It’s Fabulous First Line Friday! And here is this week’s Fabulous First Line*:
Peggy lived in a small house in a quiet street.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
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Fabulous First Line Friday: 19 October
It’s Fabulous First Line Friday! And here is this week’s Fabulous First Line*:
In the sunlit gully, green and wide
Where secret nooks are fine to hide
In a soft and grassy snuggly nest
Little bandicoot comes to rest.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Bushland Lullaby by Sally Odgers.
Fabulous First Line Friday (5 October)
It’s Fabulous First Line Friday! And here is this week’s Fabulous First Line*:
Twelve pairs of eyes widened in unison, awaiting Miss Ophelia Grimm’s next move.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Alice Miranda Takes the Lead by Jacqueline Harvey.
Fabulous First Line Friday (28 September)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog.
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
Most guinea pigs would be scared diving down into the mouth of a volcano, in a homemade jet with two kids and a three-legged wolf pup.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Animal Rescue: Shark Attack by Jackie French.
Fabulous First Line Friday (21 September)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog.
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
Billy Broccoli wasn’t getting out of the car.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Ghost Buddy: Zero to Hero by Henry Winkler and Lin Oliver.
Fabulous First Line Friday (14 September)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog.
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
Pollo di Nozi crouched behind a tombstone, watching the stranger swish through the grass.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Mystery at Riddle Gully by Jen Banyard.
Fabulous First Line Friday (7 September)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. (Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog. Try to guess the book it’s from. Would you read on? Perhaps you can use it as a writing prompt … if it were your own first line, where would your story go from here?)
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
Mrs Paul clapped her hands three times.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Jake’s Concert Horror, by Ken Spillman, ill. Chris Nixon.
Fabulous First Line Friday (31 August)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. (Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog. Try to guess the book it’s from. Would you read on? Perhaps you can use it as a writing prompt … if it were your own first line, where would your story go from here?)
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
As soon as I wake up, I remember that today is special.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is Show Day by Penny Matthews, ill, Andrew McLean.
Fabulous First Line Friday (24 August)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. (Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog. Try to guess the book it’s from. Would you read on? Perhaps you can use it as a writing prompt … if it were your own first line, where would your story go from here?)
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
Christopher’s mother did everything.
What do you think happens next? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
*For the purposes of Fabulous First Line Friday, we’re counting the first line as the first line of chapter 1 in any book. So if there is an introduction or an author’s note or something before chapter 1, we don’t count that bit …
The book is The Important Things by Peter Carnavas
Fabulous First Line Friday (17 August)
To celebrate the National Year of Reading, we are sharing some fabulous first lines from the books on our bookshelves. (Every Friday you’ll find another fabulous first line here on Soup Blog. Try to guess the book it’s from. Would you read on? Perhaps you can use it as a writing prompt … if it were your own first line, where would your story go from here?)
Now for today’s Fabulous First Line*:
George and Ghost were friends, but George wasn’t sure he believed in Ghost any more.
Do you want to read on? The title of the book is at the end of this post …
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