Teaser Tuesday - Jan 28

Teaser Tuesday
The rules are:

• 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 and author 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!

I know that eye. It gleams, and the animal sidles away with a twitch of its tail.

David Mitchell's number9dream. I'm still early on in this book and at least there's some narrative I can get hold of! The first chapter left me struggling (well 15 pages in I was lost!)! Here's the Guardian review which might give a few pointers..

Mutterings - Jan 26

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:

1. Vex :: Annoy
2. Ghost :: (in the) Machine
3. Detail :: Fuss
4. Furthers :: Aims
5. Foxy :: Lady
6. Hybrid :: Breed
7. Maximum :: Temperature
8. Wonderful :: Life
9. Munch :: Scream!
10. Organize :: Chaos

Teaser Tuesday - Jan 21

Teaser Tuesday
The rules are:

• 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 and author 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!

The true story we remembered at Any Virsries was only part of what had been handed down to us from the beginning. There were some things that Angela told to just two of her daughters, Susie and Clare, the ones she thought most sensible and grown up, and told them to pass on only to girls that they knew they could trust.

Another teaser from Chris Beckett's Dark Eden, a careful entrusting of tribal history. Though there's also the preserving of unknown, slightly garbled, significant events!

Mutterings - Jan 19

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:

1. Voice :: With One (a hymn book of the 70s)
2. Counter :: -point
3. Marked :: Man
4. Loving :: Couple
5. Coat :: Frock
6. Pounce :: Cat
7. Dehydrate :: Thirst
8. Desire :: Urge
9. Concern :: Care
10. Broth :: Scotch

Helen Haslam

Rachel and Helen's sister, a photo by rajmarshall on Flickr.

Today's I've been to Helen Haslam's funeral. I knew Helen back in the 70s-80s when her husband Frank was vicar of St Michael's Macclesfield and also in his role on the Scargill council.
It was good to meet the children whom I'd not seen since then and recall the past and where events had led us since. United in memory of a lovely person, collected and yet sparky. Two other photos are here.

Teaser Tuesday - Jan 14

Teaser Tuesday
The rules are:

• 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 and author 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!

Gerry was looking at him like he was some kind of hero. David Redlantern, that hard batface, was glaring at him like he was a piece of buck shit.

Chris Beckett's Dark Eden again, I've got to the Fall and it's getting rather interesting!

Mutterings - Jan 12

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:

1. Funk :: Blue
2. Marketing :: Lies
3. Standards :: Ethical
4. Best friend :: Dog
5. Search :: Web
6. Pizza :: Box
7. Jeans :: Seams
8. Singapore :: Island
9. Executive :: Pay
10. Find :: Search

Teaser Tuesday - Jan 7

Teaser Tuesday
The rules are:

• 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 and author 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!

It wasn't just my eyes that had gone. It was all my bloody senses.

A suitably dramatic start to the New Year! Chris Beckett's Dark Eden, the Guardian review describes it as theologically nuanced science fiction! It's recently won the Arthur C Clarke award, a dark vision of the future, or perhaps the past. Around 25% of the way through and I'm enjoying it - I'm also re-reading David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas and it was interesting to read the far future section of that work set alongside Beckett's writing. I believe there will be a sequel to Dark Eden published later this year.

Mutterings - Jan 5

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:

1. Gravity :: Centre (of)
2. Universe :: Cosmos
3. Jewels :: Crown
4. Velour :: Smooth
5. Bribes :: Corrupt
6. Pen :: le
7. Presents :: Christmas
8. Impressions :: First
9. Heat :: Deep
10. Pining :: Fjords