Tuesday, November 22, 2011

First Chapter - First Paragaph(s) - Tuesday Intros


This weeks choice
Originally published July, 2000


The villagers of Little Hangleton still called it the 'the Riddle House', even though it had been many years since the Riddle family had lived there.  It stood on a hill overlooking the village, some of its windows boarded, tiles missing from its roof, and ivy spreading unchecked over its face.  Once a fine-looking manor, and easily the largest and grandest building for miles around, the Riddle House was now damp, derelict and unoccupied.
Would you continue reading?

2 comments:

(Diane) Bibliophile By the Sea said...

I do like that intro, but I probably would not read it, as I feel like I've had HP overload....LOL Hope you like it.

JoAnn said...

I like the intro, but never got beyond the first HP book.

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