Happy Friday, friends! Last Saturday I was at my local ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) meeting and one of the other members said she’s working on developing her debut release from last year into a play. By the way, how cool is it that she wrote it with her dad?
Once you’ve read the first line (and there’s an extra bonus book trailer for you this week), leave a comment and share the first line of the book closest to you then hop on over to the Hoarding Books Blog and check out what everyone else is sharing this week.
First Line:
There was still blood on Sonny’s shoes when the detective came to interview him.
About the Book
When three-year-old Sonny witnessed his father’s brutal murder, he didn’t know a curse haunting the men in his family was to blame. But his grandmother, Constance Jackson, did. For 20 years, Constance clung to her abusive marriage and church hoping that she could save her son. But hope and prayers were not enough, and her son died an unnatural death just like four generations of Jackson men before him. Now, she’s stuck raising her grandson – Sonny.
As time goes on, Constance sees Sonny as a chance to make things right with her past. But as Sonny approached manhood, Constance recognizes a change in him. And her gut says the shadow of the curse is lurking and will strike again soon.
She fights to keep Sonny from his father’s fate. But a grandmother’s gumption and prayers may not be enough to save Sonny’s soul.
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This story looks POWERFUL!
I’m diving into Missing Isaac by Valerie Fraser Luesse today!
A sleepy purple twilight wrapped around the farmhouse, its tall windows glowing with warmth from somewhere inside.
Thank you for the kind words, Beth Erin!
I can see that farm house so clearly. And given the cold weather here, could really stand to snuggle up to that fire:-).
This looks like an interesting read. Thanks for sharing.
I’m sharing A Letter from Lancaster County by Kate Lloyd on my blog today, but I’m currently reading Isaiah’s Daughter by Mesu Andrews so I’ll share that here.
732 BCE (Spring)
Judean Wilderness
My friend Yaira said to be brave – but why? Brave or scared, we kept marching. She told me to be a big girl, not to cry, but I’m only five and I’ve seen big men crying.
Happy Weekend!
Hi Becky! Thank you for the kinds words.
I had to google Isaiah’s Daughter, because the first line almost read like a memoir. I see it comes out tomorrow! Thank you for sharing.
PROLOGUE
Night crept over the hills, smothering the landscape in a cocoon of darkness that would hide him in a few minutes. – Haven of Swans by Colleen Coble
Happy Friday and Happy Reading!
Thanks for sharing, Caryl!
I met Colleen Coble once at an ACFW Conference and she is just the nicest person. ( I never miss a chance to say good things about her:)
Whoa! This story sounds amazing!!! I will have to check this out for sure.
Happy Friday!!!!
Today on my blog, I am sharing the first line from the novel The Gift of the Inn by Golden Keyes Parsons. So here I will leave the first line from the book I am starting next, Troubled Waters by Susan May Warren.
Chapter 1
“Sierra should have brought marshmallows.”
Hi Nicole! Thank you for the kind words (and for reading!)
I just LOVE that first line…something about the marshmallows, just reminds me of camping, Girl Scouts and making S’mores.
I love these Fridays & reading the first lines from all these books I’ve either enjoyed or want to read!
My first line is from Rush by Jayme Mansfield:
“I can’t stop shivering when I sleep alone.”
It sounds wonderful! Happy Friday and my lines have just been posted 😉
That looks like an amazing book! My first line today is from Robin Lee Hatcher’s You’ll think of Me. I’m reading it now and I have trouble putting it down! “Brooklyn Myers sat on the narrow stretch of lawn beside the brick apartment building, watching her ten-year-old daughter.”
That is so cool that she wrote a book with her dad! Happy Friday!
Thanks a bunch, Heather!
To be honest, writing this book with my dad was quite the character-building experience. My dad is a wonderful and intentional father, but our relationship has been difficult at times. I’d been writing for two years, when the Lord laid it on my heart to ask him to join me. Looking back, I can see how the Lord used the process of writing to knit our hearts together in a new way. And I’m grateful.
I don’t even know if I have words for this one. I feel like I am being strongly nudged to read this one ASAP. Very powerful story, wow. Happy Friday!
Hey Sarah! Thank you for the kind words. I stopped by your blog and love what you are doing…especially, about sharing non-fiction with your students. I feel like the genre is sometimes overlooked for school, but maybe with the rise of Alexander Hamilton that’ll change:-). If you’d like to read and review, let me know and I’ll mail you a copy. If not, no pressure. I understand you are taking a step back from fiction.
Love and Peace, Simone
Thank you! I think non-fiction is so important but it has to be engaging too. Kids get tired of dates and places and straight facts and I think we need to reach them however we can, and graphic novels/comic books are a totally valid way to do that. Wouldn’t it be just amazing to be able to take every student to see Hamilton, so they could see that history really is cool? And yes, I would LOVE to read this book if you don’t mind sending one my way, this is definitely one that sounds like I need to make exception for!