Friday 56, September 1, 2023: The Exorcist Legacy 50 Years of Fear by Nat Segaloff

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.

“When this picture was called Legion, he realized, the screenplay is brilliant. When this screenplay or film is called The Exorcist: 15 Years After or The Exorcist anything, it’s not brilliant because it does not fulfill the expectation of the audience that there is a child in trouble. In other words, it’s a remake.”

Friday 56, June 23, 2023: The Stranger Times 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.

“Once inside the pub, Hannah realized that beneath its gruff exterior, the Admiral’s Arms’ interior was even gruffer. It wasn’t a 1970s-themed pub; it was a pub that had been built in the 1970s and had remained exactly the same, only somehow it had also grown worse. The carpets were threadbare, the wallpaper was peeling, and the leather of the booths was the texture of Keith Richards’ face.

The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell, page 54

Friday 56, June 9, 2023: Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

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.

“They walked together as far as the corner and said goodbye without touching. Quentin headed in the opposite direction and sat on a stoop to light a cigarette. He could feel people staring at him as they bounced by on their morning jogs or shepherded their children to the playground down the block. He didn’t care. He would go home soon and get Lulu, take her for a walk. Maybe buy some flowers at the farmer’s market. He looked down at his phone. Cleo was calling. The day, after all, was just beginning.

Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors, page 56

Friday 56, May 19, 2023: The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight

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.

“‘You’re going to make yourself drunk,’ said Kimberley accusingly. ‘Lady, I hoped to be smashed out of my brain by the time I have to see those videos they’re going to show us. I advise you to be the same.'”

The Fungus by Harry Adam Knight, page 56

Friday 56, May 12, 2023: After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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.

“I’m not sure what it is about me that insists that he say every little thing in his head. But when we fight like this, I can’t stand to see him hold back. You know why? I know why. It’s because if you’re really holding back, you don’t even start to say it. But that’s not what he does. He does this little song and dance where he pretends he’s not going to say something, but it’s clear that eventually, he’s going to say something.”

After I Do by Taylor Jenkins Reid, page 56