Friday Fun - May 8, 2026

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 Rebuilder by Megan Schaulis. This book is a sequel to the Susa Chronicles.

I'm also starting an ARC of the newest book by Emily Conrad, On the Fence About You. 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:

 Rebuilder by Megan Schaulis:

"I am a tree."

Well, that was, um, confusing.

Here are the first several lines:

"I am a tree.

I am a tree with deep roots.

I am a tree with deep, sturdy roots. I can bend and not break.

Mental picture in focus, I allow the music and chatter of the party to melt into the mountainside."

So, there is a reason he is forming this mental picture. Having read the first two books, I had a feeling I knew why he needed this strength.

On the Fence About You by Emily Conrad:

"The barking reached a fever pitch that echoed through the lush peace of early summer in Chimney Creek, Wisconsin."

I was concerned why there was so much barking. Was there a dog, or dogs, being neglected. I needed to find out 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:

Rebuilder by Megan Schaulis:

"My room is gone.

I gulp in breath after breath and ignore pricks of pain on my hands, arms, back, face . . .  Gone. 

Where the governor's bedchamber should be, the sliver of moon illuminates a massive sand-filled trench with chunks of broken furniture peeking through the rubble. My few possessions are somewhere in that pile - a couple sets of clothes, my new Solblok. My crutches."

On the Fence About You by Emily Conrad:

"Dax's nails clicked on the concrete and his tags rattled, but she couldn't hear his owner. Maybe Edie and Eileen had a point about Hale's ability to move quietly. 

She plunged her hands into the box and unburied a stack of matching plates. She fished around, feeling for smaller objects that may have been stacked in the surrounding space. 

Hale's voice came quiet and low. 'I can't believe she's gone.'"

Reviews:

Last week I shared two books in my Friday fun post. I am still reading the one book, but I did finish the other. Here is the review.

The Escape Game by Gina Holder