The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda’s Voice. Join us every Friday and share an excerpt from a book you’re been reading.
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence (or a few, just don’t spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post here in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It’s that simple.
**Also be sure to leave me a link to your Friday 56 post in the comments!**
“Do you have a very intelligent collie who might communicate through a system of barks to your parents that little Kami is in the well?”
Kami closed her eyes and leaned her cheek against the wet planes of Jared’s collarbone. “We’re going to die.” Something else dawned on her. “And where is your shirt?”
I missed this meme last week with a little finger injury that is still taking some time to heal, but in the meantime I’m getting really good at only using my left index finger to help my right type. Sarah Rees Brennan’s Unspoken was my July reread and it was better than I remembered it. It’s unbelievable delightful and funny and the protagonist is among my all time favorites.
From my review:
“Kami Glass knows that no matter how quiet her hometown, Sorry-in-the-Vale, appears to be, it must have its own fair share of buried secrets. Secrets that are just waiting for someone to uncover them. When the only living members of the founding family of Lynburns return to Sorry-in-the-Vale, Kami can’t help but notice the strange things that have accompanied their arrival. Strangest of all is the appearance of her imaginary friend, a friend whose voice she’s been hearing in her head forever and one she was convinced didn’t exist. When Kami stumbles upon a gruesome scene in the woods and someone makes an attempt on her life, she realizes Sorry-in-the-Vale’s secrets are more dangerous than she imagined and someone will do anything to keep them hidden.” You can find my full review here.
The cover makes it look look like a YA or Junior book but the synopsis makes it sound adult. Which is it?
My Friday Quotes
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It’s a YA novel.
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Sorry to hear about your finger. What happened?
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I got it stopping a skirmish between my dog and another.
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I love the cover, seeing a lot of the silhouette style lately. I agree with Anne, quote sounds more mature than the impression given by the cover.
I like your TBR slideshow. Is that a GR widget I haven’t seen, or did you make it from scratch?
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I got the widget from Goodreads, but it just doesn’t update because WordPress doesn’t support JavaScript, so I have to manually change it.
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Kind of funny yet scary too. The cover has me curious too.
Here’s my 56 – http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/08/07/the-friday-56-72-choices/
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I think that sums up the book rather well: funny but scary.
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I hope you’re finger’s feeling better soon.
I’ve been seeing this around lately and it sounds good. Thanks for sharing.
Check out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings).
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Thanks, Lauren! It’s a really good read 🙂
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I loved this whole series. Such great dialogue! My YA 56 this week comes from Reawakened by Colleen Houck – the first of a new series for her. Happy reading!
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I love the dialogue in these books too, these characters are so charming and fun.
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This book is on my TBR already and it looks great. I love that you enjoyed it even more as a reread than you did the first time. I love when that happens! Thanks for sharing!
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I’m a firm believer in rereading and am so glad whenever a book is just as good the second time around.
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Even the name of the town is spooky….sounds intense! Thanks for sharing…and here’s mine: “FRIDAY ON MY MIND”
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I absolutely adore the name of this town, I’d love to live in a place called Sorry-in-the-Vale.
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I have heard of this book before but I haven’t decided if I want to read it yet.
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If you enjoy magic and the paranormal, I’d definitely recommend it to you!
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This does sound good. Great snippet to share!
My Friday 56 is from a Sisters Grimm book: http://www.foofynotfoofy.com/foofynotfoofy/2015/8/7/the-friday-56-the-fairy-tale-detectives-by-michael-buckley
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Thank you, it’s a fantastic series that continues to make me laugh.
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LOL… alrighty then.
Happy weekend!
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Haha, thank you!
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Pretty cover and the snippet drew me in. Another book I will have to watch for. Happy weekend!
Here is my Friday 56:
http://missdothacker.blogspot.com/2015/08/friday-56-moral-heart.html
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I adore the cover as well. Happy weekend to you too!
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