Tuesday Teasers

Today's Teaser is from Maeve Binchy's Heart and Soul. 

She has never stayed late like this before, so she saw them putting candles in bottles and watched the great romantic shadows flickering on the walls.

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
• Please avoid spoilers!

Today's Teaser is from Ellen Baker's Keeping The House. 

Mrs. Fryt shook her head. "I'll never forget the sound of her screaming, that June day when she got the telegram. Enough to curdle cheese, that sound."

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser Tuesday ~ Delicious

Today's teaser comes from Delicious by Sherry Thomas. 

Three years had passed since she kissed him goodbye, weeping uncontrollably. He didn't remember her name, or anything else about her. But he'd known instantly that she loved him. 

(pg. 106 paperback)

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should Be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
  
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
  
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser Tuesday ~ Birdsong

Today's teaser comes from Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. 

He felt the simple elation of his victory, the fact that it was he who had won, who had persuaded Isabelle against the weight of convention and sound argument to do the difficult and dangerous thing. And there was the deeper happiness of being with this woman, whom he loved ...

(pg. 96 trade paperback)

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should Be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
  
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
  
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser Tuesday ~ A Year In The World

Today's teaser comes from A Year In The World by Frances Mayes. 

Bodnant was also someone's dream, but only of a house and large garden. We glanced at the upright Tudor mansion, perkier than most, with many pointed dormers and crisp white paint between the beams. The sublime first impression of wide terraces above the river Conwy and views of mountains only began the extravagant delights of Bodnant.

(pg. 221 hardcover)

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should Be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
  
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
  
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  
• Please avoid spoilers!

Teaser Tuesday - Agnes & The Hitman

Welcome to Teaser Tuesday. Today's selection is from Agnes & The Hitman compliments of Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer. I know this is more than two lines, but it really was too good to stop. 

Agnes sighed. "His name is Three Wheels Thibault, and his grandpa, Four Wheels, who used to work for the mob, sent him to get the dog. The kid last night, Two Wheels, was his cousin who always picked on him. He says he hurt his ankle when you dropped him in the basement and he was going to sue you but I talked him out of it. I think he's bluffing."

(pg. 120 hardcover)

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should Be Reading:

• Grab your current read.
  
• Let the book fall open to a random page.
  
• Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  
• You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
  
• Please avoid spoilers!
  

NaNo Word Count: 3,563

A Novel Idea - Book Teasers

Today on Blog of Note a blog called ReadingAdventures has been spotlighted. Marg is a voracious reader and has several blogs (where does she find the time?). She has a regular feature called Teaser Tuesdays in which she asks her readers to open to a random page of their favorite book or the book they are reading and post two lines from the text. I am surprised, really, that she hasn't gotten more attention from authors because I can tell you from the several Tuesday posts I read, I would definitely go out and buy the books (or at least look them up on Amazon) she herself "teased". So, anyway, in celebration of finding a new blog to read (I'm a blog slut), here is my Teaser:

From Maeve Binchy's Firefly Summer (a rainy day read if there ever was one) on page 492

"You know, hanging around too long, hoping that when this is over - when that is over - the world will settle down as you would like it, as you design it."

Did it grab your attention? Because Marg's choice of the day certainly did. Here it is, from The Other Queen by Philippa Gregory, on page 249

He smiles at that and bows to me, a great sweep of a bow as if I were an empress, and then he dashes off, long-legged like a cold in a springing field. Such a sweet, sweet boy, he makes me think of my own son, little James, and the man that I hope he will be.

Now I'll admit I was all ready to buy this book anyway but now it's firmly on my To Be Read shelf ... well, just as soon as I can purchase it. I met my book spending allowance this month already. So sad. Anyway, congratulations Marg!