Happy Friday, everyone. It’s finally feeling like fall here in Tennessee and I could not be happier.
This week I’m sharing the first line from The Death of Mungo Blackwell written by my friend and fellow middle Tennessee author Lauren H. Brandenburg. Lauren has indie published several middle grade books and is well known around the Realm Makers fandom. Since today is the US release of The Death of Mungo Blackwell, I wanted to share it while it’s hot off the presses. Although, if you’re not in the US, you’ll have to wait until November for this Lion Hudson Fiction release.
About the Book
‘We all need to know what’s missing in our lives. At a funeral, someone stands and describes everything a person has accomplished in their life. But what if they missed something? What if there was one thing they never got to do? And what if they had a chance to go back and do it?’ The Blackwells are a family with an extraordinary history and astounding traditions, which include attending their own funerals before they die! Their ways are questionable and their stories about deceased relatives are as bold as their red hair, but it is their eclectic wares that keep tourists coming back to their market in the town of Coraloo. Charlie Price, whose world has come crumbling down after a lapse in judgment leaves him unemployed, finds himself flung into the chaotic world of the Blackwells when he relocates to Coraloo with his socialite wife, Velveteen, and shy son, Gideon. Here Charlie attempts to make a living as a ‘picker’, reselling under-priced items he picks up at the market. Some of the Blackwells welcome him with open arms, but others resent pickers and want him thrown out of the market. Charlie soon finds this new way of life under threat and his quest for simplicity seems to be crumbling. Perhaps it’s time for Charlie to have a funeral of his own! This charming story of hope will warm your heart and make your imagination soar.
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Ooooo, setting the book up like that, it grabs my interest!! Happy Friday!
Ivy placed the last of the pink rose centerpieces on a crisp white tablecloth and paused to smell the fragrance of the soft petals. from A Christmas Haven by Cindy Woodsmall and Erin Woodsmall
Its certainly feeling like fall here too but I’m not as thrilled bundled up in layers lol
Today on my blog I shared the first line from Deadly Deceit by Natalie Walters but I’m currently reading How the Light Gets In by Jolina Petersheim so I’ll share the first line from my current chapter (9) here: Elam Albrecht didn’t have many needs.” Hope you have a great weekend! Happy reading 🙂
My first lines are from Hope’s Highest Mountain by Misty Beller:
My Darling Rachel,
You were everything to me. You still are. Don’t ever forget that.
On my blog I’m sharing the first line from Because of You by Becky Wade, however I finished it last night and am now reading Stitched in Time by Suzanne Woods Fisher. I’ll share the first line of that book here. “It took a lot to shock Luke Schrock.”
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first line from One Final Breath by Lynn H. Blackburn: “It didn’t get much better than this.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/10/first-line-fridays-one-final-breath-by.html
Happy Friday! My first line is from Wyatt: The Montana Marshalls” by Susan May Warren:
“Usually Wyatt, goalie for the Minnesota Blue Ox NHL team, could shrug off his mistakes.”
Happy Saturday!
Yesterday on my blog I shared the first line from The Painted Castle by Kristy Cambron: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/10/17/first-line-friday-106/. I’m currently reading Always Look Twice by Elizabeth Goddard, so I’ll share a line from that book.
“For some reason he would never understand, Heath always ended up assisting someone in the direst of circumstances.”
Hope you’re having a good weekend! ❤