FBB and F56: This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

September 25, 2015 // No Comments

FBB: The vampire pulled on the chains restraining him to the cave wall. His eyes were bright green, their glow illuminating the darkness surrounding us. F56: “Under normal circumstances, I don’t think anyone would care that I feed from... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: A Curious Beginning by Deanna Raybourn

September 11, 2015 // 8 Comments

FBB “I stared down at the open grave and wished that I could summon a tear.” F56 He took a second swallow, this one more modest, and wiped the neck of the flask upon his sleeve as carefully as... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones

August 14, 2015 // 4 Comments

FBB: “Charley, hurry, wake up.” Fingers with pointy nails bit into my shoulders, doing their darnedest to vanquish the fog of sleep I’d been marinating in. They shook me hard enough to cause a small earthquake in Oklahoma. Since I... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Invaded by Melissa Landers

May 15, 2015 // 3 Comments

FBB: Cara frowned at the starched gray duffel bag at Aelyx’s feet. It was identical to the one he’d brought to Earth last fall when he’d traveled from L’eihr to stay with her for senior year. Friday 56: Instantly her... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Compulsion by Martina Boone

May 8, 2015 // 1 Comment

FBB: “The heat that crept into the airport baggage area whenever the door opened should have told Barrie Watson that she had arrived in hell.” Friday 56: Barrie waited for Eight to answer, but he seemed lost in thought.... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir

May 1, 2015 // 4 Comments

FBB: My big brother reaches home in the dark hours before dawn, when even ghosts take their rest. He smells of steel and coal and forge. He smells of the enemy. Friday 56: “I was looking for you,” I... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Paper Towns by John Green

April 24, 2015 // No Comments

FBB: The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. Like, I will probably never be struck by lighting, or win a Nobel Prize, or become the dictator of a small nation in the Pacific Islands, or contract terminal ear... Continue reading →

Friday Book Beginnings and Friday 56: Four, a Divergent Collection by Veronica Roth

April 17, 2015 // 2 Comments

FBB: I emerge from the simulation with a yell. My lip stings, and when I take my hand away from it, there is blood on my fingertips. I must have bitten it during the test. Friday 56: “My name... Continue reading →