Book Beginnings is hosted at A Few More Pages, and The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda’s Voice.

Today’s book is an ARC of Fever by Lauren DeStefano. This is a book I’ve been waiting several months for – as I’m sure many of you have, too. I just finished my last book and wanted to get this posted before I started reading. I suspect I won’t be doing much of anything else (if I can help it) once I crack this book open!

For those who might not know, this is the second book in The Chemical Garden series, the first of which is the amazing Wither.

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How to participate:

Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday.

We run, with water in our shoes and the smell of the ocean clinging to our frozen skin.

I remember where we left off at the end of Wither, and this gets me excited. It looks like maybe we pick up where we left off? I hope so. I can’t wait to dive in – SOON!

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Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post in the Linky HERE.

I can hear the gun rattling in the guard’s holster just outside the entrance.

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Book Beginnings is hosted at A Few More Pages, and The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda’s Voice.

Today’s book is The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory.

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Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday.

The light of the open sky is brilliant after the darkness of the inner rooms. I blink and hear the roar of many voices.

If you saw Third Sentence Thursday, you know what comes next.

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Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post in the Linky HERE.

“And in their turn, they fear that she will destroy them when the king is well enough to do her bidding. I can’t see a resolution.”

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Book Beginnings is hosted at A Few More Pages, and The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda’s Voice.

Today’s book is Queen by Right by Anne Easter Smith.

Summary:

History remembers Cecily of York standing on the steps of the Market Cross at Ludlow, facing an attacking army while holding the hands of her two young sons. Queen by Right reveals how she came to step into her destiny, beginning with her marriage to Richard, duke of York, whom she meets when she is nine and he is thirteen. Raised together in her father’s household, they become a true love match and together face personal tragedies, pivotal events of history, and deadly political intrigue. All of England knows that Richard has a clear claim to the throne, and when King Henry VI becomes unfit to rule, Cecily must put aside her hopes and fears and help her husband decide what is right for their family and their country.

I’ve been working on this book for what feels like forever now! It’s long. But quite good. I’m hoping to finish it very soon – I’m currently working on some editing, which is why I’ve been slow to read and review anything lately.

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How to participate:

Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday.

A scream pierced Cecily’s dreamless sleep. She came awake in an instant as every mother might upon hearing her child in distress.

Yep, good one. Definitely draws the reader in.

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Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post in the Linky HERE.

I’ve decided to have a little more fun with this one. Instead of the usual Friday 56, it’ll be the Friday -56. Meaning: 56, 156, 256, … It’s a 500-page book, so why not let you see more?

56:

Cecily knew she would find Richard either in the great hall or seeing to his horse.

156:

Knowing Richard’s anger was usually short-lived, she cocked her head, giving him a mischievous smile.

256:

“Soft, my loard,” she said sternly, frowning a reminder that they were not alone.

356:

While his brilliant blue eyes were his father’s, they did not glow with the same warmth; instead, a steely cynicism made them glitter rather than sparkle.

456:

Her heart constricted and she felt sick as she contemplated why Warwick was come in person.

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Book Beginnings is hosted at A Few More Pages, and The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda’s Voice.

Today’s book is an e-copy of Prom and Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg. As such, I’ll pick from 56% for The Friday 56 part!

Summary:

After winter break, the girls at the very prestigious Longbourn Academy become obsessed with the prom. Lizzie Bennet, who attends Longbourn on a scholarship, isn’t interested in designer dresses and expensive shoes, but her best friend, Jane, might be — especially now that Charles Bingley is back from a semester in London.

Lizzie is happy about her friend’s burgeoning romance but less than impressed by Charles’s friend, Will Darcy, who’s snobby and pretentious. Darcy doesn’t seem to like Lizzie either, but she assumes it’s because her family doesn’t have money. Clearly, Will Darcy is a pompous jerk — so why does Lizzie find herself drawn to him anyway?

Will Lizzie’s pride and Will’s prejudice keep them apart? Or are they a prom couple in the making? Whatever the result, Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Lonely Hearts Club, has concocted a very funny, completely stylish delight for any season — prom or otherwise.

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How to participate:

Share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you’re reading. Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line, and let us know if you liked or did not like the sentence. The link-up will be at A Few More Pages every Friday.

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single girl of high standing at Longbourn Academy must be in want of a prom date.

This is all it takes for the reader to know that this story is very much based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice!

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Rules:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post in the Linky HERE.

I had even been looking forward to work more, as it was my only real social interaction during the week.

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