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This post will be all about the first (or second and third) paragraph of a book I picked, or am currently reading.

NOTE: This used to be on Tuesdays but I flipped this one around with Thursdays post. :)

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Never Fall for Your Enemy by Kate O’Keeffe

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Never Fall for Your Enemy by Kate O’Keeffe

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It's Complicated #2 Never Fall for Your Enemy Kate O'Keeffe, Adult, Blue, Holidays, Christmas, Dog, romance, enemies to lovers
Don’t panic. Don’t panic.
I’ve got to keep it together.
I take a steadying breath as I glance over at him once more, and my heart leaps in my mouth.
Dang it! I’m panicking.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m trying to stay cool, calm, and collected. Really trying. But right now, my brain is sparkling alert messages at multiple synapses, my heart is racing like it’s a greyhound at the track, and my urge to run is almost overwhelming.
He’s here. Right in front of me.
The one that got away.
The one I haven’t seen since… well it’s been a while.
Almost twelve years, in fact.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ City of the Dead by James Ponti

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ City of the Dead by James Ponti

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City Spies #4 City of the Dead James Ponti, Children's Books, Spies, Espionage, Mystery, Egypt, London, Museum, Clues, Secrets, Pyramid, Sfinx, Lights
On a slate gray November day, one hundred years after the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb, a group of five young people converged in a part of London known as Bloomsbury. Like Howard Carter, they were looking to recover treasures of Egyptian antiquity. Except they weren’t going to dig a tunnel in the desert. They were going to sneak through one in an abandoned section of the London Underground. And the artifacts they sought weren’t concealed in some long-forgotten tomb. They were on display at one of the busiest museums in the world.
This was no excavation. It was a heist.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds

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We Deserve Monuments by Jas Hammonds, Sunflowers, Girl, Racism, Small Town, Romance, LGBT, Family,
Ten.
That’s how many bullet holes I counted puncturing the rusted brown Bardell County highway sign. There were probably more, but I lost count when it blurred past us as Mom accelerated into town. I turned to look through the rear window, wondering if I imagined them, but they were as real as the seat belt digging into my neck. Dreary sunlight streamed through the holes like an erratic cheese grater, and I couldn’t think of a more fitting welcome to this wasteland.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ On Air with Zoe Washington by Janae Marks

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On Air with Zoe Washington Janae Marks, Young Adult, Baking, Bakery, Family, Girl, Laptop, Podcast, Prison
If someone had told ten-year-old me that in four years I’d have a bakery job and that my birth dad – who I didn’t even know at the time – would be my coworker, I would’ve looked at them like they had two heads. It was totally unbelievable. But now, it was happening.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

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The Scourge Between Stars Ness Brown, Adult, Horror, Novella, Scary, Sci-Fi, Girl, Monsters
The Sun was a golden stitch in the black tapestry of the void, just one needlepoint among thousands visible through the Calypso’s observation deck window. It made an extra zag in the sawtooth constellation of Cassiopeia, even though the ship had left Proxima b a century ago. The sun should be blinding by now, the biggest thing in the sky, but Jacklyn still needed the ship’s astronautical charts to tell which star it was. Which star was home.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ This Winter by Alice Oseman

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ This Winter by Alice Oseman

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Solitaire #0.5 This Winter Alice Oseman, Young Adult, Brothers, Sister, Heartstopper, Solitaire, Romance, LGBT, Novella, Christmas, Lamp, Snow, Mental Health, Eating Disorder, Family, Red, Snow, House, Tree
I wake up two hours after I fall asleep. The amount of sleep I get on Christmas Eve seems to be decreasing each year, probably because my average falling-asleep time gets steadily later due to my rather worrying Internet addiction. Maybe, eventually, I’ll just stop sleeping altogether and become a vampire. I’d be good at that.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute by Sayantani DasGupta

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute by Sayantani DasGupta

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Rosewood: A Midsummer Meet Cute Sayantani DasGupta, Young Adult, Retelling, Romance, Girl, Dress, Boy, Summer Camp, TV-show
“No way that is Regency appropriate!” I said for the millionth time, my eyes transfixed on my sister’s laptop screen. There, amid the well-groomed greenery of a twisty garden labyrinth, was a hot, brown-skinned lord of the manor doing seriously R-rated things to a milquetoast but moaning lady. I wasn’t a prude or anything, but all those barely covered heaving bosoms were a lot to take on a school night. “Jane Austen would definitely not approve!”
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Of Love and Forge by Carly Spade

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Of Love and Forge by Carly Spade

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Of Love and Forge: A Neosphere Novel Carly Spade, Mythology, Romance, Young Adult
Harpies.
Screeching. Meddling. Stinking bloody fucking harpies.
But the sound of an axe blade as it stops said screeching? Bliss.
Leaning against a nearby alleyway wall, I dangled a pair of enchanted shackles between two fingers. The funny thing about harpies was… they could fly. But with the right incentive, also known as yanking their asses back to solid ground, you could easily kill ’em. Not many guys could handle the job, so they came to me. Hephaistos. God of the Forge and blacksmithing extraordinaire.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Where Darkness Blooms by Andrea Hannah

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Where Darkness Blooms Andrea Hannah, Horror, Face, Girl, Flowers, Plants
The land had always been parched but its thirst for blood was learned.
The people indigenous to the land could not stay as no crops would grow. Travelers exploring the west never stayed for longer than a fortnight. Frontiersmen swept through – first on horses and then by wagon. Each time they left behind only that which they no longer wished to carry. They left broken spindles and dried pinto beans and scuffed horseshoes, a trail of useless, forgotten things in their wake.
Stay. A whisper in the dusty breeze. But they never heard the plea.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ How to Survive without Grown-ups by Larry Hayes, Katie Abey

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ How to Survive without Grown-ups by Larry Hayes, Katie Abey

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How to Survive Without Grown-Ups Larry Hayes, Katie Abey, Humour, Space, Sci-Fi, brother, sister, rainbow, vampire squid, funny, children's book, island, traps, illustrations
The Year 2053

Five days after our world ended.

It’s day 5 and things are bad.
You’re probably wondering what I’m doing here. My name is Eliza; I’m the one stuck in the car. The car is floating in space, a million miles from Earth. It’s weird, but the radio’s still working and I can hear ‘Life on Mars?’ singing out from one of the speakers.
My baby brother, Johnnie, has got it worse – he’s trapped in the boot with our dog and a bomb. And from his high-pitched shriek I can tell he’s just spilled his milk on a dehydrated vampire squid that’s about to rehydrate and suck away their faces.