First Lines Friday

First Lines Friday is a new bookish meme hosted by yours truly, Literary Marie of Precision Reviews. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along. 

• Grab your current read(s).
• Share the first line(s).
• Include the title and author so that other FLF participants can add the book to their TBR Lists.

"I'd just caught my breath after the shock of my husband's sudden passing when his last legacy showed up on my front porch."

~ Miss Julia Speaks Her Mind: A Novel by Ann B. Ross


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"Happy, happy, joy joy! There is staggeringly good news on the health-and-fitness front at last." 

~ You Don't Sweat Much for a Fat Girl: Observations on Life from the Shallow End of the Pool by Celia Rivenbark