Friday Fun - January 10, 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 Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee.

I just started an eARC of Forgotten Identity by Penny Zeller. This book releases next week.

        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:

  Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee:

"My heart thumped hard beneath Mama's thin coat while I waited for Amos at our secret place."

I wondered why her heart was thumping so hard. Whether she was scared or nervous or what? And why was she waiting for Amos.

Forgotten Identity by Penny Zeller:

"Of all the days for the dog to run off."

Well, no day is good for the dog to be running off, but I wondered what was up with this day.

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:

Appalachian Song by Michelle Shocklee:

 

"The last few days were the first time since Mama's passing that I'd felt loved and cared for.I didn't want to leave. Would telling them the truth, like Bertie said, change Jennie's mind?"

Forgotten Identity by Penny Zeller:

"The mist in the air and the fog chilled him. He sprinted through the alley past a bar, the sound of his beat-up tennis shoes pounding on the pavement A glimpse in the window caused him to shudder. Long hair, cap on backward, a navy blue hoodie, and a pistol tucked in the waistband of his jeans."

Reviews:

Last week I shared five books in my Friday Fun post. I already shared the link to three of the reviews last week. And I am still reading one of the books. But I did finish one. Here's the review:

Cloaked in Beauty by Karen Witemeyer