BOOK BEGINNINGS: THE SEVEN VISITATIONS OF SYDNEY BURGESS BY ANDY MARINO

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Every Friday Book Beginnings hosted by Rose City Readers asks you to grab the book you are reading and share the first sentence or paragraph and then give your feelings on it or anything else that it inspires. Be sure to include the title and the author

THE SEVEN VISITATIONS OF SYDNEY BURGESS BY ANDY MARINO

The man in my house is wearing a mask. Even so, I can tell he's as surprised to see me as I am to see him. It's in the way his shoulders jump and erase his neck when I open the door with a triumphant shove, driven by the promise of a rare night alone. With my boyfriend and son camping upstate, I'll be picking the movie I want to watch, ordering Thai food with the spice level cranked, starfishing out in the middle of the bed, dozing off with the windows open to let in the breeze off the Hudson.
" What are you doing? " I blurt out as if I know him. As if I've caught the neighbor kid prowling around the side yard again. He's wearing gloves and a black tracksuit. The drawers of the front hall credenza are pulled out. He steps toward me.

I shared a teaser of this on Tuesday when I started the book, so I thought I might as well include the start also. I still haven't really figured out what this book is about, it could focus on so many different things right now. But it has held my attention to a point, there are some slow pages in there, but then Boom you are back in the action. I am anxious to get further into it and maybe figure it out.

BE SURE TO DROP YOUR LINK IN THE COMMENTS WHEN YOU DROP BY SO I CAN CHECK OUT THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOK YOU ARE READING!


Comments

  1. Laurel-Rain SnowSeptember 24, 2021 at 8:49 AM

    Sounds intense! Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.

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  2. Ashley SappSeptember 24, 2021 at 10:45 AM

    Love the cover and excerpt! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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  3. Kym September 24, 2021 at 2:04 PM

    That excerpt sounds pretty intense. Wonder how it all fits?

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  4. CindySeptember 24, 2021 at 2:31 PM

    Oh wow, I wonder what happens next too! Here is my link if you'd like to stop by: https://cindysbookcorner.blogspot.com/2021/09/first-line-friday-18-lines-between-us.html

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  5. WendyW September 24, 2021 at 8:12 PM

    That cover is intense, and the books sounds like it will be too! I'll be looking forward to your review of this one.

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  6. Juli RahelOctober 1, 2021 at 3:52 AM

    A late visit from me but wow.... this sounds amazing! I love the thoughts running through her head, still half on her plans and half in the terrifying moment. I'm definitely going to be looking this one up! I hope you have a lovely weekend :)
    Juli @ A Universe in Words

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