First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Journey Beyond the Burrow by Rina Heisel
Crouched in perfect stillness beneath a toadstool, Tobin sniffed the air. Wet, with a faint metallic odor.
A storm was coming, a big one. Lightning for sure. Not a good day for a mouse to venture too far from the Great Burrow. Tobin lifted his nose to the breeze again, performing the junior weather scout procedures dutifully: Sniff the air. Search the air. Feel the air.
He didn’t even need all three steps today. The odor of rain was obvious, the clouds sat heaped in the sky like a row of giant bears, and as for feeling the air – his tan-and-black speckled fur was already clumped together from the humidity. For the third time that afternoon, Tobin rubbed his cheeks, fluffing out his fur and whiskers. After all, whiskers used properly are a fine-tuned sensory tool. Drooping whiskers can’t do their job.
Monday’s First Sentence ~ Kiki Kallira Breaks a Kingdom by Sangu Mandanna
I had absolutely, definitely killed my mother.
Cover Lover Saturday ~ The Story Thief by Graham Carter
Review for The Girl Who Speaks Bear
“Stepping into The Snow Forest is like stepping into another world. The tall, tall trees make me feel small. My mind tingles and my senses come alive. Sometimes in the forest I feel so close to the story of my past I can almost hear it on the wind.”
Review for Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess (Comics)
Enola Holmes returns! This time her books are converted to comics, and I am there for it!
Review for I Can Catch a Monster
A cute and adventurous read about a little girl and the “monsters” she finds in the world!
Review for Max and the Midknights #2: Battle of the Bodkins
The second book in the series, this time with evil doppelgangers, even more magic, and tons of humour.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Addison Cooke and the Ring of Destiny by Jonathan W. Stokes
Addison Cooke was done on his luck. Rain clouds had been following him around for months, though to be fair, he was in England. Whatever switch controlled the British weather was permanently stuck on Rain. Addison imagined that if archaeology didn’t work out for him, he could always enjoy an extremely easy career as an English weatherman.
