The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

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Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Lantern of Lost Memories

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Hiiragi, Sanaka. The Lantern of Lost Memories . New York: Grand Central 2019 . Print. First Sentences: The hands and the ...
Monday, February 25, 2019

The Immortalists

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Benjamin, Chloe.  The Immortalists . New York: Putnam 2018 . Print First Sentences: Varya is thirteen .... They wind thro...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

Everything I Never Told You

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Ng, Celeste.  Everything I Never Told You . New York: Penguin. 2014. Print. First Sentences: Lydia is dead.  But they don't...
Sunday, June 22, 2014

An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir

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McCracken, Elizabeth.  An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir . New York: Littleton, Brown. 2008. Print F...
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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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