The Friday 56 is hosted at Freda's Voice.
Check out the links for the rules and for the posts of the participants each week. Participants don't select their favorite, coolest or most intellectual books, they just use the one they are currently reading. This is the book I'm reading right now:

Book Beginning:
I'm pretty much fucked. That is my considered opinion. Fucked. Six days into what should be the greatest month of my life, and it's turned into a nightmare.Friday 56:
"One thing at a time," Teddy said. "Venk, what makes you sure he's alive?"My comments: Mark Watney gets abandoned on Mars by his team who think he is dead. He isn't. But how does he survive until someone on earth can rescue him? I am enjoying this book which is stuffed full of accurate science. My husband and I are sharing the experience by listening to the audiobook together.