{"id":9042,"date":"2020-10-09T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-09T04:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/?p=9042"},"modified":"2020-10-09T14:08:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T18:08:46","slug":"first-line-friday-october-9-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/first-line-friday-october-9-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"First Line Friday | October 9, 2020"},"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:\/\/www.wanderingwords.co.uk\/\" 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-8797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-Line-Friday-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-Line-Friday-Fall-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-Line-Friday-Fall-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/First-Line-Friday-Fall-2020-768x150.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wanderingwords.co.uk\/\" 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\u00a0by 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-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span class=\"JsGRdQ\">&#8220;<\/span>In a town house at a fashionable address on Manhattan\u2019s Upper East Side, every lamp blazes.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m intrigued! 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-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/flapper-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9046\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ouija-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9045\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/nyc-gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"480\" \/><\/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-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/the-diviners-cover.png\" alt=\"First Line Friday | October 9, 2020\" title=\"First Line Friday | October 9, 2020\" class=\"ubb-cover-image alignleft\"><strong>The Diviners<\/strong> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/authors\/libba-bray\/\">Libba Bray<\/a> <br><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/series\/the-diviners\/\">The Diviners #1<\/a> <br><strong>Published on<\/strong>  December 3, 2013 by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/little\/\">Little<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/publishers\/brown-books-for-young-readers\/\">Brown Books for Young Readers<\/a> <br><strong>Genres:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/ya\/\">YA<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/historical-fiction\/\">Historical Fiction<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/paranormal\/\">Paranormal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/reviews\/genres\/thriller\/\">Thriller<\/a> <br><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 578 <br><strong>Add to <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/17899351-the-diviners\" target=\"_blank\">Goodreads<\/a> <br><blockquote class=\"ubb-synopsis\"><p>Evangeline O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is ecstatic. It's 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is that she has to live with her uncle Will and his unhealthy obsession with the occult. Evie worries he'll discover her darkest secret: a supernatural power that has only brought her trouble so far.<br \/>\nWhen the police find a murdered girl branded with a cryptic symbol and Will is called to the scene, Evie realizes her gift could help catch a serial killer. As Evie jumps headlong into a dance with a murderer, other stories unfurl in the city that never sleeps. And unknown to all, something dark and evil has awakened....<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n\t\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\n\t\"@type\":\"Review\",\n\t\"datePublished\": \"2020-10-09T04:00:54+00:00\",\n\t\"description\": \"Happy Friday! 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I&#8217;ve actually read about half of the first book before, but that was on a train ride about&#8230; six or seven years ago? So I&#8217;m really excited to listen to the whole series now that it&#8217;s completed!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8863\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"850\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020.png 850w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-300x34.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Stars-Banner-Fall-2020-768x86.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8767\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/What-Do-You-Think-Fall-2020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/What-Do-You-Think-Fall-2020.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/What-Do-You-Think-Fall-2020-300x59.png 300w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/What-Do-You-Think-Fall-2020-768x150.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-8761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Fall-2020-001.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Fall-2020-001.png 600w, https:\/\/www.kaitgoodwin.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Well-Wishes-Candy-Fishes-Kait-Fall-2020-001-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Friday! 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