Hey guys!
Welcome back to another Top 5 Wednesday! This fun weekly meme was created by Lainey over at GingerReadsLainey. If you want to join in the fun and be apart of the #T5W … you can find all the details at the GoodReads page.
This week’s topic is Top 5 – 1st Sentences.
1st sentences are a mood setter when it comes to a book or story. They can either be really exciting and fun, or dull and boring. I’ve read some really good ones over the years, and I’ve also read some pretty horrible ones. Luckily for you guys I have chosen the good ones in my opinion. I picked up some of my favorite and recent reads this time around. So sit back and enjoy!
5. Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
Seven hundred and thirty-three days after my mom died, forty-five days after my dad eloped with a stranger he met on the internet, thirty days after we then up and moved to California, and only seven days after starting as a junior at a brand-new school where I know approximately no one, an email arrives.
4. Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon
I’ve read many more books than you. It doesn’t matter how many you’ve read. I’ve red more. Believe me. I’ve had the time.
3. Falling Kingdoms by Morgan Rhodes
She’d never killed before tonight.
2. The Scorpion Rules by Erin Bow
Once Upon a Time, at the End of the World.
1. Nevernight by Jay Kristoff
People often shit themselves when they die.
SOME OF THESE ARE PRETTY SIMPLE, BUT EFFECTIVE. AND I KNOW THE EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING ONE IS TECHNICALLY MORE THEN ONE SENTENCE. SUE ME.
I hope you enjoyed my Top 5 Wednesday this week. What are some of your favorite 1st sentences? Let me know!
Until next time,
Those were amazing first sentences! Sometimes simple, succinct and to the point is the way to go.
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Definitely! 😛
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I am currently reading Falling Kingdoms and I have all of the others on my TBR!!
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I hope you love Falling Kingdoms just as much as I do!
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I enjoyed the first one, but I think it could have been better… I think the first book was probably used to set up the series, I have a feeling it will get better as it goes along! Hopefully I can get my hands on the second book soon!!
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It really does! It’s like Throne of Glass. The first one was crap but by Queen of Shadows its AMAZING!
Falling Kingdoms #3 and #4 are fantastic!!
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I actually enjoyed Throne of Glass, but it is definitely the weakest book in the series 🙂 it just gets better and better as it goes on!
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Most books usually do! 😀
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I do love an opening that is simple and straight to the point. It has that impact you need and when it strikes it grabs you and lures you into their world. 😀
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Yeah. First sentences are great. Honestly the first page of a book is the best too 😛
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The first and last one totally caught my attention. First off, who counts those days out? That’s pretty intense, but also adds to the ridiculousness of the situation the protagonist is in. I loved all these, and they all managed to catch my attention for sure 🙂
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Yeah I loved all the things she counts. Definitely made for an interesting story!
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I love that Scorpion Rules one! Haven’t read it, but that first sentence intrigues me.
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It’s definitely an intriguing book that’s for sure! 😛
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Loved reading Everything Everything! I can’t wait to get my hands on her new book The Sun Is Also A Star. Hopefully it is just as amazing!
Great Top 5! I never even thought to write down or mark the great first sentences in the books I’ve read, so this week’s topic was a little hard. I had to switch it up a bit 🙂 My T5W! 😀
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I have an ARC of The Sun is Also a Star. I can’t wait to read it too! 😀
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Ahh! I’m SO JEALOUS!!!! 😦 😦
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So excited to read Nevernight!
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I’m reading it right now. It’s so weird, but in a good way 😛
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