Cover Lover Saturday ~ The Start of Me and You
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ Ordinary Girls
I have never been good at beginnings, which is one of my many shortcomings. Starting with childhood seems very romantic, like a true bildungsroman, but I don’t really remember half my childhood due to being a baby, and I’m not about to rely on Ginny’s accounts of what I was like, because she did not care for having a baby sister and once covered me in Vaseline when Mom left us alone in the playroom. So I suppose I will start on that sunny Saturday in September when I first realised how acutely I wanted to murder my sister.
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ If I’m Being Honest
“Bitch.”
I hear the word under Autumn Carey’s breath behind me. I guess I earned it by daring to walk ahead of her to reach the dining hall door. I cut her off while she was examining her reflection in her phone’s camera, trying to decide if her new bangs were a bad choice. Which they were. Part of me wants to whilr around and tell Autumn I don’t have the entirety of lunch to walk behind her, but I don’t.
Blog Tour Time ~ How the Light Gets In by Katy Upperman ~ Excerpt + Giveaway
Review for No Ivy League
First Chapter First Paragraph Thursday Intros ~ The Way You Make Me Feel
This paper plane was near perfect.
Crisp edges, a pointy nose, and just the right weight. I held it up, closing my left eye to aim it toward the stage. Rose Carver and her short-brimmed black hat were in fine form today, a perfect target, her face lit up beatifically by the stage lights. As she went on about junior prom announcements, I grew more confident.
Waiting on Wednesday (Vacation Edition) ~ Here There Are Monsters
Teaser Tuesday ~ Reasons to be Happy
I had Random.org select a page and it selected page 92.
This assignment wrapped me in that lead blanket again, just like in the counsellor’s office. Make a difference? Who, me? Right. Like that’s gonna happen.
Monday’s First Sentence ~ Somewhere Only We Know
When you have a face that’s recognizable by an entire continent, you have zero room to make mistakes.