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, 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...
Friday, February 7, 2025

Food for Thought

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Brown, Alton.  Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations . New York: Gallery Books 2025 . Print. First Sentences:   I am sitting in front of ...
Tuesday, February 4, 2025

Going Solo

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Dahl, Roald.  Going Solo . New York: Penguin 1986 . Print. First Sentences:   The ship that was carrying me away from England to Africa in t...
Thursday, October 3, 2024

Voices and Silences

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Jones, James Earl and Penelope Niven. Voices and Silences . New York: Scribner 1993 Print. First Sentences: Early in my ...
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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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