The May Queen Murders - First chapter, first paragraph & teasers

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea to share the first paragraph of a book you're currently reading or about to read. 

Chapter 1 – “Yet another LOST DOG sign marked the animal clinic’s window. This one stung. Mrs. Knightley had brought her beagle Jones in for a heartworm test only last week. I’d given him one of Aunt Rue’s dog biscuits, and Jones’s tail had wagged with glee.  Now he was one more missing face. The curled papers blanketing the glass rustled against the April wind. Some had been there since January, when the dogs began disappearing. Papa wouldn’t take them down.”

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Books and a Beat  to participate open the book you are currently reading to a random page and share two sentences - but make sure they aren't spoilers.

Here are mine:

From page 105:

 “A murder of crows rushed into the sky and perched upon the houses, the fences, wherever they could find a place to land.”

“The edges of his sharp beak opened to reveal a pointed tongue before he gave a loud ‘Caw, caw, caw!”

 

Based on the first paragraph and the two teasers, is this a book you would continue reading?  Why or why not?

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First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros - Vassa In the Night

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros is a weekly meme hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea to share the first paragraph of a book you're currently reading or about to read. 

  Chapter 1 (skipping the prelude).

"People live here on purpose; that's what I've heard.  They even cross the country deliberately and move into neighborhoods near the river, and suddenly their shoes are cuter than they are, and very possibly smarter and more articulate as well, and their lives are covered in sequins and they tell themselves they've arrived.  They put on tiny feathered hats and go to parties in warehouses; they drink on rooftops at sunset.  It's a destination and everyone piles up and congratulates themselves on having made it all the way here from some wherever or other.  To them this is practically an enchanted kingdom.  A whole lot of Brooklyn is like that now, but not the part where I live."

Based on this paragraph, would you read more, or pass on this book?

It's Monday! What Are You Reading?

Kathryn at Book Date hosts IMWAYR, a place to  meet up and share what you have been, are and about to be reading over the week.

Finished Last Week

 I recently discovered this series while volunteering at the library.  I've been into graphic novels lately.  I find this series to be delightfully creepy.  In this installment, Courtney has begun attending a school for witches and wizards.  Will she finally make friends?

Currently Reading

 I owe a review on Netgalley/Edelweiss for this book.  I've been working on it for a while now - but only because I'm taking part in a team challenge on Goodreads and I have to keep switching books for something that will fit the challenge.

Up Next

 Reading this for the team challenge I referenced above.  Also it will help with another challenge to finish series that I've started.


What are you reading this week?

Wordless Wednesday

Prehistoric Squirrel at the Smithsonian Museum

101 Adjectives that Describe Me

This was a hard list for me to make. We had to do something like this for my speech class, and it was hard enough coming up with the ten adjectives describing myself. It's hard to even think of 101 adjectives once you sit down to make the list. As part of the speech class assignement we had to ask someone else to describe us in ten words without looking at our list. So if anyone wants to list adjectives they think describe me, they are welcome too. I like seeing what other people think of me - even the bad. It gives me something to work on.

1 accidental (yeah I know, a weird one, but I wasn't planned).
2 amused
3 anxious
4 armed
5 average
6 aware
7 balanced
8 blushing
9 breakable
10 bruised
11 capable
12 chaotic
13 chunky
14 clean
15 clumsy
16 content
17 crafty
18 cuddly
19 cultured
20 curvy
21 dark
22 descriptive
23 determined
24 distracted
25 dizzy
26 dreamy - Given to daydreams or reverie.
27 educated
28 empathic
29 empirical
30 encouraging
31 enthusiastic
32 ethical
33 fair
34 feminine
35 flexible
36 friendly
37 family-oriented
38 giddy
39 giving
40 green-eyed
41 guarded
42 gullible
43 harmonious
44 helpful
45 honorable
46 humorous
47 hungry
48 imaginary
49 imaginative
50 imperfect
51 impulsive
52 inquizative
53 intuitive
54 jittery
55 kind
56 liberal
57 literate
58 loved & loving
59 loyal
60 maddening
61 moody
62 naughty
63 nostalgic
64 obcessive
65 open-minded
66 optimist
67 forgiving
68 overwhelmed
69 pale
70 peaceful
71 personable
72 philosophical
73 polite
74 productive
75 protective
76 real
77 rebellious
78 receptive
79 romantic
80 sassy
81 sensual
82 short
83 sincere
84 soft
85 spirited
86 spiritual
87 strange
88 thankful
89 thoughtful
90 ticklish
91 tolerant
92 upbeat
93 whimsical
94 wide-eyed
95 wisftul
96 youthful
97 zealous
98 stressed
99 passionate
100 playful
101 enduring

Thursday Challenge

The theme this week is: "Family."

This picture was taken in September of 2005. My whole family was visiting Ohio for my aunt and uncle's 25 year wedding anniversary. It's the first time that we were all together in ages. The back row is my youngest brother - Brian, my cousin - Aaron, and my brother - Josh. I had blonde hair at the time. The other girl is my cousin - Valerie. Our parents always make us to akward group photos whenever they can get the five of us together. At least we didn't have to dress the same this go round. Brian is responsible for this pose. I think it looks like a publicity shot for the WB myself.

3x Thursday

1. What plans do you have for the upcoming weekend?

This coming weekend my biggest plan is craft night with Emily, Helen and Isaac. We are working on soap, lavender eye pillows, and a pimp cup (for Isaac). We had planned on getting henna done too but Darla never got back with me. The rest of the weekend I will be packing more of my things for my upcoming move. I'm also working on crocheting a blanket for my sister. She is having her third child in August.

2. Do you have any major plans for the summer?

I graduated from college this month. I'm going on a trip out west with my parents and my niece later this month. It will take about two weeks. We are heading across the bottom portion of the US first and then up across the top to Ohio where we will pick up my younger niece. My nieces will be in Florida for most of June and the first part of July. We usually take them to Disney while they are here. We're planning on teaching my older niece to make soap and we are also having a luau. After my sister comes to get my nieces I'm moving. I start at my new school in August.

3. If money was no object, is there would something you'd like to do/somewhere you'd like to go/etc? If so, what is it? If not, are you happy with the way things are?

If money were no object I would like to travel and see the world. I'd love to back pack across Europe. I'm particularly interested in going to Ireland, Italy and Greece. I'd also love to see Morocco, Egypt and Peru. I would definately continue my formal education, and supplement my education with classes in dance, sewing, gardening, cooking, etc.