Welcome to the FIRST First Line Friday of 2017!!! Check out the first line of At Your Request by Jen Turano below, then open the book nearest you and share the first line!
This is a big day in FLF history, the whole gang is going live earlier for international readers and we’re adding our first international blogging buddy!
Please give a big bookish hello to Katie at Fiction Aficionado!
At Your Request by Jen Turano
January 1883—New York City
Miss Wilhelmina Radcliff was reluctantly coming to the unfortunate conclusion that there were absolutely no perks to be had when one obtained the unenviable title of wallflower.
Miss Radcliff sounds like a kindred spirit to me! Does anyone else have those wallflower tendencies?
Apart from the Crowd series
So, open the book nearest to you and post the first line in a comment below!
Then go see what these First Line Ladies are up to:
Carrie @ Reading is My Superpower
Rachel @ Bookworm Mama
Sydney @ Singing Librarian Books
Andi @ Radiant Light
Heather @ Encouraging Words from the Tea Queen
Sarah @ All the Book Blog Names are Taken
Robin @ Robin’s Nest
Katie @ Fiction Aficionado
If you’d like to share the First Line Friday fun on your blog, let Carrie know at Reading is My Superpower!
Faithfully Bookish 
Thank you for the lovely welcome Beth 🙂
My first line today is from The Scarlet Coat, by Angela K Couch:
“The last rays of sun faded into twilight, and the wind whispered through the trees, as if warning Rachel to turn back.”
*shivers*
And sometimes wallflowers get the best view 😉
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Wallflowers know what’s going on!
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Welcome, Katie!
My first line is from Inside Story by Susan Page Davis.
3:00 P.M., MARCH 7
BWINDI IMPENETRABLE NATIONAL PARK, UGANDA
“Uh, Claudia? That gorilla is looking at me.”
I enjoy being a wallflower. The “spotlight” can be too bright at times…. 😉
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Eep! Gorilla!
I agree, who wants all that pressure?
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My first line is from Surround Me: Revolutionary Faith by Marguerite Martin Gray:
Atlantic Ocean
May 1773
“His hands tightly gripped the railing, turning his knuckles a startling white compared to his wind-chapped tanned skin.”
Happy reading and happy Friday!
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Another author I need to work into the schedule!
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“Early morning dew tickled Deborah’s sandaled feet on the path to the village well, and palm trees waved their stout leaves as if in greeting.” The Prophetess: Deborah’s Story by Jill Eileen Smith
I’m looking forward to finishing this book this weekend – really enjoying it! I need to get to Jen Turano’s novella as well – great first line 😀
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Ah, that sounds like a lovely biblical fiction read! Thanks for sharing, Yvette!
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One of the books y’all have recommended. “We only see what we want to see–in people, in love, in life.” The Ringmaster’s Wife.
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Oh Janet! I MUST read that book!!! You taunt me! 😉
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LOL you’re always taunting me with great books 🙂
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*guilty* ????
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My first line comes from The Mark of the King by Jocelyn Green
Paris, France 1719
There it was again. Suddenly wide awake, Julianne covered her ears.
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Squee! I can’t wait to get my copy!
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“Wounded soldiers returned from war as heroes. Wounded nurses returned as old maids.” The Thorn Healer by Pepper Basham. I just received the autographed copy I won! Yay! It’s so gorgeous. I read it quite a while ago as an ebook, but there’s just something about an actual print book you can hold in your hands! Love, love, love!
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Yay for you, Winnie!!! Oh I love a good paperback and yours is signed by a super special lady to boot! ????
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My paragraph this week is from Tracy Borman’s amazing and wonderful new book, The Private Lives of the Tudors.
” ‘I do not live in a corner. A thousand eyes see all I do.’ This telling lament by Elizabeth I begs the question: did the Tudors have a private life at all? As monarchs, they were constantly surrounded by an army of attendants, courtiers, ministers, and place-seekers. Even in their most private moments, they were accompanied by a servant specifically appointed for the task.”
Happy Reading!
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I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!! Such a fun one! My line….There is a distinct difference between a heroine with a promised happy ending and a prodigal who must design her own. Pepper Basham – The Thorn Keeper
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Awww, your favorite ????
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Oh I can’t wait to read this one!
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It is excellent! You’re going to love it!
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