Bookish Musings: Opening Lines

I don't think the first line of a book has to be the absolute best. Truthfully, how many people are reading ONLY the first line and then giving up on a book? I do think a great first line can hook a reader who might've been on the fence though. And regardless, I just thought it'd be a fun idea to look at the opening lines of some different books... and have a fight to the death! Just kidding about the "fight to the death" part, but you can tell me your favorite in the comments :-P I mostly chose these books randomly from my Goodreads 'read' shelf in order to keep it interesting, so this isn't meant to be a top ten list or anything. But these are all books I enjoyed with perhaps the exception of one that is simply out of my genre comfort zone. Anyway, here are ten opening lines for you all to check out!