The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Monday, June 16, 2025

The Penguin Lessons

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Michell, Tom .  The Penguin Lessons: What I Learned from a Remarkable Bird.  New York: Ballentine 2017 . Print. First Sentences:   Had I bee...
Monday, November 6, 2023

West with Giraffes

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Rutledge, Lynda . West with Giraffes . New York: Lake Union. 2021 . Print. First Sentences:   ...I'm older than dirt. And when you'r...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

The Soul of an Octopus

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Montgomery, Sy.  The Soul of an Octopus . New York: Atria 2015 . Print First Sentences: On a rare, warm day in mid-March, when th...
Sunday, March 29, 2015

H Is for Hawk

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Macdonald, Helen.  H Is for Hawk . New York: Grove. 2014. Print. First Sentences: Forty-five minutes north-east of Cambridge is ...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Last Chance to See

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Adams, Douglas and Carwardine, Mark.  Last Chance to See . New York: Harmony. 1990. Print First Sentences: This isn't at al...
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The First Sentence Reader
Call me Fred. I am a retired librarian from The Ohio State University and an avid, yet selective and highly judgmental reader who is under no illusion a book will get better in its writing style, plot, or characters after a disappointing first few sentences. However, the books profiled in this blog are, in every way, wonderful reads.
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