Friday, August 16, 2019

The Friday 56 (158) & Book Beginnings: Welcome to Night Vale 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.


23129410. sy475 Synopsis from Goodreads...
From the creators of the wildly popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast comes an imaginative mystery of appearances and disappearances that is also a poignant look at the ways in which we all struggle to find ourselves...no matter where we live. 
Located in a nameless desert somewhere in the great American Southwest, Night Vale is a small town where ghosts, angels, aliens, and government conspiracies are all commonplace parts of everyday life. It is here that the lives of two women, with two mysteries, will converge. 
Nineteen-year-old Night Vale pawn shop owner Jackie Fierro is given a paper marked "King City" by a mysterious man in a tan jacket holding a deer skin suitcase. Everything about him and his paper unsettles her, especially the fact that she can't seem to get the paper to leave her hand, and that no one who meets this man can remember anything about him. Jackie is determined to uncover the mystery of King City and the man in the tan jacket before she herself unravels. Night Vale PTA treasurer Diane Crayton's son, Josh, is moody and also a shape shifter. And lately Diane's started to see her son's father everywhere she goes, looking the same as the day he left years earlier, when they were both teenagers. Josh, looking different every time Diane sees him, shows a stronger and stronger interest in his estranged father, leading to a disaster Diane can see coming, even as she is helpless to prevent it. Diane's search to reconnect with her son and Jackie's search for her former routine life collide as they find themselves coming back to two words: "King City". It is King City that holds the key to both of their mysteries, and their futures...if they can ever find it.

Beginning: "Pawnshops in Night Vale work like this. First you need an item to pawn."

56: "He stared at her with what was probably a normal amount of eyes." 


Comments: I enjoyed Welcome to Night Vale, and I'm excited more than ever for the third book in the series. What are you reading this week?

18 comments:

  1. Sounds like this book is filled with quirky characters, and that's always fun. LOVE the opening, and the 56 made me laugh.
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  2. I am sold! This sounds so good! From the small town southwest setting to the supernatural element--and a mystery. I love a good mystery. I am adding this to my wish list.

    I hope you have a great weekend, Breana!

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    1. If you want an example of what the book is like, I'd recommend giving the podcast a try. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your weekend!

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  3. "A normal amount of eyes"...What the heck? I'm intrigued. My Friday Quotesl amount of eyes"...? What the heck? I

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    1. The sentence is kind of vague, but it makes sense in the context of the story. Thanks for stopping by!

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  4. Sounds great. I especially love the 56. This week I am spotlighting Stolen Things by R. H. Herron from my review stack. Happy reading!

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  5. This sounds like something I'd really enjoy. Love the snippets. Hope you have a great weekend! :)

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

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  6. Never heard of the podcast. Sounds decent. Happy weekend!

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    1. It is. In fact, I need to get caught up with the recent episodes of the podcast. Thanks for stopping by!

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  7. I love the podcast and the books! Happy weekend. :)

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  8. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope you find the third book equally good.

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  9. Intriguing opening sentence and quite a funny line on page 56! Such an interesting concept for a podcast, too!

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