Friday Fun - November 15, 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 Christmas in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell.

I'm also reading An Unexpected Catch by Abbey Downey, the second book in her Adventurous Hearts series. This book releases next week.

        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:

  Christmas in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell:

"Ellie Sawyer looked at the time in the corner of her computer screen."

I wondered what was important about the time.

An Unexpected Catch by Abbey Downey:

"'Miss Curran, say you'll be my wife.'" 

Hmm, I wondered if this was a welcome propasal or one Miss Curran wanted to avoid.

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:

Christmas in the Castle Library by Ann Swindell:

 

"Memories of all the times that church members had invited her to small groups or cookouts rushed in-along with how she had said she was too busy, every single time. But the truth nudged her heart. She hadn't actually been busy every time. . . just worried that if she let others into her life, they might think she was uninteresting or awkward. It was easier to push people away than risk rejection, and so she'd allowed her teaching and studies to take precedence over everything in her life for these past few years-even God."

An Unexpected Catch by Abbey Downey:

"Then the women disappeared into the building and Emmett was left alone, trying to decide what he was going to do. Grandmother's words had been direct enough. But still, he hesitated. The sharp ache in his skull intensified."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. Here is the link to one of them. I am still reading the other one.

Beyond the Horizon by Penny Zeller