Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Reader Friday”
Specters in the Glass House by Jaime Jo Wright is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: Mullerian Manor. The countryside near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1921–1 year into Prohibition. Death had always been fashionable. But first the photo and verse. I took the photo during an afternoon walk in my neighborhood and the verse in Lamentations was one I read …
The Warrior’s B & B by Jennie Atkins is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: He promised me he’d stay out of harm’s way. But first the photo and verse. Dottie, one of my blog readers, emailed me this photo earlier this week and gave me permission to use it. I meant to get up at midnight and …
Romeo’s Fire by James Scott Bell is this week’s Reader Friday post. Here’s the first line: “Why aren’t you married?” It was one o’clock in the afternoon and I was washing Mrs. Edna Morgenstern’s windows. But first the photo and verse. It’s the same photo and verse from last week that, for some reason, did not show up in the …
The Case of the Stolen Memories by Deborah Sprinkle is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line: A voice inside whispered for her to turn around and go back home. But first the photo and verse. Both are from Delores Topliff. The photo is of the moon over the Irish Sea…I know that was a sight to behold. And the …
When Memory Whispers by Johnnie Alexander is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line of a story I’ve loved since reading it when Johnnie and I were critique partners: “August 1997 ~ Winter Park, Florida Beneath the brim of her black felt hat, Annalee Gilbert stared at the newly engraved granite stone.” But first the photo and verse. I …
Flight Risk by Cara Putman is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the opening: “Savannah, call for you on line one. Says he’s a reporter. Never heard of him.” But first the photo and verse. As I picked up my mail earlier this week, I looked up and these contrails crisscrossed the sky about my house. I hurried inside and grabbed …
I Am In Here by Creston Mapes is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first lines: “I can see, you know. And I can hear. Oh, can I hear.” But first the photo and verse. The photo is another one Delores Topliff took. I believe she saw many sheep on her trip! Now onto I Am In Here by Creston Mapes. …
Once Upon a Wardrobe by Patti Callahan is this week’s Reader Friday. Here’s the first line of this Ama-zing book! December 1950 Worcestershire, England George Henry Devonshire is only eight years old and he already knows the truth. Oh, my goodness this is one good book! I’ll definitely be reading Patti Callahan’s other books. But now the photo and verse. …
ACK!!! It’s Friday and I haven’t had a chance to read this week!!! So I think I’ll tell you what I hope to be reading in the near future. Denise Hunter’s Love, Unscripted The perfect boyfriend only exists on paper…doesn’t he? Fresh off the heels of a bad breakup, Chloe Anderson poured her heart into penning the perfect boyfriend—and the result …
What We Hide by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker is this week’s Reader Friday, Here’s the first line: Savanah Webster should have known the bright July day would be upsetting the minute she saw Boo Radley blocking the brick walkway to her classroom. But first the photo and verse. My Limelights have outdone themselves this year! And I have no idea …