Happy Friday, book lovers, and welcome to First Line Friday hosted by Hoarding Books. This week I’m sharing the first line from my current book club read: Then Sings My Soul by Amy K. Sorrells.
I don’t know about you, but I love being able to discuss books with other book lovers. Any other readers out there belong to a book club?
About the Book
1994, South Haven, Michigan. At age 94, time is running out for any hope that Jakob can be free from his burden of guilt.
When Jakob’s wife dies, he and his daughter, Nel, are forced to face the realities of his worsening dementia—including a near-naked, midnight jaunt down the middle of main street—as well as emerging shadows Nel had no idea lay beneath her father’s beloved, curmudgeonly ways.
While Nel navigates the restoration and sale of Jakob’s dilapidated lake house, her high school sweetheart shows up in town, along with unexpected correspondence from Ukraine. And when she discovers a mysterious gemstone in Jakob’s old lapidary room, Jakob’s condition worsens as he begins having flashbacks about his baby sister from nearly a century past.
As father and daughter race against time to discover the truth behind Jackob’s fragmented memories, the God they have both been running from shows that he redeems not only broken years, but also the future.
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. 🙂
I love Amy’s books, but I have not read this one yet. My Bible study/book club read How Sweet The Sound — great discussion. Hope your book club enjoys it.
I am starting Dark Ambitions by Irene Hannon this weekend. Here’s the first line — “He got away!”
Have a great Friday!
This sounds like a really great story! Thanks for sharing it today. Have a wonderful weekend!
I would love to be in a book club! Happy Friday!!
Happy Friday! My first line is from “Sara’s Gift (Small-Town Christmas Wishes Series Book 4) by Kimberly Rose Johnson:
“I have no idea who or what should get Charity’s fifteen hundred dollars.”
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I’m sharing the first couple of lines from One Christmas in Winter by Bell Renshaw: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/10/10/first-line-friday-105/. I’m currently in the middle of chapter 8, so I’ll share a line from there.
“Hoyt hadn’t thought this through.”
Have a great weekend! 🙂❤📖
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from Code of Valor by Lynette Eason: “The broker rose from his chair and glared at the imbecile standing on the other side of the desk. ‘We paid you well to steal that boat. Where is it?'”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/10/first-line-fridays-code-of-valor-by.html
I have joined my first ever real-life book club! It’s with a group of teachers at the community college where I work part time. We are reading a book about the “best college teachers” and we’ll be meeting at the end of the month. It’s going to be a little more intellectual, I’m afraid, but I’m excited about it!
I’m currently reading The Anatomist’s Wife by Anna Lee Huber, a Victorian mystery. Here’s the first line: “The scream froze me in my tracks, but the shout that followed propelled me out of my indecision and around the hedge line of the maze.”
My first line is from Aiming For Love by Mary Connealy:
October 1873
Hope Mountain
Near Bucksnort, Colorado, Near Grizzly Peak, Colorado
Josephine Nordegren floated through the woodland silent as a ghost.
Oh, that sounds good! Happy Friday! I’m sharing from two Carrie Anne Noble books on my blog this week. Here is the second line from The Gold-Son:
“The forest was a forbidden place, spoken of only in warnings and whispers.”