Thursday, March 2, 2017

Book Beginning: No Way to Treat a First Lady



THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN!

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.

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TIE IN: The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice is a natural tie in with this event and there is a lot of cross over, so many people combine the two. The idea is to post a teaser from page 56 of the book you are reading and share a link to your post. Find details and the Linky for your Friday 56 post on Freda’s Voice.

YOUR BOOK BEGINNING



MY BOOK BEGINNING



Babette Van Anka had made love to the President of the United States on eleven previous occasions, but she still couldn't resist inserting "Mr. President" into "Oh, baby, baby, baby." He had told her on the previous occasions that he did not like being called this while, as he put it, congress was in session.
-- No Way to Treat a First Lady by Christopher Buckley. The President’s widow is on trial for assassinating her husband with an antique spittoon. Hilarious satire of politics and trial attorneys.

13 comments :

  1. Hmm, now you have piqued my curiosity!

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  2. It's a funny beginning! And he just takes off from there.

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  3. Oh my, that is wickedly funny. I wonder how the author thought up such an original premise.

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  4. That sounds like it'd be a funny read! ;)

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  5. What a lovely bit of escapism! I'm going to look for this one...

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  6. Can't help but laugh.
    sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes

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  7. This sounds like a pretty interesting story.

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  8. This sounds like one I definitely need!

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  9. I hadn't heard of this one but I need to read it! It sounds fantastic!

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  10. This sounds like it could be really funny. I love the humor in the opening.
    Thank you for hosting Book Beginnings.
    Sandy @ Writing With a Texas Twang

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  11. Must be quite a story.

    Love the cover and the first sentence.

    Thanks for sharing.

    Elizabeth
    Silver's Reviews
    My Book Beginnings

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  12. Oh goodness! That seems like a really fun read. Can't wait for your review! Happy reading and enjoy your weekend.

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  13. Wow that's some first line. Not my genre normally but I might have to give this one a try.

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