Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop
This week's snippets will be coming from Salt Water Wounds, the fourth Sabrina Salter Mystery from C. Michele Dorsey.
This book is set on the island of St. John two months after Hurricane Irma hit the island in 2017. Which provides a little background to understand the opening:
Sabrina had never wanted a chicken badly enough to kill. Until now.
That certainly grabbed my attention.
Meanwhile, on page 56, we find this:
Neil didn't hold back. He had spent all of his patience and composure waiting to make sure the body in the rubble wasn't [Spoiler]. He had nothing left. He didn't care that Hodge wore a badge. And carried a gun.
Yes, I did remove a character's name to remove any hit of a spoiler (not that I was surprised by that plot point when I was reading the book).
This was a great book that fans of the series will enjoy. I'll be posting my full review next Thursday.
Meanwhile, let's look at this week's Book Blogger Hop question, shall we?
What are some of your favorite books?
I hate questions like this. I always blank on favorites, or think of something I'm leaving off the list later
I do have to give a shout out to The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax. I love that series. If you haven't read it, I highly recommend you check it out. You might even figure out where I took my Carstairs user name.
I'm going to also list a couple of books where I have cameos - Hide and Snoop by Sue Ann Jaffarian and Death of a Russian Doll by Barbara Early.
The links on all three will take you to my review here on my blog.
Are these absolute favorite books? I don't know. But they are books I really enjoyed and make me smile when I think about them.
That really caught my attention as well. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMy first line today is from the excellent book by Elizabeth Musser:
ReplyDeleteBy Way of the Moonlight:
Atlanta, Georgia Thursday, March 5, 2020
DINOSAUR BONES FOUND IN BUCKHEAD BACKYARD
That is definitely an attention-grabbing opener. I'm intrigued! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good book. I get stumped on favourite books. There are so many great ones out there!
ReplyDeleteI will have to check that series out at some point.
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/friday-56-circe-by-madeline-miller/
That opening line sure does grab your attention. Another book for me to check out.
ReplyDeleteI think that opener has us all like, 'What?!" LOL. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteSalt Water Wounds sounds like one I need to pick up.
ReplyDeleteAs for favorite books, I do enjoy Mrs. Pollifax!
Stop by and see what I'm reading!
That looks really interesting!
ReplyDeleteListing favorite books is hard sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSalt Water Wounds has a good opening. It really grab my attention
my post: . https://snapdragon0blog.wordpress.com/2022/08/12/blog-hop-what-are-some-of-my-favorite-books/
That sounds interesting! I shared the first line from Forged in Steele by Susanne Sleeman. https://daniellegrandinetti.com/2022/08/12/forged-in-steele/
ReplyDeleteHope you have a great week!
My favorite books mainly come from my childhood. There's something magical about reading in that era of my life, and nothing I read now can recapture those feelings of discovery of new worlds and characters and ideas. Only exception is The Plantagenets: The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England by Dan Jones. My fave historian ever, and the book where I first met Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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