I feel like I’ve got a system going again. Recovering from Thanksgiving week is always a bit rough, but I think I’ve been doing okay. (Haven’t gotten a book review out this week yet, or my November reading wrap-up, but I’m planning on posting both this weekend.)

Anyway, First Line Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers (formerly) hosted by Wandering Words, but I saw it over at One Book More.

What if instead of judging a book by the cover, author or most everything else, we judged it by its content? Its first lines?

If you want to join in, all you gotta do is:

📚 Take a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page
📝 Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
📙 Finally… reveal the book!

Here’s the first line:

At the height of the long wet summer of the Seventy-Seventh Year of Sendovani, the Thiefmaker of Camorr paid a sudden and un- announced visit to the Eyeless Priest at the Temple of Perelandro, desperately hoping to sell him the Lamora boy.

Know the book yet? (There’s a huge giveaway here, lol.) If not, here’s another hint or two for you…

Still no idea? Go on and look at these awesome pictures of books if you need a little more time…

Annnd the book is… 🥁🥁 The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch!!

(Did you guess it?)

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch

What books have you been reading lately? What’s on your TBR that you’re currently the most excited about?

As always, thank you for reading, and I hope you have an amazing day/night!

See ya ~Mar