Friday Fun - October 20, 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 am currently reading an eARC of Royal & Ancient by Amanda Lauer. 

I am also reading Love Unforeseen by Penny Zeller for a couple of my October reading challenges. I needed a book whose title started with the same letter as the first letter of the author's last name from my book from last month in the Read Your Bookshelf challenge. And I also need a book with a book on the cover. I realized the main character is holding a book, so, perfect.

              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 Royal & Ancient by Amanda Lauer:

"Grass tickled my nose as I lay face down on the ground."

Well that doesn't sound like a position she planned to be in. 

And here is my Book Beginnings for Love Unforeseen by Penny Zeller:

"Truth be told, her plan was most extraordinary."

Well, she thinks quite highly of this plan of hers, whatever it is. 

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.

Royal & Ancient by Amanda Lauer:
 

"There was nothing more relaxing than having someone playing with my hair. I couldn't say no. As Isobel worked, I braced myself for an interrogation."

Love Unforeseen by Penny Zeller:

"'She would revel in receiving and writing letters to him and be mindful to include questions in her response, necessitating Mr. Neeves's reply.'"

Reviews:

Last week I shared three books in my Friday Fun post. If you'd like to read the reviews of those books, I invite you to click on the links below:

The Cost of the Crown by Joy Crain

Piercing the Darkness by Frank Peretti

The Fairest Beauty by Melanie Dickerson