Book beginnings is a meme set up by Rose City Reader. Every Friday post the first line, or few lines, of the book you’re reading along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Then add a link to your post on Rose City Reader’s blog.
My Book Beginning
In Real Live by Jessica Love
My best friend and I have never met. We talk every day, on the phone or online, and he knows more about me than anyone. Like, deep into my soul. But we’re never actually seen each other in real life.
I’ve not read the blurb for this book and I’ve deliberately avoided reading anything about it online. I knew I’d love it when I saw the cover and now I’ve read these opening lines I know this book will be one I very much enjoy. From the opening lines you can straight away see how much she feels for her best friend, and how the best friend is possibly also a love interest. This person means the world to the narrator. I love that these two characters feel such a strong bond and yet have never met and I can’t wait to read further and find out how they know each other and whether they stay online friends or whether they will dare to meet up in real life (my strong suspicion is that they will!). I’m sure this book is going to be a gorgeous read!.
I love the beginning and I think that sometimes it’s easier to connect with someone online – sight unseen- no judgement. Sounds like a very good choice. Here’s my Friday post
I agree completely, I met my husband online! 🙂 I’ll look at your post now.
I love the sound of this one, too….how the characters move from their online connection to real life is bound to be engaging. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
I can’t wait to read more, I think this will be such a lovely read. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sounds interesting. Have a great day!
This opening raised a red flag for me. I am in the middle of teaching a unit on online safety to my middle school kids. This sounds like it could be an internet predator to me. I hope I’m wrong. Happy reading!
Oh I didn’t even think of that, I hope it’s not that kind of story. I’m intrigued to know though.
Interesting…sounds like an online friend.
ENJOY your book and your weekend.
Elizabeth
Silver’s Reviews
My Book Beginnings
Yes that’s what I thought – two teenagers becoming friends online. I can’t wait to read more! 🙂
This sounds like an interesting concept. I can see how more and more our closest friends would be people we’d never met. I’ll have to look for this one. Enjoy!
I’m intrigued by it and can’t wait to read more. Hopefully I’ll get to read more soon. Thanks for stopping by my blog 🙂
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Ooh I absolutely love the start of this, it’s going straight on my TBR.
Cora @ Tea Party Princess
It is a fab opening to a book, isn’t it? I can’t wait to read more. I hope you enjoy it too. 🙂
It’s very intriguing… kind of heart warming and anxiety inducing at the same time!
You can tell I read too much crime fiction…my immediate thought was this won’t end well! 😉
One of the things I love about the Book Beginnings meme is how different readers expect a book to go in different ways just based on the opening line or two. 🙂