Showing posts with label Tuesday Teaser. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tuesday Teaser. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Tuesday Teaser - Treason and National Party No More

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.


To participate, do the following:
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!

"That way of campaigning is as outdated as an eight-track tape.  In my two races for governor and in 2000 when I ran for the Senate, I did it today's way."

Page 91 of "A National Party No More" by Sen. Zell Miller.


"Yes Mr. President." He grinned.  "Your memory serves you well, sir."


Page 184 of Treason by Don Brown.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Tuesday Teaser - Eternal on the Water

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.


To participate, do the following:
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!

"But Mary and I heard them in the late morning three days after we had arrived.  They poured down the river, a dozen or more green canoes, a few female rangers with them."

p. 142 of Eternal on the Water by Joseph Monninger

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Teaser Tuesday - Suite Française


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.


To participate, do the following:
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!

"But his voice quivered and in the lady's laugh you could hear the echo of stifled sobs.  She laughed like someone who had been very frightened and couldn't forget, while laughing, that she'd had a narrow escape."

p.277 of Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Tuesday Teaser - The 5,000 Year Leap

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.


To participate, do the following:
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!

"The Creator would also reflect a fine sense of right and wrong, and also a sense of indignation or even anger with those who violate the laws of 'right' action.  In other words, God has a strong send of 'justice'."
p. 97 of The 5,000 Year Leap: A Miracle That Changed the World
by W. Cleon Skousen