These blog entries seem to get shorter and shorter. :( Anyway, I'll do two this week mainly because I can't choose between the two books, lol. They are by two of my most favorite authors whom I like in different ways.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-p. 248, Time Enough For Love by Robert A. Heinlein
The answer, that all dark-browed romantic heroes have their secrets, should have stared me in the face. But alas, I was as blindly foolish as any gothic miss descending the darkened staircase of a gloomy manor house at dead of night with only a candle's frail flickering light to ward off the terrors awaiting her.
-p. 20, Withering Heights by Dorothy Cannell
Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
* 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!
LOL - loved your teasers. :) Especially the first one... I found myself ticking off the things I can do from that list.
Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi
Interesting teasers! My teaser is from the latest in the Lumby Series.
Great teaser!
Jules
Mine is from The making of us by Lisa Jewell
http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/
i love your teaser and your blog is amazing.
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Ah, I love the Withering Heights one! Especially since when I was little, that's actually how I thought the original book was spelled. Woops!
Wonderful teaser. I loved Wuthering Heights.
Here is my Teaser Tuesday: THe Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly post!
Withering Heights!! Sounds like fun... and I absolutely loved the first one! Great teasers!
Be sure to check out mine: http://peskypiksipesternomi.blogspot.com/2011/04/teaser-tuesday-5.html
Great teasers this week! Happy Reading :) New follower! My teasers:
Butterfly Feet Walking on Life
For the L♥ve of Reading
-- Zakiya LadyWings
Great teasers, liked Withering Heights.
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