It\u2019s the end of the week and that means it\u2019s time for this week\u2019s First Lines Friday! Can you tell what I\u2019m currently reading by the book\u2019s opening lines? <\/p>\n
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First Lines Friday is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by\u00a0Wandering Words<\/mark>. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it\u00a0by its opening lines? \u00a0<\/em><\/h2>\n
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Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
Copy the first few lines, but don\u2019t give anything else about the book away just yet \u2013 you need to hook the reader first<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n
Finally\u2026 reveal the book!<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
(Click on the book cover for a link to their Goodreads page)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\ua700( \u02ca\u0320\u02c2\u02c3\u02cb\u0320 )\ua706\u00a0F \u2013 R \u2013 I \u2013 Y \u2013 A \u2013 Y !!\u00a0\ua700( \u02ca\u0320\u02c2\u02c3\u02cb\u0320 )\ua706<\/strong><\/p>\n
This week\u2019s lines:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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\u201cIan Thomas despised North Korea.<\/p>\n
In his thirty-eight years, he had lived in some dark places, but the Democratic People\u2019s Republic of Korea was hands down his least favorite country on Earth. A cult of personality masquerading as a nation-state\u2014with nuclear weapons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Did you enjoy that preview? Can you guess where it\u2019s from? If you guessed\u2026..<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Command and Control by David Bruns and J.R. Olson <\/h2>\n
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