The Broke and the Bookish want to know our Top Ten Favorite Beginnings and Endings. Right now, I could only think of SIX! Looking forward to having my memory jogged by what you have liked! With endings, it's a little harder, because you don't want to give the story away.
Beginnings:
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man
in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” Pride & Prejudice by Jane
Austen.
Zane accidentally kills Death in Piers Anthony’s On a Pale Horse, which is the start to a great fantasy series on The Immortals (back before it was 'cool'!).
"If Singletree’s only florist didn’t deliver her posies
half-drunk, I might still be married to that floor-licking, scum-sucking,
receptionist-nailing hack-accountant, Mike Terwilliger." …And One Last Thing by Molly
Harper (hilarious!)
“Day 5994… I wake up….The body is the easiest thing to
adjust to, if you’re used to waking up in a new one each morning. It’s the
life, the context of the body, that can be hard to grasp.” Every Day by David Leviathan captured my attention completely with his writing style and premise.
When June has an accident where her passenger dies, she
begins to complete a list of “20 Things to do before I turn 25,” in honor of
Marissa. The Next Thing on My List
by Jill Smolinski is a poignant book about a lady trying to discover herself through someone else's list of things to do.
Endings:
I don’t want to say what it is, but the ending of Emily and Einstein by Linda
Francis Lee is bittersweet and heartwarming at the same time. One of those books you just hug to your chest when you finish, as you are wiping away the tears.
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