Happy Tuesday! TTT‘s topic today is bookish quotes. I regularly participate in First Line Friday hosted by Carrie at Reading Is My Superpower. What a great way to introduce new books to readers! So today, I am including some of the best first lines from the past few months. I hope you find a book to pique your interest.
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Top First Lines!
I deeply regret to confirm that your son Lance Corporal Mark James Taylor died in Vietnam 1 November 1968.
All We Thought We Knew by Michelle Shocklee
Viola Chambers had always wondered at what point in the dying process a person understood they weren’t long for this world, and now she’d give anything to unlearn it.
The Bitter End Birding Society by Amanda Cox
“The sea never gives back what it claims . . .”
Deadly Currents by Elizabeth Goddard
A shrill sound pierced the night, sweeping through the house like the unearthly wail of a banshee.
Dragonfly Ashes by C. C. Warrens
Lizbeth Bennet clutched the handle of the wicker basket with hope.
The Heart of Bennet Hollow by Joanne Bischof DeWitt
No one knew that Carol Langstrom hated Christmas.
Once Upon a Christmas Carol by Melody Carlson
Natasha shifted uncomfortably on the rock floor of the icy cave, shoving her gloved hands under her armpits to keep warm.
Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert
Death had always been fashionable.
Specters in The Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright
Pandemonium has broken out in the streets of New York City.
Under The Tulip Tree by Michelle Shocklee
When I was eight, I watched my mother disappear in fading pixels.
Wicked Is The Hollow by K. E. Ganshert
These are all very inviting first lines. They caught my attention.
That quote about the sea is so true.
this quote enabled me to explain to my beloved why the Olympic bobsled teams kept putting their hands in their armpits:
Natasha shifted uncomfortably on the rock floor of the icy cave, shoving her gloved hands under her armpits to keep warm.
– Queen of Hearts by Heather Day Gilbert
and this quote makes me want to read this book:
When I was eight, I watched my mother disappear in fading pixels.
– Wicked Is The Hollow by K. E. Ganshert
It the Heart of Bennet Hollow a retelling of the Pride and Prejudice story? Just wondering since the name “Bennet” is an unusual spelling and the same as in the classic and Lisbeth sounds a lot like Elizabeth.
https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/02/ttt-quotes-from-books-i-read-in-2025.html
It is!
Nice selections!
I feel these first did what they’re supposed to do, draw you into the story.
Here’s my TTT post for the week: https://readbakecreate.com/the-ts-have-it-ten-titles-starting-with-t/