Hey all and Happy Friday! It’s been a few weeks since I last did this.
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:
đ Take a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open it to the first page
đ Copy the first few lines, but donât give anything else about the book away just yet â you need to hook the reader first
đ Finally⊠reveal the book!
Here are the first lines:
The transformation occurred at approximately 2:23 AM, Pacific Standard Time. As far as I could tell, anyone who was indoors when it happened died instantly.
Know the book? If not here are a few clues…
Still got no idea? Here’s an extra hint or two to help you out…
Are you still thinking about it? All good – here are some lovely pictures of books to admire while you do so…
Annnd the book is… đ„đ„ Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman!
(Didja guess it?)
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
SERIES: Dungeon Crawler Carl #1
LENGTH: 464 pages
GENRES: Fantasy, Science Fiction, LitRPG, Fiction
ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED BY: Dandy House
ORIGINALLY RELEASED: 2 October 2020
BOOK DESCRIPTION:
The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinnimanânow with bonus material exclusive to this print edition.
You know whatâs worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know whatâs worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. Thatâs what.
Join Coast Guard vet Carl and his ex-girlfriendâs cat, Princess Donut, as they try to survive the end of the worldâor just get to the next levelâin a video gameâlike, trap-filled fantasy dungeon. A dungeon thatâs actually the set of a reality television show with countless viewers across the galaxy. Exploding goblins. Magical potions. Deadly, drug-dealing llamas. This ainât your ordinary game show.
Welcome, Crawler. Welcome to the Dungeon. Survival is optional. Keeping the viewers entertained is not.
What books have you been reading lately? Whatâs on your TBR that youâre currently the most excited about?
As always, thank you for reading, and I hope you have an awesome day/night!
See ya ~Mar