Every Tuesday fellow blogger Bibliophile By the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where bloggers share the first paragraph of the book they are currently reading or thinking about reading soon.
I am currently reading Karen White’s Return to Tradd Street, the fourth and final book in the Tradd Street series. It took a little while for White to get to the point here, but it’s certainly an opening that will hook you once she finally gets there:
“My eyes flickered open in my Tradd Street bedroom, where splinters of light fed slowly into the room through the plantation shutters. The gossamer curtains that my mother had thought would add a touch of femininity to the otherwise masculine space moved softly from cool air being blown out the vent hidden in the wide baseboard. A wet nose and furry ear pressed against my cheek as General Lee’s tail fanned my face. Yet none of these creature comforts eased the tightening in my chest that had seized me upon waking as the reality of my life once again came crashing down on my head like an avalanche with no impediments. Despite a lifetime of being in control of my destiny, and what I thought was a fulfilling life of purpose as a successful Realtor, I found myself in the most incomprehensible and extraordinary predicament: I was forty years old, single, and – most bafflingly of all – pregnant.”
What do you think? Would you keep reading? Stay tuned for my full review…
I have enjoyed this series…think I had read the Folly Beach book by White. I am happy you mentioned reading this series as I might have missed it or probably it would have taken me some time to chance upon it for a summer or fun read. Being under the weather during the holidays, this series did a great job of keeping me entertained….Otherwise I might have been a little irritable. Happy New Year and look forward to your next posting.
This has been such a good choice for bad weather – I’ve been reading it during the Polar Vortex!
I haven’t heard of this series before…but based on this opening paragraph, I am going to add it to my reading list.
My Tuesday Intro: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2014/01/first-chapter-first-paragraph-45.html
It’s such a fun series, but make sure to start at the beginning with The House on Tradd Street…the books do build off of each other.
I want to read this one! Having read two of the other books in this series, I want to catch up and read this one. I love the opening lines…and now I want to know what happens.
Here’s MY TUESDAY POST
I told myself I wasn’t going to read anymore in this series, but I love Karen White’s writing too much. Even though I am not a big fan of her main character.
Ha – I totally agree with you about Melanie! She has now REALLY started to irk me…maybe because I read the 3rd and 4th books back to back and have had a big dose of her recently. I’m still dying to know how things wrap up, so will keep reading, but her constant avoidance of dealing with things and continual refusals to continue conversations that obviously need to be continued is grating on me.
Ok, I’m hooked. But I have to read a series in order. So off the find the first three titles and add them all to my MT. TBR. Thanks for sharing.
I enjoyed the first book, so I would keep reading:)
Thanks for joining us this week Sarah.
I am looking forward to this book.