Friday Fun - May 16, 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 Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer.

I'm also starting Rescued by Jerusha Agen, book one in her Security League series, which was previously a part of the Cold Escape anthology.

        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:

Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer:

"Arms outstretched like a tightrope walker, Jennie placed one foot in front of the other and kept a slow yet steady pace on top of the wooden pipeline running along the edge of the Arkansas River."

I sort of wanted to know how high up she was and how old she was. 

Rescued by Jerusha Agen:

"The screaming blare sought her in the darkness."

Well, that grabbed my attention. I needed to know what the screaming blare was and what was going on.

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:

Hope's Enduring Echo by Kim Vogel Sawyer:

 

"She'd held their secret close for so long. Allowing others to peek behind the curtain of protection she'd drawn sent cold chills up and down Etta's spine. She gulped and forced an honest answer. 'Jennie walks the line and reports to her daddy.' Then she clasped her hands under her chin. 'Please don't share what I've told you with anyone.'"

Rescued by Jerusha Agen:

"This was insane. She was in the middle of nowhere in freezing Wisconsin with two-year-old twins and a guy who could very well be a lunatic, luring her into a winter wasteland to do her in and . . ."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. Here is the link to my review:

Proclaimer by Megan Schaulis 

I am still reading the other book.