Welcome to some bookish fun today as we share Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and as we showcase The Friday 56 with Freda’s Voice.
To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.
Then give us the title of the book, so others can add it to their lists!
If you have been wanting to participate, but haven’t yet tried, now is the time!
What better way to spend a Friday?
Happy Friday! Today I am spotlighting an ARC from Amazon Vine: Where They Found Her, by Kimberly McCreight, the story of an idyllic suburban town, a mysterious find, and a free lance journalist determined to find the truth.
Beginning: (Prologue)
It isn’t until afterward that I think about the bag or the bloody towels stuffed inside. They’re too big to bury, but I can’t just leave them behind. Maybe I should have been better prepared. Thought more about the details. But it’s hard to be ready for something you never imagined you’d do.
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56: (Ridgefield Reader – Comments)
(Anonymous) – Because they’re lazy a-holes, that’s why. All they want is to sell ad space. What the hell do they care what happens to the people who read their garbage? And that’s what this is: Total garbage. The whole point is to freak us out. So that we come back here and click, click, click away for more!
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Blurb: An idyllic suburban town.
A devastating discovery.
Shocking revelations that will change three lives forever.
At the end of a long winter in well-to-do Ridgedale, New Jersey, the body of a newborn is found in the woods fringing the campus of the town’s prestigious university. No one knows the identity of the baby, what ended her very short life, or how she came to be found among the fallen leaves. But for the residents of Ridgedale, there is no shortage of opinions.
When freelance journalist and recent Ridgedale transplant Molly Sanderson is unexpectedly called upon to cover the disturbing news for the Ridgedale Reader—the town’s local paper—she has good reason to hesitate. A severe depression followed the loss of her own baby, and this assignment could unearth memories she has tried hard to bury. But the disturbing history Molly uncovers is not her own. Her investigation reveals a decades-old trail of dark secrets hiding behind Ridgedale’s white picket fences.
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This one is just the kind of read that keeps me glued to the pages. What do you think?
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Oh wow Laurel what fantastic teasers..you find the most interesting thrillers
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Thanks, Kimba, and I seem to be obsessed with them lately…LOL. I can’t wait to start reading this one. Glad you could stop by.
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I agree. This would keep me reading. That beginning is really eye and attention catching.
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Thanks, Jo, I thought so, too. I am now very curious. Thanks for stopping by.
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Fantastic teaser! I loved her first book Reconstructing Amelia, and have had my eye on this one.
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Thanks, Whitney, I loved Reconstructing Amelia, too. Glad you could stop by.
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I am seeing this book everywhere. Guess I’d better take a look. My Friday Posts
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I remember loving her previous book, Reconstructing Amelia, so I had to have this one. Thanks for visiting, Anne.
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Yep, I’m on board for it. Just waiting for the publish date. LOL
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Thanks, Kay, and hope you love it, too.
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I’m adding this one to my list for sure.
My Friday post: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2015/03/friday-focus-friday-56-book-beginnings_13.html
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Thanks, Catherine, I am very excited about this one. Glad you could visit today.
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The beginning is drawing me in! That’s a great way to start a novel.
Thanks for stopping by my blog to check out my Friday Book Memes!
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Glad you could return the visit, Sam, and I am drawn to that beginning, too.
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What great excerpts! This sounds like a great read. Seriously intense but amazing. Adding it to my TBR!
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I am excited about it, Katherine. Thanks for stopping by.
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Oooh that sounds interesting. Great teasers! 🙂
Stormi
Friday memes
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Thanks, Stormi…I am having a hard time waiting to begin this one, but I’m also enjoying my current read, Hush Hush.
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I’m ready for a change from stories about families and romance, and this sounds like just the thing. Thanks for the recommendation.
My Friday post features WHAT WE KEEP.
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I do like to mix things up, too, Sandra. Thanks for stopping by.
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That intro really gets me and then the page 56 is such a crazy voice I definitely want to read it! Here’s mine:
http://ebogie.blogspot.com/2015/03/knots-crosses-by-ian-rankin.html
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Yes, definitely a crazy voice, isn’t it? Thanks for stopping by, Elizabeth.
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I really like the beginning excerpt for this one. It doesn’t sound like whatever crime happened was planned, but covering it up usually never works out well either.
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Yes, I got that feeling, too; she is panicked, and things won’t work out well, I suspect. Thanks for stopping by, Alicia.
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That cover promises me mystery… and possibly a killing, (possibly or hopefully, not sure.)
Happy weekend!
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Thanks, Freda, and I think so, too. Can’t wait to start it.
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I haven’t heard about this one before. It sounds really good.
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Yes, I was eager to read it after reading the author’s previous book, Reconstructing Amelia. Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne.
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You hooked me – I’m adding this to my list. Thanks!
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Good for you, Louise…and thanks for stopping by.
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I really enjoyed this book!
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I finally started it today….loving it so far. Thanks for stopping by, Patty.
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Wow, this sounds intense. I think I would like this one.
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Thanks, Bea, and I am all in to the intense books…and then I occasionally toss in a lighter read.
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