{"id":13509,"date":"2021-07-23T06:00:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T10:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=13509"},"modified":"2021-07-22T20:26:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T00:26:59","slug":"first-lines-friday-july-23-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/first-lines-friday-july-23-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"First Line(s) Friday | July 23, 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-12786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/First-Lines-Friday-Summer-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-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&#8220;It was supposed to be an epic summer.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/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-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-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\/qd641DVFl2CLC\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gifimage.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/supergirl-gif-11.gif\" alt=\"thumb image\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-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\/KPBQYEN83TU1G\/giphy.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-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-12279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-divider-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Summer-2021-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\/06\/faith-taking-flight-cover.png\" alt=\"First Line(s) Friday | July 23, 2021\" title=\"First Line(s) Friday | July 23, 2021\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Faith: Taking Flight<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/julie-murphy\/\">Julie Murphy<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/faith-herbert-origin-story\/\">Faith Herbert Origin Story #1<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  May 25, 2021 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/balzer-bray\/\">Balzer + Bray<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/contemporary\/\">Contemporary<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/romance\/\">Romance<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/superheroes\/\">Superheroes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/55100048-faith\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Faith Herbert is a pretty regular teen. When she\u2019s not hanging out with her two best friends, Matt and Ches, she\u2019s volunteering at the local animal shelter or obsessing over the long-running teen drama <em>The Grove<\/em>.<br \/>\nSo far, her senior year has been spent trying to sort out her feelings for her maybe-crush Johnny and making plans to stay close to Grandma Lou after graduation. Of course, there\u2019s also that small matter of recently discovering she can fly\u2026.<br \/>\nWhen the fictional world of <em>The Grove<\/em> crashes into Faith\u2019s reality as the show relocates to her town, she can\u2019t believe it when TV heroine Dakota Ash takes a romantic interest in her.<br \/>\nBut her fandom-fueled daydreams aren\u2019t enough to distract Faith from the fact that first animals, then people, have begun to vanish from the town. Only Faith seems able to connect the dots to a new designer drug infiltrating her high school.<br \/>\nBut when her investigation puts the people she loves in danger, she will have to confront her hidden past and use her newfound gifts\u2014risking everything to save her friends and beloved town.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-07-23T10:00:14+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Friday! 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