It’s time for Top 5 Wednesdays, a weekly meme created by gingerreadslainey and hosted by Sam @ThoughtsOnTomes. If you want to know more or join as well, just go to the Goodreads group by clicking here. This week’s topic is “Favourite First Sentences” and I love it when a book simply manages to suck you in right away, but I can also tell you that I very, very rarely remember what the first sentence of a book was. Without my bookshelf and the time to page through some of my most beloved books, I doubt I would have manged to even make this list.
The Martian
This perfectly captures the hilarity and casual writing of The Martian, which is one of my favourite things about the book. I always expected it to be science-heavy and really boring due to the limited amount of human contact in this book, but NO! Mark Watney is my spirit animal, I love the guy so much!
The Raven Boys
I am right in the middle of the Raven Cycle right now and only thought it fitting to include it in the post now. I knew virtually nothing about this series when I started, but what about that first sentence? Doesn’t it immediately peak your interest?
The Night Circus
You can tell that this is an ominous circus, right? THIS BOOK IS SO FREAKING MAGICAL!
My Life Next Door
Technically I am cheating because it is 2 sentences, but I am sure you can forgive me. I just liked how mysteriously the start of MLND sounded. I mean, this book is so much more than just a plain summer contemporary!
Wolf by Wolf
To me this always sounded like the beginning of some sort of twisted fairy tale, which it maybe also kind of is? I simply enjoy the writing so much in Wolf by Wolf, this reminds me of how I cannot wait for the sequel to come out!
What are some memorable first lines you liked? Tell me all about it! Also, have you read any of my books?
Those are some really, really great lines! I probably like The Raven Boys’ one the most out of all five – it’s just twisty and mysterious and very, very Maggie Stiefvater. 😛
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Hahaha true! It is a magnificent first line! Maggie Stiefvater did well 😀
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I loved the first line of The Raven Boys 😀 Definitely drew me in. The first line of Wolf by Wolf is great too – really need to get my hands on that one haha (but money *sigh*)
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Money and time can be real issues when one wants to read ALL the books
I totally hear you.
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Yep! Who wants to sponsor us 😂
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If I could get paid for reading – that would be a life goal!
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Ahhh I love this! It kind of makes me want to read The Night Circus…. I love the first sentence of The Raven Boys, it’s so mysterious and I LOVE IT.
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For some weird reason I thought you’ve already read The Night Circus – YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO! It is so amazing and magical and beautiful.
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I WILL then. I’m running to Goodreads right now!
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I have My Life Next Door on my TBR … I really need to read it!!
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Yep, you do 😛
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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
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A Tale of Two Cities … yep, that’s a classic.
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Those are some excellent lines. I love opening for the Raven Boys but my favourite has to be the Wolf by Wolf opening. You said yourself it feels like the beginning of a twisted fairy-tale.
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Really glad you like my choices 😀
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YAAAS THE NIGHT CIRCUS ❤ ❤ ❤
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Damn, that Wolf by Wolf line is a good one.
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Glad you like it 🙂
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I love that first sentence of The Raven Boys almost as much as I love the last sentence of that book. Great choices!
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Oh boy, that last sentence was soooo brilliant!
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It’s my favorite last sentence EVER!
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Ahhh what a coincidence: I also chose the one from The Raven Boys!!!!
That was the sentence that reaaaaally made me want to read the book 🙂
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The Raven Boys just has a perfectly intriguing beginning 😀
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Hahaha, I totally forgot that The Martian starts out that way! 😄 Also the first sentence for The Night Circus is wonderful and one of my favourites!
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😀 I read that sentence from The Martian and knew that I wouldn’t be bored reading.
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I can’t believe I forgot The Martian, I love that first sentence so much 😄 I really want to read The Night Circus, it really does sound magical.
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I forget things all the time. It happens about three times a week that I post something and the second I publish it, I realise that I forgot something I really wanted to include hahaha
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Kat, every single time I read your blog I’m reminded of how much I need to read both The Martian and The Night Circus. I mean, just look at how awesome those first sentences are!
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YAS! It is one of my life goals to get all the people to read those books. I will continue to mention them over and over until everyone does hahaha
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“I would have lived in peace, but my enemies brought me war.” Isn’t that the first line of Red Rising?
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Yep, something like that. I think it’s split in two sentences and since I already had one book with two sentences, I didn’t want to add another one.
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That makes sense.
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Ooh “once upon a different time”- that’s ace! And I loved the opening to Martian- I was hooked straight away. and the opening to Raven Boys also piqued my interest.
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Glad to see that I chose well 😀
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haha you did!
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Great choices! I also have trouble remembering the first sentences of books – I could only do it by going through my bookshelf like you did. I love the one for ‘The Martian’, it really does capture the tone of the book perfectly.
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Love The Night Circus!
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