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Jul 092018

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Heaven Adjacent

Heaven Adjacent by Catherine Ryan Hyde

Three Months After The Move

Chapter One
When Somebody Hands You A Fish

Roseanna was standing under the barely warm water in her tiny, cold makeshift shower when the bell at the gate began to clang.

She cursed to herself a few times, under her breath but out loud, rinsing off more or less all at once and grabbing a towel. She stepped out into her shabby and small add-on bathroom, toweled her hair briefly, then wrapped the towel around herself.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Jul 022018

Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros sharing the first paragraph or two of a book that I’m reading or plan to read soon

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Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

It’s Going To Be Someone’s Fault

Have you ever seen a town fall? Ours did. We’ll end up saying that violence came to Beartown this summer, but that will be a lie; the violence was already here. Because sometimes hating one another is so easy that it seems incomprehensible that we ever do anything else.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
Half A Heart by Karen McQuestion

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Jun 252018

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Half A Heart by Karen McQuestion

He’d never seen his father so angry, and that was saying a lot, because he’d seen him plenty mad the last few years. Tia really was to blame, not that it mattered. He should have known not to listen to her.

Afer their parents left the house that Saturday, she lured Logan out of his bedroom with the promise of marshmallows.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
Live Your Life: 14 Days to the Best You by Ann LeFevre

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Jun 182018

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Live Your Life: 14 Days to the Best You

Live Your Life: 14 Days to the Best You by Ann LeFevre

Day 1
Silence The Voices

Growing up, I was never much of an athlete. I grew up in the woods, in the heart of nature, with opportunities to hike and climb and play, but I preferred to read and play piano. If my family went for a hike or a vacation that required some walking, I would always whine and need to sit down and “take a break”. I wasn’t completely sedentary when I was little, however. I got some physical activity when I would pretend to be a dancer or singer in my basement. But as a young child, I don’t think anyone would have described me as “active”.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros
Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Jun 112018

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Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman

Forks. Knives. Spoons.
In that order.
Britt-Marie is certainly not the kind of person who judges other
people. Far from it.

But surely no civilized person would even think of arranging a
cutlery drawer in a different way from how cutlery drawers are sup-
posed to be arranged?
We’re not animals, are we?

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
This Is Me by Crissy Metz

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Jun 042018

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This Is Me by Crissy Metz

One
Use The Pretty Napkin

My cell rang just as I was leaving LAX and pulling onto the 405. Am I a Hollywood cliché or what? A pleasant voice filled the car, saying a name I couldn’t quite make out, followed by “I’m Oprah Winfrey’s chief of staff.”

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
Never Stop Walking by Christina Rickardsson

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May 282018

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Never Stop Walking: A Memoir of Finding Home Across the World
by Christina Rickardsson

The Journey Begins
Umea, Sweden – Winter 2015

One sunny day three years ago, I woke up afraid. Terrified is more apt. I was terrified of living. I’d hit the wall. Everyone knows about that wall. You can hit it at different speeds. You can run, jog, or trudge into it. The faster you’re going, the more it’s going to hurt when you hit it, and the greater your injuries will be. It’s simple math, and equation that makes altogether to much sense. I had run straight into that wall at speak speed, as if I were running a four hundred meter race.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
by Fredrik Backman

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May 212018

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My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry

My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman

TOBACCO

Every seven year old deserves a superhero. That’s just how it is. Anyone who doesn’t agree needs their head examined. That’s what Elsa’s granny says, at least.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
Framed in Cherry Hills (Cozy Cat Caper Mystery #2)
by Paige Sleuth

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May 142018

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Framed in Cherry Hills (Cozy Cat Caper Mystery, #2)

Framed in Cherry Hills (Cozy Cat Caper Mystery #2) by Paige Sleuth

“Something is wrong,” Imogene Little said, twining her fingers together. “Willow is never late”.

Katherine Harper looked at the clock n Imogene’s home office. “It’s only twelve-fifteen. Maybe she got snaged in traffic.”

Imogene shooke her head, her auburn locks flying around her shoulders. “She would have called in that case. She would at least have picked up her phone when I called.”

Even if she were driving?”

Imogene nodded. “She has one of those fancy hands-free sets. Something must be wrong. It’s the only possibility”.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
by Anthony Ray Hinton

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

May 072018

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The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
by Anthony Ray Hinton

Capital Offense
But more so than the evidence, I have never had as strong a feeling in trying any other case that the defendant just radiated guilt and pure evil as much as in the Hinton trial.
Prosecutor Bob McGregor

There is no way to know the exact second your life changes forever. You can only begin to know that moment by looking in the rear-view mirror. And trust me when I tell you that you never, ever see it coming. Did my life change forever the day I was arrested? Or did the life-changing moment happen even earlier? Was that day just the culmination of a whole series of fateful moments, poor choices, and bad luck? Or was the course of my life determined by being black and poor and growing up in a South that didn’t always care to be civil in the wake of civil rights? It’s hard to say. When you are forced to live out your life in a room the size of a bathroom-a room that’s five feet wide by seven feet long- you have plenty of time to replay the moments of your life. To imagine what might have happened if you had run when they came chasing you. Or if you had gotten that baseball scholarship. Or married that girl when you had the chance. We all do it. Replay the horrific moments of our lives and imagine them by going left instead of right, being this person instead of that person, making different choices. You don’t have to be locked up to occupy your mind and your days trying to rewrite a painful past or undo a terrible tragedy or make right a horrible wrong. But pain and tragedy and injustice happen- they happen to us all. I’d like to believe it’s what you choose to do after such an experience that matters the most- that truly changes your life forever.

I’d really like to believe that.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

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Apr 302018

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The Railway Children

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
Narrated by Jenny Agutter

Chapter One
The Beginning Of Things

They were not railway children to begin with. I don’t suppose they had ever thought about railways except as a means of getting to Maskelyne and Cooke’s, the pantomime, Zoological Gardens, and Madame Tussaud’s. They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their father and mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bathroom with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white paint, and “every modern convenience”, as the house-agents say.

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros:
The Flower Girl Murder by Keith Hirshland

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Apr 232018

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The Flower Girl Murder

The Flower Girl Murder by Keith Hirshland

Lancaster Heart continued to stare at his mobile phone. The fella on the other end had long since sighned off. He diverted his attention, momentarily, to the computer screen in front of him. The script for the lead story of that evening’s newscast was only a paragraph. A glance at the Rolex on his left wrist told him he still had plenty of time; the big red ticking numbers on the digital clock on the wall confirmed it. His gaze returned to the phone still in his hand, blank screen staring back. He exhaled.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1)
by Rachel Joyce

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Apr 162018

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The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry, #1)

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry (Harold Fry #1)
by Rachel Joyce

1
Harold and the Letter

The letter that would change everything arrived on a Tuesday. It was an ordinary morning in mid-April that smelled of clean washing and grass cuttings. Harold Fry sat at the breakfast table, freshly shaved, in a clean shirt and tie, with a slice of toast that he wasn’t eating. He gazed beyond the kitchen window at the clipped lawn, which was spiked in the middle by Maureen’s telescopic washing line, and trapped on all three sides by the neighbors’ stockade fencing.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us
by Roma Downey

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Apr 092018

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Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us

Box of Butterflies: Discovering the Unexpected Blessings All Around Us
by Roma Downey

STRENGTH
All my life I have been drawn to the ocean. I love the sound of the waves. The natural rhythm of the ebb and flow is like a massage for my mind and my spirit. I have always done my best thinking by the sea. And I often take my worries to the ocean’s edge and quietly pray while I walk on the sand.

I love this book so far. I could have written the first paragraph myself

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros:
The Memory of Butterflies by Grace Greene

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Apr 022018

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The Memory of Butterflies

The Memory of Butterflies by Grace Greene

Prologue

My daughter, Ellen, will graduate from high school this year.

The closer we get to graduation, the harder the past is coming at me, kicking like a living creature and forcing its way back into my life. With it, it brings happy memories but also those that were gladly forgotten–including the memory of how I lost my Ellen seventeen years ago, then found her again.

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros

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Mar 262018

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This Might Get a Little Heavy: A Memoir

This Might Get a Little Heavy: A Memoir by Ralphie May

Part 1
Arkansas:
1977-1990

My mom killed Santa Claus with a pair of shoes

Comedians come in all shapes and sizes. We have different backgrounds and different upbringings, but the one thing we have in common is that we are all skeptics. None of us take as gospel what we are told by teachers, parents, employers, politicians, media, anyone in a position of power. We approach all of it with a healthy dose of caution – actually, cynicism – including when it comes from the audience. Especially if the audience is shitty.

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros

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Mar 192018

Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros sharing the first paragraph or two of a book that I’m reading or plan to read soon

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The Eye Opener

The Eye Opener by Indrajit Garai

The Postman knocks on our door: a registered mail for me.

After waiting for seven months, the document from our notary office has arrived finally. I was leaving for work, but, I put my laptop down, take the deed to my desk, and start checking it page by page. Not that I’m expecting any error, but just in case. This apartment is important for many reasons.

“Is everything alright, Franck?”

I look up. Armelle is standing beside me, worried. I draw her closer and press my check against her bulging belly.

“Yes. Our son can arrive in peace now.”

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Mar 122018

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Murder in Cherry Hills (Cozy Cat Caper Mystery Book 1) by [Sleuth, Paige]

Murder in Cherry Hills (Cozy Cat Caper Mystery #1) by Paige Sleuth

Chapter One
Katherine Harper knew something was wrong when she opened her front door late Tuesday morning and saw Matilda sitting outside her apartment.

Kat scrunched up her nose as she looked down at the cat. “Matty, what are you doing here? You live next door.”

Based on this intro, would you read more or pass on this book?

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Mar 052018

Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros sharing the first paragraph or two of a book that I’m reading or plan to read soon

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Love Unleashed: Tales of Inspiration and the Life-Changing Power of Dogs

Blakely
Redefining Family
Australian Shepherd – Ohio

Blakely is a four-legged lesson in compassion for those who are different. As a nursery companion dog raising orphaned infant animals into into well-adjusted adults at the Cincinnati Zoo, he has cared for cheetahs, ocelots, a wallaby, a bat-eared fox. a serval, a takin, and even a warthog.

Blakely’s babysitting services aren’t just helpful to the zookeepers; they can be life-saving for orphaned animals who are unable to learn survival skills from their mothers. “If an animal is snarling at another who hasn’t been taught to understand that it means back off, the can be killed,” explains Dawn Strasser, the Cincinnati Zoo’s head keeper. Blakely teaches the nursery-bound babies the social skills that they need to thrive, and he comforts then while they sleep.

Based on this intro, would you read more or pass on this book?

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday Intros

first chapter first paragraph tuesday intros

Feb 272018

Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros sharing the first paragraph or two of a book that I’m reading or plan to read soon

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College Grad Seeks Meaningful, Gainful Employment. Fails

I needed a job because I needed money to pay rent, a position most people find themselves in at some point in time. More than that, I wanted to climb onto what I saw as the first rung of adulthood: a career-track job that you got business cards for and had to wear a suit to. I wanted to be taken seriously. I was obsessed with doing what I thought I should do because, up to this point, It’s worked out pretty well for me.

Based on this intro, would you read more or pass on this book?

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