The Friday 56 5-1-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

After a while it became a game with Sunny. He would go down on his front
paws and stick his rump in the air and then laugh at me with his eyes.
(p56, In the Land of Cotton by Martha A. Taylor)

The Friday 56 4-24-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

Everyone else in the arena is leaving, but he claps on, tears of pride in his
eyes for Rayne O'Connor. He thrusts a hand up toward her. Suddenly in his finger
- a single white rose wrapped in green cellophane and tied with a red ribbon.

(from Always Watching by Brandilyn Collins and Amberly Collins, p57 - because there was nothing on p56!)

The Friday 56 - 4-17-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"You know how to drive?" Sam asked.

"I've seen it done."

"I've seen heart surgery performed on TV, too," Astrid said. "That doesn't mean I'm going to try it."

(From Gone by Michael Grant, p56)

The Friday 56 4-10-09

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"Looks like . . . she's been here . . . a couple of days at least."

Riley nodded. The stench of decomposing flesh had already confirmed that fact. (Fatal Illusions by Adam Blumer, p56)

How's that for a grabber - this would have been a good Teaser Tuesday!

The Friday 56 4-3-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.


"Exactly," said Lacey. "What else do you want, Fran? Sex, deceit, unfair dismissal . . . Like Andy says, it's biblical."

(from Ultimatum by Matthew Glass)

The Friday 56 3-27-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

She followed him, half angry, half amused. 'Look here, I admit I owe you a debt of gratitude for not making trouble the other night, but that doesn't give you the right to force your presence on me. Please go. (From Why Shoot a Butler? by Georgette Heyer p56)

The Friday 56 - 3-20-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"Did you notice our trees? They spook people the first time they see them."

(From the Lost Hours by Karen White)

The Friday 56 3-13-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

From Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr -
(Isn't that a beautiful cover!)

He saw her!

Great sentence huh! LOL I did get the opportunity to read before and after this sentence and I can't wait until this book comes up in my rotation to read!

The Friday 56 3-6-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The book on the top of the stack next to me is American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld -

Approaching each other, him from the gym, me from the library - this was when I walked down the aisle and he was waiting, this was when we made love, it was every anniversary, every reunion in an airport or train station, every reconciliation after a quarrel.

The Friday 56 2-27-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.



The closest book to me is Desire Unchained by Larissa Ione - I just received this from Hachette Books this week. After reading these sentences on page 56 it really has me intrigued!



Her head snapped back as though he'd slapped her. "I would never wish this on you." She looked down at her hands, which were folded in her lap. "I know what it's like to love a sibling."

The Friday 56 - 2-20-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The closest book to me is Serial Killers: Up Close and Personal by Christopher Berry-Dee (I just received this in the mail yesterday from Mini-Book Expo so check back on Monday for a full description!)

Why, when he had admitted to all of the other Rochester murders, did Shawcross deny murdering Kimberley Logan? The Rochester police had never released the gruesome details of the Logan murder to the media, so the chances of a copycat crime being committed with an identical M.O. at the same time in the same city, were millions-to-one against.

The Friday 56 - 2-13-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The closest book to me is Gatekeepers by Robert Liparulo -
He held a magazine closer to the dome light and read: "Authorities in West Virginia are investigating reports of unidentified lights in the sky, which correspond with the claims of a Braxton County woman that a 'monster' attacked her German shepherd and ate it. 'It was horrible,' said Nanci Kalanta.

The Friday 56 - 1-23-2009

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog then in the comments section at Story Time with Tonya - your host!)
*Post a link along with your post back to Story Time with Tonya.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

This is from Holes by Louis Sachar - It is lying next to the computer waiting for me to write a review!

"Hey, that's great, Mom!" said Magnet. "They're going to finally let you out of here!"

The Friday 56 - 1-16-09

This is my first time I have had the chance to participate in this meme - but it catches my eye each week!

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog then in the comments section at Story Time with Tonya - your host!)
*Post a link along with your post back to Story Time with Tonya.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The one laying next today - and has been for the better part of the last two days - is Scream for Me by Karen Rose - The child had no one. So you have to handle it this time, Alex. Although in the quiet of her mind she knew she hadn't handled it well so far.