First Line Friday 56 (2)

Another Friday meme mash-up this week.

 

First Line Fridays is hosted by Hoarding Books.  First Line Fridays take 5!  Hop on over to Hoarding Books and post a link to your first line.

My first line this week comes from the Cozy Mysteries Collection: Home and Holiday Collection. This is a 6 book cozy mystery collection from Hope Callaghan’s most popular series.  Today’s first line comes from the first book in the collection, “Home for the Holidays” of the Garden Girls Mystery series.

 

“Oh this isn’t going to work.” Gloria Rutherford stared into the mirror and squinted at her refection.  The dress was… well, not Gloria.

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The second meme is the THE FRIDAY 56 meme (take 4).  The only rules are to grab a book, any book, turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader,  find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it), post it, then add your URL to the Linky on the host site Freda’s Voice – easy peasy!

 

I took today’s 56 from page 56 of Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.  I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for almost ten years now and haven’t gotten to it yet!  Need to remedy that situation soon.

While mother went on talking on the telephone, one of the elderly maids came in with several strips of freshly cut ginger for me to hold against my face where Hatsumomo had slapped me.  The commotion of the door opening and closing woke Mother’s little dog, Taku, who was an ill-tempered creature with a smashed face. He seemed to have only three pastimes- to bark, to snore, and to bite people who tried to pet him.

 

What about you? Have a first line or a 56 to share?

Have a happy Friday.