Friday Fun - October 24, 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 started reading the novella collection titled Every Captive Freed, featuring three novellas about human trafficking by B.D. Lawrence, Shannon McNear, and Angela Shelton. This collection releases on November 5th.

I'm also reading the newest Watson Twins Mini Mystery Coffee We Spill by Chelsea Michelle. This book 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:

 Sara's Story by B.D. Lawrence, the first story in Every Captive Freed:

"Sara Hanley entered the opulent sitting room and sat on the white, brushed fabric sofa."

I wondered where exactly she was and why she was there. Was this before, during, or after her captivity?

Coffee We Spill by Chelsea Michelle:

"Things were finally starting to look up for Michelle."

That was good news, thinking about what she had gone through in the last book. 

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:

Sara's Story by B.D. Lawrence, the first story in Every Captive Freed:

 

"At least Keyshawn had waited until warmer weather to throw her out on the street. The dress code changed. At the club, it didn’t matter what she wore, as it wasn’t on her that long. She usually wore a robe between customers. On the street, she had to be a billboard, advertise herself. Being tall and well-arranged, as one older man had told her, opened up many options to display herself. But she hated it. Hated the tiny skirts, the tight, revealing tops, the high heels."

Coffee We Spill by Chelsea Michelle:

"I groaned. “So where does that leave us?” Greg shrugged. “We look to see if he has a motive. If he did anything to Zach, I highly doubt it was a crime of passion or a warped senseless crime. If he did it, I’d venture to say he felt like he had good reason. … Or at least that’s my assessment.” He put a strong emphasis on the word “if”—which I was pretty sure was for Michelle’s sake."

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday Fun post. I'm still reading the one, but here is the link to my review from several months ago when I first read the other book:

Every Hour Until Then by Gabrielle Meyer