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Friday, October 12, 2018

First Lines Friday and 56 ~ 10/12/18

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Today's "First Lines" and "56" are from:


 


 
 Saint Charles, Missouri, 1865
 
Never mind that four months had passed since General Lee's surrender.  Maren never walked the apple orchard or the wheat field without careful watch for bushwhackers and jayhawkers.
 
 
Page 56

"Wonderful!" Hattie said.  "Mother's already working on a Soldier's Cot Quilt for the hospital, and I'll make a One Patch."
 
Colletta
 
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12 comments:

  1. Emma at Words And Peace / France Book ToursOctober 12, 2018 at 8:53 AM

    promising beginning! Mine is here: https://francebooktours.com/2018/10/12/book-beginnings-blame-it-on-paris/

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  2. MichelleOctober 12, 2018 at 10:54 AM

    I love the cover!

    My link is here: https://apudiem.wordpress.com/2018/10/12/legacy-of-mercy-first-line-friday/

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  3. BeckyOctober 12, 2018 at 11:23 AM

    Have a good weekend! My first line is from “Somewhere Beyond the Blue: Fun sixty-something romances” – the first one is “A TIME TO PUSH DAISIES” by Marion Ueckermann:

    “Caleb Blume shuffled outside onto the wooden deck of his posh Camps Bay apartment, feeling three decades older than his sixty-two years.”

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  4. Nicole SantanaOctober 12, 2018 at 11:25 AM

    Happy Friday!
    Today on my blog I am sharing the first line from Sandra Byrd's novel Lady of a Thousand Treasures. I'm LOVING this book. Currently, I am on chapter 10, so I will share the first line from that chapter.

    "I had no faith at all in the doctor who had been tending my uncle."

    Hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend! 🙂❤️📚

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  5. Kathy MartinOctober 12, 2018 at 12:43 PM

    Nice beginning. It has a lovely cover too. This week I am featuring A Murder By Any Name by Suzanne M. Wolfe from my review stack. Happy reading!

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  6. englishmysteriesblogOctober 12, 2018 at 3:32 PM

    I wish I could sew...lol. Making a quilt sounds like fun. :) Happy reading!

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  7. fredamansOctober 12, 2018 at 3:34 PM

    Sounds like a heartwarming story. Happy weekend!

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  8. thebeccafilesOctober 12, 2018 at 7:50 PM

    Happy Friday! On my blog this week I shared Uninvited by Lysa TerKeurst but I'm also currently reading Emerald Illusion by Jennifer Rodewald. I'm on chapter 12 so I'll share the first line from there: "Clouds began to cloak the few stars that were determined to see light into the dreary hill country." Hope you have a great weekend with plenty of reading!

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  9. Paula ShreckhiseOctober 13, 2018 at 9:40 AM

    Love the cover!

    I am sharing from Eternity Between Us by Stephenia McGee. I’ll give you the first line from the third chapter:
    The sound intensified, a keening wail that knifed through her very bones and caused them to quiver.
    Great Civil War book!

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  10. Lauren StoolfireOctober 13, 2018 at 12:47 PM

    Happy reading!

    Check out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings) + 50/50 Friday and The Nightmare Before Christmas Book Tag

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  11. Roberta GibsonOctober 13, 2018 at 3:05 PM

    I was a bit lost by the vocabulary in both quotes. Guess I'm not up on Civil War history or quilting. Hope you enjoy it.

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  12. Girl Who ReadsOctober 14, 2018 at 4:34 PM

    I don't read much set in the 1860s but I hope you enjoy it. See what book MK is featuring at GIrl Who Reads

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