also my current read, I will share the first line in Chapter 17, “Let her go.” His growled demand echoed through the alleyway as Zach advanced.
I wish you a wonderful weekend.
I have heard good things about this book.
This week I am sharing one of my favourite Japanese Fantasy stories: https://collinesblog.com/2019/08/09/first-line-fridays-the-shadow-of-the-fox-by-julie-kagawa/
Well that is the most interesting first line I’ve seen in awhile!! Wow!!! That made me put this on my TBR list! Happy Friday!
I am listening to this book right now. Totally loving it!
I need to read this book!
I’m sharing the first line from Catherine West’s latest book over on my blog, As the Light Fades. I know we’re not supposed to judge books by the cover, but this has a great cover and I’m itching to get into it.
Happy reading!
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from Light From Distant Stars by Shawn Smucker: “Cohen Marah clears his throat quietly, more out of discomfort than the presence of any particular thing that needs clearing, and attempts to step over the body for a second time.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-line-fridays-light-from-distant.html
My first lines are from Fire Storm by Nancy Mehl
He waits, hidden in the shadows of the tall, stately trees that lined the street. He is the only one who knows that hell has just opened its doors.
Hi Katie, I love that opening line, and the international settings in the story. 🙂
I’m sharing on my blog the first line from Starting Anew by Melanie D. Snitker.
Lynn Crosby sat up in bed, unsure of what actually woke her up.
This is the first line of Quite A Year For Plums by Bailey White.
“The spring edition of Agrisearch came out with a picture on the front page of Roger standing in the middle of a field holding a peanut plant in each hand.
Happy Weekend! My first line is from “Choose Me” by Marion Ueckermann:
“Today of all days, Julia Delpont needed to forget about the world.”