The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Memoirs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memoirs. Show all posts
Monday, May 25, 2026

First Light

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  Wellum, Geoffrey. First Light . New York : Viking 2002. Print. First Sentences: There are some days in the early spring when the weather i...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

So Help Me Golf

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Reilly, Rick.  So Help Me Golf: Why We Love the Game . New York : Hatchett 2022. Print. First Sentences: When I was one, my family was stayi...
Sunday, September 28, 2025

Shock

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Dukakis and Tye, Larry . Shock: The Healing Power of Electroconvulsive Therapy . New York: Penguin 2007. Print. First Sentences:   There is...
Thursday, September 4, 2025

Tracks

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Davidson, Robyn .  Tracks: A Woman's Solo Trek Across 1,700 Miles of Australian Outback . New York: Vintage. 1980 . Print. First Sentenc...
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...
Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Soaring to Glory

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Handleman, Philip .  Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II . Washington DC: Regnery History 2019 . Pri...
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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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