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1. I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice – not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother‘s death, but because he is the reason I believe in God, I‘m a Christian because of Owen Meany.
2.It was not until several weeks after he had decided to murder his wife that Dr. Bickleigh took any active steps in the matter.
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Thanks for the tag Holly @Hooked_on_books 😘 and sorry I‘m so late @monalyisha !

It‘s going to take me another 10 minutes now to type this out as one is REALLY long. 🤣 I‘ll start with the shortest first, which also happens to be the one I read most recently, then working my way backwards from there…. 🤔

1. Thoroughbreds.
2. I come back to the apartment and find the worst thing in the world.
3. Elwood was a prefect, so his room that year was ⬇️

Love this! The first on my list is my favourite line of this lot. You‘ll never guess which book the second belongs to.

“In the fabled, glittering world that was St Petersburg before the First World War there lived, in an ice-blue palace overlooking the river Neva, a family on whom the gods seemed to have lavished their gifts with an almost comical abundance.”

“I am the vampire Lestat.”

“A secret is a strange thing.” ⬇️

Thanks for the tag, @Amiable ! I‘m usually so bad about following up, so I‘m glad I did so this time. 🙂

1. “There was once a town in the heart of America where all life seemed to live in harmony with its surroundings.”
2. “Before she became the Girl from Nowhere—the One Who Walked In, the First and Last and Only, who lived a thousand years—she was just a little girl in Iowa, named Amy.”
3. “Imagine an elephant in a room.”

💙 “It's not so easy writing about nothing.“
💙 “Let's start with the end of the world, why don't we?“
💙 “Listen. Dead people never stop talking.“
💙“'Tosser' cried the raven. There's always a bloody raven.“
💙 “Time present and time past
Are both perhaps present in time future,
And time future contained in time past.”

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“The notes were appearing everywhere.“

“It was an out-of-date town hall in an up-to-date progressive college town in a midwestern state.“

“I write this sitting in the kitchen sink.“

“Maybe everyone lives with terror every minute of every day and buries it, never stopping long enough to look.“

“My father was a connoisseur of wine; but times and incomes change and we with them, and now I am a connoisseur of weather.“

#firstlines @monalyish
Thanks for the tag, @Amiable! 🤩
1. “MR. SHERLOCK HOLMES, who was usually very late in the mornings, save upon those not infrequent occasions when he was up all night, was seated at the breakfast table.“
2. “She is not any common earth/Water or wood or air,/But Merlin's Isle of Gramarye/Where you and I will fare.“
3. “Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, ⬇️ ...

#firstlines @monalyisha
This was way too hard to narrow down!

1. It was predictable, in hindsight.
2. As soon as the snow melts, I will go to Rass and fetch my mother.
3. If it had not rained on a certain May morning, Valancy Stirling's whole life would have been different.
4. I have been afraid of putting air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine's father over the top of the Standard Oil sign.
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1. There was once a boy called Milo who didn't know what to do with himself – not just sometimes but always.
2. I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice—not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian because of Owen Meany.
3. Serene was a word you could put to Brooklyn, New York. ⬇️

Second book of the month done! Anyone want to help me pick the next book? Which line jumps out at you? Which one sounds amazing? Let me know!

Also, if you have not seen I posted about interest in Buddy Reads. No pressure, just trying to get the word out! Please comment on that post if you are interested (still trying to figure out details, but want to get an idea of interest).

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Book 2 was the winner for my second book of the month! The book was The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins! I am so excited to read this one! Thank you to everyone who voted and selected this book for me! 💙💙💙

First book of the month done! Anyone want to help me pick the next book? Which line jumps out at you? Which one sounds amazing? Let me know!

Also, I have had a few people ask me if they could use this format to have others pick books for them? The answer is YES!!! Of course, use it, I want to see the amazing first lines in other people‘s books too!

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I know you all have been on the edge of your seats waiting to see what book you had all chosen for me to read! Book 4 won and it was Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins! Super excited to read this one! Thank you all who voted and played along! 💙💙💙

Here is the next round of: Which Book Should AsYouWish/Elizabeth Read Based on the First Sentence?

Which line jumps out at you?

Super excited about all these options, can‘t wait to see what gets picked! You can pick one or you can put them in order, I am open to all methods!

Thanks!! 💙💙💙💙

Time for the last round of which ARC should I read next?! Which of these lines strikes you? Which one makes you say AsYouWish/Elizabeth needs to read this book right now?

Can‘t wait to see the order of the last two books! Super excited!

Thanks!!💙💙💙

WOW! Looks like book 2 won by a landslide! Super excited to dive into this one! Then there are only two ARCs left before diving into my TBR pile and latest buys! May have to keep doing these first lines, because I don‘t know about you, but I am having fun having other people pick books for me to read!

Thanks to everyone who voted! See you again soon for the last vote!! 💙💙💙

Time for the next round of Which ARC Should I Read Next?! Please vote in the comments. You are all doing a fabulous job of picking books and I am so very grateful for your help! I may have to do this again for the five new books I just got when I get through the ARCs.

Thank you all! 💙💙💙

Looks like Book 1, was the winner! Super excited to read this one! Thank you for voting and helping me knock these ARCs off my list! Just bought 5 new/new to me books and bought a whole series a couple months ago, so need to get these finished up first!

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Time for the next round of which ARC should I read next?! Which line strikes you? Which one can you not wait to know what it is? Again all look super good, I just can‘t pick what order to read them in. You can vote for one or you can put them in order, I am open to all suggestions!

Thanks! Can‘t wait to see what my next read will be! 💙💙💙

Looks like number 5 won by one vote! Good choice! Super excited to finally dive into this one! Please feel free to keep voting on my original post for the next ARC, I should read!

A lot of good choices still on the list!!

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I have five ARCs I need to read, but can‘t decide the order to read them in! Above are the first lines of the books, which one jumps out at you? Which one do I need to push to the top? Which one do you desperately need to know more about?

Please help me decide! You can pick one, you can put them in order, there is no wrong way to pick. I just need help!

Thanks in advance! 💙💙💙

(Also, I noticed a theme to the types of books I am sent, 😂🤣)

I had a very busy weekend going to a cousin‘s wedding, spending time with family I don‘t see often enough. My aunt knows it‘s hard to buy a book for me, because I may already have it, so she brought me this fun puzzle! I‘m looking forward to starting it.

Got this mug in the mail today from my dad of famous first-lines in literature and I of course made a list of every book mentioned on it and I‘m going to try and read them all (I have a lot of time on my hands😔lol) I have not read ANY of the books on here. I‘m going to call it my Cup Challenge.