Book Beginning | Friday 56 | Friday 50/50 | Blogger Hop || The Last Wish (The Witcher #0.5) by Andrzej Sapkowski || Favorite/Least Favorite Paranormal of 2019

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.

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.

I had hoped to be done with this book, or at least further along than I am. Alas, I am not yet done. Nearly, but not quite. I skipped last week because I have been playing The Witcher 3 since I got it late last month. It was on sale through Steam for 15$, with all the DLC's. Couldn't resist that deal. So here I am, still reading the same books I started last month. I need to finish this one soon before it's returned to the library.

Synopsis:

Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil and not everything fair is good... and in every fairy-tale, there is a grain of truth.

Book Beginning:
  She came to him toward morning.
She entered very carefully, moving silently, floating through the chamber like a phantom; the only sound was that of her mantle brushing naked skin.

Friday 56:
"You don't understand?" The monster raised his head; his eyes shone like a cat's. "My portrait is hung beyond the candlelight. I can see it, but I'm not human. At least, not at the moment. A human, looking at my portrait, would get up, go closer and, no doubt, have to take the candlestick with him. You didn't do that, so the conclusion is simple. But I'm asking you plainly: are you human?"
Geralt didn't lower his eyes. "If that's the way you put it," he answered after a moment's silence, "then, not quite."

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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.

This week's topic is Favorite/Least Favorite Paranormal of 2019.


Favorite

This book was a lot of fun, and I loved the characters.

Least

Only because I didn't like the ending, it was very good otherwise.
It had a sad ending... and I wanted a happier one.


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Q: What is your go-to recommendation for someone who doesn’t read often?

A: Honestly, it kind of depends on what genre they like. Even someone who doesn't read often would know if they like Fantasy, Sci-fi or Historical Fiction. I'd find that out, then go from there.