Book Beginnings on Friday and The Friday 56 are weekly memes hosted by Rose City Reader and Freda's Voice.
Rules:
Book Beginnings: Share the first sentence (or so) of the book you are reading, along with your initial thoughts about the sentence, impressions of the book, or anything else the opener inspires.
The Friday 56: Grab a book, turn to page 56 or 56% in you eReader. Find any sentence (not spoilery) and reflect on it if you want.
This week I'm reading a Shakespeare retelling:
by Lisa Klein
Synopsis:
Albia has grown up with
no knowledge of her mother or her father, the powerful Macbeth. Instead
she knows the dark lure of the Wychelm Wood and the moors, where she's
been raised by three strange sisters. It's only when the ambitious
Macbeth seeks out the sisters to foretell his fate that Albia's life
becomes tangled with the man who leaves nothing but bloodshed in his
wake. She even falls in love with Fleance, Macbeth's rival for the
throne. Yet when Albia learns that she has the second sight, she must
decide whether to ignore the terrible future she foresees or to change
it. Will she be able to save the man she loves from her murderous
father? And can she forgive her parents their wrongs, or must she
destroy them to save Scotland from tyranny?
Book Beginning:
The nameless baby lay on the cold ground, wrapped in a woolen cloth.
A very simple introduction to our protagonist. After encountering her in this helpless state it will be interesting to see how she'll turn out to be a strong woman once grown (if the cover is any indication).
The Firday 56:
Then, out of the gray murk steps a deer as white as the moon. She gazes at me with glistening black eyes that seem almost human and inclines her head as if beckoning me. My desire to follow her is like a hunger for sweetness and rest and drink all at once. I wonder if I am dreaming, but the pain stabs my belly again. I feel something wet between my legs, and looking down I see blood on my thigh.
I wonder if the deer is a wandering spirit of someone.
Happy reading!
