Friday Fun - August 7, 2026

Welcome to my Friday Fun post. This is where I share with four different book parties that post on Fridays: Book Beginnings on Fridays, the Friday 56, First Line Friday, and Book Blogger Hop.

This week I have one book to share with you.

I'm starting The Island Bookshop by Roseanna M. White. 

        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 is my Book Beginnings/First Line Friday selection:

 The Island Bookshop by Roseanna M. White:

"White gloves tugged into place, Kennedy Marshall reached for the treasure before her-old leather, careful gilding, delicate paper."

I really wanted to know what kind of treasure this was and why she had it, where she found it, etc.

Now for:

The Friday 56 

The Friday 56 is hosted by Anne from My Head is Full of Books. 

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 is my Friday 56 selection:

The Island Bookshop by Roseanna M. White:

"He searched his emails and texts from her - and wow, there were a lot. He hadn't really paused to realize that he communicated more with Kenni than anyone else. His search turned up nothing. But he swore he'd seen photos. And Britta had gone too, hadn't she? A couple months before that last trip - she and Lara had driven up together."

Book Blogger Hop.

Book Blogger Hop

The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Billy over at Ranblings of a Coffee-Addicted Writer. The hop occurs weekly, starting on Friday and ending the following Thursday, featuring a specific book-related prompt each week. The main goal is to connect bloggers, encouraging them to follow each other, discover new titles, and grow their audience.

This week's question is: Do you see yourself more as an editor, a writer, or just a reader?

My answer:  Definitely more of a reader. I have tried writing books (notice how I added "and write" to my blog name?) I have always dreamed of writing a book, but I tend to be able to get them started but not make much progress in them. I feel so bad for my characters who are stuck in different predicaments.

And now it is time to share my current Reviews:

Last week I shared one book in my Friday Fun. I'm almost done reading it, but not quite. I will share my review next week.

I finished the last book I had shared about a few weeks ago, so here is my review of that book:

When the Silence Breaks by Elizabeth Goddard