Thursday, July 18, 2013

Book Beginning: Perfect Happiness by Penelope Lively


Please join me every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.


EARLY BIRDS: I am experimenting with getting this post up Thursday evening for those who like to get their posts up and linked early on. We'll try it this way for a couple of months to see if people like the option of early posting. If you have feelings one way or the other, please comment.

TWITTER, ETC: If you are on Twitter, Google+, or other social media, please post using the hash tag #BookBeginnings. I am trying to follow all Book Beginning participants on whatever interweb sites you are on, so please let me know if I have missed any and I will catch up.

MR. LINKY: Please leave a link to your post below. If you don't have a blog, but want to participate, please leave a comment with your Book Beginning.



MY BOOK BEGINNING



The fifth Brandenburg. Somewhere, some place, every moment, an orchestra is playing the fifth Brandenburg concerto.

-- Perfect Happiness by Penelope Lively. That is a lovely thought, probably true, and it made me want to listen to the fifth Brandenburg concerto, which you can hear right here.



12 comments :

  1. That is a lovely sentence, thanks for sharing this title :) *goes to check it out on GoodReads*

    My Friday Book Memes

    ReplyDelete
  2. That is a very popular number. My sister likes to play it all the time.

    ReplyDelete
  3. I love the introduction. Perfect happiness sounds like a wonderful read. I would like to make time for this title soon. Thanks for posting the link to the concerto! I look forward to sitting down and listening to it. Have a great weekend!
    Happy Reading,
    Rebecca @ The Key to the Gate

    ReplyDelete
  4. My first BookBeginnings meme. A memoir.

    ReplyDelete
  5. I need to go over and listen. It is a great beginning.

    ReplyDelete
  6. Lovely opening. I read one of her other books, How It All Began, a few months ago and enjoyed it.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Thanks for the link to listen to the music, Gilion, I'm listening now, lovely! I hope you enjoy the book. I'd like to read more by this author.

    ReplyDelete
  8. Of course, I had to click over and the concerto is playing in the background as I type this! Lovely cover and the book seems fun just from that one sentence. Thanks for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
  9. Lovely beginning ... and a lovely piece! :)

    ReplyDelete
  10. Nice opening and I like that idea. Looks like a decent read as well.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Thanks for the link to the music. It's been years since I've listened to classical music regularly.

    ReplyDelete

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...