Friday Book Beginnings & Book Blogger Hop


I did not have time to post on Friday so welcome to Friday Book Beginnings and Book Blogger Hop on Saturday. These should have been posted yesterday morning, but I was otherwise occupied.

Book Beginnings on Fridays by Rose City Reader -  Share the opening sentence (or so) of the book you are reading this week. You can also share from a book that caught your fancy, even if you are not reading it right now.


"Conscription Day is always the deadliest. Maybe that's why the sunrise was especially beautiful this morning - because I know it might be my last." The Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros

This book pulled me in from line one... What the hell is Conscription Day? Okay, so I knew this book was about an elite school of dragon riders so I could make a little assumption about the day in question, but I had no idea why it was deadly or who was the character wondering whether or not he or she was seeing their last sunrise.

Q: How many "book" bags do you have? Do you use all of them? (submitted by Elizabeth @ Silver's Review)

A: Not 100% sure what the question means by book bags, but I'm going to assume it means bags with books in them, of which I have 3. One is full of mystery books from a friend who reads murder mystery almost non-stop, the second has two fantasy novels in it from my last visit to Barnes&Noble, and my third bag has a handful of books on miscellaneous subjects/genres. I don't read murder mysteries often, so I that bag is, and probably will remain, the fullest.

Comments

  1. Jessica @ a GREAT readNovember 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM

    Ooh interesting! I am liking everyone's interpretation of this question! I also referred to the bag I used in school days as a book bag or backpack since I had to lug books back and forth with it everyday. I ended up using my main one for book conventions as well for years! It started to shed on the inside after a good too long of use, so it had to retire as I did not want that stuff on my books! Lol.


    Thanks for visiting my BBH!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitNovember 8, 2025 at 9:32 AM

      I noticed almost everyone else interpretted 'book bags' to mean totebags so I probably misunderstood the question. But how do other people store their not-yet-read books?

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  2. Live and LearnNovember 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM

    That was a great first sentence!

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitNovember 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM

      I wonder sometimes how authors pick a first sentence. because it needs to hook the reader right away and if it doesn't what's the point? This one pulled me right in.

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  3. ElizabethNovember 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM

    Yes. Very interesting about the interpretation.

    I meant bags that have either a store’s name on them, or a publisher’s name, or pictures of books

    I guess I could’ve been clearer.

    Love your answer.

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    1. Idea-ist @ GetLostinLitNovember 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM

      lol, everyone else seemed to understand your question, based on the blogs I've visited.

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