Friday Fun - May 9, 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 book to share with you.

I read Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis, the second book in The Susa Chronicles.

I'm reading Recipe for Love by Penny Zeller which 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 Carrie for First Line Friday.)

Here are my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selections:

Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis:

"Zadien's words knock through my brain like a loose boulder tearing down the mountain near our compound."

Knowing how book one finished, I think this was a great way to describe Astra's response to what the king had said. 

Recipe for Love by Penny Zeller:

"If the word around town was true, things didn't bode well for the little community settled by chicken farmers."

Oh dear, what is going on. And I am intrigued by the fact the community was settled by chicken farmers.

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:

Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis:

 

"'We're thrilled, you know.' Dahlia props her head on her hand, which flexes her impressive bicep and accents the silvery tattoos that course over her dark skin. 'I knew I'd be lucky to make the team. Figured if I did, I'd be getting bossed around by Prentis for the rest of my life.'"

Recipe for Love by Penny Zeller:

"Hudson wanted to alleviate the man's fears, but knew he couldn't say anything yet about Uncle Deakon's plans. 'You mentioned the chicken statue. Are there other draws of the town for potential tourists?'"

Reviews:

Last week I shared one book in my Friday Fun post. Here is the link to my review:

Break My Fall by Lynn H. Blackburn

And here is my review of Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis