Friday Fun - September 19, 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'm continuing my reread of the Timeless series by Gabrielle Meyer with book 3, For a Lifetime.

I'm also starting Transactions We Expose by Chelsea Michelle Mysteries so I can be ready to read the new release, Coffee We Spill. 

        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:

For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer:

"It was a strange reality to be on the precipice of tragedy and not be able to stop it."

I guess that is something noone would really ever deal with, unless one was a time traveler or lived in two separate times.

Transactions We Expose by Chelsea Michelle Mysteries:

"Numbers always lined up. It was my motto. My lifeline."

I wasn't sure exactly what I thought of the first few lines, though I knew I needed to use more than just the first one this time. But it seemed like maybe something was going to go wrong with numbers. 

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:

For a Lifetime by Gabrielle Meyer:

 

"The differences were jarring, especially as a child. Which one was right? I believed that God existed-but who was He? Was He the Puritan's God of strict rules and regulations who predestined people for salvation? Or was He the God of my parents who offered grace and mercy and provided salvation to repentant sinners?"

Transactions We Expose by Chelsea Michelle Mysteries:

"Typically, I drew comfort from having a regular in the building with me so I wasn't so completely alone, but tonight the regular happened to be Greg, and nothing about him had brought me confort since I overheard him arguing with Mo."

Reviews:

Last week I shared one book in my Friday Fun post. I haven't quite finished it, so I will share my review link next week. I can, however, share the review of the second book I posted about two weeks ago:

The Heart of the King by J.J. Fischer