Hello everyone! I hope you all are doing great. Let’s see which book I have picked up for this week’s First Lines Friday post.
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!
So here we go…
WHEN I WAS BORN, the name for what I was did not exist. They called me nymph, assuming I would be like my mother and aunts and thousand cousins.
Least of the lesser goddesses, our powers were so modest they could scarcely ensure our eternities. We spoke to fish and nurtured flowers, coaxed drops from the clouds or salt from the waves. That word, nymph, paced out the length and breadth of our futures. In our language, it means not just goddess, but bride.
My mother was one of them, a naiad, guardian of fountains and streams.
Ready for the reveal???
Circe by Madeline Miller
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. But Circe is a strange child–not powerful, like her father, nor viciously alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals for companionship, she discovers that she does possess power–the power of witchcraft, which can transform rivals into monsters and menace the gods themselves.
Threatened, Zeus banishes her to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the most famous figures in all of mythology, including the Minotaur, Daedalus and his doomed son Icarus, the murderous Medea, and, of course, wily Odysseus.
But there is danger, too, for a woman who stands alone, and Circe unwittingly draws the wrath of both men and gods, ultimately finding herself pitted against one of the most terrifying and vengeful of the Olympians. To protect what she loves most, Circe must summon all her strength and choose, once and for all, whether she belongs with the gods she is born from, or the mortals she has come to love.
Check it out on Goodreads.
Did the first lines appeal to you? Do tell me in the comments.
Awesome line 😍
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Indeed, they are 🙂
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That’s a great one. Circe I have on my great big TBR pile. Was it good?
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I totally judge a book by opening lines! This is on my tbr..hope you enjoyed this one!
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I love your pick, Aneela! I’m currently reading Circe, and the writing is absolutely stunning. ❤
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I haven’t read it yet Rachel. Its on my TBR list as well.
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I mostly judge books by cover or blurb. But these line sure were quite intriguing to keep you reading on further.
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Thank you Lily 🙂 I hope you are enjoying reading Circe 🙂 I would love to read your thoughts on it. 😊
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Thank you! I’ll definitely put down my thoughts on it after I finish reading. 😊
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Happy Friday!😊
My FLF comes from a book I will be reading soon, My Heart Belongs in Niagra Falls New York by Amanda Barratt.
As the coachman loaded her trunk onto the carriage, nausea churned in Adele’s stomach.
Have a great weekend and happy reading!😀
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Happy Friday Susan 🙂 Your FLF sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy reading this book. Is it romance?
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Historical fiction with some romance! It’s part of a series My Heart Belongs………😊
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I love historical fiction. I will check this book out on Goodreads.
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Thanks for the tag Anna. I will do it soon.
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Fantastic post 🙂
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