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Friday, September 18, 2009

Friday Firsts: 9/18/2009


The first line can make or break a reader’s interest. Just how well did the author pull you in to the story with their first sentence? To participate in this weekly book meme is extremely easy.

  • Grab the book you are currently reading and open to the first page.
  • Write down the first sentence in the first paragraph.
  • Create a blog post with this information. (Make sure to include the title & author of the book you are using. Even an ISBN helps!)
  • Did this first sentence help draw you into the story? Why or why not?
Reading:
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss


It was felling night, and the usual crowd had gathered at the Waystone Inn.

Alright, that's it for the first line, but I don't think that quite does this book justice, so why not go here and read the whole first page or so?

7 comments:

  1. The first page of this book ROCKS!! Three sorts of silence! I can't wait to read the rest.

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  2. Do you think the author could have used a different sentence to pull the reader in, or is it something you wouldn't change?

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  3. The first sentence didn't get my attention! :(

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  4. Yeah, the first sentence didn't really rock me either. And though I, too, liked the first few pages, Rhiannon, the first 50 really had me doubting I wanted to read it. But that's because it's a frame story, so once the real story gets going, it really takes off. From then on, I've loved it.
    But, yeah, no great opener.

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  5. Not a great opening line, but a little unusual in the use of "felling night", so it sort of got my attention. It must be hard to come up with an opening line, so glad I'm not a writer! :D

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  6. Not a great opening line, but a little unusual in the use of "felling night", so it sort of got my attention. It must be hard to come up with an opening line, so glad I'm not a writer! :D

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  7. Very cool. You're right. The first words are often never enough.

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