Friday Fun - August 9, 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 currently reading an ARC of New Creations by Sarah Hanks as a member of the launch team.

I also just started My Refuge by Ashley Al Saliby.

        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:

  New Creations by Sarah Hanks:

"Floyd Douglas ducked as a fist sailed toward his head."

Well, that is concerning. Why is someone punching Floyd?

My Refuge by Ashley Al Saliby:

"Eden's hospital room looked just as gray and bleak as always, but somehow it seemed alive with rhythm, this morning."

Bleak with hope?

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:

New Creations by Sarah Hanks:
 

"Suddenly, the entire idea seemed ludicrous. Why had he even considered it? Father Larry didn't know him. He hadn't set foot in the shop. They hadn't seen each other in fifty years. What could the man reveal to him about himself that he didn't already know?"

My Refuge by Ashely Al Saliby:

"Grateful to see that her grandmother was still snoring and oblivious, she moved quietly back into the bed. She was just getting settled when the night nurse slipped in to check her stats. That would have been awkward if she had found me by the window, Eden thought sleepily, sinking deeply into her pillow."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. I already shared the links to those reviews. But, I did finish one book from a previous week, so here is that review:

The Songbird of Hope Hill by Kim Vogel Sawyer