Tuesday, June 11, 2013

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros


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?

This week I'm featuring an intro from a book that I am looking forward to:


August 2013 - William Morrow - Harper Collins

"Gwen could not have been more explicit at our first session: I was to cease reading books by or about women who killed themselves.

An unhealthy obsession, that's what my therapist called it, and I was inclined to agree with Gwen;s diagnosis.  There was, after all, no other logical explanation for the string of events that brought me to her office.  Ghosts do not exist.  I resigned myself to the fact that what I'd seen and done was a consequence of a compromised mental state.

Like other writers before me, I had simply gone mad."

How does this one sound to you? I plan to start it soon.


20 comments:

  1. The title and the cover are already something interesting... and reading the opening paragraph, I am very much hoping I can read this in the future.

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  2. Oh, yes, I want to read more! Thanks for sharing....

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  3. I don't usually do ghost stories, so I'm not quite sure if this one is for me.

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  4. I have to be in a certain mood for ghost stories. I'm not sure I could articulate what that mood is though!

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  5. Yes, this opening has me wanting to read more!!

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  6. I'd keep reading. The opening and the cover are intriguing.

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  7. Ooooh...keep reading! This one sounds fantastic!

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  8. I am interested! I would keep reading.

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  9. This book has been on my radar for a while now. And from the opening, it sounds like it is off to a good start!

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  10. Ues, that one caught my interest already!

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  11. That was a very interesting opening paragraph. I'd keep reading. I didn't have an intro this week because I'm still reading "Inferno", but I do have a teaser.

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  12. I really like that beginning. It sets up the reader with a lot of questions as an incentive to keep reading for answers. I also like the tone of the storyteller.

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  13. Great opening, and I doubt she's gone crazy.

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  14. I like the beginning. Mine too deals with ghosts. :)

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  15. On no, a writer who goes mad. Sounds too close to home. Love that cover. Here's Mine

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  16. Not sure that's for me,but I hope you're enjoying it!

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  17. Wow, that paragraph certainly caught my eye! Sounds intriguing...thanks for sharing it.

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