Friday 56 & Book Beginnings -- November 26, 2010

Welcome to The Friday 56, now hosted by Freda’s Voice.
Here’s how it works:
Rules:
*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it
*Link it here...


The word falafel is used to refer to two distinct entities:  a round fritter of mashed chickpeas or other pulses (in Egypt they use butter beans), and the Arab bread sandwich (the round, flat kind that opens like a pocket) filled with those fritters and miscellaneous garnishes.
~from Slow Food:  Collected Thoughts on Taste, Tradition, and the Honest Pleasures of Food edited by Carlo Petrini with Ben Watson 

This book was okay.  Some interesting essays, but poorly edited and already feeling a bit dated (published in 2001).

How to participate: All you have to do is share the first line (or two) of the book you are currently reading on your blog or in the comments. Include the title and the author so we know what you're reading (and can go pick up a copy if it sounds good!). Then, if you feel so moved, let us know what your first impressions were based on that first line and whether or not you liked the sentence(s).

It was on Sunday, the 24th of May, 1863, that my uncle, Professor Lidenbrock, came rushing suddenly back to his little house in the old part of Hamburg, No. 19, Konigstrasse.
~Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne

Just started reading this one with my six-year-old on Wednesday.  Looking forward to getting back into it tonight. The beginning sentence certainly makes one want to know what the rushing is all about!