Friday Fun - April 14, 2023

Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with two different book parties that post on Fridays: Book Beginnings on Fridays and the Friday 56.

This week I have two books to share with you. 

I read In the Midst of a Starry Night by Latisha Sexton. It is a prequel novella for the In the Midst dualogy where we get to read Shaniece's backstory. Shaniece became a friend to Olivia in the first book, In the Midst of the Storm. Happily, it worked for one of my monthly challenges. 

       

I also read In Her Sights by Karen Witemeyer, the first book in the Pink Pistol Sisterhood series that is slowly being released throughout April and May by seven different Christian fiction authors. The series follows a pink pistol that is handed down from Annie Oakley. This book also worked for one of my monthly challenges. 

              Book Beginnings on Fridays

(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.)

Here is my Book Beginnings for In the Midst of a Starry Night by Latisha Sexton:

"Los Angeles traffic any time of the year was horrendous, but three weeks before Christmas? It was an absolute nightmare."

I can imagine. 

And here is my Book Beginnings for In Her Sights by Karen Witemeyer:

"Every legacy started from a single act of courage."

I never thought of it that way. Interesting insight. 

Now for:

The Friday 56

The Friday 56 is hosted over at Freda's Voice.

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.

In the Midst of a Starry Night by Latisha Sexton:
 

"Okay. Not 'holding' her hand. Shaking her hand. And good grief. . . the woman had a fierce grip on her. He'd never considered himself the romantic type. Polite? Yes. Respectful? Yes. 

Romantic? Meh."

In Her Sights by Karen Witemeyer:

"He'd acted as if her rudeness hadn't bothered him at all as he turned to show himself out, but Tessa had caught the hint of embarrassment in his cheeks and the slight sag in his shoulders. It broke her heart and fired her indignation."