First Line Fridays: The Glass Ocean by Beatriz Williams, Karen White, and Lauren Willig #firstlinefridays #tarheelreader @wmmorrowbooks #theglassocean

First Line Fridays is a feature hosted by Hoarding Books.

TGIF, everyone!

Today my first line is from a book I am currently reading:

New York City May 2013

The evening had turned blue and soft, the way New York does in May, and I decided to walk to the book club and save the bus fare. According to Mimi’s Facebook message, the group was gathering at her apartment on Park Avenue, deep inside the plummy center of the Seventies—at least thirty minutes from my place on Riverside Drive—but I didn’t mind. I was a New Yorker, I could walk all day. Anyway, a brisk hike (so I told myself, scrolling through the Mimi message chain for the millionth time that afternoon) would settle my nerves.

I adored The Forgotten Room written by these three authors. I reviewed it on Goodreads and gave it five stars. I also happen to…