Friday 56, March 17, 2023: Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen

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.

The world had whispered in her ear that she had been chosen for a great cause. People cared deeply about her views.”

Starvation Heights by Gregg Olsen, at 56%.
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Friday 56, March 10, 2023: Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood

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.

‘Hey.’ I smile up at him, leaning my hip against the sink. God, he’s so tall. And broad. He’s a thousand-year oak. Someone with a body like this has no business owning a nerdy mug.”

Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood, page 56

Friday 56, February 24, 2023: Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell

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.

Her killer’s only facial feature is a slight smile. He’s dressed in a suit. Around him is a crowd of rowdy people, one of them a man who appears to be wielding a scalpel.

Ripper: The Secret Life of Walter Sickert by Patricia Cornwell, page 56

Friday 56, February 17, 2023: It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover

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.

His eyebrows furrow. ‘Whoever it is seems younger–maybe in their teens. I guess I’m worried they might be in a similar situation to the one I was in back then. Destitute.’ The tension in his eyes eases a bit. “And what if they don’t have a Lily to save them?'”

It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover, page 56

Friday 56, February 10, 2023: The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan

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.

The days began to take on a pattern. After Nina had finished work, she would cash out, then start planning what she was going to leave Marek on their tree. It had developed into a full-blown flirtation. Some days she wanted to be funny, some days more serious. Some days she just wrote to him what was on her mind, and he’d write back. She realized that she hadn’t written a letter for year and years, actually sat down and committed her thoughts to paper rather than pinging them off in an e-mail. She wrote more slowly, felt more deeply.”

The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan, taken from 56% of the way through the ebook