Book Beginnings: Homegoing

Book Beginnings Fridays is a weekly event hosted by fellow Oregon blogger Gilion at Rose City Reader. The
purpose is 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.
As I've mentioned in earlier posts, I'm participating in #theunreadshelfproject2020 hosted by Whitney @ The Unread Shelf. January's challenge is to pick a book, any book off of your unread shelf and read it by January 31st. My pick,(thanks to several of you chiming in on Instagram!) is Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. It's been on my bookshelf for quite awhile, and I finally started it Wednesday night! Here are the opening lines:
"The night Effia Otcher was born into the musky heat of Fanteland,a fire raged through the woods just outside her father's compound. It moved quickly, tearing a path for days."
I'm really enjoying this book so far and thankful I joined the Unread Shelf Project to motivate me to read it! In case you haven't read it, here is the synopsis, from Goodreads:

Have you read Homegoing? What did you think? Happy Friday!
I love love love this book. But it is so hard to read because it is so heartbreaking. My Friday quotes from NORMAL PEOPLE
ReplyDeleteIt looks amazing. How can Gyasi even keep all those threads spinning forward?
ReplyDeleteI'd never heard of this book, but it sounds like a really good read! Glad to hear you're enjoying it. Happy reading.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Friday post.
One of these days I'm going to read this. :)
ReplyDeleteLauren @ Always Me
I totally get that! Glad the unread shelf project motivated me!
DeleteI haven't read it but it sounds amazing. Thanks for sharing the opening on Book Beginnings!
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