FAMOUS FIRST SENTENCES

There's something powerful about beginnings.

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The make-up artist dabbed powder on Sheikh Hatem's forehead with the finesse of a professional.

The Televangelist by Ibrahim Essa (submitted by @thethinker351)

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The Famous First Sentences Giveaway

Hello book nerds near and far!

I have reached a big milestone–2000 followers. I still can’t really believe it. To show my gratitude and give back to all of you, I’m doing a nice little giveaway!

One winner will receive:

    - A copy of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (my favorite book)

    - A copy of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (a book about books)

    - A copy of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (aaaaaand another book about books)

    - A $25 Barnes & Noble gift card (or, if you live outside of the United States, a gift card to your local book chain)

    - A hand drawn copy of the first sentence of your choice!

Shipping is included, anywhere in the world (from the United States).

RULES:

- The winner will be chosen at random on February 28, 2017, and contacted through Tumblr for their shipping address. If the winner does not respond within three days, a new winner will be chosen.

- To be eligible, you must be following me on and continue to follow me after the contest ends. 

- No giveaway blogs

- Keep this post as-is please!

- Reblog of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

- Like of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

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Update on this:

The giveaway has ended and I’m happy to announce that @notebookcollector is the randomly selected winner! 

Thank you so much to everyone for reblogging and liking and following. I had a blast running this. I’m so happy to have such wonderful followers. Keep on submitting and telling people about this...now you know that milestones may or may not mean FREE STUFF!

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The Famous First Sentences Giveaway

Hello book nerds near and far!

I have reached a big milestone–2000 followers. I still can’t really believe it. To show my gratitude and give back to all of you, I’m doing a nice little giveaway!

One winner will receive:

    - A copy of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (my favorite book)

    - A copy of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (a book about books)

    - A copy of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (aaaaaand another book about books)

    - A $25 Barnes & Noble gift card (or, if you live outside of the United States, a gift card to your local book chain)

    - A hand drawn copy of the first sentence of your choice!

Shipping is included, anywhere in the world (from the United States).

RULES:

- The winner will be chosen at random on February 28, 2017, and contacted through Tumblr for their shipping address. If the winner does not respond within three days, a new winner will be chosen.

- To be eligible, you must be following me on and continue to follow me after the contest ends. 

- No giveaway blogs

- Keep this post as-is please!

- Reblog of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

- Like of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

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ONE DAY LEFT EVERYONE! Keep on liking and reblogging, I’ll choose the winner tomorrow night!

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His name, in itself, will mean close to nothing nowadays to people caught up in very different business from our own, but we'll give it regardless: Giovanni Bergesio.

The Twenty Days of Turin by Giorgio de Maria, translated by Ramon Glazov

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...but she hangs up on him before he finishes.

Shadowbahn by Steve Erickson

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She has often suspected that her last words to herself and in this world will prove to be 'You bloody old fool' or, perhaps, depending on the mood of the day or the time of night, 'you fucking idiot'.

The Dark Flood Rises by Margaret Drabble

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Before the flight I was invited for lunch at a London club with a billionaire I'd been promised had liberal credentials.

Outline by Rachel Cusk

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It was the worst of times, it was the worst of times.

Autumn by Ali Smith

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On our wedding day I was forty-six, she was eighteen.

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

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Nola's birth uncovered the secret of the great sin that Fin Thomas had committed many, many years before, but one she bellowed to the world from the very first moment she poked her kinky head into it.

Dew Angels by Melanie Schwapp

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The long hours Margot works at the hotel are never documented.

Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Dennis-Benn

[famousfirstsentences]

The Famous First Sentences Giveaway

Hello book nerds near and far!

I have reached a big milestone–2000 followers. I still can’t really believe it. To show my gratitude and give back to all of you, I’m doing a nice little giveaway!

One winner will receive:

    - A copy of The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (my favorite book)

    - A copy of The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón (a book about books)

    - A copy of The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield (aaaaaand another book about books)

    - A $25 Barnes & Noble gift card (or, if you live outside of the United States, a gift card to your local book chain)

    - A hand drawn copy of the first sentence of your choice!

Shipping is included, anywhere in the world (from the United States).

RULES:

- The winner will be chosen at random on February 28, 2017, and contacted through Tumblr for their shipping address. If the winner does not respond within three days, a new winner will be chosen.

- To be eligible, you must be following me on and continue to follow me after the contest ends. 

- No giveaway blogs

- Keep this post as-is please!

- Reblog of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

- Like of this post counts as 1 entry (maximum of 1 per day)

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He'd never been asked to wear a suit to a job interview.

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

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Where the reservation boundary invisibly bisected a stand of deep brush--chokecherry, popple, stunted oak--Landreaux waited.

LaRose by Louise Erdrich

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Behold the man.

The North Water by Ian McGuire

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On the day that he would first meet Thomas Edison, Paul watched a man burn alive in the sky above Broadway.

The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore

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In his youth Albert Einstein spent a year loafing aimlessly.

Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli