The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reviews. Show all posts
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Special Post - Sources for Books

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Situation:   I was asked by friends recently where I find my eclectic assortment of interesting books. They, too, want to identify  not just...
Monday, February 1, 2021

Special Post - Free Email Newletters to Find Great Books

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  Situation:   I get asked by friends where they can find interesting books, not just  not just something popular from the list of  New York...
Monday, October 26, 2020

Awake in the Dark

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Ebert, Roger.  Awake in the Dark: Forty Years of Reviews, Essays, and Interviews . New York: University of Chicago 2006 . Print First Senten...
Monday, July 15, 2019

What To Read and Why

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Prose, Francine.  What To Read and Why . New York: HarperCollins 2018 . Print First Sentences: Reading is among the most ...
Tuesday, February 19, 2019

The Year of Reading Dangerously

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Miller, Andy.  The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life . New York: Harper. 2014. P...
Sunday, February 8, 2015

A Reader's Book of Days

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Nissley, Tom.  A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year . New York: Norton. 201...
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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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