The Friday 56 is a weekly meme hosted by Freda’s Voice. The aim is to share a few sentences of a book (whether it’s the one you’re currently reading or not) so other people might be enticed to pick it up.
Here’s the rules:
– Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
– Find any sentence, (or few, just don’t spoil it)
– Post it.
– Add the url of your post to the Linky on Freda’s most recent post.
Wood was used to start the fires beneath the try-pots, but once the boiling process had begun, the crispy pieces of blubber floating on the surface of the pot – known as scraps or cracklings – were skimmed off and tossed into the fire for fuel. The flames that melted down the whale’s blubber were thus fed by the whale itself.
From page 56 of the paperback of In the Heart of the Sea: The Epic True Story that Inspired ‘Moby Dick’ by Nathaniel Philbrick
Interesting excerpt. Thanks for sharing, and I hope you are enjoying it. Here’s mine: “WHERE WE BELONG”
I’ve seen the trailers about the movie. I bet the book will be amazing.
My 56 – http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/12/04/the-friday-56-87-shadows/
This one sounds like a good one.
I’ve been considering this one for a while now, but the excerpt does make it sound more appealing.
My 56: http://tsundokubooks.blogspot.com/2015/12/friday-56-way-of-shadows.html
I love anything to do with the sea and to reread Moby Dick sounds like a winner.
sherry @ fundinmental Friday Memes
Great 56! Love the details!
Happy weekend!
The movie trailer looks interesting – it and the snippet here make me want to try it out. 🙂
Check out my Friday 56 (With Book Beginnings), Music Monday, and TTT.