Thursday, July 28, 2016

Teaser Tuesday - July 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!
He knew he had not thought sufficiently of this, that he had been carried away by enthusiasm, and had hitherto not brought home to himself the full reality of his position.
He thought most about his daughter, naturally.
From Anthony Trollope's The Warden - our BATS book of the month - a classic read category - which I've quite enjoyed his dissection of the foibles of the Victorian Church. (getting to this post in the end!)

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Mutterings - July 27

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:
  1. Ridiculous :: Charade
  2. Fearful :: Cave
  3. Data :: Card
  4. Beyond :: Wide blue
  5. Gossip :: Huddle
  6. Guessing game :: I-Spy
  7. Portal :: Internet
  8. Bracket :: Hinge (and Brackett)
  9. Party :: Pooper
  10. Transparent :: Stratagem

Wednesday, July 20, 2016

Teaser Tuesday - July 20


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!
"Then where has she gone?"
He began to cry and I let him act out his desperation, sobs that began fake and became real.
The beginning of Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend - having read the second in this series within our book group I thought I'd try the first novel. Here's my teaser of the second novel.

Tuesday, July 19, 2016

Mutterings - July 19

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:
  1. Breach :: Once more (unto..)
  2. Cloudy :: Cumulus
  3. Fish :: Flat
  4. Heather :: Moor
  5. Lips :: Purse
  6. Click :: Mouse
  7. Cap :: School
  8. Suggested :: Completion
  9. Infatuation :: Hopeless
  10. Move :: Chess

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Teaser Tuesday - July 12


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!
She hears the tap, tap, tap of the women's tobacco pipes.
During the night, fleas or lice feasted on her neck, breast and midriff.
This is a re-read of David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumn's of Jacob de Zoet. I originally read it back in 2010 and had been hoping our book group would get around to it, but it is a bit long for a month and there's some bits that are tough to read! But as a historical novel of the interaction between East and West it is fascinating. Set at the end of the 18th century in Nagasaki, I am much enjoying the re-read - here's my (few) thoughts from first time (with the other entry tagged so that it can be found!).

Mutterings - July 12

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:
  1. Devastated :: Area
  2. Hello :: Sailor!
  3. Agency :: Job
  4. Guide :: Alpine
  5. Air :: Londonderry
  6. Expectation :: Great (a singular Dicken!)
  7. Click :: Bait
  8. Result :: Return
  9. Member :: Honourable
  10. Infertile :: Leadsom (sorry - but not very!)

Tuesday, July 05, 2016

Mutterings - July 5

This week's free word associations from Unconscious mutterings are:
  1. Argument :: No (or maybe No!)
  2. Firing :: Cylinders
  3. Gesture :: Rude
  4. Conventional :: Staid
  5. Calories :: Desserts
  6. Glasses :: Wine
  7. Clients :: Servers (an IT reference!)
  8. Reception :: Office
  9. Shaving :: Cream
  10. Catastrophe :: Earthquake