Friday Fun - May 31, 2024

Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with three different book parties that post on Fridays: Book Beginnings on Fridays, the Friday 56, and First Line Friday.

This week I have two books to share with you.

I am reading The CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez for one of my reading challenges.

And I am reading Callie and the Pumpkin Seed by Sarah Beran for another one of my reading challenges. 

        Book Beginnings on Friday     

(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.)

and

First Line Friday

(Please join C arrie for First Line Friday.)

Here are my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selections:

  The CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez:

"Agony couldn't describe Eric Stone's condition as he lay motionless on the hospital bed, not far from death."

Wow, that does not sound good. I needed to know what was wrong with Eric. 

Callie and the Pumpkin Seed by Sarah Beran:

"There was nothing better than the smell of baked goods in the fall."

Num, num. Definitely dreaming of some yummy foods. 

Now for:

The Friday 56

The Friday 56 is normally hosted over at Freda's Voice. But Anne from My Head is Full of Books is taking over for a while. 

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 CEO's Companion by Rose Fresquez:
 

"Joy hated being rude, but Ruby had broken a promise. And Joy'd already tortured herself through two dates Ruby set up. Life was too short to sit through another dinner with a guy who assumed he was on a blind date. She'd wasted too many opportunities and didn't have time to lose."

Callie and the Pumpkin Seed by Sarah Beran:

"A ball of dread sank into Callie's stomach, She hugged her arms around her middle, no longer caring about the soot on her hands. She whispered, 'There has to be another way.'

'There isn't. The sooner you come to terms with the fact, the easier it will be for you. He expects an answer before the end of the month.'"

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. Here are my reviews for them, plus the review for The Crown Conspiracy by Connie Mann.

The Garden Girls by Jessica R. Patch

The Esther Paradigm by Sarah Monzon

The Crown Conspiracy by Connie Mann