{"id":1419036,"date":"2021-07-12T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparknotes.com\/blog\/?p=1419036"},"modified":"2021-07-12T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:07:44","slug":"20-incredible-opening-lines-that-will-make-you-want-to-read-the-rest-of-the-book-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/20-incredible-opening-lines-that-will-make-you-want-to-read-the-rest-of-the-book-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Incredible First Lines That Will Make You Want to Read the Rest of the Book Immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/littlefiresmain_LargeWide.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t you just love it when the first line of a book hooks you instantaneously? You settle in and start reading, devouring the story one chapter at a time. Suddenly you&#8217;re flipping pages with a feverish urgency, unable to put the book down. You&#8217;re neglecting all your real-life responsibilities. You haven&#8217;t answered anyone&#8217;s texts in days. You haven&#8217;t showered. Your family&#8217;s worried. But what do they know? You&#8217;re <em>fine<\/em>. You really are. You can stop whenever you want, but also you can&#8217;t, because if you don&#8217;t know how the story ends you will die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, here are some first lines from books that will grab hold of you and won&#8217;t let go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don&#8217;t you just love it when the first line of a book hooks you instantaneously? You settle in and start reading, devouring the story one chapter at a time. Suddenly you&#8217;re flipping pages with a   <a class=\"continue-reading\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"continue-text\">continue reading<\/span><svg class=\"continue-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" alt=\"\">\n    <path fill=\"#007acd\" fill-rule=\"nonzero\" d=\"M13.442 5.558L19.885 12l-6.443 6.442-.884-.884 4.934-4.934L4 12.625v-1.25l13.492-.001-4.934-4.932.884-.884z\"><\/path>\n  <\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[628,18400,25162,25017,23157],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419036"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1419036"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1444529,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419036\/revisions\/1444529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1419036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1419036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1419036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}