Wednesday, April 17, 2024

Teaser Tuesday - 16th April

Teaser tuesday's now hosted here.
  • 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!
It was going to be Arabic. Then, he had to make a living, so, computer science
from Lessons by Ian McEwan, not an easy read dealing with abuse in the context of music lessons. But a study of Britain in the years from WWII to the present.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Slovenia

We've been away a few times since the last record of a trip here. Let me attempt to catch up by starting with the most recent! Last summer we had a walking holiday in Slovenia - the album for the visit is here, Julian Alps

I hope accounts of the walks will soon follow! Why doesn't flick show the album photo on the link rather than the first photo?!

Teaser Tuesday - 9th April

Teaser tuesday's now hosted here.
  • 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!
He would beg. He opened his mouth to say 'Please' - at which the young man tore off a chicken leg and was in the act of handing it across when the girl shouting 'No! No! No!', slapped him back, and went on peeling an orange.
At least a third read of Bruce Chatwin's Utz! A short novel on the joys of collecting, we're in the midst of decluttering preparatory, I hope, a move, so an interesting choice. I've previously blogged about the book here, and a tuesday teaser too!