In a book I’m reading, the author provokes the reader’s interest by starting the paragraph out with “A shot rang out. A broad gate banged open. A pounding of horses’ hooves echoed around the track like a massive clap of thunder.” Reading is one of my favorite past times to do. Every time I get ready to buy a book, I look at the back, and I read the first sentence. Most of the time, looking at the back will cause me to buy the book. But, if the first sentence grabs my attention, I am running to the cash register. This is what happened with this book. I started on the series a couple of years ago, but I stopped reading it to read something else. When I came back to the series, I could not believe I had stopped. I reread the first book in about two days. Then, I went and bought the second one and loved it as well. I am now on the third book, and when I opened it and read the first sentence, I was hooked. I wanted to keep reading, but I knew I had more important things to do. First sentence attention grabbers really help readers want to keep reading the books.