Friday Memes~ 6/12/26

I’m jumping back into memes this year, because I always had a lot of fun with them before I tried to get all serious. Each Friday I will be linking up with a few different memes. Here we go:

First up is Book Beginnings on Fridays, hosted by Rose City Reader and First Line Friday hosted by Reading is My Superpower
How it works: Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.
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The Friday 56 was started by Freda @ Freda’s Voice, and is now hosted by Anne @ My Head is Full of Books.
How it works:

The problem with your best friend dying is that there’s no one to sit with you at funerals.
I know it’s been just days since the last time I was here, but the main floor of the house looks so different.
The first iteration of the Book Blogger Hop, which was started in March 2010 by Jennifer @ Crazy-For-Books, ended on December 31, 2012. On February 15, 2013, Billy reintroduced the hop with Jennifer’s approval. The hop will begin on a Friday of each week and end on a Thursday of the following week. Every week, there will be a prompt with a book-related query. The aim of the blog hop is to provide bloggers with an opportunity to follow other blogs, discover new books, make friends with other bloggers, and gain new followers for their own sites.
How do you decide which books to highlight on your blog?

Oh, what a sad thought…not having someone to sit with you at funerals.
I hope you link this up today: https://headfullofbooks.blogspot.com/2026/06/review-heartwood-friday56-linkup.html
I generally review everything I read. I like to pick a book I particularly enjoyed for Friday to feature.
You do a great job of keeping books visible throughout their entire journey, from receiving them to finishing them. I like how you use lists and memes to keep talking about books beyond just reviews. Stop by to see my response. Happy Reading! 📚
An interesting sounding book. Certainly something to think about!
I review pretty much all of my books and then feature ones that answer prompts.
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
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