Tuesday, August 9, 2022

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros - Godspeed; Nickolas Butler and The Messy Lives of Book People; Phaedra Patrick

                                                    

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. This week I'm featuring (2) books - one I've started and one that I plan to start in a couple of days.

This first book is from my (20) Books of Summer list and was inspired by true events. I started this one and am enjoying it.

Godspeed; Nickolas Butler
G.P. Putnam - 2022
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Outside Jackson, Wyoming

This was the house that would change their fortunes.  They could feel it.  Cole had barely steered his pickup off the highway and [assed through an open cattle-gate before they began climbing the dusty canyon road north, and they could feel it--money--like a vibration in the crisp mountain air.  It was humming out there, an expectancy, a promise, and they were driving toward it cotton-mouthed, skin crawling.  They could practically see it on the wind pushing the late-summer leaves, swaying the yellowing meadow grasses, smiling down upon the dappled river water below.  The whole world here looked like money.  Money just waiting to be plucked up off the ground--the leaves like greenbacks, the shimmer of the water like silver coins.

I read the very first novel by this author, Shotgun Lovesongs, in 2014 and enjoyed it so I decided to give his most recent book a try as well.  What do you think, read more or pass?

Park Row - 2022


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THE APARTMENT IN THE CLOUDS

"Liv Green wore her polishing cloth draped over her arm in the same proud way a maitre d' might wear a napkin.  She'd already cleaned Essie Starling's two bathrooms, each bigger than her own bedroom, polished the white marble kitchen worktops and left uniform vacuum cleaner tracks on the dove gray carpets, just how the best selling author liked them.  She wore one earbud while she worked, listening to the audiobook of Essie's nineteenth novel for the second time and leaving her other ear free in case the author called out any commands."

I was at the library browsing the new book shelves and this one caught my eye. What do you think -- read more or pass?

15 comments:

  1. I'm not sure about the first one though I do love the descriptive language. The second book looks like one I would really love and that's an author I've been wanting to try! I hope you love them both.

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    1. The first book is good and has kept my interest but it seems like a darker theme overall. I'm very curious.

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  2. I'm not sure about the first book so I'll be curious to hear what you think about it. The second book sounds interesting and that title alone has captured my attention. :)

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    1. The first one, which I've started has a darker tone and, while I haven't started the second book it does seem like a lighter read.

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  3. Those are two intriguing beginnings and I think I would continue reading, but then I never start reading a book unless I intend to finish it.

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    1. I try to finish what I start as well but, occasionally I have a DNF:)

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  4. I loved Shotgun Lovesongs and had no idea Butler had a new novel. Adding to my list immediately!

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    1. Glad you enjoyed Shotgun Loveongs and, yes, Butler has published several books since that one but, I haven't read any. Godspeed is pulling me along at a good pace as I just know something (several big things perhaps) are likely to happen and I'm trying to imagine what they are right now LOL

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  5. They both look good, but I'm especially drawn to The Messy Lives of Book People. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. The first book is very good and I hope to start the other which seems fun later this week.

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  6. I love the title of the first one, but why do I get the feeling that something sinister is at hand?

    The second one seems like fun and that title fits today's TTT perfectly!!

    Thanks for visiting us and enjoy the rest of your week.

    Elza Reads

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  7. Yes, I am at about the 30% mark and I get the feeling that several bad thinks are likely to happen in this story.

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  8. They both sound good but the second one's cover and title has my interest.

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  9. I can see her falling for the author and vice versa. Cute book.

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