Friday, December 16, 2011
Opening Sentence of the Day: The Oregon Experiment
Naomi awoke to mint.-- The Oregon Experiment by Keith Scribner, published by Alfred A. Knopf. I don't really know what to expect from this new novel, but it looks intriguing. Naomi was a "nose" for perfume makers, but had lost her sense of smell in an accident. So smelling mint is a big deal.
Read the Kirkus Reviews review of The Oregon Experiment.
A Few More Pages hosts Book Beginnings every Friday. The event is open for the entire week.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Opening Sentence of the Day: Sacred Hunger
The ship he meant was the Liverpool Merchant, Captain Saul Thurso, and he had never seen her, though she carried the seeds of all his dreams in her hold.-- Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth.
This sprawling novel about the British slave trade in the 1700s won the Booker Prize in 1992.
I am reading it as my second Booker winner for the 2011 Battle of the Prizes, British Version. It also counts as one of my Chunkster Challenge books.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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