Friday 56 and Book Beginnings: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton || Friday 50/50: First/Last Book Read in 2017

This is a weekly meme hosted by Freda's Voice

These are the rules:

1. Grab a book, any book.

2. Turn to page 56, or 56% on your eReader.

3. Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grabs you.

4. Post it.

5. Add the URL to your post in the link on Freda's most recent Friday 56 post.

Please join us over at RoseCityReader every Friday to 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. Please remember to include the title of the book and the author’s name.

I was going to share the book I'm actually reading from NetGalley right now, LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff, but it's an uncorrected proof eARC and it had one of those little disclaimers at the start that was all "Don't share quotes of this book until it's been corrected." So I'm sharing the next NetGalley book on my TBR.

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Synopsis:

How do you stop a murder that’s already happened?

At a gala party thrown by her parents, Evelyn Hardcastle will be killed--again. She's been murdered hundreds of times, and each day, Aiden Bishop is too late to save her. Doomed to repeat the same day over and over, Aiden's only escape is to solve Evelyn Hardcastle's murder and conquer the shadows of an enemy he struggles to even comprehend--but nothing and no one are quite what they seem.

Book Beginning:
I forget everything between footsteps.
"Anna!" I finish shouting, snapping my mouth shut in surprise.
My mind goes blank. I don't know who Anna is or why I am calling her name.

My 56:
I'm transported back to that evening, when Evelyn and Bell stalked into the dank graveyard, revolver in hand, finding only shadows and a shattered compass covered in blood.

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50/50 Friday is a new weekly link-up hosted by Carrie @ The Butterfly Reader and Laura @ Blue Eye Books.  Every week they have a new topic featuring two sides of the same coin - you share a book that suits each category and link up on the hosts' blogs.

First/Last Book Read in 2017

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