Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Two Teasers on Tuesday


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 am going to share two teasers again this week, just because I can.

    The first comes from a book called A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson. I really wish I could remember where I first heard about this book. I know I left a comment on somebody's blog post about it, but I can't find it now! Nicholas Drayson is a British author who now calls Australia home, but spent some time in Kenya which is where this book is set. There is a similar feel to the book to those of Alexander McCall Smith, but I would say that the humour in this book has a bit more earthiness and bite. This teaser comes from page 72:

    It had taken Benjamin no more than six minutes to realise that the only hadadas that Mr Malik was counting existed within his own head (the fact that this was accompanied by a strange tendency to fart whenever he thought he heard one was probably, thought Benjamin, of only minor concern). But anyone with that many large brown birds aroost in his cranium and that much gas in his bottom was clearly not a well person.


    The second teaser comes from page 294 of Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger.

    She stayed there feeling awful and monstrous, berating herself and wondering what everyone would think of her cruelty. The answer was nothing at all, because no one except Valentina would have any clue what Elspeth had done.

    23 comments:

    1. I've heard a lot about the second book. Great teasers!

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    2. Both great teasers! I loved Her Fearful Symmetry. I'll have to stop back to read your review.

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    3. I love the first one! That sounds like a really funny book!

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    4. I've read great things about both books. Both of which are on my TBR list.

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    5. I love the cover of the first book. And Her Fearful Symmetry is one of my favorite books this year!

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    6. Oh, these both sound great! I love books about Australia, or recently, Kenya...And "Her Fearful Symmetry" is definitely on my list!

      My teaser:

      http://laurel-rain-snow.blogspot.com/2009/11/tuesday-teasers.html

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    7. Both are books I want to read!

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    8. Two great teasers. I'll have to add the first to my TBR and move the second up the list.

      My teaser is here.

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    9. Two very nice teasers this week!

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    10. Interesting teasers. Seems like everyone is reading the second these days. Thanks for visiting my blog!

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    11. staci at life in the thumb teased about your second book too. It sounds frightful. The first book sounds hilarious. I'm back in highschool this week. If you want to wander down my road I’m home.

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    12. Oh I like the sound of both of them. Her Fearful Symmetry has been on my wish list for ages!

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    13. The cover of the first book keeps catching my eye when I'm in the bookstore. I may have to give it a read. It sounds funny.

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    14. I have never heard of the first book, and I LOVE Alexander McCall Smith!!! Thanks for that teaser!

      Here's mine if you want to read it:
      http://bookblabbing.blogspot.com/2009/11/teaser-tuesdays.html

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    15. Both are great teasers! The first one made me chuckle and the second makes me really want to know what's going on.

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    16. The book by Drayson sounds very intriguing to me. Great teaser!

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    17. Great teasers! The first one sounds fun and the second is already on my tbr list.

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    18. I've been wanting to get my hands on HER FEARFUL SYMMETRY for some time now; it sounds like a gem!

      Great teasers...both very inticing!

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    19. Haha! I love the teaser for the first book, especially. I have it out of the library now and I just need to find the time to read it. Great choices!

      Thanks for coming by my blog earlier, too!

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    20. Wow nice games thanks a lot
      Really good job
      Regards,

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    21. What a great teaser...I'm hoping to start this book soon. Thanks for stopping over at my blog!

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