The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

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Showing posts with label Magic. Show all posts
Saturday, February 1, 2025

The Girl With No Shadow

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Harris, Joanne.  The Girl With No Shadow . New York: HarperCollins 2007 . Print. First Sentences:   It is a relatively little-known fact tha...
Monday, February 24, 2020

The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini

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Posnanski, Joe. The Life and Afterlife of Harry Houdini . New York: Avid Reader 2019 . Print First Sentences: "Ladies ...
Monday, December 30, 2019

The Ten Thousand Doors of January

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Harrow, Alix E.  The Ten Thousand Doors of January . New York: Redhook 2019. Print First Sentences: When I was seven, I f...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Special Post: Young Adult Fiction for Adults

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Sometimes adult readers turn their noses up at Young Adult fiction simply because it is shelved differently in libraries and bookstores. Ma...
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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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