Welcome to another Bookish Friday, in which we share excerpts from books…and connect with other bloggers, who do the same.
Let’s begin the celebration by sharing Book Beginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader; and let’s showcase The Friday 56 with Freda’s Voice.
To join in, just grab a book and share the opening lines…along with any thoughts you wish to give us; then turn to page 56 and excerpt anything on the page.
Then give us the title of the book, so others can add it to their lists! What a great way to spend a Friday!
Today’s feature is a new book on my shelves: The Janes, by Louisa Luna.
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Beginning: meet our girl: seventeen, arrived here a year ago from a rough and dusty town in Chiapas, considered pretty by most standards because she is young, her face unmarked by scars or wrinkles, her body boasting the tender snap of fresh muscle. Our girl’s brain, on the other hand, is at war with itself and others: with memories of her mother’s worry and her father’s pain, subtle with her own simmering meditations on sex and violence, with fear of all the men that come through the door with their eyes so stark and full of want it’s like they’ve eaten her up before they’ve even selected her from underneath the butcher’s glass.
(What a lengthy and somewhat rambling opening. I’m not sure about it!)
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56: There was a photo. It appeared to be a box or a bag ripped open with a bunch of money inside. Cap chuckled to himself.
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Synopsis: On the outskirts of San Diego, the bodies of two young women are discovered. They have no names, no IDs, and no family looking for them. Fearing the possibility of a human trafficking ring, the police and FBI reach out to Alice Vega, a private investigator known for finding the missing, for help in finding out who the Janes were–and finding the others who are missing.
Alice Vega is a powerful woman whose determination is matched only by her intellect, and, along with her partner Cap, she will stop at nothing to find the Janes before it is too late.
Louisa Luna is writing new classics of crime fiction, and her partnership of Vega and Cap is rightfully joining the pantheon of the most memorable in crime fiction.
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What do you think? I enjoyed the first book; I’m not yet sure about this one.
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The Janes seems like an interesting story. Enjoy your current read!
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Thanks, Breana, I hope it will be.
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Hmmm, kind of an odd way of writing. Not sure.
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Thanks, Hope, I had the same reaction! But I recall enjoying the character of Alice Vega, so I am eager to move ahead.
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I’m so pulled in. I want to know her story! 🙂 Happy Valentine’s weekend!
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Thanks, Freda, I enjoyed the Alice Vega character in the first book, so I want to keep reading, too.
Have a great Valentine’s Day!
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I haven’t heard of this author. Hope you enjoy! I’d love for everyone to check out mine at https://lisaksbookthoughts.blogspot.com/2020/02/its-cozy-food-friday-that-means-its_14.html
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Thanks for visiting, Lisa; since I enjoyed the character of Alice Vega in the first book, I was eager to read more. Enjoy your pick.
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A (unfortunately) very plausible plot. It sounds like an engrossing read.
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So true, Catherine. I liked the character of Alice Vega.
Enjoy your pick.
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That is a long first sentence but it pulls me in and makes me want to know more. Thanks for sharing! Hope you enjoy it! Have a great weekend! 🙂
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Thanks, Ashley, I am looking forward to reading this one.
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I keep hearing good things about this book. I even saw a book trailer for it–I don’t often see those around. I hope you enjoy this one! Have a great weekend!
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Thanks, Wendy, I am eager to read this one. Enjoy your books.
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Sounds like it will be a good one – thanks for sharing!
Lauren @ Always Me
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Thanks, Lauren, enjoy your books and thanks for visiting.
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I haven’t heard about this book, but I’m intrigued with these teasers.
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Thanks, Yvonne, I am eager to dive into this one.
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I don’t think this one is for me, but I hope you’ll get into it and enjoy it.
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Thanks,Nicki, I hope so, too.
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Not one I am familiar with but I hope you end up enjoying it. Happy weekend!
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Thanks, Alicia, I enjoyed a previous book by the author.
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Interesting beginning. I suspect the author is trying to capture the frenetic, run on thoughts of the girl by having such a long sentence. I’m intrigued.
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Thanks, Roberta, I think that was the author’s plan, too.
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That opening is rambly, probably wouldn’t pull me in. The 56 is more interesting. I hope you like it.
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Thanks, Bea, if I hadn’t read and enjoyed the previous book, I would probably not be interested. I do like the Alice Vega character.
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That’s definitely a unique opening, and I feel it could go either way, good or bad. That 56 snippet sounds really interesting, though! Hope it picks up for you.
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Thanks, Sammie, I think so, too. Enjoy your week.
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