Friday 56, December 1, 2023: Revival by Stephen King

Welcome to Friday 56! Hosted by Freda’s Voice, you turn to page 56 or 56% in any book or reading device and pick a sentence that grabs you.

“‘Say something else!” she cried. “Say something else so I don’t think I just dreamed it!’
‘He’s not supposed to–‘ Claire began, but Con interrupted her. Because now he could.
‘I love you, Mom,’ he said. ‘I love you, Dad.'”

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Friday 56, November 3, 2023: Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

Welcome to Friday 56! Hosted by Freda’s Voice, you turn to page 56 or 56% in any book or reading device and pick a sentence that grabs you.

“She could see the luminosity of the casino and resort through the screen of trees when she looked over her shoulder. The complex was so big and bright it made her think of the sun when it set on the horizon. Just a few years earlier, there’d been an expansive field where the resort now stood. It’d been a place for exploration, a place where a child’s imagination could roam.”

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Friday 56, September 15, 2023: Love Will Tear Us Apart by C.K. McDonnell

Welcome to Friday 56! Hosted by Freda’s Voice, you turn to page 56 or 56% in any book or reading device and pick a sentence that grabs you.

“He passed the gate to the playground where a young boy, his face encrusted with chocolate and God knows what else, was being led out howling and screaming by a woman who looked like she was seriously regretting her historic contraceptive choices.”

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