The Friday 56 and Book Beginnings #3

Sorry this is a day late. In all the hectic craziness that's going on with me right now, I forgot to post this yesterday. Once again sorry but here you go.

The 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 a few, just don't spoil it)

* Post it

* Add your (url) for the post, not your blog, in the Linky

* It's that simple

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick the book you're reading, a book off your shelves, or just a random book at the store, in other words any book that you want, and turn to page 56 and find a sentence or two that stands out to you. Put the sentence or sentences in a post and include the author and title, post it and then add your url into the Linky on Freda's Voice and there you go.

Linger by: Maggie Steifvater

This snippet came from 56.4% on my tablet

Crouched on the cold forest floor, pine needles pressing into my palms, blood smeared over my bare knees, I couldn't remember how long I'd been human.

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader where you take the first few sentences from the first page of the book you are reading along with your initial thoughts on the sentence or sentences, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Remember to include the title of the book and the author's name. And don't forget to link up.

Linger by: Maggie Steifvater

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf and a girl who was becoming one.

Just a few months ago, it was Sam who was the mythical creature. His was the disease we couldn't cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most. He had the body that was a mystery, too strange and wonderful and terrifying to comprehend.

Thoughts:

 If this was a synopsis it would draw me in instantly. This kind of stuff is right up my alley. The speaker kind of seems sad and wistful, in awe and scared.

The Friday 56 with Book Beginnings #2

The 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 a few, just don't spoil it)

* Post it

* Add your (url) for the post, not your blog, in the Linky

* It's that simple

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick the book you're reading, a book off your shelves, or just a random book at the store, in other words any book that you want, and turn to page 56 and find a sentence or two that stands out to you. Put the sentence or sentences in a post and include the author and title, post it and then add your url into the Linky on Freda's Voice and there you go.

Shiver by: Maggie Stiefvater

This little bit was taken from 56.4% on my tablet.

I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl

From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl

I'd love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl

But I'm never warm enough for my lovely summer girl

It's summer when she smiles, I'm laughing like a child

It's the summer of our lives; we'll contain it for a while

She holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her hand

I'd be happy with this summer if it's all we ever had.

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader where you take the first few sentences from the first page of the book you are reading along with your initial thoughts on the sentence or sentences, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Remember to include the title of the book and the author's name. And don't forget to link up.

I remember lying in the snow, a small red spot of warm going cold, surrounded by wolves. They were licking me, biting me, worrying at my body, pressing in. Their huddled bodies blocked what little heat the sun offered. Ice glistened on their ruffs and their breaths made opaque shapes that hung in the air around us.  The musky smell of their coats made me think of wet dog and burning leaves, pleasant and terrifying. Their tongues melted my skin; their careless teeth ripped at my sleeves and snagged through my hair, pushed against my collarbone, the pulse at my neck.

My thoughts:

I just finished this book and was very impressed with it. Maggie is very descriptive and paints a very vivid scene. She uses a dual POV and both characters are very strong and independent. The paragraph above was written with such clarity that I was easily able to picture the wolf attack and became transported instantly.  

The Friday 56 with Book Beginnings #1

The 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 a few, just don't spoil it)

* Post it

* Add your (url) for the post, not your blog, in the Linky

* It's that simple

The Friday 56 is a meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick the book you're reading, a book off your shelves, or just a random book at the store, in other words any book that you want, and turn to page 56 and find a sentence or two that stands out to you. Put the sentence or sentences in a post and include the author and title, post it and then add your url into the Linky on Freda's Voice and there you go.

Cinderella Ninja Warrior

By: Maureen McGowan

"She twirled around her cellar room for a moment, and almost tripped over Max. He leaped up into her arms and rubbed his head against her cheek. " Don't worry, Max", she told him. ''You'll always be my best friend."

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader where you take the first few sentences from the first page of the book you are reading along with your initial thoughts on the sentence or sentences, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Remember to include the title of the book and the author's name. And don't forget to link up.

Cinderella Ninja Warrior

by: Maureen McGowan 

"Cinderella's shoulders quivered with fatigue as she tipped the twenty-seventh wooden bucket of fresh water into her stepmother's bath. The water, laced with sweet-smelling oils, sloshed up the tub's sides, threatening to spill over the edges and onto the pristine floor that she'd have to mop again if the hot water escaped."

My thoughts: 

Well the title alone was enough to draw me in but with the synopsis there was something that I had never encountered before in any of my book readings. You get the chance to decide things for Cinderella as you read through the book. I think that's neat. With the opening paragraph I thought that Maureen McGowan definitely has a way with describing things, she painted the picture in my mind so clearly and vividly. With just that little bit I saw a girl struggling to lift the last bucket up to the tub, sweat dripping down her face and neck from the exertion of all the lifting, the heat from the bath, and the cleaning of the room a few moments earlier. The book cover, synopsis, and first paragraph were enough to have me pinning to finish the whole thing.