Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where I share the first paragraph or (a few) of a book I am reading or thinking about reading soon. Care to join us? Here goes..... (my friend and I use to do the exact same thing with the lemon juice when we were teens...many, many, many years ago)
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Rufi Thorpe - 2014 - Knopf/Random House
CHAPTER 1
The Best Tea in the World
"You're going to have to break one of my toes, I explained. Lorrie Ann and I were sunning ourselves, in the tiny, fenced-in patio of my mother's house on thin towels laid directly over the hot, cracked pavement. We had squeezed a plastic lemon from the supermarket into our hair and were praying to be blonder, always blonder, our eyes closed against the sun. There was jasmine on the wind."
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What
do you think? Would you read more? I just started this one and I'm enjoying it so far.
Feel free to join in and post the Intro from one of your reads and link below.
Feel free to join in and post the Intro from one of your reads and link below.
I have been curious about this one, so I would keep reading.
ReplyDeleteMe too Laurel, I added it to my TBR list when I first heard of it.
DeleteThat's a delightful opening. I'm wondering why one of her toes HAS to be broken, and I'd keep reading to find out.
ReplyDeleteYou actually find out the reason in the first few pages:)
DeleteI would keep reading, I remember squeezing lemon into my hair as a teenager. It was never going to work I have dark hair!
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Me too Cleo -- as a brunette, it gave me red highlights:(
DeleteI like this intro. I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty good so far Yvonne.
DeleteI love that opening! Recently added this one to my wish list... sounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteI'm liking it, but the audio version has a depressing tone. Actually, it's not an upbeat story so it is a realistic voice.
DeleteWhat a curious first sentence- it would at least keep me reading for a bit.
ReplyDeleteAbigail, it's story that has been written before -- more or less -- but it's still good.
DeleteSounds like fun - I've been seeing this one around a lot lately. I'd like to know more about the overall premise of the book, though.
ReplyDeleteBest friends whose lives take very different paths. It's actually a pretty dark story.
DeleteGreat opening. I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat - glad u liked the intro.
DeleteHa! Sounds like me as a teenager. I like openings of books. It's a great study.
ReplyDeleteI would keep reading for sure. I have to know why she thinks she has to break a toe!
ReplyDeleteLOL...that was a funny idea she came up with.
DeleteI probably would quit right there.
ReplyDeleteOh Brian....too bad:(
DeleteI've already heard a tiny bit about this book, but even so, I can tell this will be a coming of age story and I enjoy those. I certainly did try the lemon halves rubbed on my hair for streaks when I was a teen, but I had dark brown hair so it was a waste of time (anyone here remember those commercials in the '60s for Sun-In I believe? with the gorgeous teen and her streaked blonde hair)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, yes I would read this and am putting it on my library list. Enjoy the rest!
Late 60's I was a "Sun In" girl too Rita ---LOL
DeleteOuch! I want to know why she said that. LOL I would keep reading.
ReplyDeleteLOL - it was a good line.
DeleteLOL! I have tried lemon juice in my hair as well, even though I have dark brown hair. I'd read more, although I hope the toe is NOT broken.
ReplyDeleteMe too, it only gave red highlight LOL
DeleteLately, I've read so much about Jasmine.
ReplyDeleteThat's strange.
DeleteI wonder if lemon actually works? LOL
ReplyDeleteFreda, it does if your blonde. I tried it as a kid(dark hair) no success.
DeleteI wonder how much of the setting plays a part in the novel. Corona del Mar is about an hour north of where I used to live (Del Mar, CA) and it would be fun to revisit some of the locations I'm familiar with. And, yes. I used to use lemon juice to lighten my hair, although salty ocean water and sunshine did a nice job, too.
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