The Friday 56 is a blog hop by Freda’s Voice and the rules are simple:

• Turn to the nearest book.
• Open it on page 56.
• Post a sentence or two.
• Join the linky.
• Go crazy on the linky.

“Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior converted her attention from masticating her tail to trying to lick clean the hero’s spectacles, which I will tell you were in need of cleaning. I write that she was trying because the hero was not being sociable.”

– Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer