Book Beginnings/The Friday 56 05/15/20

Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice and Book Beginnings is hosted by Rose City Reader. The idea is to share a sentence or so from the first page and the 56th page of the book you are currently reading!  Also, I will now also include a brief synopsis.




The fifth book in Chris Colfer's #1 New York Times bestselling series The Land of Stories!

The Masked Man has captured all the royal families from the Land of Stories with the help of his army of literature's greatest villains, including the Wicked Witch of the West, the Queen of Hearts, and Captain Hook. With his sinister plan finally in motion, he is eager to destroy the families and take his place as emperor.
Alex and Conner know they are no match against the Masked Man's legion of villains, but they realize that they may be in possession of the greatest weapon of all: their own imaginations! So begins the twins' journey into Conner's very own stories to gather an army of pirates, cyborgs, superheroes, and mummies as they band together for the ultimate fight against the Masked Man.
Meanwhile, an even more dangerous plan is brewing--one that could change the fates of both the fairy-tale world and the Otherworld forever.
Conner's tales come alive in the thrilling fifth adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling Land of Stories series.

Book Beginnings

Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

Prologue

The Favorite Student

Willow Crest Unified School District spared no expense celebrating the retirement of a beloved principal

Chapter One

The MaskedEmpire

The air was filled with so much smoke, you could barely see the sky

My thoughts: The prologue 1st sentence just reminds me how much I enjoyed this series, when they alter between the real world and the fairy tale world. the 1st line of Chapter One had me wondering what was burning and where-the fairy tale world or the real world.


THE FRIDAY 56

RULES:

*Grab a book, any book.

*Turn to Page 56 or 56% on your ereader.
If you have to improvise, that is okay.

*Find a snippet, short and sweet.

Page 56

"And you promised me HEADS!" the Queen of Hearts roared.

I'm intrigued, I want to read more!

I apologize that I'm not posting more; one, I lose track of the time. due to these stay at home orders, which I'm sure you feel, too! And two, due to the stroke I suffered last July, my typing is very slow and posts take me longer than usual and it's quite frustrating

#T5W: Top 5 Book You DNF'ed (Did Not Finish)

Top 5 Wednesdays are hosted by Ginger Reads Lainey and you can find the Goodreads page here for more information. 

I have several books I did not finish.  Here's a list of 5 of them.

I just was not enjoying this book.  I know many did, but I heard either you loved it or hated it.  I guess I was one of the latter.

Another that was loved by many, but not me.  It was compared to Gone Girl, so I should have proceeded with great caution or even avoided it all around.  I believe in the future if a book is compared to Gone Girl or Girl on the Train, I will just skip it.

I was skeptical about reading this, as dystopians are not in my comfort zone.  I decided to listen to the audio version and really gave it more than a fair chance.  I just could not get into it, so marked it DNF.

I had  read this entire series and enjoyed the first several books, but after awhile I just found the bew characters that were being given major storylines, I was enjoying less and less.  The older characters that I did like were given smaller and smaller storylines.  Finally, I was no longer enjoying these books, so I I stopped reading them.

This book was just too dry and boring. I've read a few book about 9-11 - some are good and others like this were not or at least not for me.