First Line Friday is a bookish tag hosted over at Abstract Books that is used to showcase your favourite first lines of books.
This week, I've been reading Fine by AmyLea Murphy, a book about a girl who sets out to find out more about her sister's disappearance by looking through her police file.
There really is something to be said about a good first line, and I'm going to be using this tag from now on to showcase my current read's first lines.
The first (few) lines are as follows:
"Today is Anna's 24th birthday. Every year, on June 8th, I get out of whatever obligations that I have and spend the day at home. I watch movies, eat macaroni and cheese, and listen to the CDs she made me. Sometimes I do something crafty, or even read one of her old books. I always spend Anna's birthday doing the things we used to do together, wallowing in my sorrow and celebrating the best sister anyone could ever have."
I think this is a good way to start the book, because it shows just how much Katie, the protagonist, still misses Anna, which is the driving force behind the whole book.
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