Friday Fun - September 27, 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'm reading an ARC of Love and Christmas Cookies by A.M. Heath. This book released released earlier this week!

I also starting A Boy Named Rindy by Olivia Talbott.

        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:

  Love and Christmas Cookies by A.M. Heath:

"'He's back,' Rachel practically sang behind my back."

This sounded like it was a good thing, as opposed to a stalkerish thing. 

A Boy Named Rindy by Olivia Talbott:

"I reached for the frayed rope, but the last knot slipped through my fingers." 

Oh dear, that could be really bad, depending on where he was and why he was reaching for the rope. 

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:

Love and Christmas Cookies by A.M. Heath:
 

"I slammed the bag of icing down. What am I supposed to do? I won't work against her.
'But will you work with her?'
My blood ran cold.
I sat back on the stool and crossed my arms over my chest. That's what this is about, isn't it? It's not enough that I refrain from working against her, I'm supposed to work with her too?"

A Boy Named Rindy by Olivia Talbott:

"We trudged along in the blackness of the morning. It was the time of day that was even darker than night, as if the night was attempting to fight the sun from rising. I was tired, but this tiredness went deeper than my lack of sleep. My heart throbbed as if it was even weary from beating in step."

Reviews:

Last week I shared one book in my Friday Fun post. Here is the link to the review, plus the link to the review of the third book from the previous week:

Bram Baxter Marries the Wrong Sister by Latisha Sexton

Beyond Ivy Walls by Rachel Fordham