Friday Fun - May 23, 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 two books to share with you.

I read Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer which just released this week. Let me tell you, I could NOT put the book down.

I'm starting The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter.

        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:

Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyerr:

"A cold wind rattled the window frame in my bedroom at 11 Wilton Crescent as the edges of a tree branch scraped across the glass."

Setting the mood here for sure. 

The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter:

"If Maggie Reynolds could just make it past August 7, she would finallly be able to breathe again."

I wondered what was so special about this date and what it was that was causing concern.

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:

Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer:

 

"'We do not belong here,' Austen said as we drove toward Dorset Street. 'Don't do anything to draw more attention than necessary.'
I moved a little closer to Austen on instinct, and he glanced down at me. 'It's strange and scary to think that Jack the Ripper could be walking this very street right now, looking for his next victim, and we wouldn't even know him,' I said."

The Summer of You and Me by Denise Hunter:

"'You think his family would give out his contact information so easily?'
She hadn't thought that far ahead. 'I could just ask them to give him my contact info. They'd know Rocky was his nickname so they'd know I'm telling the truth.'
'That only proves you know someone who knew him over there.'
She huffed. 'Stop being such a downer. We're this close.'"

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. I still haven't finished the one book, however, here is the link to my review of trhe other book.

Rescued by Jerusha Agen

And here is my review for Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer.