Friday Fun - August 15, 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 one book to share with you.

I'm starting an eARC of Ransomed Love by Kate Goodwin.

        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 is my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selection:

Ransomed Love by Kate Goodwin:

"There are few things in this world that inflate a man's ego more than a standing ovation."

I wondered what the standing ovation was all about.

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 is my Friday 56 selection:

Ransomed Love by Kate Goodwin:

 

"He jabbed at the enter key a bit harder than necessary to release some of his pent-up frustrations when his phone rang.

'Hello,' he barked without checking the screen.

The pause on the other end was followed by a quiet, 'Hey, kiddo, everything okay?'"

Reviews:

Two weeks ago I shared two book in my Friday Fun post. I'm still reading the one, but here is my review for the other:

The Long Way Home by Cali Black