Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Teaser Tuesday - Lessons in French



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 wasn't sure which book to do a teaser from this week. I finished another Terry Pratchett book today, but I only just did a teaser from another of his books last week, so I decided against it. One of the other options is a book that I have just started, but then I looked on my nightstand for the book that I have been reading at night, and decided, that yes, something romantic might be in order. This week's teaser therefore comes from Lessons in French by much loved romance author Laura Kinsale. The teaser comes from page 181:

Hubert proved himself a splendid gentleman, worthy of his exalted lineage and genteel upbringing, in his transit from the kitchen to the front door. Following Callie and a trail of carrots, he moved one ponderous step at a time, his big head swaying gently under the replaced blindfold.

I probably should mention that Hubert is a prize bull. I possibly could have actually found a romantic passage, but this is the one that I opened the page on!

20 comments:

  1. Good one! I just started this book yesterday and it's really good. Have a great week!

    My teaser can be found
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  2. I love that Hubert is a bull! How funny and a great teaser!

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  3. Ha ha, I was wondering why he was following carrots! I was going to ask if he was a donkey, lol.

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  4. I was wondering if he was a horse?! Then I thought 'a horse in the kitchen' - but no, it's a bull in the kitchen!!

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  5. that made me laugh. Great teaser, thanks for dropping by place :)

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  6. Now that I know he's a bull, it makes more sense. I was having trouble imagining a romantic hero following a trail of carrots. :-)

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  7. Haha that's funny...I was thinking of a fat man till I read your explanation

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  8. Haha good thing you pointed out he was a bull! My teaser is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  9. Great teaser. I will be reading this novel this week! I am looking forward to it now more than ever. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/01/teaser-tuesdays-highlanders-destiny.html

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  10. This made me laugh -- I'm glad you mentioned that he was bull!

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  11. If you hadn't mentioned Hubert is a prize bull, I would definitely have thought this is a historical romance, LOL! Loved this teaser!

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  12. LOL! Loved the teaser, I thought this one suppose to historical romance too =p

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  13. LOL. I was wondering about the swaying big head, so I'm glad you explained! I've liked other Kinsales, but I haven't read that one.

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  14. Cute! Thanks for visiting.

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  15. LOL - glad you told us he's a bull!

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  16. Darlyn and Aths, this one is a historical romance!

    Glad that you all enjoyed my teaser. Thanks for stopping by.

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  17. Great teaser! I subscribed! Here is my teaser if you are interested: http://emmamichaels.blogspot.com/2010/01/teaser-tuesday_26.html

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