First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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It's Friday and it's time for First Lines Fridays. Honestly, I don't know what book I should read after I finished The Big Four by Agatha Christie. At first, I want to try to read To All The Boys I've Loved Before, but I felt so much lazy. Therefore, I choose an alternative, which is to read a poetry book.

I am curious to know whether I can make a review about it or not. But, let's just give it a try.

So, here is the first line for today's FLF.

Untuk mereka yang belum tentu diingat

If I could translate it, it would be.. "for those who don't necessarily to be remembered"

Besok Kita Belum Tentu Saling Mengingat by Dopra

Source: Goodreads.com

Blurb:

Saat Kamu Tidak Mencintaiku Lagi

saat kamu tidak mencintaiku lagi
daun-daun kehilangan hijaunya
angin kehilangan desirnya
laut lupa pada asinnya
dan puisiku ditinggalkan aksaranya

I hope this poetry book is not that much depressing.

Sincerely, 

Ra

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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Hello!

Even though it's in the middle of quarantine, seems like the time flies so fast. Here we are again First Line Fridays. For this week, I decided to read a translation book for one of famous detective story. At first, I want to write today's FLF in Bahasa, but for the sake of consistency--which is more hilarious because I will cite the sentence in Bahasa, not English, I decided to write in English.

So, here is the first line for today's FLF.

Ada orang yang selalu bisa menikmati perjalanan menyeberangi Selat Kanal; mereka bisa duduk tenang di kursi geladak, dan begitu tiba, menunggu sampai kapal betul-betul sudah tertambat, baru mengumpulkan barang-barang bawaan tanpa terburu-buru, lalu naik ke darat.

Hmm. Such a long lines for today, I supposed. 

The Big Four by Agatha Christie

Source: goodreads.com

Blurb:

Poirot terkejut ketika seorang pria lusuh muncul di ambang pintu rumahnya. Sesaat pria lusuh itu hanya menatap Poirot, lalu terhuyung dan jatuh. Dalam keadaan setengah sadar, ia menggumamkan, “Mr. Hercule Poirot, 14 Farraway Street,” berulang kali.

Misteri semakin rumit ketika si tamu asing tak kunjung bicara banyak dan beberapa kali hanya menuliskan angka 4 di kertas. Poirot harus menggunakan sel-sel kelabunya untuk memecahkan persoalan ini, membahayakan nyawa demi mengungkap misteri di balik angka tersebut.

I read this book in order to complete all of Hercule Poirot's series. I know that this a long time journey. But, I am sure it will very exciting.

Sincerely,

Ra

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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Hello! 

It's Friday again and it's time for First Line Fridays. For today FLF, I will choose a lines from a story that I've just finished. To be honest, I think I should read the story again because, even though it's only a short story, it contained a lot of philosophical thought.

So, here is the first lines for today's FLF.

With a clamor of bells that set the swallows soaring, the Festival of Summer came to the city Omelas, bright-towered by the sea.

Actually, in this first line, you can exactly know what's the story it is, right?

The Ones who Walk Away from Omelas by Ursula K. Le Guin

Source: Goodreads.com

Blurb:

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happiness.
The story "Omelas" was first published in New Dimensions 3, a hard-cover science fiction anthology edited by Robert Silverberg, in October 1973, and the following year it won Le Guin the prestigious Hugo Award for best short story.
It was subsequently printed in her short story collection The Wind's Twelve Quarters in 1975.

I read this book because of Spring Day by BTS. Yep, it is believed that the music video of Spring Day used this story as reference. So, to know more about the story, I decided to read it.

That's all for today's FLF. How about you, guys?

Sincerely,

Ra

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

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Whoa, it's been ages since the last time I write for First Line Fridays. But, well, if I want to be a so-called active blogger again, I need to try to write more, right? So, basically try to fill my blog with weekly meme would be very fun.

So, here is the first lines for today's FLF.

What? Battle Royale? "What's Battle Royale?" Come on, don't tell me you don't know that!?

Well, it's not that hard what books that has that line's right? Just read on to find out the book.

Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

Source: goodreads.com

Blurb:

Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language

I read this book to fulfill my reading challenge, Balabala Reading Challenge 2020. At first, I thought I won't enjoy it. But, the more I read this book, the more I want to know the finale from this book.

But, even though this book has the movie adaptation, I don't think I could watch it since I really hate a thriller movie.

So, what are you reading this week, guys? Lemme know about it.

Sincerely,

Ra

First Lines Fridays is a weekly feature for book lovers hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?  If you want to make your own post, feel free to use or edit the banner above, and follow the rules below:

• Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
• Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
• Finally… reveal the book!

Hello, there!

Finally, I have passed my death week--you know, my exam week. So, this is my First Lines Fridays for this week. Like I said before, many of the books that I read is Indonesia. So, I am really sorry if you never know about this book.

"Ellinor Katharine Carlisle. Anda menjadi terdakwa dengan tuduhan telah membunuh Mary Gerard pada tanggal 22 Juli yang lalu. Apakah Anda mengaku bersalah atau tidak bersalah?"