Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. The Friday 56 – As many of you know Freda over at Freda’s Voice hosted The Friday56 for many years. Since Freda is no longer blogging The Friday 56 is now hosted by, Anne over at My Head Is Full of Books. So grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your e-reader, and share a non-spoiler sentence or two. First Line Friday is a weekly meme hosted by Reading is My Superpower that asks you to share the first sentence of the book you’re reading. Book Blogger Hop asks a question of general interest or discussion hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
My book for today is Grave Talk by Nick Spalding
Publication Date: November 1, 2024
The last thing Alice expects to see at her husband’s graveside on his birthday is a giant, talking frog. On closer inspection, it’s a grown man dressed as Kermit.
Turns out Alice’s husband is buried next to Ben’s older brother Harry, who—as a parting practical joke in his will—insisted that Ben visit his grave each year, on this specific day, dressed in an as-yet-undisclosed pageant of embarrassing fancy dress.
With little but their grief and this one day in common, Alice and Ben form a very special, very strange friendship, meeting just once a same day, same time, same place—different silly costume. As the years pass and grief alters, can their unique bond help them cope with the hardest part of life?
First Sentence:
Alice
I can do this.
I know I can. I wasn’t sure when I woke up this morning, and my hand strayed to his side of the bed again. But after two cups of the strongest coffee I could manage, and a good, long cry in the shower, I felt like there was a chance I could come here, and not immediately feel my legs go out from under me.
Page 56
Yes, Cinzano. The combination of that pantsuit and the story about the adopted duck. They’re enough to give a corpse a headache.
Today’s Question Is: – Which horror-themed book or novel is your all-time favorite? Which one made you shiver or made you feel like it was Halloween? (submitted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer)
A: I don’t read horror often, but a book that I found spooky was Our Wicked Histories by Amy Goldsmith
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