First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday May 16, 2023: The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

“By the time Norman Layne arrived home he’d long forgotten the embarrassing collision with the attractive woman in Tottenham Court Road. There were other things preying on his mind now, ranging from the sweaty itch caused by the nylon shirt that Nora insisted was all they could afford, to the lingering fury he still felt towards the black youth who’d played his huge radio as though he owned the train.”

The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight
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First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday May 9, 2023: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

“We are in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium, and once again, Ryan has forgotten where we left the car. I keep telling him that it’s in Lot C, but he doesn’t believe me.”

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday March 14, 2023: Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

The older boys always brought it up to the younger ones.

Sit down, and I’ll tell you the story of what happened here in the very spot you’re sitting on. Cross my heart, hope to die, stick a rusty needle in my eye. I ain’t lying. What I’m telling you is true.

Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday February 21, 2023: Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

Monday, August 6, 1888, was a bank holiday, and London was a carnival of wondrous things to do for as little as pennies if one could spare a few. The bells of Windsor’s Parish Church and St. George’s Chapel rang all day. Ships were dressed in flags. Royal salutes boomed from cannons to celebrate the Duke of Edinburgh’s forty-fourth birthday. The Crystal Palace dazzled with every entertainment imaginable.”

Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday February 7, 2023: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

The problem with good things that happen is that very often they disguise themselves as awful things. It would be lovely, wouldn’t it, whenever you’re going through something difficult, if someone could just tap you on the shoulder and say, “Don’t worry, it’s completely worth it. It seems like absolutely horrible crap now, but I promise it will all come good in the end,” and you could say, “Thank you, Fairy Godmother.” You might also say, “Will I also lose that seven pounds?” and they would say, “But of course, my child!”

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday January 10, 2023: Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle and Christopher Charles

It’s First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

The man gasps for air and claws at the plywood siding of his prison. He’s inside a coffin that is six feet long and three feet wide.”

Murder Beyond the Grave by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle

A flash of color broke in on her dream and startled her awake.”

Murder in Paradise by James Patterson and Christopher Charles

First Chapter, First Paragraph, Tuesday January 3, 2024 Took by Mary Downing Hahn

It’s First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday! Hosted by Socrates Book Reviews this is where you share the first paragraph of one of the books that you are currently reading.

The old woman stands on the hilltop, just on the edge of the woods, well hidden from the farmhouse below. Two men and a woman are getting out of a car that has a sign for Jack Lingo Realty painted on the side. The old woman has seen plenty of Realtors in her time. She doesn’t know this one, but she remembers his pa, old Jack Lingo, and his pa, Edward, and the one afore him, back and back through the years to the first Lingo ever to settle in this valley and take up the buying and selling of houses.”

Took by Mary Downing Hahn