Welcome to The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
This is a really fun meme!
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find a sentence or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
Then go over to Freda’s Voice and leave your link so we can visit your 56!
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My 56 for this week is from
Paradise Rot
by Larry Weiner
My 56
Sometimes he wished for a normal life devoid of fact or truth. Sometimes he longed to be the others, walking the earth thinking about nothing other than the next meal. No introspection. No future. No past. Just the moment when food is discovered.
“What is your soul looking for these days, Dory?” Jackson asked.
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I stumbled upon this as a free download on Amazon. Breaking my promise to myself to stop grabbing freebies, I did it anyway. This was too good to pass up.
I’m loving the characters, the plot, everything about this so far!
And to be honest, I couldn’t resist the cover. LOL
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Synopsis
Kyle Brightman—late of the advertising industry and soon-to-be-late of the 5th floor psych ward—has a job offer he can’t refuse. A new resort in the Caribbean is looking for an art director. Kyle soon finds himself on the Isle of St. Agrippina working alongside a beautiful copywriter with an icy handshake. Questions arise: Why does the resort management team sport spray-on tans in the Bahamas? How can the resort offer such cheap vacation packages? What does one do with vats of Astroglide? To get the answers, Kyle must first navigate a series of wildly unpredictable events with a cast of even more wildly unpredictable characters, including a seductress jungle assassin, her partially paralyzed talking Chihuahua, an Ivy League Rastafarian seaplane captain, Kyle’s ex-psych ward roommate, a former Haliburton mercenary, and a French tavern owner with a fondness for goats, all set to the greatest hits of the 70’s. Pablo Cruise never felt so right.
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Wait a minute. Is the story being told from a zombie’s point of view!? If so, that is actually quite clever! XD
Here’s mine:
Sparrow’s BB & Friday 56
Yes. There are some hilarious characters in this one. Laughing a lot.
I had to look at that cover twice. At first, I just thought the missing arm was an artistic thing then I saw the blood. This book sounds fun and quirky.
I did the same thing! Then on closer inspection I had to know more:)
Love the title, cover, and excerpt. Sounds like a fun read! I’m also featuring a fun read:
http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2014/10/friday-focus-friday-56-book-beginnings_31.html
It is fun and more complex than I was expecting. It does have a talking dog. LOL
Ok this one sounds pretty awesome and I’m definitely curious what one does with vats of astroglide. I don’t think I would’ve been able to pass this one up either. In fact I’ll have to go look and see if it’s still a freebie! The excerpt definitely sounds interesting. I’m curious about the way he phrased the question to Dory.
I can’t tell you about those vats. I can say I’m really having a good read here!
Oh, my, totally unexpected! Not sure this is for me, but it does seem intense and exciting. Thanks for sharing…and for visiting my blog.
It’s not was I was expecting, in a good way:)
This looks like it is so much fun…I’m particularly drawn to this chihuahua. I think we’ve all kind of wondered what our dogs may be thinking at some point.
I’m not going to hint at what that chihuahua has to say. LOL I’m really enjoying this story:)
I love how he asks a question at the end and I especially like the word ‘sometimes.’ It can be more effective than black/ white statements at times. Great post!
That question has an interesting answer too. And ‘sometimes’ was the perfect word for this scene.
I guess when you have it all you wish for less… and vice versa. It is what it is.
Happy Halloween and happy weekend!
I believe that says it all Freda!
I think I would like this one. Sounds great.
It’s fun and something different. That’s always ‘a good thing,’ as Martha Stewart would say. LOL
Sounds like a good read, hope you’re enjoying it.
Here is my Friday 56!
I am Sharon. Much more than I expected. Complex and funny.
I would pick it up just by looking at the cover. You know me and those tropical covers. ^_^
I thought of you when I spotted this! LOL