It is a truth universally acknowledged that one brilliant opening sentence can ruin your sleep schedule.
Join us in this episode as we gush about why first lines are so potent, how they cast their spell within seconds, and which recent ones are our current favorites!
Non-Book Things
Book Things
A Sorceress Comes to Call by T Kingfisher
Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Books with great opening lines:
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The Martian by Andy Weir
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix
Vicious & The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by VE Schwab
Lone Women by Victor LaValle
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