Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Gilion at Rose City Reader. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.
This week my Book Beginning is from The Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James. I won a copy from Dear Author. They had a contest featuring the RITA Finalist for the Best First Book Award. You could leave a comment and choose which book you would like to read. I had read several of the finalist and I choose The Haunting of Maddy Clare (one I had not read). I was the winner of the contest and The Haunting of Maddy Clare won Best First Book. So I am featuring a double winner this week.Here is the book beginning:
"The day I met Mr. Gellis, I had been walking in the rain.
In the morning, unable to face another day alone in my flat, I wandered through the bustle of Piccadilly, the collar of my thin coat pulled high on my neck."
I just started the book (I am on page 35) and I have already been thrown a curve. I like books that are not predictable and The Haunting of Maddy Clare appears to be just that.
