The Friday 56- September 3, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Everything, even the contents fo North's bag, which had scattered the night before, was in the exact place I left it.  If the intruder had been an animal or a man, he hadn't been interested in a loom or glass bottles."
~From Brightly Woven by Alexandra Bracken (ARC)

The Friday 56- July 16, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
 

"Then, at the end of my freshman year, when my dad...did what he did, that only made things worse, in every way imaginable."
~From The Ghost and the Goth by Stacey Kade

The Friday 56- July 2, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Whatever it mean, Gaia couldn't bear to destroy it.  She hoped her mother would forgive her."
~From Birthmarked by Caragh M. O'Brien

The Friday 56- April 23, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Crumple my letter if it brings you solace.  Whether you come to ease my passage into the next world or not, understand that I must send what I carried with me in shame to Australia, back to San Fransisco, to you."
~From Everlasting by Angie Frazier
 

The Friday 56- April 16, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

" 'Well,' he said, directing his speech toward the firemen, 'everyone knows that New Year's Eve is a big night for suicides.' "
~From Alexandra, Gone by Anna McPartlin

The Friday 56- April 9, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

" 'How do you know my name?' "
~From Perchance to Dream by Lisa Mantchev

The Friday 56- April 2, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

" 'No one's forgotten what happened when you convinced her to teach you archery.'  'How was I supposed to know I'd have such good aim?' "
~From Hearts at Stake by Alyxandra Harvey

The Friday 56- March 26, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"A wave of cold went over Clary.  Seeing her mother's name there was like revisiting the nightmares she had sometimes where she was at her mother's funeral and no one would tell her what had happened or how her mother had died."
~From City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

The Friday 56- March 12, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
 

" 'Is that what you're going to do to me now?' I asked Hunter, who was way too quiet and was still glaring at me."
~From Beautiful Dead: Jonas by Eden Maguire

The Friday 56- February 19, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"As much as she'd hated it while she was there, she missed Willis, her old school and friends, the lame parties, the drunken jocks, the girls who were superficial and fake, fine, but at least they knew who she was.  Mostly, she missed Violet."
From Wish by Alexandra Bullen

The Friday 56- February 5, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

" 'She hasn't got runes to keep her strong like we do.'  'Mundies dies awfully easily, don't they?' "
From City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

The Friday 56- January 22, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"For a tony Oxford college, the decor left something to be desired.  Then again it was a room primarily used by eighteen-to-twenty-year-olds."
From Mr. Darcy Broke My Heart by Beth Pattillo

The Friday 56- January 1, 2010

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

 

 

"The fairy capital?  Are you a fairy?"

From Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore

Friday Memes

I know I am a day late on all of my Friday memes so I am putting them in one post

Here are my finds for the week:

The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May & June- Robin Benway

Three sisters, three extraordinary, life-changing powers!

I hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. I couldn’t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself.

Three sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents’ divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood—powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose?

April, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And baby June reads minds—everyone’s but her own. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they’ll always have each other.

Because there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood. (From Goodreads.com)

Someday My Prince Will Come- Jerramy Fine

Snow White meets Bridget Jones in the hilarious true story of a girl who is more than a little bit determined to live happily-ever-after…

 Jerramy Fine wants to be a princess. At age 6, she announces that she is going to meet and marry the Queen of England’s grandson and even as she gets older, not once does she change her mind! But growing up with hippie parents in the middle of a rodeo-loving farm town makes finding her prince a bigger challenge than Jerramy ever bargained for. How can she prepare to lead a royal life when she’s surrounded by nothing but tofu and tractors?

Jerramy spends her lonely childhood writing love-letters to Buckingham Palace, and years later, when her sense of destiny finally brings her to London, she dives head first into a whirlwind of champagne-fuelled society parties in search of her royal soul mate. She drinks way too many martinis and kisses far too many Hugh Grant look-a-likes, but life in England is not the Disney fairytale she hoped it would be. Her flatmates are lunatics, London is expensive, and British boys (despite their cute accents) are infuriating. Sure, she’s rubbing shoulders with Princess Anne, Earl Spencer and the Duchess of York – but will she ever meet her prince? (From Jerramy Fine's website)

1. We need to start thinking about our future.

2. Kory told me I was cute and it made me smile.
3. If you want it, you have to work for it.
4. I am in a good mood because Kory went with me to see New Moon.
5. Massachusetts has a proposed 5% sales tax on elective cosmetic surgery; I think that makes a lot of sense..put it toward education!
6. Friends, family, and good food makes for a happy holiday.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to (Friday) going to a piano bar and midnight bowling, tomorrow my plans include (Saturday) watching the Gator game and going to see New Moon and Sunday, I want to go to the Wine Room for good wine and cheese with Brit!

Food 4 Thought Friday

Breakfast

What is your favorite menu item you will eat at your Thanksgiving feast? mmm...stuffing!!!
Lunch
What are you most grateful for at THIS moment? besides the obvious ones?  right now, that I have boyfriend who will go with me to see a movie that he has absolutely no interest in, just because he knows how much I want to see it
Dinner
What will be different about this year's Thanksgiving? nothing that I can think of
Midnight Snack
Where are you spending Thanksgiving this year and what part of the menu are preparing? Kory, Brit, and I are driving up to my parents house.  And I am lucky/spoiled enough that my parents always make all of the food.
Recipe of the Week (instead of your recipe for life, what is it just for this week?) Even if you think you will get beaten, if you try your hardest, you will get farther than you think.

The Friday 56- November 6, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
 
"The prescription for pain meds poked its frayed, finger-worried edge out at her from the cabinet shelf, just to give her a healthy dose of the here and now."
From The Accidental Human by Dakota Cassidy

The Friday 56- October 9, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.


"Kathleen asked Leigh to get her some water, and he got himself some too, and then listened to the president as intently as possible. In spite of all his reading and trying to figure out what had happened where are when, the speech was as hard to follow as Kathleen's story about work had been."
From After The Moment by Garret Freymann-Weyr

The Friday 56- September 25, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

2. Turn to page 56.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).

5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

" ' What did the note say?' ' It was typed and it had two lines: Don't blame yourself. This is what I must do to make things right.' "

From What's A Ghoul To Do? by Victoria Laurie

The Friday 56- September 18, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Forcibly reminding myself that no one would be saving me a seat this year, I headed to the back of the room and chose a spot next to the section generally reserved for teachers."
From The Hollow by Jessica Verday

The Friday 56- September 11, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
2. Turn to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).
5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Everyone was screaming at me all the time. 'Did your sister really bite Rex Wentworth?' "

From Three Girls and Their Brother by Theresa Rebeck

The Friday 56- August 28, 2009

1. Grab the book nearest you. Right now.

2. Turn to page 56.

3. Find the fifth sentence.

4. Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like).

5. Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.

"Oh bum. In fact, massive bum."

From Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell