The Butterfly Recluse
by Therese Heckenkamp
I think the butterflies knew what was coming that day – that he was coming, and that life as we knew it was about to change.
I love a first line that hints at things to come but yet leaves a lot of ambiguity. Who’s he? Where is he coming from and why? Would life change for the better or for worse?
We’ve filled out yard with plants to attract butterflies, and my daughter raises a handful of Monarchs and now Easter Black Swallowtails each summer. She identifies many, many more.
Butterflies know. I’m amazed at the instinctual knowledge of the Monarch caterpillars who know their host plant. Know when it’s time to shed their skin and go into their chrysalis, have their DNA scrambled, and emerge an entirely different-looking creature.
The butterflies know many things.
What’s the first line of the book you’re reading? Or the book nearest to you?
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I didn’t know butterflies have special instincts but I shouldn’t be surprised 🙂 I’d love for you to stop by my First Lines and also consider joining in the Fall Into Reading Challenge!
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Thanks for the invitation! I will join up. I’ll have to get a post together for Monday. It sounds like fun.
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I am sharing the first line from Finding Lady Enderly by Joanna Davidson Politano: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2019/08/22/first-line-friday-98/. I am just getting into the book, so I will share from chapter 2.
“I clutched the edge of my seat and rested my forehead on the shuddering train window.”
Hope you have a great weekend. Happy reading! 🙂💚📚
I can picture that little snapshot – the back and forth of the train, rattling from side to side.
Great post. I added this to my TBR. Thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m looking forward to diving into this one.
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing the first lines from You Belong With Me by Tari Faris: “Was she really the only one left who cared about this town?”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2019/08/first-line-fridays-you-belong-with-me.html
Thanks for stopping by! Hope you get lots of reading in this weekend.
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog I shared the first line from King’s Shadow by Angela Hunt but it’s also my current read so I’ll share the first line from chapter 23 here: “Anyone who studied Herod in the days following Aristobulus’s death would not doubt his deep and sincere grief.” Happy reading!
I read Angela Hunt’s book Roanoke about five years ago and enjoyed it!
Happy Friday!
On my blog, I shared the first couple of lines of a book I recently finished – The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang. Here, though, I’ll be sharing the first lines of one of the books I’m currently reading – Wild Savage Stars by Kristina Perez.
“The waves mocked her.
Discordant laughter swelled in Branwen’s mind and twisted her heart. She couldn’t remain on the ship one moment longer. Her skin itched.”
Wild Savage Stars is the sequel to Kristina Perez’s Sweet Black Waves, which is a Tristan & Eseult retelling. I’m enjoying it so far and I hope you liked the first few lines I shared.
Hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks for sharing those! Happy reading! I’ve never read Tristan & Eseult, which, now that I look it up, seems like a big omission! Just downloaded a version.
An intriguing opening line. 🙂
I’m sharing on my blog the first line from Grace in Deep Waters by Christine Dillon.
The radio dominated the room.
I’ll have to check that out. Now I’m wondering what time period it’s set in.