Friday Fun - December 26, 2025 (a few days late)

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've been rereading the Hunger Games series so I can read the new book before the movie releases. I read Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins.

I'm currently reading Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

        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:

 Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins:

"I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air."

I couldn't exactly remember how this second book began, so I did wonder where she was exactly. Though now, looking back at last week's First Line from The Hunger Games, I found it interesting that both first lines had to do with something being cold.

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins:

"I stare down at my shoes, watching as a fine layer of ash settles on the worn leather."

So, I DID remember where Katniss is at the beginning of Mockingjay. What I find interesting here is the author doesn't have the word cold or frozen; however, ash is the result of a fire burning out and going cold. And she is stading in the place where the bed had been. The bed that she wakes up in in the first book.

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.)
(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:

Catching Fire by a Suzanne Collins:

"I begin to weary of the vastness, the endlessness of the place. When Effie comes to tell us to dress, I don't object. I go to my compartment and let the prep team do my hair and makeup. Cinna comes in with a pretty orange frock patterned with autumn leaves. I think how much Peeta will like the color."

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins:

"I cross to him and say, 'Hey Finnick.' He doesn't seem to notice, so I nudge him to get his attention. 'Finnick! How are you doing?'

'Katniss,' he says, gripping my hand. Relieved to see a familiar face, I think. 'Why are we meeting here?'

'I told Coin I'd be her Mockingjay.'"

Reviews:

I still need to work on my reviews. Every time I think I'm going to get to them, my computer dies. And then I can't get it to turn on for several days. However, I did get one review written before it shut down. Hopefully I can get to the other reviews so I can share the links on Friday. Here's the link to the one review:

Home Free by Cali Black