Friday, September 24, 2021

First Line Friday #18-The Lines Between Us

 Happy Friday! I hope you are having a great day and looking forward to a relaxing weekend! Welcome to First Line Friday which had been hosted by Hoarding Books and recently moved to Reading is My SuperPower!! To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line.  This week I am reading The Lines Between Us by Amy Lynn Green.

From Gordon Hooper to Dorie Armitage

November 25, 1941

Dear Dorie,
When a girl asks a fellow to write to her, is one day after leaving too soon?

I am also linking up with Gilion on Rose City Reader for Book Beginnings. This is where you share the beginning of the book that you are reading.

Book Beginnings:

From Gordon Hooper to Dorie Armitage

November 25, 1941

Dear Dorie,
When a girl asks a fellow to write to her, is one day after leaving too soon? I bet it is.

But honestly, Dorie, it isn't fair. Whenever I try to study, my mind drifts back to the time we spent together last week. The way you fired back witty replies before I could catch a breath. Your laugh that sounded like sleigh bells. 

Synopsis (from Goodreads):

Since the attack on Pearl Harbor, Gordon Hooper and his buddy Jack Armitage have done “work of national importance” in the West as conscientious objectors: volunteering as smokejumpers, parachuting into and fighting raging wildfires. But the number of winter blazes they’re called to in early 1945 seems suspiciously high, and when an accident leaves Jack badly injured, Gordon realizes the facts don’t add up.

A member of the Women’s Army Corps, Dorie Armitage has long been ashamed of her brother’s pacificism, but she's shocked by news of his accident. Determined to find out why he was harmed, she arrives at the national forest under the guise of conducting an army report...and finds herself forced to work with Gordon. He believes it’s wrong to lie; she’s willing to do whatever it takes so justice will be done.

As they search for clues, Gordon and Dorie must wrestle with their convictions about war and peace and decide what to do with the shocking secrets they discover.

I LOVED her first book and bought it for several people last year for Christmas, so I have high expectations for this one:

  Have you read The Lines Between Us? What did you think?

Your turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line in the comments! Then, do the Book Beginnings and join the fun there too!
 

 

 


 

16 comments:

  1. I like the sound of this one! Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “APPLES NEVER FALL”

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  2. I read Amy’s book last week! Super book!

    My first line is from a wonderful book by Joanna Politano: A Midnight Dance.
    Covent Garden, London m 1833
    He was so very BLUE. That was all my scattered mind could gather as he sailed past the window of Craven Street Theatre. Blue and sparkling under the glow of street lamps that shone down the alley.

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    1. I want to read Joanna Politano's book as well, I have not read anything by her, but hope to soonish...

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  3. That opening would make me keep reading! :)

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    1. Lark, it kept me reading later than I intended last night :)! I am enjoying it!

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  4. I did! And I loved it! I featured it on my First Line Friday post, too. :) This weekend I'm reading A View Most Glorious by Regina Scott. The first line is: "She was causing a stir."

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    1. I am going to read the first in Regina's series. I've not read any of them and I decided I should to see if I wanted to read A View Most Glorious, it does sound good though, I hope you enjoy it!

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  5. I haven't read this but it really sounds good. Great choice and have a great weekend!

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    1. Thanks Yvonne, I am a third of the way into it and enjoying it. Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!

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  6. This sounds very interesting. I like that it takes a different look at the war. And since I live next to a forest, I admire forest firefighters.

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    1. I am enjoying it. I am half-way through and I can't help wondering how it will all end. Have a wonderful weekend!

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  7. I love that opener! I really want to read this one. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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    1. Hi Ashley, I am enjoying this one! I hope you get a chance to read it soon :) Have a lovely weekend.

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  8. This book was so good! I loved Things We Didn’t Say as well - Amy is definitely an author to watch!

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    1. I am still enjoying it and I LOVED Things We Didn't Say, it was one of my very favorites last year!

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