{"id":12107,"date":"2021-05-07T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T04:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=12107"},"modified":"2021-05-28T19:08:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:08:32","slug":"first-lines-friday-may-7-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/first-lines-friday-may-7-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"First Line(s) Friday | May 7, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! Today I am participating in First Line Friday, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/hoardingbooksblog.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hoarding Books,<\/a> <strong>AND<\/strong> First Lines Friday, hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/emmairl.co.uk\/first-lines-fridays-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wandering Words<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11423\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/First-Lines-Friday-Spring-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/emmairl.co.uk\/first-lines-fridays-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wandering Words<\/a>. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page<\/li>\n<li>Copy the first few lines, but don\u2019t give anything else about the book away just yet \u2013 you need to hook the reader first<\/li>\n<li>Finally\u2026 reveal the book!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&#8220;Taped to a trash can inside the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen at the corner of Parkside and Flatbush Avenues: SEEKING YOUNG SINGLE ROOMMATE FOR 3BR APARTMENT UPSTAIRS, 6TH FLOOR. $700\/MO. MUST BE QUEER &amp; TRANS FRIENDLY. MUST NOT BE AFRAID OF FIRE OR DOGS. NO LIBRAS, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. CALL NIKO.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyone have any guesses on what book this is? I&#8217;ll give you a few clues&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/xUA7aQfR9hhgU78KDC\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/ck6LleY7VB170ieuhc\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/jpnaml1z1wpZL8RZ7R\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Last chance to guess!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Today&#8217;s book is&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/one-last-stop-cover.png\" alt=\"First Line(s) Friday | May 7, 2021\" title=\"First Line(s) Friday | May 7, 2021\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>One Last Stop<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/casey-mcquiston\/\">Casey McQuiston<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  June 1, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/st-martins-griffin\/\">St. Martin's Griffin<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/adult\/\">Adult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/magical-realism\/\">Magical Realism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/mystery\/\">Mystery<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/new-adult\/\">New Adult<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/science-fiction\/\">Science Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/time-travel\/\">Time Travel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 432 <br><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/formats\/audiobook\/\">Audiobook<\/a> <br><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/sources\/netgalley\/\">NetGalley<\/a> <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/54860443-one-last-stop\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><strong>Author Links:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caseymcquiston.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/casey_mcquiston\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/17949486.Casey_McQuiston\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/casey.mcquiston\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@caseymcquiston\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Tumblr<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>For cynical twenty-three-year-old August, moving to New York City is supposed to prove her right: that things like magic and cinematic love stories don't exist, and the only smart way to go through life is alone. She can't imagine how waiting tables at a 24-hour pancake diner and moving in with too many weird roommates could possibly change that. And there's certainly no chance of her subway commute being anything more than a daily trudge through boredom and electrical failures.<br \/>\nBut then, there's this gorgeous girl on the train.<br \/>\nJane. Dazzling, charming, mysterious, impossible Jane. Jane with her rough edges and swoopy hair and soft smile, showing up in a leather jacket to save August's day when she needed it most. August's subway crush becomes the best part of her day, but pretty soon, she discovers there's one big problem: Jane doesn't just look like an old school punk rocker. She's literally displaced in time from the 1970s, and August is going to have to use everything she tried to leave in her own past to help her. Maybe it's time to start believing in some things, after all.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-05-07T04:00:28+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Friday! 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MUST BE QUEER &amp; TRANS FRIENDLY. MUST NOT BE AFRAID OF FIRE OR DOGS. NO LIBRAS, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE. CALL NIKO.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I started listening to the audiobook of <em>One Last Stop<\/em> on Tuesday <strong>(available to request now on NetGalley!), <\/strong>and OH MY STARS I am loving it so so much!!! It&#8217;s the book I didn&#8217;t know I needed until I was reading it. It is absolutely <strong>PERFECT<\/strong>!!!!<\/p>\n<p>What have you been reading lately?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/003-purple-flowers-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Questions-and-Answers-Spring-2021-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Questions-and-Answers-Spring-2021-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Questions-and-Answers-Spring-2021-1-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Questions-and-Answers-Spring-2021-1-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you participate in either of these memes? Let me know if you do and link your posts in the comments so I can visit! And don&#8217;t forget to have a splendiferous week!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Spring-2021-001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Spring-2021-001.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Spring-2021-001-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! 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