The Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings): Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo + 50/50 Friday

On Friday's I take part in three weekly link ups - The Friday 56, hosted by Freda's Voice, Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader, and 50/50 Friday is a new weekly link up and it is hosted by Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader and Laura @ Blue Eye Books. For The Friday 56, you choose a book, a book you have just finished, a book you are about to start, your current read, and share a line or a few lines that grab you (but don't spoil anything) from page 56 or 56% of the way through the ebook. Post it and share your post's url on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post. As for Book Beginnings, you share the first sentence or so and your initial thoughts, impressions, or whatever else it inspires, and then link up your post's url with Rose City Reader. Then, for 50/50 Friday, every week there's a new topic featuring two sides of the same coin - you share a book that suits each category and link up on the hosts blogs.

This week I'm spotlighting one of my current #BeatTheBacklist reads, Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows #2) by Leigh Bardugo.  This will be my fifteenth read of the fifty books I've challenged myself to read for this reading challenge.  I'd say I'm doing pretty good so far!  I'm so excited to be back in the world of Ketterdam because I absolutely loved book one (you can see my review here).  By the way, does anyone imagine Kaz as a younger version of Tommy Shelby (played by Cillian Murphy) from Peaky Blinders?  Or is that just me?

Beginning: 

Retvenko leaned against the bar and tucked his nose into his dirty shot glass.

56:

"Your friends are not coming," said Bajan.  "It is time to think of your own surviva.  You could be home with your family by summer's end.  Van Eck can help you if you let him."

50/50 Friday: Book You Wish Was Recommended To You More/Less - I'm going with authors instead for this week's topic instead that are recommended to me all the time at work.  Both of the authors I've selected have been recommended to me a ton of times for a wide variety of reasons.

More - Louise Penney - I've been really trying to decide if I should start into the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache series.  Maybe a few more recommendations would really sell me.

Less - Debbie Macomber - I've read one or two of her stories in the past and while she's a good writer she isn't quite my style.  I'm not particularly interested in reading more of her soon.

What are you reading today?  Have you read any of these authors?  As usual, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!