Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by Should be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
•Grab your current read
•Open to a random page
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The Five Red Herrings (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy Sayers

Sir Maxwell Jamieson was not a man to rush into precipitate action. Sound and cautious, with a reputation for taciturnity, he preferred to know exactly where he stood before committing himself to stirring up a scandal by vexatious inquiries. He was not over-pleased to find Wimsey palpitating on his doorstep the next morning, shortly after breakfast, when he himself had barely had time to read the paper. p. 52

Teaser Tuesday

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by 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
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I'm back visiting the Moosepath League in the third installment, Daniel Plainway by Van Reid

But Thump fell into a deep study after this portion of their discourse, which musings did not go unnoticed by the Dash-It-All Boys, who nonetheless succumbed to several nights of carousing and, one by one, put up a remarkable chorus of snores. The members of the Moosepath League continued to think upon the lovely Mrs. Roberto, but soon they too were lulled by the cadence of the rails and the continuous veil of snow outside their windows. p. 124

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Strong Poison (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy Sayers

I got carried away with my teasers this week. I just couldn't stop at one!

"If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle," said Harriet, severely.

"A humiliating reason, but better than no reason at all." p. 104

I love how this is worded.

"There is something about wills which brings out the worst side of human nature. People who under ordinary circumstances are perfectly upright and amiable, go as curly as corkscrews and foam at the mouth, whenever they hear the words 'I devise and bequeath.' p. 181

Since I see a lot of similarities between Lord Peter Wimsey and Wodehouse's Wooster and Jeeves, I laughed when I read this. Lord Peter is talking to Bunter, his valet.

"Do you never overlook anything, Bunter?"
"I endeavor to give satisfaction, my lord."
"Well then, don't talk like Jeeves. It irritates me..." p.193

Teaser Tuesday

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Pride, Prejudice, and Cheese Grits (Austen Takes the South) by Mary Jane Hathaway

He cocked his head and regarded Rebecca in amusement. "Men like Austen, too." (Kindle 53%)

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Whose Body? (The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries) by Dorothy Sayers

"I'm sure it must have been uncommonly distressin'," said Lord Peter, sympathetically, "especially comin' like that before breakfast. Hate anything tiresome happenin' before breakfast. Takes a man at such a confounded disadvantage, what?" Kindle 3%

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Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry

"I couldn't hit the broadside of a barn," I said. "Lucky for you." p. 108

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Cordelia Underwood: Or the Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League by Van Reid

Gaping up where he fully expected to behold gnashing fangs, he saw instead a pair of swaying bear's feet. Lowering his gaze to Maude's face, his eyes grew wider still, and he said: "Good heavens! She is standing on her head!"

"What is it?" cried Sundry, as if he had been pinched. He was scrambling now, back up the bank and through the trees.  

"Good heavens!" said Mister Walton again. "She's smiling at me!" p.124

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Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble by Ann B. Ross

I just closed my eyes and shook my head. Sometimes it was hard to remember that Hazel Marie had many outstanding qualities that could almost completely cancel out any deficiencies she might also have. p. 144

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

This week it is only one sentence, but it sure did make me laugh!

Atticus was feeble: he was nearly fifty. p. 89

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I haven't participated in a while, but I couldn't resist posting this. Wodehouse has a way with words!



Spring Fever by P.G. Wodehouse

Self-pity gave way to righteous wrath. There are men from whom old hats can be snitched with impunity, and men from whom they cannot. Lord Shortlands was a charter member of the second and studier class. His prominent eyes glowed dangerously, and he spoke in a voice the tones of which King Lear, had he been present, would have memorized for personal use. p.32

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Eight Cousins (Puffin Classics) by Louisa May Alcott

"Aunt Myra says I have no constitution, and never shall be strong," observed Rose, in a pensive tone, as if it were rather a nice thing to be an invalid.

"Aunt Myra is a--ahem!--an excellent woman, but it is her hobby to believe that everyone is tottering on the brink of the grave; and upon my life, I believe she is offended if people don't fall into it! p.37

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Emily of Deep Valley: A Deep Valley Book by Maud Hart Lovelace

"That young man thinks he's cock of the walk," the old man grumbled later. After that he usually stayed in his room when Don appeared. p. 81

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Publish and Perish (Ben Reese Mystery) by Sally Wright

"She's a very nice person. It's a sentence I often mutter like an incantation." p. 24