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The Friday 56


Welcome to Week 168!

Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
 *Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post below in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url. It's that simple.


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What was going on? What had changed? I had no way of finding out. But I decided to prepare myself just in case.









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  1. Vonnie RMarch 7, 2014 at 3:08 AM

    Ooh I wonder what happened.

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  2. Juli RahelMarch 7, 2014 at 9:00 AM

    I have seen this book around a lot this week and it's just making me want to read it so desperately! I hope you enjoy it and thanks for hosting! Hope you have a great weekend :)
    Juli @ Universe in Words

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  3. BeaMarch 7, 2014 at 9:34 AM

    Interesting, what's going on?

    I've read one book by Rose and didn't enjoy it. I hope you're enjoying this one.

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  4. Catherine @ Book Club LibrarianMarch 7, 2014 at 9:38 AM

    Nice excerpt. M.J. Rose is a great storyteller. I've met her several times at BEA in New York and she is delightful.

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  5. cmohMarch 7, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    Oh the cover of this one is gorgeous! I am going to have to add this one to my wish list. great share!

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  6. LadyD PianoMarch 7, 2014 at 12:18 PM

    Nice cover! Changes can be exciting! Happy weekend!

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  7. KrisMarch 7, 2014 at 2:53 PM

    Nice cover and the title is interesting.

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  8. William StangerMarch 7, 2014 at 5:31 PM

    I've never read anything by M.J. Rose before, but I do like reading the occasional suspense novel. Hope you like this one.

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  9. Ruty B.March 7, 2014 at 6:13 PM

    WOW! I love the cover.
    And you got me intrigued, I want to know what changed :)
    Ruty@THE FRIDAY 56

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  10. Journeys of The ZooMarch 8, 2014 at 1:23 AM

    I love this concept for a post and am going to have to do it sometime. Only problem is that there aren't 56 pages in Pinocchio ;)

    Besos, Sarah
    Blogger at Journeys of The Zo

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  11. PageMarch 8, 2014 at 1:45 AM

    dah dah duuuuuuuh! Nice choice. I'm intrigued.

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  12. Art @ HomeMarch 9, 2014 at 5:11 PM

    Thanks so much for hosting! Your Friday 56 makes me want to know what's going on and what's changed! I like the title of your book, too.

    Thanks for hosting Friday 56!

    xo,
    RJ

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