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Friday, April 18, 2014

April 17th's Book Beginnings and Friday 56

Is it really Friday already?  Yikes!  But that means it is time for Book Beginnings and Friday 56.

This week, I've got selections from a middle grade mystery I read this week.




Poached is the second mystery by Stuart Gibbs in his FunJungle series.  (He has another couple series out as well.)  The setting is a giant zoo/amusement park.

Stuart crafts some of the best first lines I have ever read.  For example:

I would never have been accused of stealing the koala if Vance Jessup hadn't made me drop a human arm in the shark tank.

See what I mean?

And moving ahead to page 56 we find:

"You know what this means, Teddy?"
"Yeah," I said sadly.  "I do."
"If you want to prove you're innocent, you're gonna have to find the bad guy yourself."

I'll be reviewing this book on Monday so I can get it in this week's Marvelous Middle Grade Monday, so come back then to see just how much I loved this book.  (Should I have issued a spoiler alert for my review?)
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10 comments:

  1. Juli RahelApril 18, 2014 at 5:38 AM

    That beginning is absolutely hilarious! How does he have a spare human arm lying around to drop into a shark tank? And why was he holding a koala anyway? I love it when wrongly accused people decide to find the bad guy themselves, it makes for some of the best plots! Thanks for sharing :) I hope you have a great weekend!
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    1. Mark BakerApril 18, 2014 at 8:30 AM

      I'm glad you like the first line as much as I do. As I said, Stuart has some of the best.

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  2. gautami tripathyApril 18, 2014 at 8:56 AM

    That is SOME beginning!!!

    Here is my Book Beginning post!

    AND

    Here is my Friday 56

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    1. Mark BakerApril 18, 2014 at 9:06 AM

      Certainly catches your attention, doesn't it?

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  3. ElizabethApril 18, 2014 at 10:27 AM

    Very attention getting.

    THANKS for sharing.

    Good beginning.

    Happy Hopping!!

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Blog Hop Answer

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  4. fredamansApril 18, 2014 at 1:17 PM

    LOL @ the beginning... I'm in stitches!
    Love the 56 too... wonder what they are accused of?!

    Happy Easter!

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    1. Mark BakerApril 18, 2014 at 5:55 PM

      That answer to your question is in the first line.... :)

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  5. Gilion at Rose City ReaderApril 18, 2014 at 2:43 PM

    That's the best beginning this week, for sure!

    I haven't been around to visit BBOF participants for a while now. My apologies. I started my own law firm two weeks ago and have been crazy busy getting set up.

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    1. Mark BakerApril 18, 2014 at 5:55 PM

      I didn't know we were competing for best first line, but I'm glad I won! And congrats and good luck on the law firm.

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