{"id":16030,"date":"2021-12-17T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=16030"},"modified":"2021-12-16T19:55:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T00:55:48","slug":"first-lines-friday-december-17-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/first-lines-friday-december-17-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"First Line(s) Friday | December 17, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Happy Friday! Today I am participating in First Line Friday, hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/readingismysuperpower.org\/category\/first-line-fridays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reading is My Superpower<\/a>, <strong>AND<\/strong> First Lines Friday, created by <a href=\"http:\/\/emmairl.co.uk\/first-lines-fridays-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wandering Words<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/First-Lines-Friday-Winter-2021.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15605\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page<\/li><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><li>Finally\u2026 reveal the book!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong><em>&#8220;The Wildwood came for us the day the king died.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone have any guesses on what book this is? I&#8217;ll give you a few clues&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media3.giphy.com\/media\/tCQPoQlpA0TgFNoZ3E\/giphy.gif?cid=790b7611ed209fafbd34847a649d2cdfce4ae9fe6f062724&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g\" alt=\"Tree Cloud GIF by Rizal Althur\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/xjadUUMhIqq7m\/giphy.gif?cid=ecf05e47r44x0gtu3os9xpnt11m5ss870nqs1qohggv19mbz&amp;rid=giphy.gif&amp;ct=g\" alt=\"Fox What GIF\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>any guesses yet? no? okay, one more gif&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media1.giphy.com\/media\/m7X32eOQb2ySZLRWNe\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Magic Forest Night GIF by Alexandra Dvornikova\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Last chance to guess!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Today&#8217;s book is&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/among-the-beasts-and-briars-cover.png\" alt=\"First Line(s) Friday | December 17, 2021\" title=\"First Line(s) Friday | December 17, 2021\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>Among the Beasts & Briars<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/ashley-poston\/\">Ashley Poston<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  October 20, 2020 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\/fantasy\/\">Fantasy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/queer\/\">Queer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 352 <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\/scribd\/\">Scribd<\/a> <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/50622362-among-the-beasts-briars\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Cerys is safe in the kingdom of Aloriya.<br \/>\nHere there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: when she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse\u2014the magic\u2014in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. The most danger she faces now, as a gardener\u2019s daughter, is the annoying fox who stalks the royal gardens and won\u2019t leave her alone.<br \/>\nAs a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions the small fox from the garden, a strange and powerful bear, and the magic in her veins. It\u2019s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it\u2019s going to take everything she has just to survive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2021-12-17T11:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"\\nHappy Friday! Today I am participating in First Line Friday, hosted by Reading is My Superpower, AND First Lines Friday, created by Wandering Words!\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nFirst Lines Fridays is a weekly fe\",\n\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kait Plus Books\"\t},\n\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/first-lines-friday-december-17-2021\\\/\",\n\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Among the Beasts & Briars\",\n\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\"name\": \"Ashley Poston\",\n\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"\"\t\t},\n\t\t\"isbn\": \"0062847368\"\t},\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Kaity\",\n\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\\\/books\\\/\"\t},\n\t\"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\"ratingValue\": false,\n\t\t\"bestRating\": \"5\"\n\t}\n}\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Among-the-Beasts-Briars-First-Lines-Friday-1024x811.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Among-the-Beasts-Briars-First-Lines-Friday-1024x811.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Among-the-Beasts-Briars-First-Lines-Friday-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Among-the-Beasts-Briars-First-Lines-Friday-768x609.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Among-the-Beasts-Briars-First-Lines-Friday.png 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-center is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><strong><em>&#8220;The Wildwood came for us the day the king died.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m listening to <em>Among the Beasts &amp; Briars<\/em> by Ashley Poston at the moment, and <strong>WOW<\/strong> is this an amazing book! It&#8217;s reminding me a lot of <em>The Two Princesses of Bamarre<\/em> by Gail Carson Levine, which was one of my absolute <strong>FAVORITE<\/strong> books growing up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What have you been reading lately? Let me know in the comments and have a splendiferous day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"50\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/snowflakes-december-2021-divider-1-768x45.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/And-Now-I-Have-Some-Questions-for-You-Winter-2021-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15599\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\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\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kait-Plus-Books-Signature-Winter-2021-1.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! Today I am participating in First Line Friday, hosted by Reading is My Superpower, AND First Lines Friday, created by Wandering Words!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25,2073],"tags":[3729,2842,84,3627,2074,2215,462],"reading-challenges":[],"class_list":["post-16030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bookish-memes","category-first-line-friday","tag-among-the-beasts-briars","tag-ashley-poston","tag-bookish-memes","tag-december-2021","tag-first-line-friday","tag-first-lines-friday","tag-kait-plus-books","book-author-ashley-poston","book-publisher-balzer-bray","book-genre-fantasy","book-genre-queer","book-genre-ya","book-source-scribd","book-format-audiobook"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/12-17-21-First-Lines-Friday.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16030"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16041,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030\/revisions\/16041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16030"},{"taxonomy":"reading-challenges","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reading-challenges?post=16030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}