Sunday 24 January 2016

Opening Lines

In a random moment of creativity, I recently decided I'd make my friend - who loves books - a set of bookmarks with some really good quotes from books we've both read on as a present. I'm still not sure how well they turned out if I'm honest, and doing it all just reminded me of exactly why I hate crafts and DIY so much. But, on the plus side, looking at all of the quotes has reminded me why I love books so much, so I've decided (yet another 'great' idea) to post some of my favourites on here.

Due to my aforementioned inability to make decisions and cut things down, I'm going to have to do themes for my quotes - starting, rather fittingly I think, with opening lines. These are some of my favourite opening lines from books I've read, the ones that grabbed me and made me desperately want to read more. See if you recognise any, and feel free to comment with your own favourites :)


It has been sixty-four years since the president and the Consortium identified love as a disease, and forty-three since the scientists perfected a cure.
~Delirium

Sunday 3 January 2016

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

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It's the Christmas holidays, so what does that mean? Lots of time to read, YAY. Incidentally, I also rearranged my entire bookshelves because nothing fit and I had to stack everything up weirdly, which was really annoying me to look at every day. But now I found more space so they're all colour coded and pretty - even though they'll probably only stay like that for the next couple of weeks before I mess it up. Oh well.

Anyway, I stole borrowed Fangirl from my sister to read, about a year after I first bought it her - she insists on having read her books before I can borrow them, which would be fine, but it takes her months to get through each one - and read it in about a day. Needless to say, she was a bit irritated. 

Summary 
Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair anymore - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fanfiction she writes, where she always know exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life. Without Wren, Cath is on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She's got a surly room mate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, and she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone. Cath has to decide whether she's ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she's learning that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible.