Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Teaser Tuesdays (August 4)

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Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event.

My modified rules are as follows:

Grab your current read. Pick two or three “teaser” sentences more or less at random from the book, anywhere on the page. You also need to share the title 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! (Please avoid spoilers!) (Read the official Teaser Tuesday rules.)

My teaser:

Her Fork in the Road edited by Lisa Bach“The boat was equipped with a powerful battery-operated spotlight, which when turned on dazzled bats and huge, brightly colored butterflies—also the piranhas, which in their terror would leap right into the boat. To throw them back in the river, we picked them up very gingerly by the tail, because one bite from their terrible jaws can take off a finger” (pp. 182-183).

This is from “Alligators and Piranhas” by Isabel Allende in Her Fork in the Road: Women Celebrate Food and Travel edited by Lisa Bach.

9 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, this makes me want to tuck both my hands under my armpits. Eek! Good teaser. :-)

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  2. Ooohhh, this looks GOOD! I've got a couple of good teasers this week. Here's a link.

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  3. Which makes you wonder why they would turn on the spotlight to begin with.

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  4. just wanted to let you know that i finished your suggestiong for my summer reading challenge--no one you know--and really enjoyed it! i'm SLOWLY making my way through the pile. cheers! :)

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  5. Great description of the wildlife! I like that teaser...good pick!

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  6. Good teaser. I love the title, too.

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  7. Bats and piranhas? Somehow the brightly colored butterflies just don't seem to make up for that, do they? And I thought my trip home to Texas last year was scary! Great teaser.

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  8. A good teaser! Definitely sparked my interest. Great blog!!!!

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