Every Friday Gilion at Rose City Reader hosts Book Beginnings on Friday, where you can 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..
I’ve borrowed The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham from the Kindle Lending Library and have only read the opening paragraphs so far. I’ve liked other books by Wyndham, such as Chocky, The Chrysalids, and The Kraken Wakes, so I’m expecting to enjoy this one too.
It begins:
One of the luckiest accidents in my wife’s life is that she happened to marry a man who was born on the 26th of September. But for that, we should both of us undoubtedly have been at home in Midwich on the night of the 26th-27th, with consequences which, I have never ceased to be thankful, she was spared.
According to the reviews on Amazon this Kindle version is full of grammatical errors and typos, so I’m hoping I can overlook them and enjoy this book set in the sleepy English village of Midwich, where a mysterious silver object appears and all the inhabitants fall unconscious.
Sounds like a great book beginning – enjoy the book !
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Margaret – Sounds like a very intriguing book. And from what you’ve shared, Wydham has a solid writing style too. I’ll look forward to your review.
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It has an intriguing beginning!
Here is my post
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I love Wyndham, and this is one of the good ones. Hope you enjoy it!
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Uh-oh! Definitely makes me want to know what happened that they fortunately missed….
Here’s my Friday.
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That premise should keep you awake all night. 🙂
THANKS for sharing.
Enjoy your weekend.
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Elizabeth
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I’m also a Wyndham fan and I enjoyed this one greatly.
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