Friday Firsts: The Witches of New York by Ami McKay
28 October 2016
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Tags: Ami McKay, Friday Firsts, The Tenacious Reader, The Witches of New Hork
Friday Firsts is a new meme that runs every Friday over on Tenacious Reader. The idea is to feature the first few sentences/paragraph of your current book and try and outline your first impressions as a result. This is a quick and easy way to share a snippet of information about your current read and to perhaps tempt others. Stop on by and link up with Tenacious Reader.
In the dusky haze of evening a ruddy-cheeked newsboy strode along Fifth Avenue proclaiming the future. “The great Egyptian obelisk is about to land on our shores! The Brooklyn Bridge set to become the Eighth Wonder of the World! Broadway soon to glow with electric light!” In his wake, a crippled man shuffled, spouting prophecies of his own. “God’s judgement is upon us! The end of the world is night!”
New York had become a city of astonishments. Wonders and marvels came so frequent and fast, a day without spectacle was cause for concern.
The Witches of New York by Ami McKay with two covers – which is your favourite (I rather like the first).
My First Impressions
I think that’s a good opener – it sets the scene in a way – to expect anything and everything. And it made me smile a little with the dire predictions about the end of the world.
What are you reading right now? Did it start out strong? Feel free to join in.
Friday Firsts: The Apothecary’s Curse by Barbara Barnett
21 October 2016
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Tags: Barbara Barnett, Friday Firsts, The Apothecary's Curse, The Tenacious Reader
Friday Firsts is a new meme that runs every Friday over on Tenacious Reader. The idea is to feature the first few sentences/paragraph of your current book and try and outline your first impressions as a result. This is a quick and easy way to share a snippet of information about your current read and to perhaps tempt others. Stop on by and link up with Tenacious Reader.
‘”My dear friend, hold fast the doctrine: when all impossibilities are eliminated, what remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Nothing could be so improbable that I must now and forever address you as Sir Arthur!”
Dr Joseph Bell stood at the head of the dining table before twenty assembled guests offering a robust toast to the guest of honor, his student and friend, the newly knighted Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in London for the first time since the honor had been bestowed, his confidante Jean Elizabeth Leckie at his side.’
My First Impressions
Well, I certainly find that opening intriguing. The style of writing and the name dropping worked a treat – I’m on board now!
What are you reading right now? Did it start out strong? Feel free to join in.
Friday Firsts: Certain Dark Things by Silvio Moreno-Garcia
14 October 2016
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Tags: Certain Dark Things, Friday Firsts, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, The Tenacious Reader
Friday Firsts is a new meme that runs every Friday over on Tenacious Reader. The idea is to feature the first few sentences/paragraph of your current book and try and outline your first impressions as a result. This is a quick and easy way to share a snippet of information about your current read and to perhaps tempt others. Stop on by and link up with Tenacious Reader.
‘Collecting garbage sharpens the senses. It allows us to notice what others do not see. Where most people would spy a pile of junk, the rag-and-bone man sees treasure: empty bottles that might be dragged to the recycling centre, computer innards that can be reused, furniture in decent shape. The garbage collector is alert. After all, this is a profession.’
My First Impressions
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Friday Firsts: The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue
7 October 2016
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Tags: Friday Firsts, Keith Donohue, The Motion of Puppets, The Tenacious Reader
Friday Firsts is a new meme that runs every Friday over on Tenacious Reader. The idea is to feature the first few sentences/paragraph of your current book and try and outline your first impressions as a result. This is a quick and easy way to share a snippet of information about your current read and to perhaps tempt others. Stop on by and link up with Tenacious Reader.
‘She fell in love with a puppet.
Because he was beautiful, because he was rare, because he could not be hers. Every time she passed the dusty display window of the tiny Quatre Mains storefront, she looked for him. Propped by hidden scaffolding, the puppet stood beneath a bell jar. Two black holes drilled for eyes on just the hint of a face.’
My First Impressions
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Real Neat Blog Award
27 June 2015
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Tags: Blog Awards, Caitlinsternwrites, Real Neat Blog Award, The Bibliosanctum, The Tenacious Reader
Thank you Caitlinsternwrites for nominating me for the Real Neat Blog award. This seems like a nice simple one–answer random “either/or” questions, nominate a couple of people, ask a few questions of your own and there you go! Nice and easy people. Here goes :
- Which would you prefer – to never be able to leave your home city, or to never be able to go back to it? Ah, that’s tough, it’s hard to not be able to go back to your home city but I think it would be harder to never leave it. It’s natural to leave and travel really. Yeah, I would prefer to never be able to got back to home than never leave. That sounds really harsh now I’ve said it!
- Would you rather never re-read a book, or only read the ones you have read? (Assume someone could present you with a list of all the books you’ve read over your lifetime.) I’ve reread lots of books – even recently, however, if it was a choice of never reading another new book I’m afraid there would be no more rereadings!
- Would you rather have a dragon, or be a dragon? I would rather have a dragon – that way you have you – and the dragon! Okay, it would be ace to fly and breathe fire – but it would be kind of cool to have a dragon – you could ride anyway, which is flying at the end of the day – and, YOU”D HAVE A DRAGON.
- Which would you choose–to live permanently in a fictional world, or visit as many as you liked but you couldn’t stay more than a few hours? If you’d do the former, which book/series? I think I would have to go for living in a permanent fictional world rather than just stay a few hours. You can’t even see a full City in a few hours after all. I’d just choose a fictional world that was huge – maybe middle earth? Or the Foundation series which isn’t restricted to one planet??
- What book that you’ve read recently would you recommend to everyone? I recently read The Liar’s Key by Mark Lawrence – which is excellent and I would highly recommend. Of course, you would need to read Prince of Fools first – but that would not be a problem as both books are excellent.
- Lisa at Tenacious Reader
- Mogsy at the Bibliosanctum
My Questions:
- Okay, if you had to choose would you sooner travel in a tardis or the Star Ship Enterprise and why.
- If you had to choose someone to rescue you from the jaws of certain death would it be a superhero or a supernatural creature of some description.
- Hot or cold – would you like to sit in the sun relaxing, or do you prefer something a bit more chilled or challenging?
- Cats or dogs (or other) (or neither)- do you have a favourite cat, dog or other animal that you would love to accompany you? Or not?
- Earth or not? If you could choose anywhere in the world or universe to live where would it be?
- If you had to choose between book or e-book, no going back – which would it be??
I hope you can both take part but don’t worry if not – I know you have very busy lives and this is just for fun. 😀 😀
Books and travelling with Lynn 