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A Miscellany of Friday Bookish Blog Memes║#2

Hey bookworms, I hope you’ve had better luck with your reading lately than I have. I’ve been uninspired by my last 3 reads, all of them underwhelming in different ways. I’m hoping to find a 5-star to get me out of my funk soon! In the meantime, I’m going to enjoy playing around with some Friday Bookish Blog Memes.

See my first Miscellany of Friday Bookish Blog Memes post here

Today’s Memes Are:

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Book Beginnings on Fridays asks us to share the opening sentence (or so) of the book we’re reading this week. Don’t forget to link up at Rose City Reader and check out her post.

I’m currently reading an ARC for a fantasy book that came out on May 21st…I am unfortunately behind on sharing my thoughts on it but I shall as soon as I finish it! It’s called The Silver Forest by J.D. Rasch. The first line is below.

Cover Leads to GoodReads

The author’s team got in touch with me and asked if I’d like to give their book a try. After checking out the synopsis, I said yes. I love fantasy and I was in the mood for a quest-type story, and I like to support indie authors when I can! The first couple of lines pulled me in because I wanted to know why and how 70 years were wasted. It already tells the reader that the quest has been going on for a while.

Here are the rules for this meme: Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56%, and share a snippet (but please no spoilers). Then head over to Head Full of Books’s post to link up!

I’ll be sticking to The Silver Forest for this meme because I want to provide another little peak (and hopefully someone will want to give it a chance).

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Books from the Backlog is a fun way to highlight some of the neglected books from our bookshelves. Once again link up at Carole’s Random Life and check out her post.

My neglected book of the week is:

Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
Genres: Nonfiction (Science, Nature, Biology)
Published by Random House in 2020
Format: Paperback
Pages: 225
Source: Purchased

Why did I add this book to my shelves?

I love watching nature documentaries and I’ve been telling myself for years that I’d like to read more nature nonfic. I also think mushrooms are super interesting, so when I heard about this book I bought it right away. The problem is that I don’t reach for nonfic very often, oops 🥴.

16 Comments on “A Miscellany of Friday Bookish Blog Memes║#2

  1. That fungi book is on my list — I’ve been meaning to read it since it released!

    A first line for me would be:
    “Recycled paper, rotten wooden branches, and fabric too old to be used for anything else. Burnable, burnable, and certainly burnable.”

    Not very gripping, but the story so far is interesting. Exploring a solarpunk community.

    1. hahah Same! I feel like I need a kick in the pants to pick up nonfiction no matter how much I think I might like it!

      That first line might not be very punchy but It certainly conveys some sort of atmosphere and It makes me wonder why they need stuff to burn. Glad you’re enjoying the read so far!

    1. haha if it was fiction I probably would have already picked it up by now. In our made-up version of this book there are magical mushrooms controlled by the Wizard Merlin or something 😂 but in all seriousness yes the cover is gorgeous!

  2. Hi! Welcome to Friday56. Is this your first time visiting and participating or was I just not paying attention. Anyway. Welcome! I hope you like the community and want to share your book quotes every Friday. When Freda stopped hosting last September and the meme went dark for a few weeks I missed it so much I decided to step up and sub for her, but it is starting to feel like I am the host not the sub anymore. I like your quotes today which means I’d probably like the book, though I rarely read fantasy. I know there are a lot of participants who do, so I hope your feel at home! -Anne

    1. Hi Anne, No you are correct, this IS my first time participating! Last time I did Book Beginnings on Fridays I remember you invited me so I took you up on it 😉
      Well I am glad you stepped up for Freda and for the book community that’s so lovely! Thank you 🥰🥰🥰

  3. I watched an interesting discussion on the good of fungi and was fascinated. Your non-fic book probably wouldn’t be my first grab, but once I started it then it would likely be interesting.

    Enjoy both books!
    Sophia
    Delighted Reader

    1. Yes, I’ve seen a documentary and I found it fascinating as well and I agree with you, I feel like picking it up is a lot of effort but once I have I’m sure I’ll enjoy it! Thanks Sophia 🙂

  4. That’s odd, I can like your post from the WP reader, but I can’t comment – I don’t even see any comments or that there is an area to comment.

    What sort of books or ideas in books do you like particularly? I’m thinking if you’re finding your latest reading is rather average, perhaps look for something that might feed what has been missing. Or if the latest reads have something in common, maybe try a book that doesn’t have that particular thing in common (whether it be an element of a story, or something as simple as being an arc or self-pub)

    1. Oh that is so odd, I am still learning how the WP reader works but I’ll look into it in case there’s a setting or something off, otherwise hopefully it was a one-time glitch. Anyways I love fantasy most of all but other genres as well. The main reason I had so many duds this month is because I try not to DNF when it’s for a buddy read and one of the books was for an IP I engage with a lot via gaming (Magic: The Gathering) so even though I was disappointed I still wanted to know what was gonna happen in the end just for knowing the lore of the game 😂. Typically I am less shy of DNF-ing but your advice is solid, I can always narrow down what I do and don’t like a bit more! Thanks Nic ♥

  5. I love the sound of this one! I’m always looking for new fantasy books, so this is going on my wishlist. Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a wonderful weekend! 🙂

    1. Oh fantastic, yeah it’s definitely worth a try, especially when it helps out smaller authors because you never know what story you’ll fall in love with next! I hope you had a great weekend too!

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