Friday Fun - January 17, 2025

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 three books to share with you.

I'm reading an eARC of Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel. This book releases next Tuesday.

I also just started an eARC of Forgiving the Cowboy by Tabitha Bouldin. This book also releases next Tuesday..

And I just restarted Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer. I had started it right after I received it in the mail, but had had to set it aside. 

        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 Carrie for First Line Friday.)

Here are my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selections:

  Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel:

"Saoirse Fagan had blood on her hands."

First thought, literally or figuratively? Second though, what happened?

Forgiving the Cowboy by Tabitha Bouldin:

"Tenley Jacobs had a major problem on her hands."

Hmm, that didn't sound good. What kind of problem?

Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer

"My bare toes dug into the hardpacked earth as I beat the rug on the back line, watching the dust melt away into the setting sunlight."

This sounded like hard work, but also seemed relaxing.

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:

Heart of the Glen by Jennifer Deibel:

 

"Owen's hand floated up and absently scratched at the stubble on his chin. When it was laid out like that, it really did seem like he and Gideon had somewhat parallel lives. 'Well,' he said after a pause, 'when ya put it that way.'

Both men chuckled. 

'I just wish I knew my story would turn out as well as his,' Owen added.

The corner of John's mouth made a clicking sound, and he nodded. 'Well,' he said, 'I reckon that's why it's called faith.'"

Forgiving the Cowboy by Tabitha Bouldin:

"Mac held up a hand to stop her. 'It's okay. You did what you had to do. I survived.' Seemed like he kept suviving. He wished he knew why. What was God's plan? What was the end goal in all this? This pain? What purpose did it serve? 'Now I have to do what I need to do, and I need you to give me the space to find my way.'"

Across the Ages by Gabrielle Meyer:

"'You,' he said, putting his fist under my chin and forcing me to look up at him. 

I tried not to cower, but I couldn't help it. He was older than I first guessed, with sea-wizened wrinkles around his gray eyes and silver streaking his hair.

'How old are you, boy?' he asked me."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. Here are the links to the reviews:

Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee

Forgotten Identity by Penny Zeller 

Two weeks ago I had shared five books in my Friday Fun post. I had shared all but one of the reviews previously. Here is the review for Grannies' Matches for Jake by A.M. Heath.