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 continuing my reread of the Timeless series by Gabrielle Meyer. This week I am reading In This Moment.
I'll also be reading The Heart of the King by J.J. Fischer, the first book in the Painted Wind series.
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:
In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer:
"Most days, I could pretend that my life was normal."
Knowing the series, even if I hadn't read this particular book before, it made sense that her life wasn't normal and she would need to pretent it was. But, I was wondering if there was something specific about this day making it harder to pretend. And it's been a couple of years since I read it, so I couldn't remember.
The Heart of the King by J.J. Fischer:
"'Your Majesty, we have found the girl.'"
That could be a good thing or a bad thing.
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:
In This Moment by Gabrielle Meyer:
"'It's not a secret. I met the train of soldiers who came in from Baltimore and brought them food and medical supplies.' I wouldn't tell him I had provided medical assistance-that would need to remain a secret. Or that I had brought two of them home with me."
The Heart of the King by J.J. Fischer:
"'You're taking me down the mountain?'
He inclined his head.
He inclined his head.
'Why?' Curiosity briefly overtook anger and fear.
He took in the bronze piece on her headband, barely visible through the strands of muddy, disheveled hair. She was right to try and protect herself from the Shro Khan. But there was little she could do to protect herself from him. How much more would she fear him once she knew her fate?"
He took in the bronze piece on her headband, barely visible through the strands of muddy, disheveled hair. She was right to try and protect herself from the Shro Khan. But there was little she could do to protect herself from him. How much more would she fear him once she knew her fate?"
Reviews:
Last week I shared three books in my Friday Fun post. Here are the links to the reviews:
Both Friday56 quotes hold mysteries. They make me wonder what is going on.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it is so hard to find a decent quote for the Friday56. I'm glad these were good ones.
DeleteWow, you’ll be celebrating your 20th blogging anniversary next year—congratulations! That’s an incredible milestone! Now, about *In This Moment*—does it involve a bit of time travel? I remember that short-lived television series called Timeless, where they zipped around through history. It was entertaining, to say the least, but I can’t imagine it’s connected to the book you’re reading.
ReplyDeleteYour comment made me go look back and I'm a bit confused where you see that it would be my 20th blogging anniversary. My first post is showing to be in 2010. I also haven't been very good through the years at consistent posting here as I was more focused on my homeschool blog (which now hasn't been posted on for several years).
DeleteAs for the Timeless series, no it has nothing to do with the Timeless tv series. We did watch that for a while then sort of lost interest. Gabrielle Meyer's series is completely different. The heroine in the story actually lives in two (or three in this book) different times. Living one day in one time, waking up and living a day in the other time, and so on until she needs to make a decision on her 21st bday where she will spend the rest of her life. It's quite intriguing as it sort of feels like time travel and dual timeline combined, but not quite. Very unique.
In This Moment—does it involve a bit of time travel? I remember that short-lived television series called Timeless, where they zipped around through history. It was entertaining, to say the least, but I can’t imagine it’s connected to the book you’re reading.
ReplyDeleteHappy reading and happy Friday!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading to you too. Thanks for stopping by.
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