Friday, August 3, 2018

The Friday 56 (136) & Book Beginnings: Uprooted by Naomi Novik

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice where every Friday you pick a book and turn to page 56 or 56%, and select a sentence or a few, as long as it's not a spoiler. For the full rules, visit the the page HERE

Book Beginnings is a weekly meme hosted by Rose City Reader that asks you to share the first sentence (or so) of the book you're reading.

22544764Synopsis from Goodreads...

Agnieszka loves her valley home, her quiet village, the forests and the bright shining river. But the corrupted Wood stands on the border, full of malevolent power, and its shadow lies over her life. Her people rely on the cold, driven wizard known only as the Dragon to keep its powers at bay. But he demands a terrible price for his help: one young woman handed over to serve him for ten years, a fate almost as terrible as falling to the Wood. The next choosing is fast approaching, and Agnieszka is afraid. She knows—everyone knows—that the Dragon will take Kasia: beautiful, graceful, brave Kasia, all the things Agnieszka isn’t, and her dearest friend in the world. And there is no way to save her. But Agnieszka fears the wrong things. For when the Dragon comes, it is not Kasia he will choose....



Beginning: "My feelings didn't change on that last night. Kasia and I ate our chestnuts. The sun went down and our fire went out, but we lingered in the clearing as long as the embers lasted."

56: "But it wasn't Midwinter dinner. There was no eager ache of hunger in my belly from the long day of cooking and cleaning without a pause; there was no joyful noise of too many people crammed in around the table, laughing and reaching for platters."


Comments: I haven't read anything new this week. So I figured I might as well share some quotes from a book I read awhile ago: Uprooted by Naomi Novik. I liked this book. There were things I really loved about it, namely the world building. It was done so well. Since Uprooted has been out for a long time, I skipped over the opening sentence because it's already pretty well known. My beginning comes from page 10 instead. What are you reading this week?



20 comments:

  1. Sounds very good!! I have this one on my GR list. Happy weekend! I added you to the Linky.

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  2. I have been noticing this one around. Thanks for sharing, and here's mine: “GHOSTED”

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  3. I gave this book to my daughter for Christmas and she hasn't' read it. Glad to know you liked it enough to revisit it. My Friday Quotes

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    1. I haven't thought up Uprooted in a while, but now I want to go back and reread my favorite parts. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  4. Happy Friday!

    I need to read this book!

    Hallie @ Book by Book

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    1. I also like Uprooted's cover. The details of the illustration are even nicer in person. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  6. The world building in this book was phenomenal. I'm really excited to read her newest release Spinning Silver. Happy weekend!

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    1. The world building was my favorite part of Uprooted. And I'm also looking forward to Spinning Silver. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  7. I've heard so many good things about this, I'll need to pick it up soon!

    Check out my Friday post and please vote in my Make Me Read It Readathon poll

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  8. This sounds amazing! I need to check it out. Have a great weekend! :)

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    1. It was a pretty good story. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  9. I've heard a lot of good things about this book! :)

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  10. I've seen this book around. People tend to like it, I'm glad you did too!

    Ronnie @ Paradise Found

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