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Teaser Tuesdays (Oct 6)

October 6, 2009 by Darlene

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!

My teasers today come from God is an Englishman by R.F. Delderfield…

  • ‘”Hold your tongue and listen to me! I’m not interested in the reasons that prompted you to run away from home and attach yourself to this freebooting nephew of mine, but from now on you’ll do what I say and my first instructions are that you shall take a hot bath, eat a Christian meal at a table, and go to bed while we decide what’s to be done with you.”‘ (pg 86)

I’m enjoying this book; it’s a chunkster though so it’s taking me a while as I don’t always have a lot of time to sit and read these days. So, how about you? Any good teasers from what you’re reading this week? Share in the comments or leave a link to your post.

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  1. Lenore says

    October 6, 2009 at 9:44 am

    Speaking of chunksters…I haven't even read 1 yet for the chunkster challenge. Better get a move on!!

  2. Sandy Nawrot says

    October 6, 2009 at 10:01 am

    That is the thing about chunksters. They are a usually a wonderful experience, but often I shy away from them because it makes me feel unproductive on my blog. How sad is that?

  3. jlshall says

    October 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm

    Nice teaser. Haven't read anything by Delderfield in years. My favorite was always To Serve Them All My Days, which was also quite a chunkster.

  4. Book Bird Dog says

    October 6, 2009 at 1:48 pm

    Is that title a tongue in cheek saying? I'm curious. Here's my Teaser

  5. Diane says

    October 6, 2009 at 1:50 pm

    I have many chunksters on my shelves that I need to get busy on. (Interesting teaser Dar) Enjoy

  6. Dorte H says

    October 6, 2009 at 1:53 pm

    This one sounds good.

    As the one I am currently reading is for my Bait in the box, I can´t really reveal anything but the fact that it is really exciting. (One of those books where you are hooked after page one).

  7. fredamans says

    October 6, 2009 at 3:01 pm

    Good teaser.

    Mine's here: http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2009/10/teaser-tuesday.html

  8. Missy says

    October 6, 2009 at 3:11 pm

    The book that my teaser is from today I started reading last night. I am almost done with it – it is so good. It's only 250 pages, though. I have a couple of chunksters in my tbr pile I've been avoiding. 🙂

  9. gautami tripathy says

    October 6, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    I think I will check it out…

    Teaser Tuesdays: The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice

  10. carolsnotebook says

    October 6, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Good teaser. I don't think I can add another chunkster to my list right now, though.

  11. Lisa says

    October 6, 2009 at 7:35 pm

    Although I tend to shy away from chunksters, this is one I think I'd like to tackle. I'll look forward toyour thoughts once you've finished reading it. Take care, Dar!

  12. JoAnn says

    October 6, 2009 at 8:27 pm

    I'm in the middle of a chunkster, too. The Woman in White is great, but it's taking me forever to read…just haven't had enough time lately. I like your teaser!

  13. Jenny Girl says

    October 6, 2009 at 8:59 pm

    Oh he sounds like a tough person!
    How much of a chunkster?
    Books over a certain amount of pages are tough for me too 🙂

  14. Jo-Jo says

    October 6, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    This sounds like a good book. I would love for someone to force me to take a bath, eat a meal and then go to bed! Great teaser.

  15. April says

    October 6, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    Great teaser! This sounds like an interesting book, Dar!

  16. Melody says

    October 7, 2009 at 1:21 am

    I've a few chunksters in my pile and they've been sitting there for a long time! I guess I should get over the fear of them and start reading them soon, LOL.

  17. Alice Teh says

    October 7, 2009 at 2:00 am

    What a command! I'm quite intimidated by chunksters but have a few of that in my TBR.

  18. Deanna/ibeeeg says

    October 7, 2009 at 2:48 am

    Love this teaser! I must find out more about this book and put it on my to-read list.

  19. Veens says

    October 7, 2009 at 11:21 am

    I dnt know what Chunkster means… but that was real good bashing 🙂

  20. Wanda says

    October 7, 2009 at 12:07 pm

    Interesting teaser, I wonder if the person being spoken to/yelled at is a bit on the wild side or just really unlucky. What a pompous title! lol

  21. Staci says

    October 8, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Very demanding huh? I didn't know meals were Christian!! LOL!!

  22. Literary Feline says

    October 8, 2009 at 11:32 pm

    That does sound interesting, Dar! I really like the cover too. I look forward to hearing what you think of it.

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