Friday Memes~ 4/3/26
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:
Grab a book, any book
*Turn to Page 56 or 56% in your Ereader
(If you want to improvise, go ahead!)
*Find a snippet, but no spoilers!
I will be using the same book each week for both of these prompts. This week’s book is: The Other Lady Vanishes by Amanda Quick.
First Line:
The screams of the patients on ward five told Adelaide Blake that time had run out.
56:
It looked more like the office of an expensive lawyer than one that belonged to a private investigator.
Next up is Book Blogger Hop hosted by Billy @ Coffee Addicted Writer.
About Book Blogger Hop:
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.
This week’s prompt:
Which book really showcases your favorite author’s style, and what makes it stand out?
My answer:
The first part of this question is the hardest… determining my favorite author, I have so many! For instance, I love Nora Roberts, but her style is so diverse, I don’t know that I could pick one book that is an embodiment of her style- I love the Bride Quartet for straight Romance, the Dragon Heart Legacy Trilogy for Fantasy, and the In Death series (written as J.D. Robb) for Suspense.
As far as other authors, I think Aiden Thomas’s style is showcased in the Sunbearer Trials duology. It encompasses their Latin culture, LGBTQIA+ themes, myths and fantasy. Their other books show this as well.