Shut Up & Read

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader . Share the first sentence or two of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. “The House of Atreus carried a curse. A particularly gruesome one, even by the standards of divine torment. The history of the family was full of brutal murder, adultery, monstrous ambition, and rather more cannibalism than one would expect.” ELEKTRA BY JENNIFER SAINT  Fantasy, Greek Mythology, Historical Fiction, Retellings 291 pages First published April 26, 2022 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee Best Fantasy (2022) The House of Atreus is cursed. A bloodline tainted by a generational cycle of violence and vengeance. This is the story of three women, their fates inextricably tied to this curse, and the fickle nature of men and gods. Clytemnestra The sister of Helen, wife of Agamemnon - her hopes of averting the curse are dashed when her sister is t...

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader . Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. “I’m sure I can tell this story.  I’m also sure no one will believe me.  That’s fine with me.”  FAIRY TALE BY STEPHEN KING Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller, Adventure, Adult, Science Fiction, Magic 599 pages, Hardcover First published September 6 , 2022 Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours.   Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drov...

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader .  Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. You can find more information on how to participate on your blog HERE!    “I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather.”  Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins Young Adult, Dystopian, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romance, Adventure 390 pages, Hardcover First published August 24, 2010 My name is Katniss Everdeen. Why am I not dead? I should be dead. Katniss Everdeen, girl on fire, has survived, even though her home has been destroyed. Gale has escaped. Katniss's family is safe. Peeta has been captured by the Capitol. District 13 really does exist. There are rebels. There are new leaders. A revolution is unfolding. It is by design that Katniss was rescued from the arena in the cruel and hau...