Friday Fun - The Friday 56 and First Lines for June 9, 2023

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I've been looking forward to this book for a long time and I can finally get started on it! 

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Transylvania, 1890

Books are joy. And blight. Day and night. A bane, a strain, the rain that washes a soul caked with mud.

~From the beginning of Man of Shadow and Mist by Michelle Griep

"The world seems full of good men―even if there are monsters in it."

—Bram Stoker, Dracula

England, 1890

Vampires are alive and well in North Yorkshire, leastwise in the minds of the uneducated. Librarian Rosa Edwards intends to drive a stake through the heart of such superstiations. But gossip flies when the mysterious Sir James Morgan returns to his shadowy manor. The townsfolk say he is cursed.

James hates everything about England. The weather. The rumours. The scorn. Yet he must stay. His mother is dying of a disease for which he's desperately trying to find a cure—an illness that will eventually take his own life.

When Rosa sets out to prove the dark gossip about James is wrong, she discovers more questions than answers. How can she accept what she can't explain—especially the strong allure of the enigmatic man? James must battle a town steeped in fear as well as the unsettling attraction he feels for the no-nonsense librarian.

Can love prevail in a town filled with fear and doubt?

Book Beginnings on Fridays is hosted by Rose City Reader.

*It's Book Beginnings on Fridays! Time to gather with our fellow book lovers and share the opening sentence (or so) of the books we are reading this week. Or share from a book that is on your mind right now -- whatever catches your fancy.

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First Line Fridays is hosted at Reading is My SuperPower

*Share the first line or two of the book closest to you, then visit other FLF participants.

*Please keep posts family friendly or clean reads.

*Link back to Reading is My SuperPower within your post or grab a button.

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He stood at the counter, the ledger open in front of him. "Why was Mrs. Godalming leaving with a basket of books when I do not see her name or her payment registered?"

~from page 56 of Man of Shadow and Mist by Michelle Griep

The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your e-reader.

*Find a snippet, short and sweet.

*Post it, and share in the Linky.

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And here is the weekly bookish question in the Book Blogger Hop, hosted by Billy at Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer.  

This Week's Question:  Do you still enjoy reading children's books?

My Answer: Yes, I do, although I don't do it often. I love reading stories to little ones, especially if the little ones are my grandchildren. I also still like to read the occasional chapter book or novel for a younger audience, and pick up YA novels from time to time.

Book Blogger Hop

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