This meme is hosted by Katy at A Few More Pages
How to participate: Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be here at A Few More Pages every Friday.
I've been waiting for quite a while to read Lisa Shannon's A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to be a Woman. It is the third book for me that centers on someone involved with Women for Women.
From the Author's Note:
"This is a true story. In a place as extreme as the Congo, there is no need to make anything up."
From Chapter One:
"The calls come during the remote, panic-inducing hours of morning. I scramble for my cell phone; a number beginning 011-243-99 appears on my caller ID. Congo calling."
From Chapter One:
"The calls come during the remote, panic-inducing hours of morning. I scramble for my cell phone; a number beginning 011-243-99 appears on my caller ID. Congo calling."
There are parts of this book that are tough to read, but I think that's important.
Sounds like an intense one. Good beginnings!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-beginnings-on-friday_08.html
Ooh, this sounds...chilling! Hope you're enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteHere's MY FRIDAY MEMES POST
Wow - that's an opening. A lovely cover for the book as well!
ReplyDeleteHere's my beginning:
http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-beginningson-friday_08.html
Do review this book. It sounds amazing.
ReplyDeleteCongo calling - sounds mysterious! LOL
ReplyDeleteBev--It is intense, review will be posted today
ReplyDeleteLaurel-Rain--I am enjoying it, but not loving it
Book Gatherer--I do like the cover, it's intimate, but tells a story
Anne--I will definitely review it, I am almost finished
Darlyn--Congo calling... on so many levels