First Line Fridays | 03 April 2026
Dear Bookbugs,
I am back with another First Line Friday post.
First Line Fridays is a weekly book meme hosted by Wandering Words. What if instead of judging a book by its cover, its author or its prestige, we judged it by its opening lines?
Here’s how it works!
- Pick a book off your shelf (it could be your current read or on your TBR) and open to the first page
- Copy the first few lines, but don’t give anything else about the book away just yet – you need to hook the reader first
- Finally… reveal the book!
First Lines :
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort to escape the vile wind, slipped quickly through the glass doors of Victory Mansions, though not quickly enough to prevent a swirl of gritty dust from entering along with him.
This is the first few lines from one of my potential reads for the month of April. This is a dystopian novel and many of you might have already figured it out.
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I hope you got it!
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And the book is
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1984 has been on my TBR since last April. I figured this year I could give it a go, given the times we are living in.
Goodreads Synopsis :
A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and Big Brother is watching. Thought Police, Big Brother, Orwellian – these words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984. The story of one man’s Nightmare Odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic haunting tale. More relevant than ever before 1984 exposes the worst crimes imaginable the destruction of truth freedom and individuality. With a foreword by Thomas Pynchon.
Did you guess the book right away?
Have you read 1984 ? If so, let me know your thoughts in the comments. Also, share your First Line Fridays posts if you have them. I would love to check them out.
Happy Reading Everyone!
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