The First Sentence Reader

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

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

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

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...

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...

Walton, Jo.  What Makes This Book So Great? . New York: Tor. 2014. Print. First Sentences: There are two kinds of people i...

Call me Fred.   A terse, yet friendly opening line to introduce the author (me) of this new blog about books. Shows a certain s...