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The Friday 56 (With Instagram 56 & Book Beginnings)

Welcome to week 396!

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.

*Post it, and add the url to your post in the Linky below.

Also join in the fun on Instagram using the hashtags #Instagram56 #Friday56

Happy weekend to you all!
Sadly I am still on this 5th Harry Potter book. I didn't read for 2 days though, as we celebrated my brothers' 50th on Saturday and I was hungover Sunday. :-)  I really hope this will be the last time you see this book, even though it is good. With a holiday weekend here, it's iffy to be honest...

 Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers!
Check out this read on Amazon.
Here is my snippet from page 556, so I did get 300 pages since last week! That's a normal size book.  :-)




Book Beginnings leave your links in the comments if you didn't join in the Friday 56.



I won't be sharing the beginning this week.











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  1. Laurel-Rain SnowOctober 4, 2018 at 8:29 PM

    Enjoy your book! Lovely cover and excerpts.

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  2. UnknownOctober 4, 2018 at 9:29 PM

    Ahhhhh...Harry Potter! Love that series, and the Order of the Phoenix was an awesome book. Firenze was a great character...'Human nonsense' <3 Love it!

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  3. Alicia AKernelofNonsenseOctober 4, 2018 at 10:31 PM

    This is a pretty thick book. Hope you can get through the rest soon. Happy reading and weekend!

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  4. Anne BennettOctober 4, 2018 at 10:45 PM

    sometimes when I get stuck in a book for a long time, even if I am reading, it really makes me feel like I'm in a reading slump. I start my judging for Cybils this week so expect a lot of nonfiction book reviews from me for the next two months. My Friday Quotes

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  5. Bev BouwerOctober 5, 2018 at 12:45 AM

    300 pages certainly is a normal length book. Well done for persevering. I'm loving the snippets from Harry Potter.

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  6. Louise FerrellOctober 5, 2018 at 4:24 AM

    As long as you're still enjoying the book, take as long as you need to finish!

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  7. BooksPleaseOctober 5, 2018 at 4:27 AM

    That's a long book - 300 pages is good going for a week's reading!

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  8. The Candid Cover: YA Book BloggerOctober 5, 2018 at 7:36 AM

    This one is such a monster of a book! Reading 300 pages is quite an accomplishment. I hope that it is one that you are enjoying. :)

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  9. YvonneOctober 5, 2018 at 9:03 AM

    Happy Birthday to your brother! Hope you have a great weekend.

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  10. Billy B.October 5, 2018 at 12:40 PM

    It's been awhile since I've read a Harry Potter book!

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  11. Catherine BookClubLibrarianOctober 5, 2018 at 1:56 PM

    Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to you, Freda! I, for one, truly appreciate our Canadian friends/neighbors, as I think most Americans do, regardless of what the government is doing. So sorry about that.

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    1. fredamansOctober 9, 2018 at 10:46 AM

      Thank you, Catherine. I agree wholeheartedly. (((HUGS)))

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  12. Kyla @ Kyla's LibraryOctober 5, 2018 at 2:12 PM

    All these Harry Potter quotes are making me want to reread the series! Hope you enjoy your book!

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  13. SukoOctober 5, 2018 at 11:14 PM

    Happy Friday, Freda! It's been too long since I've visited your terrific blog.
    Enjoy your reading this weekend!

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  14. Nicki J MarkusOctober 5, 2018 at 11:57 PM

    You'll be done with this one soon! Happy Reading.

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  15. Nicole HewittOctober 8, 2018 at 9:36 PM

    Oh, I so love that HP cover! Gorgeous!

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  16. TeaOctober 12, 2018 at 5:00 PM

    I like your snippet for Friday 56. One day I hoe to finish all the Harry Potters.

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