Friday Fun - March 7, 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 starting Heart of Courage by Penny Zeller which releases next week..

I've also started The Scarlet Ribbon by Naomi Stephens which released last month.

        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:

  Heart of Courage by Penny Zeller:

"HOPES AND DREAMS. . . GONE IN an instant."

I wondered what happened. Sounds a bit depressing.

The Scarlet Ribbon by Naomi Stephens:

"The sign balanced between Rebekah's dry, cracked fingers had been inscribed with a single word-Harlot."

Why was she balancing a sign that said "harlot." And why were her fingers dried and cracked. What was happening to her?

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:

Heart of Courage by Penny Zeller:

 

"She pointed a quivering finger at the item she'd paid dearly for. But she'd gladly surrender it if it meant they would leave her and Cyril alone."

The Scarlet Ribbon by Naomi Stephens:

"Ben glowered. He recognized the familiar fury hidden within Jotham's insipid expression, and, after their close scrape in the woods, had no doubt his sour friend had dumped all the sherry in the Hudson just to get back at him. But even if Jotham wanted out of the game, Ben couldn't let him go-not until he warned him that their note had fallen into Rebehah's hands."

Reviews:

Two weeks ago I shared one book in my Friday Fun post. Here's my review:

Short-Straw Bride by Karen Witemeyer 

I also finally got my review written for The Sweet Life by Suzanne Woods Fisher