First Chapter ~ First Paragraph #103

It's Tuesday . . . time for . . .

                                                      

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea, where bloggers post the first paragraph(s) of a book they are currently reading or planning to read sometime soon.

Today I'm featuring the opening from a book I recently borrowed from the library . . .

 

Goodreads Page 

Chapter 1

Amelia

My lungs clawed for air as though I were drowning.  I stopped, hunched over my grandmotherly cane, gasping.  The curved walk up from the parking lot stretched out before me longer than I remembered, steeper.  This is how it would be.  Every task more difficult than before.  Every step a public performance.

What do you think?  Would you continue reading? 

 

 

 

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Waiting on Wednesday: Little Pretty Things

   

 

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly feature of the Breaking the Spine blog.  It's a great way to share information about forthcoming books with other readers.  Today I'm featuring Little Pretty Things by Lori Rader-Day, author of The Black Hour.

  

Publisher:  Prometheus Books

Publication Date:  July 7, 2015

From barnesandnoble.com:  OLD RIVALRIES NEVER DIE. BUT SOME RIVALS DO. 

Juliet Townsend is used to losing. Back in high school, she lost every track team race to her best friend, Madeleine Bell. Ten years later, she’s still running behind, stuck in a dead-end job cleaning rooms at the Mid-Night Inn, a one-star motel that attracts only the cheap or the desperate. But what life won’t provide, Juliet takes. 

Then one night, Maddy checks in. Well-dressed, flashing a huge diamond ring, and as beautiful as ever, Maddy has it all. By the next morning, though, Juliet is no longer jealous of Maddy—she’s the chief suspect in her murder.

To protect herself, Juliet investigates the circumstances of her friend’s death. But what she learns about Maddy’s life might cost Juliet everything she didn’t realize she had.

Which book are you waiting for?

...Will you add this one to your list of must-reads?

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