“The best response to a man’s rambling is silence, and that was exactly what Olivia offered.”
SHE LIES ALONG THE PEARLING PATH
#firstsentence
#DVParty Day 3
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SHE LIES ALONG THE PEARLING PATH
#firstsentence
#DVParty Day 3
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September 28, 2026 at 9:20 AM
“The best response to a man’s rambling is silence, and that was exactly what Olivia offered.”
SHE LIES ALONG THE PEARLING PATH
#firstsentence
#DVParty Day 3
🔪🏝️🩸
SHE LIES ALONG THE PEARLING PATH
#firstsentence
#DVParty Day 3
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It was the middle of June and the sun all day had kept right on shining with sweet mightiness.
- Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say #sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
- Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say #sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
May 31, 2026 at 1:00 PM
It was the middle of June and the sun all day had kept right on shining with sweet mightiness.
- Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say #sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
- Elizabeth Strout, The Things We Never Say #sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
August 2, 2024 at 5:47 PM
Sometimes, that first sentence can be daunting.
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #authorcommunity #writerslife #writer #writersky #booksky #authorsky #thriller #suspense #firstsentence #openingline
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #authorcommunity #writerslife #writer #writersky #booksky #authorsky #thriller #suspense #firstsentence #openingline
July 6, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sometimes, that first sentence can be daunting.
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #authorcommunity #writerslife #writer #writersky #booksky #authorsky #thriller #suspense #firstsentence #openingline
#amwriting #WritingCommunity #authorcommunity #writerslife #writer #writersky #booksky #authorsky #thriller #suspense #firstsentence #openingline
Let's read the first sentence of Martin Amis' 1973 novel THE RACHEL PAPERS! (i just did a video on the movie adaptation of this book!)
Tell me your thoughts & memories of this book/film!
#therachelpapers #book #BookTok #juliamarchese #firstsentence
Tell me your thoughts & memories of this book/film!
#therachelpapers #book #BookTok #juliamarchese #firstsentence
May 22, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Let's read the first sentence of Martin Amis' 1973 novel THE RACHEL PAPERS! (i just did a video on the movie adaptation of this book!)
Tell me your thoughts & memories of this book/film!
#therachelpapers #book #BookTok #juliamarchese #firstsentence
Tell me your thoughts & memories of this book/film!
#therachelpapers #book #BookTok #juliamarchese #firstsentence
“Mrs Palfrey first came to the Claremont Hotel on a Sunday afternoon in January. Rain had closed in over London, and her taxi slashed along …” #NYRBWomen26 #FirstSentence
March 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
“Mrs Palfrey first came to the Claremont Hotel on a Sunday afternoon in January. Rain had closed in over London, and her taxi slashed along …” #NYRBWomen26 #FirstSentence
Join me for the first sentence of Ash Wednesday, Ethan Hawke's 2002 novel. Have you read this book?
#firstsentence #book #read #ashwednesday #ethanhawke
#firstsentence #book #read #ashwednesday #ethanhawke
May 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Join me for the first sentence of Ash Wednesday, Ethan Hawke's 2002 novel. Have you read this book?
#firstsentence #book #read #ashwednesday #ethanhawke
#firstsentence #book #read #ashwednesday #ethanhawke
"A letter changed my life."
#FirstSentence #Buchbeginn #WhatTheRiverKnows by #IsabelIbañez
#BookBlogger #BookSky #GermanBookSky 💙 📚
#FirstSentence #Buchbeginn #WhatTheRiverKnows by #IsabelIbañez
#BookBlogger #BookSky #GermanBookSky 💙 📚
October 27, 2023 at 6:24 PM
"A letter changed my life."
#FirstSentence #Buchbeginn #WhatTheRiverKnows by #IsabelIbañez
#BookBlogger #BookSky #GermanBookSky 💙 📚
#FirstSentence #Buchbeginn #WhatTheRiverKnows by #IsabelIbañez
#BookBlogger #BookSky #GermanBookSky 💙 📚
"Wenn Menschen sterben, scheißen sie sich meist in die Hosen." - @misterkristoff.bsky.social
#Nevernight #FirstSentence #BuddyRead
#Nevernight #FirstSentence #BuddyRead
November 18, 2024 at 3:38 PM
"Wenn Menschen sterben, scheißen sie sich meist in die Hosen." - @misterkristoff.bsky.social
#Nevernight #FirstSentence #BuddyRead
#Nevernight #FirstSentence #BuddyRead
~~First sentences.~~
"There is a pirate in the basement.
(The pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.)
(The basement could rightly be considered a dungeon.)"
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
Goodnight, BlueSky. Goodnight, world. Time to read. Time to dream. 🌙
"There is a pirate in the basement.
(The pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.)
(The basement could rightly be considered a dungeon.)"
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
Goodnight, BlueSky. Goodnight, world. Time to read. Time to dream. 🌙
June 9, 2026 at 8:54 PM
~~First sentences.~~
"There is a pirate in the basement.
(The pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.)
(The basement could rightly be considered a dungeon.)"
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
Goodnight, BlueSky. Goodnight, world. Time to read. Time to dream. 🌙
"There is a pirate in the basement.
(The pirate is a metaphor but also still a person.)
(The basement could rightly be considered a dungeon.)"
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
Goodnight, BlueSky. Goodnight, world. Time to read. Time to dream. 🌙
~~First sentences.~~
"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. This is what I wished would happen, but like so many of my wishes it failed to come true. I know only a few factoids that I didn't know before."
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. This is what I wished would happen, but like so many of my wishes it failed to come true. I know only a few factoids that I didn't know before."
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
July 5, 2026 at 9:03 AM
~~First sentences.~~
"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. This is what I wished would happen, but like so many of my wishes it failed to come true. I know only a few factoids that I didn't know before."
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. This is what I wished would happen, but like so many of my wishes it failed to come true. I know only a few factoids that I didn't know before."
The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
If you love John Waters' films but haven't delved into his books yet, 1981's SHOCK VALUE is a great place to start! He's as good a writer as he is a filmmaker - I love his style! 🦩
Which of his books is your favorite?
#johnwaters #Shockvalue #firstsentence #book #read
Which of his books is your favorite?
#johnwaters #Shockvalue #firstsentence #book #read
May 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
If you love John Waters' films but haven't delved into his books yet, 1981's SHOCK VALUE is a great place to start! He's as good a writer as he is a filmmaker - I love his style! 🦩
Which of his books is your favorite?
#johnwaters #Shockvalue #firstsentence #book #read
Which of his books is your favorite?
#johnwaters #Shockvalue #firstsentence #book #read
Show me you know how to begin a novel with a first sentence. Give me something spontaneous, not something you’ve already done.
Mine?
It was only when I looked up from the bottom of the hole and felt the first shovel of dirt hit me that I knew I was going to die.
#WritingCommunity
#FirstSentence
Mine?
It was only when I looked up from the bottom of the hole and felt the first shovel of dirt hit me that I knew I was going to die.
#WritingCommunity
#FirstSentence
February 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Show me you know how to begin a novel with a first sentence. Give me something spontaneous, not something you’ve already done.
Mine?
It was only when I looked up from the bottom of the hole and felt the first shovel of dirt hit me that I knew I was going to die.
#WritingCommunity
#FirstSentence
Mine?
It was only when I looked up from the bottom of the hole and felt the first shovel of dirt hit me that I knew I was going to die.
#WritingCommunity
#FirstSentence
November 11, 2023 at 7:09 PM
😍A new Monday's First Sentence, today a book I so so need: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix! I love this first sentence~❤️
#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚
twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/01/mond...
#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚
twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/01/mond...
January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
😍A new Monday's First Sentence, today a book I so so need: Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix! I love this first sentence~❤️
#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚
twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/01/mond...
#BookBloggers #Blogging #FirstSentence #Teaser #Horror #WantToRead #BookSky💙📚
twirlingbookprincess.com/2025/01/mond...
Anyone know who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel?
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
Your turn #FirstSentence
January 18, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Anyone know who wrote this First Sentence of a well-known novel?
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
"Well, Prince, so Genoa and Lucca are now just family estates of the Buonapartes"
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence
A blooper from our recent episode to put a pep in your step on this hump day. Thank you Aly, for going back through your WIP graveyard for some fun examples!
#booksky #authorsky #blooper #graveyard #howtowrite #firstsentence #writing
#booksky #authorsky #blooper #graveyard #howtowrite #firstsentence #writing
April 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
A blooper from our recent episode to put a pep in your step on this hump day. Thank you Aly, for going back through your WIP graveyard for some fun examples!
#booksky #authorsky #blooper #graveyard #howtowrite #firstsentence #writing
#booksky #authorsky #blooper #graveyard #howtowrite #firstsentence #writing
Sharing the first sentence of a classic novel, published (several hundred years ago). Know it?
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
February 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sharing the first sentence of a classic novel, published (several hundred years ago). Know it?
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
"In the middle of the journey of our life I found myself within a dark woods where the straight way was lost."
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence #Openingwords #authors 📚💙
~~First sentences.~~
"The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."
The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."
The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
July 7, 2026 at 2:09 PM
~~First sentences.~~
"The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."
The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"The circus arrives without warning.
No announcements precede it, no paper notices on downtown posts and billboards, no mentions or advertisements in local newspapers. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not."
The Night Circus ~ Erin Morgenstern
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
No one saw the hand that tore through the wall between worlds in the alley between the Fertilizante Paraíso warehouse and the Exportações do Cometa offices because it was one a.m., just after witching hour ended.
#sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
www.amazon.com/Traitor-Devi...
#sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
www.amazon.com/Traitor-Devi...
Traitor Devil (Flying Star Adventure Magazine)
Amazon.com: Traitor Devil (Flying Star Adventure Magazine): 9798289287007: Keenan, Peter: Books
www.amazon.com
May 31, 2026 at 2:53 PM
No one saw the hand that tore through the wall between worlds in the alley between the Fertilizante Paraíso warehouse and the Exportações do Cometa offices because it was one a.m., just after witching hour ended.
#sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
www.amazon.com/Traitor-Devi...
#sundaysentence #firstsentence #books #booksky
www.amazon.com/Traitor-Devi...
A first sentence i read maybe 35 years ago and never forgot, often think of, and have no idea what it means:
Whole sight, or all else is desolation.
- John Fowles
Not even sure which of his books that is, maybe The Magus?
What a first sentence and what does it mean?
#Words #FirstSentence
Whole sight, or all else is desolation.
- John Fowles
Not even sure which of his books that is, maybe The Magus?
What a first sentence and what does it mean?
#Words #FirstSentence
August 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A first sentence i read maybe 35 years ago and never forgot, often think of, and have no idea what it means:
Whole sight, or all else is desolation.
- John Fowles
Not even sure which of his books that is, maybe The Magus?
What a first sentence and what does it mean?
#Words #FirstSentence
Whole sight, or all else is desolation.
- John Fowles
Not even sure which of his books that is, maybe The Magus?
What a first sentence and what does it mean?
#Words #FirstSentence
Sharing the First Sentence of a well-known novel. Guesses? (Hint: published in 21st century)
One of the many things my brother, Corrigan, and I loved about our mother was that she was a fine musician.
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence 📚💙
One of the many things my brother, Corrigan, and I loved about our mother was that she was a fine musician.
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence 📚💙
February 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sharing the First Sentence of a well-known novel. Guesses? (Hint: published in 21st century)
One of the many things my brother, Corrigan, and I loved about our mother was that she was a fine musician.
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence 📚💙
One of the many things my brother, Corrigan, and I loved about our mother was that she was a fine musician.
#booksky #writingcommunity #FirstSentence 📚💙
~~First sentence.~~
"Death kept his pace on the lane to Hampstead House—gait steady, limbs just the right amount of loose."
The Wondrous Lives and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu.
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"Death kept his pace on the lane to Hampstead House—gait steady, limbs just the right amount of loose."
The Wondrous Lives and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu.
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
May 19, 2026 at 7:57 AM
~~First sentence.~~
"Death kept his pace on the lane to Hampstead House—gait steady, limbs just the right amount of loose."
The Wondrous Lives and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu.
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"Death kept his pace on the lane to Hampstead House—gait steady, limbs just the right amount of loose."
The Wondrous Lives and Loves of Nella Carter by Brionni Nwosu.
#FirstSentence
#BookSky
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself"💐
That's the famous #firstsentence of #MrsDalloway by #VirginiaWoolf
The modernist novel turns 100 years today!
You can find different editions & additional literature on Woolf in our collection (see reply for links)
#ModernistLiterature #OTD
That's the famous #firstsentence of #MrsDalloway by #VirginiaWoolf
The modernist novel turns 100 years today!
You can find different editions & additional literature on Woolf in our collection (see reply for links)
#ModernistLiterature #OTD
May 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself"💐
That's the famous #firstsentence of #MrsDalloway by #VirginiaWoolf
The modernist novel turns 100 years today!
You can find different editions & additional literature on Woolf in our collection (see reply for links)
#ModernistLiterature #OTD
That's the famous #firstsentence of #MrsDalloway by #VirginiaWoolf
The modernist novel turns 100 years today!
You can find different editions & additional literature on Woolf in our collection (see reply for links)
#ModernistLiterature #OTD