The Friday 56 (With Bookish Beginnings): The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty + 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.

Okay, it's time to pull out all the stops for Halloween!  This week I'm spotlighting one of my current reads, The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.  The movie is absolutely chilling and I can't wait to see how this will compare - which will be more disturbing?  Personally, I'm betting the book will take home that prize!  By the way, this book will also fulfill the Black Cover square for my Fall Bookish Bingo.

Beginning:

The blaze of sun wrung pops of sweat from the old man's brow, yet he cupped his hands around the glass of hot sweet tea as if to warm them.  He could not shake the premonition.  It clung to his back like chill wet leaves.

56:

" 'Et clamor meus ad te veniat,' " he prayed with murmured anguish.  " 'Let my cry come unto Thee...' "

50/50 Friday: Favorite/ Least Favorite Scary Novel

Least - Red Rain by R.L. Stine - I was so excited to hear Stine was writing an adult book since I grew up with Goosebumps and Fear Street and absolutely loved them.  Unfortunately, I ended up DNF'ing it around 50 pages in - I was not impressed by the prologue and it just went downhill from there.

Favorite - Only the Dead Know Burbank by Bradford Tatum - This has been one of favorites from the last year - if you like well researched historical fantasy with a dose of gritty horror, and classic horror movies, then you absolutely need to get your hands on a copy of this book.

Have you read any of these books?  What are you reading this week?  As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!