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.
Happy Friday everyone! Today, I'm sharing first read (selected by drawing the name from my Baby Groot planter) for the My Own Books Reading Challenge which is being hosted by Anne @ My Head is Full of Books, Such Dark Things by Courtney Evan Tate. My dad bought this one for me not to long ago and it's time I see what this mystery thriller is all about.
Beginnings:
My skin is sticky with blood.
56:
"Don't judge me. I had three hours of sleep last night."
50/50 Friday: Character Most/ Least Likely To Commit Grand Theft Auto
Most likely - Ronan Lynch from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater - Well, he's stolen a car before - and he'd probably do it again too.
Least likely - Noah Czerny from The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater - Of anyone from the series, I just can't see Noah commit grand theft auto.
What are you reading this weekend? As always, thanks for visiting my blog and perhaps even commenting down below!
I want to catch up with review books so I can read my own books too😁 I'm finishing up Wild Country by tomorrow, then I'm not sure what I'll be reading. There are so many good March releases!
ReplyDeleteI need to catch up on The Others series. :)
DeleteThere are so many great books coming out this month!
I really like the sound of the Read Your Own Books challenge. I have a lot I should try to clear out.
ReplyDeleteMy Friday Spotlight.
Oh, yes. Thanks for visiting my blog, Louise!
DeleteI hope you enjoy this one. This week I am spotlighting Geekerella by Ashley Poston. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy. I enjoyed Geekerella and I hope you do too. :)
DeleteSuch Dark Things sounds good. I love that first sentence--short but full of possibilities. I hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteFor sure! Thanks for coming over.
DeleteWHOA to that beginning, awesome!! Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Freda!
DeleteGreat excerpts! Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting mine as well!
DeleteI'd read it based on the title alone.
ReplyDeleteI've done that plenty of times!
Delete"Don't judge me. I had three hours of sleep last night." - story of my life. Also baby Groot planter? I'm intrigued...
ReplyDeleteYep! To both. 😄
DeleteThat was some beginning!
ReplyDeleteMy Friday 56 from Outre
Thanks for sharing!
DeleteOh good. Your dad will be happy you are reading a book you gave him so quickly. Welcome to the Challenge and good luck!
ReplyDeleteThanks Anne!
DeleteThose are great snippets. Thanks for sharing! Hope you're enjoying it! :)
ReplyDeleteWell that's a startling way to open the story!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along on Book Beginnings.
Have a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
I know right!
DeleteThose are nice passages and fill of potential.
ReplyDeleteVery much so.
DeleteI love that you chose characters from The Raven Cycle and I have to agree 100% with your choices!
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up!
The first I came to. Thanks!
DeleteThat 56 is so relatable. I hope you're enjoying your weekend, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteExactly.
DeleteI still really need to read The Raven Cycle! I think I actually won an ebook copy of it a while back and I STILL haven't gotten around to it yet. It's just one of those books that keeps yelling at me from my TBR :) Thanks for linking up, Lauren!
ReplyDeleteLaura @BlueEyeBooks
They are amazing by the way! I hope you love them!
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