Teaser Tuesday

It is Teaser Tuesday time again.  The point is to take a couple of lines from a random page in your current read -- as a teaser-- no spoilers please!

I am really not reading anything right now because I am too busy dealing with allergies which means I am sneezing and blowing my nose.  Not good for reading.  But, these lines are from a book that I have in my queue which may be my next read as soon as I can adequately see again.

"Fireflies blinked, illuminating the stepping-stones to Los Land Lake.  "You see that, Lolly?" my mom laughed in the twilight.  "Mother Nature is giving us a preview to the fireworks."

This is from page 3 of "The Charm Bracelet" by Viola Shipman.

Sorry this is such a short post but I feel really awful and just need to lay down.  More tomorrow.

Teaser Tuesday

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday, the weekly Meme that wants you to add books to your TBR, or just share what you are currently reading. It is very easy to play along:
ETA: I am face palming myself for not using my new graphic, force of habit to just use the old one lol, sorry about that everyone. Feel free to use the new one if you want to.
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers! Everyone loves Teaser Tuesday.


For some reason I always want to call this Tuesday Teaser instead of Teaser Tuesday.  Go figure.

Ok, my teaser today comes from a novella by Fredrik Backman.  The title is "And Every Morning the Way Homes Gets Longer and Longer".  This teaser can be found on page 36.

"Why are you holding my hand so tight, Grandpa?" the boy whispers again.
"Because all of this is disappearing Noahnoah. And I want to keep hold of you the longest of all".

This novella is only 76 pages long and I am almost finished.  You can read the review here later today.

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of A Daily Rhythm.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


I am currently reading Agatha Raisin and the Fairies of Fryfam by M. C.Beaton.

My teaser is the first two lines from the very first page.

"Agatha Raisin was selling up and leaving Carsely for good.  Or rather, that had been the plan."

I have been reading this series for some time and, for the most part, I have enjoyed them, some more than others.  This particular episode, if you will, has been very enjoyable.  

I recommend the entire series.  They are short and easy reads and the gold standard for cozy mysteries in my opinion.

May 27, 2014

Teaser Tuesdays (May 27)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

I know it is late but I am so taken with this book that I just wanted to share another teaser.  I have only read the first chapter and I already can't put it down. So, from "Past Imperfect" by Julian Fellowes, here is my teaser.


"Dear S&*T, It is almost Christmas.  It is also late and I am drunk and so I have found the nerve to say that you have made my life a living lie for nineteen years.  I stare at my living lie each day and all because of you.  No one will ever know the truth and I will probably burn this rather than send it, but you ought to realise where your deceit and my weakness have led me.  I do not quite curse you, I could not do that, but I don't forgive you, either, for the course my life has taken.  I did not deserve it."

So, there you go.  I don't know if that is a compelling teaser or not but the book is getting very good and I think it is going to be a page turner!

It is time for another Teaser Tuesday hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.  I have mentioned in past blogs that I am really enjoying the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton.  I discovered this series when I checked out a book on a sale table at B&N and then went home and purchased it for my Nook thinking it would be on sale there as well -- I was wrong.  In any event, it was a thoroughly enjoyable little read but I discovered that it was in the middle of a series and I decided that I needed to start at the beginning.  While it isn't necessary to begin at the beginning because each book appears to be stand alone with enough back history to fill you in so you aren't lost, it is a lot of fun beginning at the beginning.  The book I am going to tease you about today is the second book in the series, Aunt Dimity and the Duke, and my teaser is from page 23.


"I am Queen Eleanor," Nell announced, clutching Bertie with one hand and pinching the hem of her skirt with the other, "and this is Sir Bertram of Harris, and we do not speak with pheasants." "That's peasants, Nell."  Peter had known it would be a mistake for Dad to read the King Arthur stories to her but that was not the immediate problem.


Wouldn't you love to know what the immediate problem was?

Enjoy!

I am still reading "Franny and Zooey" as I am in sort of a reading slump.  Even though I have already "teased" from this book, I will do so again and maybe get myself out of my slump.  So, here goes, from page 123.

"Mrs. Glass, who did some of her most inspired, most perpendicular thinking on the threshold of linen closets, had bedded down her youngest child on the couch between pink percale sheets, and covered her with a pale-blue cashmere afghan.  Franny now lay sleeping on her left side, facing into the back oof the couch and the wall, her chin just grazing one of the several toss pillows all around her."

I am not sure how compelling this teaser is but I think I am wondering why Franny is there -- I am pretty sure it isn't good.  Maybe I am un-slumping.

Teaser Tuesdays



Since I am still reading Franny and Zooey by J. D. Salinger, I will "tease" you with an excerpt from a book that my husband picked out for me.


Flippy, and Floppy, and Flappy are three
Dear little ducklings that sail on the sea.
Sail in a tin, and a boot, and a box--
What do they care for the sharks or the rocks?


This is from a gorgeous little book called The Little Big Book for Grandmothers.  It has stories, poems, recipes, activities, songs, etc. -- all manner of things to entertain a child.  The illustrations are really pretty and the whole book is reminiscent of books I had a child.  Thanks Hubs!

Tuesday 24 May 2011

Teaser Tuesday


I am behind -- on everything and tonight I have just emerged from the "safe room" aka the bathroom as we watch tornadoes plague North Texas.  Nothing quite like hearing hail pound the roof and tornado sirens while you sit in the bathtub with the computer watching doppler weather.  Such an exciting Tuesday evening.

So, it is time for another Tuesday Teaser and I think you will enjoy this one.  It is from "Aunt Dimity's Death" by Nancy Atherton.  This is a nice little mystery series which I began in the middle of the series -- just my style.  So, after I finished the first book that I read I decided to start the series with the first book.  It is a page turner -- sort of a grown up Nancy Drew -- and I am enjoying it immensely.  Let's see if my teaser can get you to take a look at the series.

"There was no way Bill could have known about Reginald.  Not even Meg knew about Reginald.  Having a stuffed bunny as a confidant isn't something a thirty-year-old woman readily admits to.  But someone had known about him.  Someone who needed to get my attention.  I put the shoebox back into the wardrobe and gently closed the door.  I descended the staircase in slow motion, stopped at the doorway of the study, and peeked in.  The fire was snapping, the rain was drumming, a book  of some sort was lying on the ottoman, and Reginald was sitting beside it.  He had moved."

Okie doke -- nothing like a little mystery there -- it is good -- check it out.

Teaser Tuesday -- 26 April 2011




Well, it is time for another Teaser Tuesday hosted by MizB at shouldbereading.wordpress.com.  Coming off the heaviness of the Deliverance Dane book, I decided to read something shorter and lighter this week.  So, I chose "Family Affair" by Debbie Macomber.  I haven't read any Macomber, up to now, even though I have a number of her books in my library.  I opted for this one because it was on the sale table at B&N, it is 100 pages long, with two more pages of recipes for your cat, and.....yes, it had a lovely cover.  So, here goes with my teaser --

"Walking into the kitchen, she opened the refrigerator and stuck her head inside, rooting out some sorry-looking leftover, two boxes of take-out Chinese, and the tulip bulbs she'd meant to plant in her balcony flower box last October.  'I'm starved.'  She opened the vegetable bin and toouok out a limp stalk of celery. 'You know my problem, don't you?' " (Page 2.)

I am still reading "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" and have posted a couple of teasers from it already so I am going to move on to one of the two newly acquired books.

This teaser is from "The Postmistress"  by Sarah Blake.  I haven't started reading it yet so I will just open the book and start there.



"No, it became clear to them that Miss Iris James's motives were best understood by looking around at the Franklin post office.  As in any of their houses, the spirit of the woman had insinuated itself firmly there." Page 51

So, there you have it.  Not much to go on and not very intriguing but the book looks to be promising.  It takes place in Franklin, Massachusetts in 1940.  It involves the townspeople of this small town during World War II, their attitudes toward the world and to themselves. 

Since I haven't started it, I can't say much more but I am looking forward to reading this one.

Teaser Tuesday

I have been busy so I am only a couple of chapters into "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane".  It started out a bit slow but picked up quickly.  It begins with Connie Goodwin taking her oral exams so she an begin her research for her doctoral dissertation.  She is, however, interrupted by her mother wanting her to deal with her grandmother's house which has stood vacant for twenty years.  Connie is not happy.  However, as I left off, she and her roommate and best friend Liz have arrived at the house to determine how much of a hot mess they are in.

The next chapter, "Interlude", takes us to Salem Town, Massachusetts, mid-June 1862.  And here is my teaser-

"The day outside was dusty and warm, and yellow, sunbeams spilled through the meetinghouse windows, casting bright puddles of light on the wood-planked floor.  Appleton sat in a majestic tapestried armchair behind the broad library table at the front of the room, elbows propped on the table, arms folded." Page 51.

It is time for another Tuesday Teaser.  I really like doing these little glimpses into books -- opens up opportunities for others to look at works they might ordinarily pass by.

This week my teaser comes from The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe.  While "shopping" my own bookshelves for something new to start, I ran across this book which has been there for awhile.  I picked it up hoping it would be similar to The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry.  I have hopes for this novel as it's author, although raised in Houston, Texas, has her roots in Massachusetts and is related to two women involved in the Salem Witch Trials.

So, without further ado, here is my teaser.  Since I am now just starting the book, I will begin at the beginning -- first two lines on the first page, the prologue.

"Peter Petford slipped a long wooden spoon into the simmering iron pot of lentils hanging over the fire and tried to push the worry from his stomach.  He edged his low stool nearer to the hearth and leaned forward, one elbow propped on his knee, breathing in the aroma of stewed split peas mixed with burning apple wood."

Yum.  Now we begin.

Teaser Tuesday

It has been a while since I have done one of these -- trying to do better in the new year.  Teaser Tuesday is a challenge brought to us by MizB at http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com. So, here goes my  entry for this week.  It is from "In the Company of Others" by Jan Karon.







"She drew his hand to her mouth and kissed it.  'So when we grow old--what shall we do besides people and books?' 'We are old,' he said, rueful.'  She turned over and buried her face in the pillow. 'Speak for yourself, sweetheart.'"

Page 212.

I didn't participate this week because I am still reading The Shroud of the Thwacker -- I would already be done if it wasn't for Animal Crossing -- I can see the problem with video games and kids -- really.

"The grim place was filed with every conceivable variety of brainstick unfortunate. Some wantered about giggling to themselves, some were embroiled in debates with invisible partners, some were confined to small cages on the floor, and still others were bound in the latest archaic fetters from the 'Inquisition's Surplus Torture Paraphenialia and Swimwear catalogue.'"


"The Shroud of the Thwacker", page 185