Friday, April 3, 2015

Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #76

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It's Friday . . . time to share excerpts book excerpts 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:
 
 The Witch of Painted Sorrows (The Daughters of La Lune #1) 

BeginningChapter 1   Paris, France   April 1894
I did not cause the madness, the deaths, or the rest of the tragedies any more than I painted the paintings.  I had help, her help.  Or perhaps I should say she forced her help on me. 
 
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Page 56 "I was simply overwrought, as my grandmother had been telling me since I'd arrived in Paris.  And for good reason."
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New York Times bestselling novelist M.J. Rose is a meticulous researcher and masterful author of historic fiction, as anyone who has read her Recarnationist series can attest to.  The Witch of Painted Sorrows is the first in a new series entitled Daughters of La Lune.

 
Which book are you reading now or about to start?



Friday Focus: The Friday 56 & Book Beginnings #76 was originally published by Catherine for bookclublibrarian.com. This post cannot be republished without attribution.  Retweeting and sharing on Google+ encouraged and appreciated.

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