Friday Fun- July 29nd, 2017

Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with 3 different book parties that post on Fridays: Friday Finds, Book Beginnings on Friday, and the Friday 56. I am currently participating in the summer reading program for adults at my library, so I have a slew of new-to-me books out. 

This is just a fraction of the books, as more came available after I took this picture.

Friday Finds

(FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).)

As you can see, I have a lot of books on my TBR list. This week I am going to share the books that I discovered when I was looking for some fantasy books. One of which was found when I was specifically looking for books with Christian themes or written by Christian authors, the others were books that were on display at the library and caught my attention.

On to:

Book Beginnings on Fridays

(Please join Gilion Dumas for Book Beginnings every Friday to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author's name.)

Here are my book beginnings:

Snow Like Ashes by Sara Raasch

"'Block!'
'Where?'
'I can't tell you where -- you're supposed to follow my movements!'"

Ice Like Fire by Sara Raasch

"Five Enemies.
Five dented helmets sit lopsided over five equally dented breastplates; five black suns shine, scratched yet distinct, on the silver metal"

Well, it seems something bad is about to happen. This is the prologue, so it occurred to me that this probably wasn't happening to the main character of the story, but to the one before, Number Three. I was quite anxious to find out what was going to happen. I didn't have long to wait. 

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

"The dungeon was a miserable place. Light was scarce and flickered from the torches bolted to the stone walls."

Well, this sounds like a charming place to visit. However, the title of the prologue is "The Queens' Visit" so I had to wonder why the queen was visiting this dank place. 

Now for:

The Friday 56

The Friday 56 is hosted over at Freda's Voice.

Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
(If you have to improvise, that's ok.)
 *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.

Here are my Friday 56 selections. 

The Girl in the Gatehouse by Julie Klassen

"A budding tremble of hope, of eagerness and pride, was growing within him. He could see himself here. Could imagine himself master of a grand estate like this."

I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore

"He sighs and shakes his head. 'Don't do anything stupid. I'll be right here at the end of the day.'"

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer

"' I've never met a person I didn't learn something from!' Grandma said, 'Even the most monotonous people will surprise you. Remember that.'"