Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted at Rose City Reader. It’s really simple: Share the first sentence of the book you are currently reading and what it means to you.
My beginning this week is from The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar:
The tooth broke three days after she received the awful news.
I have mentioned before how I love beginnings that create questions and this sentence gave me several to ponder: Whose tooth broke? What is the awful news? Why did the news cause such a reaction?
The first two questions are answered quickly, but I think the third one is what will help form the narrative of the story. It’s a novel about friendship and I foresee a description of all that entails – both the good and the bad. I’m only two chapters in so far, and I can’t wait to continue reading.
Maybe the news was so stressful the character started grinding their teeth.
Here’s my Book Beginning.
Imagine if you teeth broke every time something bad happened!! :O I love the opening though! Thanks for sharing!
My FF Post
Juli @ Universe in Words
I really loved this book, hope you will too!
A broken tooth on top of awful news? Ugh! Great beginning.
My BB Post
The World We Found was one of my absolute favorite reads this year. I really hope you enjoy the rest of your journey through this one!
Great beginning. It’s always a joy when a book has such a good opening sentence.
I can’t wait to read this one! I love opening sentences that grab you right from the start, and this is one of the authors that I love to read, no matter the circumstances. Great post today!