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!
My 56 for this week is from:
Every Last Word
by Tamara Ireland Stone
Genre: YA Contemporary/Romance/Mental Health
From page 56 in the hardcover.
Everyone stands, clapping and cheering, and Sydney holds her skirt to one side and curtsies. Then she throws her arms up in the air and her head back and yells, “Yes! Stick me!”
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Read on if you want to know more.
Synopsis
If you could read my mind, you wouldn’t be smiling.
Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can’t turn off.
Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn’t help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she’d be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam’s weekly visits to her psychiatrist.
Caroline introduces Sam to Poet’s Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more “normal” than she ever has as part of the popular crowd . . . until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.
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This sounds like a good one. This week I am spotlighting Rise of Fire by Sophie Jordan. Happy reading!
I’m excited to find out.
Not my thing, but I hope you enjoy it.
sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes
I’ll let you know:)
I love reading about mental health issues…and I like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing. Here’s mine: “RAINY DAY WOMEN”
So do I. It’s eye opening adn something I think everyone should learn about.
I’ve read rave reviews for this book. I hope you like it! Happy weekend!
So have I, Freda. I’ll be sure to share my thoughts.
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this one. Enjoy your current read. 🙂
I’ve heard good stuff too. Anxious to get reading:)
Samantha sounds like a fascinating character. After reading the synopsis and excerpt, I’m definitely interested in getting to know her. Sounds like a good story.
My Friday post features The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry.
It does sound good. I’m hoping I appreciate Samantha.
Sounds exciting and creepy. I think it would be perfect for fall.
I’m curious where this goes. I hope to get started next week.
Interesting teaser….lol.
There were plenty to choose from:)
Sounds really interesting.
I’ve got high hopes for it.
This sounds like an interesting one.
It sure does.
This sounds like an interesting read! I hope you enjoy it!
Here’s my Friday 56!
Ronyell @ Rabbit Ears Book Blog
I’m hoping I do too:)
Oh yes. i forgot about this book and how I wanted to read it. I think I have it in my library so I’ll go and hunt for it. Thanks for the reminder.
Happy to share. I was very lucky and won this!
Fun 56 – I loved this book! I hope you enjoy it.
Hallie @ Book by Book
I’m hoping to finish it this weekend. So many people are saying great things about it. Glad you loved it!
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this one – I might have to try it!
Lauren @ Always Me