Good morning! Welcome to our Friday memes: Book Beginnings, hosted by A Few More Pages; and The Friday 56, hosted by Freda’s Voice.
For our beginnings, we share a couple of opening sentences from our book; then we can talk about our reactions.
For the 56, we turn to that page, pick a sentence or two from somewhere on the page, and then share the book title and author.
My book today is from my Old TBRs, graduated to the short list of current reads. Child of Silence, by Abigail Padgett, is a tale of mystery; a story of child abuse.
Amazon Description: Assigned to the case of a young boy found abandoned near a local Indian reservation, child abuse investigator Bo Bradley realizes that there are people intent on killing the boy under her charge.
Beginning: Wisps of fog drifting through the open balcony doors of Bo Bradley’s San Diego beach apartment wafted aimlessly and then evaporated.
This is an intriguing opening that sets the mood of a mysterious tale. The reader can feel the setting in which events take place.
P. 56: It was going to be bad news. She could tell from the grim tenor of his voice.
Now I’m very eager to begin this one, which is on my current stack of reads.
What did you find today? I hope you’ll stop by and share.
Nice Friday 56! It’s that anticipation up to that bad news that rots your insides.
Thanks for visiting my Friday 56 from Eternal Flame.
~Miranda
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I can totally relate to that gut-wrenching feeling, too, having worked as a child abuse social worker for many, many years! Thanks for stopping by, Miranda.
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I take my hat off to you, not a job I could even begin to contemplate doing. I would become far too emotionally involved with my cases and in this day and age, with resources being cut back as they are, I would be terrified of someone slipping through the net, with potentially disastrous consequences.
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Yvonne, the stress of that very terror added another layer of horror to the whole daily drama. Thanks for stopping by.
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Eek bad news 😦 thanks for stopping by my blog 😉
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Oh, definitely, Samita…thanks for stopping my way today.
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Great descriptive beginning! Hate it when you can just tell bad news is coming….
Here’s my beginning from my latest (non-fiction) read: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/01/book-beginnings-on-friday_21.html
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I know, Bev…sometimes, it’s the hour of the call, but at other times, we get that little niggle…the premonition. Thanks for stopping by.
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Wow… living near San Diego, I know exactly where this mystery is taking place!
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Thanks for stopping by, Lady D. I love knowing the setting for the story.
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I’ll bet that’s a good mystery. It’s definitely a good first line. I like the title too. Would like to know more about this little child.
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Yes, it all intrigues me, Tea….thanks for stopping by.
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Interesting ! Wonder what the bad news is? hahaha
Hope your enjoying it.
Natalie :0)
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Thanks, Natalie…I’m looking forward to reading the mystery as if unfolds. Glad you could stop by.
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Great atmospheric opening line and a heart-stopping line from page 56.
This is another new author to me, but certainly one which I think I would enjoy. I checked out the synopses on some of her books and the storylines all sound intriguing, definitely needs adding to my ‘wish list’
Thanks for the recommendation
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I haven’t read this author before, Yvonne, but I was doing a book signing a couple of years ago, and since I had this career as a social worker, another author tipped me off to this one. So the book has been on my stacks for awhile; now I’m happy to read it.
Thanks for stopping by.
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This sounds as if it will be a good mystery. I would love to read it and find out what happens to the child.
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Thanks for stopping by, Janet…I’m very eager to read this one!
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This brings back memories! It’s been years since I read anything by this author. I enjoyed the series when I read it.
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I’m way behind on this author, as this is my first one. Thanks for stopping by, Literary Feline.
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Never heard of this book before but it sounds quite interesting^^
thx for sharing and for stopping by my blog =)
xoxo
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I hadn’t heard of this author, either, Black Eyed Dog…and then an author friend recommended her. Thanks for stopping by.
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I hate bad news, unless in books!
Thanks for participating!
Freda @ Freda’s Voice
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Oh, me too, Freda. In fact, I think it’s great to rehearse the emotions of these things via books. Thanks for stopping by.
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Sounds like an intriguing book.
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Thanks for visiting, Yvonne…I’m looking forward to it.
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