Friday Memes~ 5/15/26

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:

Not long after I moved with my family to a small town in New Hampshire I happened upon a path that vanished into the wood on the edge of town.
Then, with as much pride as if I had baked them myself, I brought out a little surprise– two packets of Hostess Cupcakes.
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.
Are you team dog-eared pages or strictly no creases?

I love my books to still look nice and crisp too, and I’ve always loved bookmarks. They feel like part of the whole reading experience for me! Happy Reading—and hop over to my post when you get a chance!
I was just thinking about this book yesterday and wondering if I should reread it since I remember it being funny and that is about it. Your thoughts?