Answers to Quiz Match Up

Carol Balawyder

March 1

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So how did you do in the Quiz: First Line Match Up?

I've posted links to all the titles so that you can learn more about these authors and their books. Hopefully, you'll be inspired by their incredible openings to read on and pick up another one of their books.

Three thousand euros worth of pastries. Can you believe it? by Joanne Guidoccio: A Season for Killing Blondes
My mother never left the front door wide open – no way would she "heat the whole neighborhood." By Sharon Marchisello: Going Home
The question has been asked through the ages by spiritual teachers and religious leaders, authors, psychologists, etc. By Cindy Georgakas: Re-Create & Celebrate
After a year or so, the death knell marking the end of Faby's marriage lost its resonance – yet it continued to toll, as steady and devoid of feeling as a metronome set in motion for someone who can't keep time. By Elizabeth Gauffreau: Telling Sonny
"Twenty-one! I win!" Thierry raised his skinny arms overhead. By Mark Bierman: Vanished
The search for the perfect man is a challenging endeavor, no doubt about that. By Ana Linden: Glass Slippers
Men's Voices, harsh and abrupt, sent a stab of fear through her. By Anneli Purchase: Julia's Violinist
Fresh blood streaked Short-tooth's muzzle, her golden eyes alert to every movement around her as she munched on Gazelle's meaty carcass. By Jacqui Murray: Dawn of Humanity Book 2
Aged seven, Queenie fell in love for the first time. By Annika Perry: The Storyteller Speaks
I hurry down the sidewalk, juggling three coffee cups. By Jacquie Biggar: Perfectly Imperfect
Thirty-nine years ago, Joshua Byrnes lived in Sydney with his parents and a Kelpie named Oscar. By Toni Pike : Dead Dry Heart
Living in the gap, the space between past and future is not an easy task. By Cheryl Oreglia: Grow Damn It!
Mark Donnelly led the three visiting academics on what he called the "red carpet tour" of Second Chance of Cobbs Creek. By Margot Kinberg: Downfall
My husband, Matt, and I pull into the parking stall of our camp sight and begin to unload the truck, dumping our gear onto the picnic table. By Lauren Scott: More Than Coffee.
Do you ever think back on past events which have left an indelible impression on you or your life, or find that the incidents you've endured through life have helped shape the person you've become? By D.G. Kaye: Fifteen First Times.
Kalann il Drakk, First of Chaos, aimed his horde's cannons at the veil. By D. Wallace Peach: Liars and Thieves
The woman in the bed opened her eyes and looked at the person in white who hovered over her. By J.E. Spina: In a Second
Katherine Cunningham leisurely wandered over to the spacious windows of her Plaza suite. By Ellie Marrandette: A Place to Belong
I am nearly fifty years old and suddenly alone. By Sally Cronin: Just an Odd Job Girl
Appliances should never be allowed to break on a Monday morning. By Jill Weatherholt: Searching for Home
The next word I say will decide my future forever. By Stevie Turner: Scam
Not every girl has to be pegged as peculiar by schoolmates to become the target of a bully. By Jennifer Kelland Perry: Calmer Girls
Pleeese Mom. Can we go? Please. Please?" By Darlene Foster: Amanda on the Danube
The moment he'd entered the hotel room, Sonny had a feeling that things were going to change. By Ritu Bhathal: Straight as a Jalebi
If life was what happened as she dreamed, then what a bloody nightmare hers was right now. By Shehanne Moore: The Writer and the Rake