Every Saturday morning, I’ll share the first lines (or better yet, the first paragraph or first round idea) of a book I’m currently reading.

Here are the first lines of The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak:

“Once upon a memory, at the far end of the Mediterranean Sea, there lay an island so beautiful and blue, that the many travelers, pilgrims, crusaders and merchants who fell in love with it either wanted never to leave, or try to tow it all the way back to their own countries”

Join me in the trend, grab the nearest book, and share the first lines in the comments with us. Or share the first line of a book you’ve recently reviewed and link to the post!

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