First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words.
What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
Copy and paste the text and banner (or make your own!) above for your own First Lines Fridays posts. Make sure to comment your first lines in the comments so that other people can check them out!
Clues: Set in the Amazonian Rainforest |Author co-owns Parnassus Books | Published 2011
The news of Anders Eckman’s death came by way of Aerogram, a piece of bright blue airmail paper that served as both the stationery and, when folded over and sealed along the edges, the envelope. Who even knew they still made such things? This single sheet had traveled from Brazil to Minnesota to mark the passing of a man, a breath of tissue so insubstantial that only the stamp seemed to anchor it to this world. Mr. Fox had the letter in his hand when he came to the lab to tell Marina the news. When she saw him there at the door she smiled at him and in the light of that smile he faltered.
Read on to find out which book this is from.
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STATE OF WONDER by Ann Patchett
Book Description
Ann Patchett returns with a provocative and assured novel of morality and miracles, science and sacrifice set in the Amazon rainforest. Infusing the narrative with the same ingenuity and emotional urgency that pervaded her acclaimed previous novels Bel Canto, Taft, Run, The Magician’s Assistant, and The Patron Saint of Liars, Patchett delivers an enthrallingly innovative tale of aspiration, exploration, and attachment in State of Wonder – a gripping adventure story and a profound look at the difficult choices we make in the name of discovery and love.
This is one that’s been on my list for awhile. Isn’t that cover gorgeous? What other Ann Patchett books have you read?
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The OC Book Girl 
An interesting first line, but not sure if it hooks me.
I shared the first line from Died in the Wool by Melinda Mullet on my blog, https://carlalovestoread.wordpress.com/2019/06/21/first-line-friday-june-21-2019/
Here I will share from A Cuppa Trouble by Angela Ruth Strong
“I’m turning on the heat.” Tandy rubbed her hands together while standing behind the brick counter tucked underneath the loft that would soon hold Marissa’s frou-frou tea parties.
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