Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Teaser Tuesday - Sept 16



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!
Soap left streaks on the black tiles. The first, wet rub was important for loosening the dirt, but it was the second bit that really counted, passing the wrung cloth over the floor in one supple, unbroken movement ... There!
More 1920's detail from Sarah Waters The Paying Guests and oozing with sensuality. Here's a review:
Frances Wray doesn’t know the first thing about being a landlady. The first thing about being a landlady is that under no circumstances should you sleep with your young married female lodger, especially if it’s 1922. But given that Frances is the protagonist of a novel by Sarah Waters, a torrid lesbian affair is perhaps only to be expected. The question in Waters’ new book, The Paying Guests, is just how spectacularly Frances’ decision will lead to disaster—and whether or not she will find a path through the wreckage to the other side.

4 comments:

Gina said...

Yowza! I think I need to check out this title! Here's mine: http://doesanyonecarewhatiwrite.blogspot.com/2014/09/teaser-tuesday-books-september-16-2014.html

Unknown said...

Frances did a double no-no for that era. I can't imagine the fall out.
Here is my TT - http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/09/16/teaser-tuesdays-81-free-short-story-raker-by-christopher-a-gray-move-over-robocop/

Sandra Nachlinger said...

Sounds like a VERY unusual story! I'd love to read a book that takes place in the 1920s featuring a lesbian landlady.
Here's the link to my Tuesday post: Tumbleweeds.

Unknown said...

Wow, this one definitely sounds different from my normal read. Interesting pick!
My Teasers.