First Chapter ~ First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, hosted by Diane at Bibliophile by the Sea, where bloggers post the first paragraph(s) of a book they are currently reading or planning to read sometime soon.
Today I'm featuring my current read, The Life We Bury by Allen Eskens (borrowed from a book club member). This novel is the selection of one of my book clubs.
CHAPTER 1
I remember being pestered by a sense of dread as I walked to my car that day, pressed down by a wave of foreboding that swirled around my head and broke against the evening in small ripples. There are people in this world who would call that kind of feeling a premonition, a warning from some internal third eye that can see around the curve of time. I've never been one to buy into such things. But I will confess that there have been times when I think back to that day and wonder: if the fates had truly whispered in my ear--if I had known how that drive would change so many things--would I have taken a safer path? Would I turn left where before I had turned right? Or would I still travel the path that led me to Carl Iverson?
What do you think? Would you continue reading?
This first paragraph gives me a sense of dread, a feeling that something big--sinister even-- is on the horizon and there will be no turning back. The author conveys an ominous foreboding, one which has compelled me to continue reading.
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