This is a weekly bloghop hosted by Freda’s Voice.
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.
from Page 56 of:
6 Ripley Avenue by Noelle Holten
Sloane was startled out of her thoughts by a hand around her ankle and she had to work to regain her balance.
‘What the hell?’
Looking down, she saw a middle-aged woman with unkempt greying hair, her thin frame layered in old sweaters that had seen better times and wrapped in sleeping bags that had a strange odour emanating from them. She couldn’t hear what the woman was saying as she was speaking in a low voice, so she bent down, subtly holding a hand over her nose.
‘Are you OK? Hungry? I’ve got a sandwich if you want it.’
Sloane started to open her bag when the woman grabbed her wrist – much tighter than Sloane would have expected.
‘Be careful. A pretty girl like you could get hurt out here.’ The woman spat the next words: ‘They’re not finished yet…’
Freda Mans-Labianca
WHOA!!!! AWESOME!!!! Happy weekend!
HCNewton
It’s a grabber, isn’t it?
Anne@HeadFullofBooks
Wow. Frightening. I’d run.
My quotes are from REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
HCNewton
Right?
HCNewton
Disqis and I are having a tiff, so I can’t comment on your post–but loved that 56 quote!
Mark
Yikes! A very good teaser. Now I want to know what is happening.
HCNewton
Right? Felt like a gift to me when thst was on page 56.had no problem picking a part to excerpt.