Friday Book Bling

BookBeginnings is a weekly meme, hosted by Rose City Reader. To participate, share the opening lines and your thoughts about a book you're reading, or about to.


Beginning: 

At first they watched the rain from inside the tent and then they watched it come inside the tent. A stone path extended from the house to the shore.When the shuttle buses arrived, the stones were opaque. Now they were translucent, the kind of wet that made it difficult to imagine them ever being dry again. Lightning struck the surface of the ocean and a curtain of hot wind swayed inward at their feet, pushing detached bouquet petals in a row. Victor took a step back. These were his only nice shoes.

My thoughts:

Four friends reunited for the snazzy wedding of a college friend. Victor loves Kezia, Kezia loves Nathaniel, Nathaniel loves Nathaniel. There is an older lady's obsession over a necklace, that they get sucked into, and they struggle their way through each other's lives not going according to plan.

The Friday 56 is hosted by Freda’s Voice every Friday. 

How it works is you...Grab a book, any book. Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader (If you have to improvise, that's ok.) Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it)

Here's my P56

Then out the door he went, the way Victor had come in. Keeping his hopes down would not present much of a challenge. One of Victor's true areas of expertise was how to keep his hopes no higher than a human ankle.

The Book is called The Clasp by Sloane Crosley. It's a fairly easy read, and highly amusing and entertaining. Here's the cover:

And if you're interested - here's my review.

Tell me what you're reading this weekend, and I'll pay you a friendly visit. Happy reading everyone.