Friday, August 2, 2019

The Friday 56 (157) & Book Beginnings: It Devours! by Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor

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.


28208687. sy475 About the book...
From the authors of the New York Times bestselling novel Welcome to Night Vale and the creators of the #1 international podcast of the same name, comes a mystery exploring the intersections of faith and science, the growing relationship between two young people who want desperately to trust each other, and the terrifying, toothy power of the Smiling God. 
Nilanjana Sikdar is an outsider to the town of Night Vale. Working for Carlos, the town’s top scientist, she relies on fact and logic as her guiding principles. But all of that is put into question when Carlos gives her a special assignment investigating a mysterious rumbling in the desert wasteland outside of town. This investigation leads her to the Joyous Congregation of the Smiling God, and to Darryl, one of its most committed members. Caught between her beliefs in the ultimate power of science and her growing attraction to Darryl, she begins to suspect the Congregation is planning a ritual that could threaten the lives of everyone in town. Nilanjana and Darryl must search for common ground between their very different world views as they are faced with the Congregation’s darkest and most terrible secret....
 

Beginning: "Not everyone believes in mountains, yet there they are, in plain sight."

56: "For the second time that day, Nilanjana has come across this person known as Wordsmith. This solidified it for her. The strongest hypothesis for this situation was active malice, rather than a coincidence of natural events." 


Comments: I finally read one of the Welcome to Night Vale novels. I enjoyed It Devours!, and I'm looking forward to reading the first book in the series. What are you reading this week?

16 comments:

  1. Cute opening line, I love the sass! Sounds like a good read. Happy weekend!

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  2. This sounds super interesting. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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    1. It was a great story, and I'm looking forward to reading the first book in the series. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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  3. This sounds intriguing! I'll add it to my TBR have a great weekend!

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  4. I didn't know Night Vale was novels! I loved the podcast. :)

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    1. I also listen to the podcast. Currently, there are two novels--Welcome to Night Vale and It Devours!--and a third one that's going to be released next year. There are also episode collections. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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

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  6. I have never heard about those novels, but it sounds really interesting. Have a great weekend!

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  7. This was so much fun. Thanks for sharing. :)

    Lauren @ Always Me

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  8. This cover is so odd and yet fun. Glad you enjoyed and have a happy weekend!

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    1. It is odd, but it suits the story. Thanks for stopping by. Have a great weekend!

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