Friday Memes~ 3/20/26

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:

Ellie almost didn’t take the call.
Although Ellie knew Lou was right, keeping her ricocheting thoughts in line was easier said than done.
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.
If you could write the sequel to a classic book, which one would it be? What new characters or plot twists would you bring in?

Ellie should not have taken the call? 😂 I am worried about Ellie.
Happy Friday!
I like the description: her ricocheting thoughts. I’ve had those. You?
Sounds like an interesting book.
I wasn’t sure which classic to choose, but went for Jane Eyre in the end!
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/book-blogger-hop-sequel-to-a-classic/
I went with Pride and Prejudice for a sequel, there is a lot to explore after the book ended. Happy Reading!