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First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Odessa by Gabrielle Sher

Odessa by Gabrielle Sher, girl with red face and multiple facets
Frieda was underwater. Her muscles contracted, shocked from the cold, and she was reminded suddenly of giving birth to her children: the way her own body had been a stranger to her, knowing things she had never learned, moving without her command. She opened her lips and exhaled, forcing her muscles to relax. The pain turned to pleasure. Miriam’s warm hand pressed gently on the top of her head and she opened her eyes, seeing her own pale hands illuminated by thin veins of light in the dark water.
Friday’s Page 69 ~ Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Friday’s Page 69 ~ Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche by Nancy Springer, girl standing in front of a fireplace holding a letter and looking worried
Dawson had a footman bring up my carpetbag and parasol and sent for a a maid named Jill. Listening to Dawson gave Jil some rather alarming instructions, I bent over so that neither would see what I was doing, slipped my dagger out of my corset and hid it deep in my carpetbag, firmly and silently assuring myself that it was unlikely Jill would discover that my bosom was filled with papers, pound notes, and other supplies; all should now be well.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling, nun (with many heads) holding a bee hive thingie
In fifteen days, there will be no food in Aymar Castle.
She has done the arithmetic forward and back. They have been down to strangled rations for weeks now, and there have been mistakes. Thefts. Impulsive, desperate gorgings. Even if every soul in Aymar Castle keeps to their allotted portion – and Phosyne does not think that is likely – every soul in Aymar Castle will run out of food in fifteen days.
And though Phosyne is one of the few outside the Priory who can work sums, everybody else is bound to realize this soon.