The First Sentence Reader

Books that grab you right from the start.

Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts
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, February 10, 2025

The Racket

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Niland, Conor.  The Racket: On Tour with Tennis's Golden Generation -- and the Other 99% . Dublin, Ireland: Sandycove (Penguin). 2025 . ...
Tuesday, January 2, 2024

Apple of My Eye

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Hanff, Helene.  Apple of My Eye . New York: Doubleday 1978 . Print. First Sentences: On April Fool's Day, I came home from a meeting wit...
Monday, November 6, 2023

West with Giraffes

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Rutledge, Lynda . West with Giraffes . New York: Lake Union. 2021 . Print. First Sentences:   ...I'm older than dirt. And when you'r...
Friday, May 19, 2023

Tip of the Iceberg

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Adams, Mark. Tip of the Iceberg: My 3,000-Mile Around Wild Alaska, the Last Great American Frontier . New York: Dutton, 2018 . Print. First ...
Sunday, February 19, 2023

Lands of Lost Borders

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Harris, Kate. Lands of Lost Borders: A Journey on the Silk Road . New York: Knopf 2018 . Print First Sentences: The end ...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

In a Sunburned Country

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  Bryson, Bill. In a Sunburned Country . New York: Broadway Books 2000 . Print. First Sentences: Flying into Australia, I...
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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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