I'd Read That!

Episode 55: Book Pick Up Lines

Season 3 Episode 7

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

Turkey Pastry

Asia Phsical 100

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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