Saturday Night's Alright for Writing
Sometimes a book can grab you right from the beginning. Usually it takes more than a sentence. Sometimes it can take a paragraph. But sometimes you can be completely enthralled before the first full stop. Sometimes the first sentence is so mind-blowingly amazing that you won’t put that book down for hours. The rest of the book might be just as captivating (and isn’t it magical), or maybe it all goes downhill from there (the ultimate form of deceit).
So this post is a shrine to some wonderful first lines that I’ve read recently, either just picking them up off my shelf or as I sit down for an hour-long read.
The lines drag me into a magical world.
There is a certain kind of girl the goblins crave.
– Lips Touch Three Times by Laini Taylor
The first time Reginald Archer saw the thing, it was, in its simplicity…
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