It took a good week of test driving names for my newest gnome, but in the end I decided Mr Penumbra was the winner. So excited to have him keep me company in my new reading shed (to be completed by next weekend!) #bookgnome #mrpenumbra #gnomelife
“Two boys stood in the Prince Consort Gallery, and looked down on a third.”
#openingline #bookcover #1of365 #bookgnome #dumbledwarf
Opening line: “Based in the many times he had ridden in cars driven by women, Kafuku had reached the conclusion that most female drivers fell into one of two categories: either they were a little too aggressive or a little too timid.” #menwothoutwomen #murakami #harukimurakami #harvillsecker #bookgnome #bookcover #firstline #book #instaread
Opening line: “The house comes into view as I steer the car around the perilous potholes - still not filled in from ten years ago, and growing even deeper, I bump along a little further, then pull to a halt and stare at Pandora, thinking that it‘s really not that pretty, unlike the glossy shots of holiday homes you see on upmarket property websites.” #theolovetree #lucindariley #firstline #openingline #bookgnome #bookcover #panmacmillan
Opening line: “In the summer of 2012, I was an unemployed grad-school dropout and relatively new to yoga.” #everybodyyoga #jessamynstanley #bookgnome #bookish #book #bookcover #firstline #workmanpublishing
Opening line: "Hard Times in New York Town" #bobdylan #writingsanddrawings #pantherbooks #firstline #bookcover #book #bookish #bookgnome
Opening line: "The first time Nakajima stayed over, I dreamed of my dead mom." #thelake #bananayoshimoto #melvillehousepublishing #bookgnome #bookish #book #bookcover #firstline
Opening line: "A child wants to see." #julianbarnes #manbookershortlist #arthurandgeorge #vintagebooks #bookgnome #bookish #book #bookcover #firstline
Opening line: "In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages." #perfume #patricksüskind #firstline #bookcover #book #bookish #bookgnome #penguinbooks
Opening line: "Clair: The library is cool and smells like carpet cleaner, although all I can see is marble." #thetimetravelerswife #audreyniffenegger #vintagebooks #bookgnome #bookish #book #bookcover #firstline
