Friday, September 30, 2022

First Line Friday #65-Books Can Be Deceiving

Happy Friday, my bookish friends! Welcome back to First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading is My SuperPower!! 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. To join in the fun grab the book you are reading and leave a comment with the first line (or your link).  This week I am reading Books Can Be Deceiving by Jenn McKinlay. It is the first book in the Library Lover's Mystery series.

 
"Oh, I just love that Maxim De Winter," Violet La Rue said, her knitting needles clicking together as if to emphasize her words.

Book Beginnings:

"Oh, I just love that Maxim De Winter," Violet La Rue said, her knitting needles clicking together as if to emphasize her words. "He gives me the shivers."

"Him?" Nancy Peyton asked. "He's not nearly as scary as Mrs. Danvers."

Lindsey Norris glanced up from her knitting at the two ladies sitting across the circle from  her. It was crafternoon Thursday, where members of the crafternoon club gathered at the Briar Creek Library to do a craft--currently, they were knitting--and discuss the assigned book of the week.

Synopsis (Goodreads):

Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey’s friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children’s book, but Beth’s boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he’s found murdered—and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast—before they throw the book at the wrong person.  

Your turn! Grab the current book you are reading and post the first line (or your link) in the comments! Then, click on the icons below and join the fun there too!

 

26 comments:

  1. This looks so good! It definitely caught my attention from the first line.

    Ash @ Essentially Ash

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  2. I love the title of your book. Books sure can be deceiving.

    btw-The link you provided on Book Beginnings isn't a good one. I found you through your home page.

    The Cartographers is this week's featured book

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    1. Thanks for letting me know, Anne, I went and fixed it!

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  3. This sounds good, a fun fall read. Have a great weekend.

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  4. The cover is very eye-catching and the book sounds great. I'd definitely read it. Enjoy your read and have a great weekend :)

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  5. Happy Friday!
    I'm currently reading A King for Christmas by Brooke St. James.
    "I looked at my brother, putting the receiver in my lap, and muffling it in my shirt so that James couldn't hear me."
    I hope you have a great weekend! Happy reading!

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  6. The first line also matches the cover and blurb, it sounds like a fun cozy myster

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  7. Happy Friday!

    My first line is coming from Honor Bound by Hallee Bridgeman.
    Captain Rick Norton crouched near the edge of the dirt road. Ears still ringing from the intense firefight, the smell of gunpowder burning his nose, he looked around, counting team members."

    https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2022/09/first-line-friday-honor-bound.html

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  8. What a great opener! Sounds like a fun cozy mystery! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! :)

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  9. That looks great, I loved Rebecca!

    My first line today is from Millstone of Doubt by Erica Vetsch:
    Thorndike House- London- March 1, 1816
    The problem with concealing a weapon beneath a day dress at a social gathering became all too apparent to Lady Juliette Thorndike the moment she sat beside the Dowager Duchess of Haverly.

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  10. I've been wanting to read this series. It sounds so good.

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  11. I keep saying I want to start that series. This one sounds really good.

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    1. Carla, I had been saying the same thing, LOL, I finally started it.

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  12. I love this series!! Jenn McKinley is one of my favorite cozy mystery authors. I'm currently re-reading The Nature of a Lady by Roseanna M White and the first line is: "He was a prince at sea." Have a great week!

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    1. Danielle, I have not read that series yet.

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  13. Sounds like a fun one! 😊 Have a great week!

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