Friday Fun - December 12, 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 reading Home Free by Cali Black. This is the third and final book in her Home for Christmas series and it just released yesterday.

I am also starting Out of Time by Irene Hannon, the third book in her Undaunted Courage series.

        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:

 Home Free by Cali Black:

"Mandy Bradford shifted uncomfortably.

I had to wonder why she was uncomfortable.

Out of Time by Irene Hannon

"Her dream sabbatical was not off to an auspicious start."

Again, I wanted to know what was not going as planned.

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:

Home Free by Cali Black:

"She swallowed several times in a row, desperately wondering where all her saliva had gone. A man got out of the driver’s seat and moved toward the back of the van while a woman in full uniform complete with gun got out of the passenger side and approached her with a clipboard. Mandy met her halfway. 

'Mrs. Bradford?' The fierce-looking woman extended her hand. 'I’m Judith Lightfoot, Mr. Gray’s parole officer. There’s some paperwork here for you to fill out. Just sign at the highlighted portions and then I’ll go over the rules with you.'"

Out of Time by Irene Hannon:

"Natalie’s mug of tea froze halfway to her mouth. 'Near the house?'

'No. Deeper into the woods, in the direction of the lake. I thought you might have a clue who it could be.' 

Natalie set the mug back down. 'No, I don’t. No one should be roaming about on this property.''

Could it have been a neighbor, by any chance?'

'I doubt it. I don’t see them much, but we do chat on occasion. If one of them had a reason to come onto my land, they’d ask. Are you certain you saw a light?'

'Yes. It was like the ones I saw once in a while when Micah was still here. I always assumed it was him.'

'Late at night?'

'Yes.'"

Reviews:

No reviews this week as my computer is still being temperamental.