First Chapter First Paragraph – Tuesday Intros
Welcome to First Chapter Tuesday, hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. Today I’m spotlighting The Snow Child, a new release from Reagan Arthur Books. My copy arrived today and I can’t wait to get started reading it. Next week I’ll be hosting a giveaway and you will have a chance to enter to win your own copy.
The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey
Expected publication: February 1st 2012
Publisher: Reagan Arthur Books (Little Brown)
A little about the story:
Transport yourself to the untamed Alaskan frontier in the 1920s. A magical tale told with wonder and delight. A childless, older couple build a child out of the first snowfall. The next morning the snow child is gone–but they glimpse a young, blonde-haired girl running through the trees. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear.
The first paragraph:
Wolverine River, Alaska 1920
Mabel had known there would be silence. That was the point, after all. No infants cooing or wailing. No neighbor children playfully hollering down the lane. No pad of small feet on the wooden stairs worn smooth by generations, or clackety-clack of toys along the kitchen floor. All those sounds of her failure and regret would be left behind, and in their place there would be silence.
Would you want to continue reading?
Under My Apple Tree 
I would definitely read this, in fact, I pre-ordered it for my Kindle for next week. Great intro, great pick. enjoy
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Based on that beginning, I’m not sure that I would continue reading, but the story sounds like it has a lot of potential.
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I’d read this, to find out if the silence is broken. The cover is gorgeous!
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