Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (4)

Bookish Musings: Opening Lines (4)

I'm back with more first lines of books! As I have said many times, I don't think the first line is the most important. I don't think most people are going to stop reading if the first line isn't amazing. But I still think it can be fun and interesting to look at them. And I think an interesting one presented without context in a post like this might grab someone's attention enough to try a book....
 
Update: Life and Books (Apr 2023)

Update: Life and Books (Apr 2023)

Let's see. What did I do in April... I played more games because they're a great distraction from real life. Which means I also got a lot of headaches, but eh, that's not fun to talk about. I've been having a lot of fun with Sun Haven! It's the first cutesy farming/crafting sim I've played, and it's full of fantasy stuff, and my character is a naga with four boyfriends :-) I want to stop for a...
 
Bookish News: 10 Queer SFF Books I’m Excited For in 2023 (Part 1)

Bookish News: 10 Queer SFF Books I’m Excited For in 2023 (Part 1)

New year, new books! More specifically, new queer sci-fi/fantasy books. This is Part 1 because it only includes books from the first half of the year, and I plan to do another in July. Sort of by accident I have five adult books (which I put first) and five YA (which I put in the second row). There are a lot more than ten I'm looking forward to, but I had to limit myself because I only have so...