Teaser Tuesday - Nov 25

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 went up and down my tables like a ladder. I made the names of the Kings and Queens of England blaze across my mind like banners: Edward Edward Edward Richard Henry Henry Henry Edward Edward Richard Henry Henry Edward Mary Elisabeth James...

again Helen Dunmore's The Lie - this month's book group book.

Mutterings - Nov 23

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

1. Seal :: Arf!
2. Grown up :: Behaviour
3. Rags :: [to] Riches
4. Collar:: Feel (what the police do)
5. Fears :: Tears
6. Yellow :: Belly
7. Link :: Missing
8. Patrol :: Army
9. Fancy :: Little (of what you...)
10. Ears :: Big (and Noddy)

Mutterings - Nov 16

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

1. Drive thru :: Eugh! (sorry!)
2. Horse power :: Engine
3. Plates :: Meat (probably the cockney plates of meat lurking there!)
4. Coffee break :: Chat
5. Dress :: Sense
6. Ferrarri :: Red
7. Bangs :: Hair
8. Charisma :: Dazzle
9. Muffler :: November
10. Crossroads :: Serial (an old TV soap in the UK - I don't think I ever saw it)

Teaser Tuesday - Nov 11

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 rolled a granite boulder to the head of the grave. I knew how quickly green would cover the turned earth.

Helen Dunmore's The Lie, all very elliptic at the moment, our book group book of the month. No doubt the direction of the tale will get clearer soon?

Mutterings - Nov 9

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

1. Fencing :: Mending
2. Mediocre :: Attempt
3. 19th :: Century
4. Candy :: Man
5. Scorch :: Iron
6. Allergies :: Hayfever
7. Swirl :: Skirt
8. Level up :: Game
9. Modern :: Tate
10. Tasty :: Treat

Teaser Tuesday - Nov 4

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!

'Did you know that Mr Barber's life was insured with his wife as sole beneficiary?'
The question was like a wire drawn tight at ankle level: it brought her down with a bump.

A final teaser from Sarah Waters 'The Paying Guests' I'm now in the courtroom drama stage of the novel - maybe the different phases are rather taut and enjoyable! Here's my previous tease from the book.

Mutterings - Nov 2

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

1. Feelings:: Emotions
2. Bake :: Clam
3. Corrupt :: Management
4. Amber :: Insect
5. Awesome :: View
6. Peace :: Stillness
7. Benches :: Alpine
8. Sultry :: Glances
9. Choker :: Pearl
10. Juice :: Grape