Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #53

It's Friday . . . time to share excerpts from one of my current reads with:

• Book Beginnings on Fridays hosted by Rose City Reader, where bloggers share the first sentence or more of a current read, as well as initial thoughts about the sentence(s), impressions of the book, or anything else that the opening inspires.  
• The Friday 56 hosted by Freda's Voice, where you grab a book and turn to page 56 (or 56% of an ebook), find one or more interesting sentences (no spoilers), and post them.

Today I'm featuring:

 

I finished this delightful cozy mystery this week for a blog tour.  You can read my review here.

Murder Strikes A Pose has been selected by Amazon for a special "Big Deal" promotion through August 24. Only $1.99! Normally $8.39 at Amazon's discounted rate. http://www.amazon.com/Murder-Strikes-Pose-Downward-Mystery-ebook/dp/B00H3R53NM/

Beginning:  One

I laid my body on the cool wood floor, covered up with a blanket, and prepared to die.  

Metaphorically, that is.

Corpse Pose's ten-minute rest always soothed my stressed-out nerves, and for once I didn't feel guilty about the indulgence.  My to-do list was blank, Serenity Yoga's phone was silent, and I had a whole blissful hour between clients to do my favorite activity: practice yoga.

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56% of e-book: ". . .The minute I start asking questions, people know I'm up to something.  I'm not exactly Nancy Drew."

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Which book are you reading now or about to start?
 

Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #53 was originally published by Catherine for bookclublibrarian.com. This post cannot be republished without attribution.