Hey bookworms, being new to the blogging game, I’ve recently noticed the amount of fun bookish blog memes on Fridays! I’ll be offering up my entries in a medley format where I participate in as many as I want/can once in a while. Here we gooo!!
Today’s Memes Are:
- Book Beginnings on Fridays Hosted by Rose City Reader
- Books From The Backlog Hosted by Carole’s Random Life
- Book Blogger Hop Hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer
Book Beginnings on Fridays
Book Beginnings on Fridays asks us to share the opening sentence (or so) of the book we’re reading this week. Don’t forget to link up at Rose City Reader and check out her post.
I’m about to start a buddy read of Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind today so the timing is perfect to share the first line.
“In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.”
Perfume, Patrick Süskind
Well, I’m already scared! I don’t typically read a lot of horror, thrillers, or crime fiction so this is me branching out and please wish me luck! I have heard great things about this book and the first line has gripped me; it’s an excellent line and I have so many questions that I’m not sure I want the answer to. 😬 I’m hoping I’ll love it but at the very least it’ll count towards my “Read more Historical Fiction” goal.
Books From the Backlog
Books from the Backlog is a fun way to highlight some of the neglected books from our bookshelves. Once again link up at Carole’s Random Life and check out her post.
My neglected book of the week is:
Omnibus of the Fionavar Tapestry Series by Guy Gavriel Kay:
Genres: High Fantasy
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Canada in 1995
Format: Paperback Omnibus (Contains Books #1-3)
Pages: 792
Source: Purchased at a used bookstore
In the three novels that make up the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy collected in this omnibus edition (The Summer Tree, The Wandering Fire, and The Darkest Road), five University of Toronto students find themselves transported to a magical land to do battle with the forces of evil. At a Celtic conference, Kimberley, Kevin, Jennifer, Dave, and Paul meet wizard Loren Silvercloak. Returning with him to the magical kingdom of Fionavar to attend a festival, they soon discover that they are being drawn into the conflict between the dark and the light….
Why did I add this book to my shelves?
Guy Gavriel Kay has been on my list of authors I want to try for a long time. He’s Canadian and his writing style is so well-loved, so I couldn’t say no when I saw this at the used bookstore for $1! However, as much as I think I’ll love it, the sheer chunkiness of the book has been a deterrent. I’ll have to re-contextualize this in my brain and treat it as three separate books to make it more appealing to pick up!
Book Blogger Hop
Every week Book Blogger Hop poses a book-related query and the goal is to hop to other people’s blogs, discover new books, and make new bookish friends. Check out Billy’s post and link up!
12th-18th – If you could live in any book, which one would you pick and why? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
I discussed this question at length with my husband over brunch this morning and finally came up with an answer I feel confident with. It’s gotta be The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien!
While chatting through a few options, I realized 2 things:
- I absolutely would not survive in most fantasy or sci-fi worlds.
- I need to read more cozy books.
When choosing a literary world to live in, I mostly focused on safety and quality of life. Even though there are some horrible, scary things in Middle-Earth, there’s an equal or greater amount of wonderful things so it balances out. I would be a Hobbit and content to stay in The Shire living a simple life—what a cottagecore dream!
Let’s chat in the comments!
Did you participate in any bookish memes this week? Leave your link so I can check them out 🖤 Or, feel free to answer any of these prompts below!
Perfume does sound good and I hope you are enjoying it! I haven’t read anything by Guy Gavriel Kay either, but, like you, would like to someday. I can see why an omnibus of the series would be a deterrent because of it’s size. I think it’s a good idea to think of it as three in one and take them one at a time. The Shire does seem like it would be a wonderful place to live, doesn’t it? The Hobbit is a great choice! Now you have me wanting to go there too. 🙂 Have a wonderful week!
Thank you! I hope you have a great week as well! Yes one at a time will be the way to go 😉 and i’m glad you’d like to come be a Hobbit with me too haha 😛
Your book Perfume does sound from the first quote to be quite scary. I don’t usually read that genre so I’ll pass on it, though.
I’d like to invite you to join Friday56 where you share an additional quote, from page 56, from the book you are currently reading. I’m the host. Take a look: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2024/04/review-dark-testament.html
Hi Anne 🙂 Oh, that meme sounds like a perfect companion for talking about the first line. I’ll definitely have to participate in that one next time, thanks 😀 ! I’ll go check out your post! Also, I don’t blame you for wanting to skip it I’m just glad i’ll be reading with a friend so I don’t have to be scared alone lol
That omnibus looks really familiar… I am very very excited for when you start Guy Gavriel Kay’s trilogy! I discovered him as an author when I was in high school during an optional literature class. A good part of my bookshelf is dedicated to him!
Also looking forward to hearing more about Perfume!
Oh so cool. I really want to get into his works and I’ll definitely let you know when I get to it (i’m hoping soon ish lol) & I’ll keep you in the loop for Perfume too haha