Tuesday, May 31, 2022

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros - Lucy By the Sea; Elizabeth Strout

Welcome to First Chapter/Intros, hosted by Yvonne @ Socrates Book ReviewsEach week readers post the first paragraph (or 2) of a book we are reading or plan to read soon. I wanted to hold off on this book since it won't be published until September but, when I look at all my book choices, this is the book that is calling my name. What words of wisdom will Lucy Barton leave us with this time?

Lucy By the Sea; Elizabeth Strout
Random House - September 2022


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Like many others, I did not see it coming.

But William is a scientist, and he saw it coming; he saw it sooner than I did, is what I mean.

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William is my first husband; we were married for twenty years and we have been divorced for about that long as well.  We are friendly, I would see him intermittently; we both were living in New York City, where we came when we first married.  But because my (second) husband had died and his (third) wife had left him, I had seen him more this past year.

What do you think - read more of pass?  I can't get enough of Elizabeth Strout's books.

22 comments:

  1. I have read a couple of these books with Lucy and William, the most recent being Oh William. They do give us a great look into the lives of the characters. Thanks for sharing, and enjoy!

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    1. She is one of my top 5 favorite authors. I love the Lucy series.

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  2. I do love me some Elizabeth Strout and I'll be pouncing on this one as soon as it's available.

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    1. Me too Dorothy! Hope to start it soon. She is one of my top 5 favorite authors.

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  3. I'd read more! I'm curious as to what William saw coming that no one else did. :)

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  4. I've been wanting to try this author and this sounds like a good place to start. The intro grabbed my attention right away.

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  5. I would definitely read more- has my interest already.

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  6. As soon as I saw this I got the Audible. It's going to be tough to wait until Sept. I've read the first 3 books and when I saw this post I realized that I added Oh William! to my list of favorites for 2021 but didn't write a review. That wasn't the only book either. I didn't write reviews for 5 in total. I need to fix that. My reading and reviewing has been terrible since COVID.

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    1. Funny Vicki - COVID has increased my reading it seems. I love Elizabeth Strout's books - all of them.

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  7. Lucky you to have an ARC!!! I cannot wait to read this one... will likely pre-order.

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    1. I know, I hope to start it soon and wanted to wait till August but don't think I can.

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  8. I'd have to read some more to see if I wanted to read some more!

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  9. Yep, I will definitely read this one!

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    1. I can't wait, she has a huge following. I want to listen to Olive, Again -------again.

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  10. That's a lot of spouses! It's great that they could stay friendly after so many years.

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    1. This is such a wonderful series and the writing is fitsy-rate.

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  11. Is this book the same as Oh, William, but a different name? I started that books a while back.

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  12. No this is the same characters book the newest book which doesn't release until September. It's soooo good, I'm reading it very slow as I don't want it to end.

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