Book Beginnings and The Friday 56 – Rose City Reader and Freda’s Voice

Book Beginnings and The Friday 56–HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A MOST EXCELLENT TGIF!

Every Friday you have the opportunity to share the first sentence of the book you are currently reading. I started participating in Book Beginnings last October. It is hosted by Gillian at Rose City Readers. You can too! Just include the title of the book and the author’s name. You may wish to share your impression of the book to date as well. Also please share your post with Mister Linky on her blog site. This week I am spotlighting Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins.

Rose City Reader

Chapter 1 – Emma – “‘You don’t have a brain tumor,'” said my best friend, who, conveniently, was also a neurologist..”

(And because there is a natural tie-in to Freda’s Voice, it is common to combine the two.)

The only rules for participation in Freda’s Voice is to grab a book, any book or the one you are #currentlyreading, turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader, and find a sentence (or a few, but don’t spoil it!), post it, and then add your post URL to the Linky on the host site Freda’s Voice – and there yah go! How’s that for easy!

 

Friday 56:

Chapter 6 – Genevieve – “It was Friday, and Friday meant cocktails with the Jameson and Smiths, my neighbors, and Miller. Donelle was once again complaining of a swollen toe, so it was I who made the drinks. I suppose I didn’t mind. No one could make a better martini than I could, either, so really, the ‘swelling’ served us all well.”

So what am I thinking?

Told in multiple POVs, this contemporary women’s fiction (also listed as women’s humorous fiction) did start humorously with an educated therapist (Emma) an admitted hypodrondriac. Not satisfied, however, to read into every nuance of her own body, she is also totally in her daughter’s head constantly measuring her thoughts, agonizing over her effectiveness as a mother. She immediately comes off as neurotic–she’s a therapist(?). Her grandmother (Genevieve) is a piece of work. (So far I see Emma losing.) This novel is absolutely riveting.

Did you read this author’s NY Times bestselling book Good Luck With That?

Or have you already beat me to this one? Did you love it? Am I right? (Wait…no, don’t tell me.)

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