Book Beginnings on Friday

This meme is hosted by Katy of  A Few More Pages.

How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you would like, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday and will be open for the entire week.

This week, I am reading Government Girl by Stacy Parker Aab.

The door to the President's suite stood straight ahead and marked the end of my path.  Few staffers had business being inside the President's suite.  I did.

Knowing which White House (Clinton)Stacy worked for, I wondered if there was going to be some salacious tidbit. Nope, not really.  Although so far, the book is great. It's interesting to see how someone so young and essentially a Washington outsider operates and climbs the ladder.

What books are you reading?

Book Beginnings on Friday

This meme is hosted by Katy of  A Few More Pages.

How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you would like, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday and will be open for the entire week.

I am currently in the middle of The Hummingbird's Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea.

 

 On the cool October morning when Cayetana Chavez brought her baby to light, it was the start of the season in Sinaloa when the humid torments of summer finally gave way to breezes and falling leaves, and small red birds skittered through the corrals, and the dogs grew new coats.

Yes, that's one massive sentence.  I love that the author uses such descriptive language.  What will be the future of this autumn baby?  Will she be a cool breeze bring calm after torment?  So far I am loving this book.

What are you reading?

Book Beginnings on Friday

This meme is hosted by Katy of  A Few More Pages.

How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you would like, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday and will be open for the entire week.

I just finished The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow this morning.

"You my lucky piece," Grandma says.

Rachel Morse's grandmother says this to her as they are leaving a hospital where Rachel was recuperating after a violent family event.  Knowing the family tragedy that precedes the events of the novel,  I wanted to read to the end of the book to see why her grandmother considers her a lucky piece.