Happy Friday! I hope you can enjoy a long holiday weekend celebrating Independence Day, with plenty of time for reading and spending time with family and friends 🙂
Today for First Line Friday, a linkup hosted by Hoarding Books, I’m featuring a book that’s not one I would typically read – These Nameless Things by Shawn Smucker. Here’s the first line, and keep reading for my review below!
“We move in a loose group, winding through the trees.”
These Nameless Things by Shawn Smucker
The Basics
Title: These Nameless Things
Author: Shawn Smucker
Genre: Speculative
My Rating: 3 Stars
From the Back Cover: Once held captive and tortured on a mysterious mountain, Dan was lucky to have made it out alive. But freedom comes at a cost. Left with little memory of the horrific ordeal, Dan can recall one thing–his escape meant leaving his brother behind.
With each day that passes, Dan waits with the other survivors in hope of his brother’s escape. But just as long-forgotten memories start rising to the surface, the sudden appearance of a wounded woman throws everything into question. As Dan struggles to know who to trust, he is caught once again in a paralyzing moral dilemma:
How far will he go to save the people he loves?
My Thoughts
This isn’t the type of book I’m typically drawn to – speculative, allegorical, almost dystopian – but I’m glad I decided to read it! I think it’s important to expand your reading horizons, to see life from different perspectives, and These Nameless Things definitely provides a different perspective. The writing is haunting and poetic, leaving things open to your imagination and interpretation. The story explores themes of guilt, forgiveness, and redemption in a compelling, thought-provoking way. It will make you consider how the choices we make have effects that reach farther than we can imagine. The questions it raises will stay with you after the final page!
Now it’s your turn! Please share the first line of the book you’re reading in the comments below. Don’t forget to head to Hoarding Books to see what first lines other bloggers are sharing, or to share your own!
I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley and the Revell Reads program. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
The books sounds interesting…definitely has a different feel to it. Have a wonderful weekend!!
My first line this week is from an Appalachian Summer by Ann Gabhart:
May 20, 1933
Piper Danson’s cheeks hurt from smiling for what seemed like hours with no relief in sight.
Excellent book as always from Ann.
Happy Friday!!
Over on my blog I shared my first line this week is from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince from Chapter 15 since that’s were we stopped reading last night!
“Snow was swirling against the icy windows once more; Christmas was approaching fast.”
https://www.musingsofasassybookishmama.com/2020/07/first-line-friday-harry-potter-and-half.html
I have that book to read as well to also expand my reading horizons… I wonder if I’ll enjoy it…
Have a lovely weekend!
Happy Friday!
Today on my blog, I’m sharing the first couple of lines from Molly by Sarah Monzon: https://christianfictiongirl.blog/2020/07/03/first-line-friday-142/. I’m currently on chapter 6, so I will share from there.
“An eighty-hour work week — that’s all the hospital was allowed to work the interns and residents per the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. But when I’d gently reminded Dr. Feinburg of that fact after he’d assigned me to continue care for the patient admitted earlier, I’d been loudly and matter-of-factly put in my place.”
Hope you have a great weekend filled with family fun and relaxing reading time. 😀❤📚
Today, I’m sharing the first line from A Mosaic of Wings by Kimberly Duffy: “Nora Shipley’s ears buzzed as though a thousand bees were trapped inside her head.”
https://moments-of-beauty.blogspot.com/2020/07/first-line-fridays-mosaic-of-wings-by.html