Tuesday, May 24, 2011

TEASER TUESDAY - May 24

Teaser Tuesday is hosted by MizB and anyone can play. Just take two sentences from your current read, post them, and share the link here: Teaser Tuesday


Since two of us contribute to this blog, we're posting two Teasers this week. It's funny that although we chose our posts independently, they are both quotes from old men!


From Miss Pickles, alias Sandra: [*If you want to know why I use this blog name, go to our blog archive for March and read all my "hog" posts.] My two sentences for this week come from Water For Elephants: A Novel by Sara Gruen. I can't give you the page number, because I read it on my Kindle, but these two gems come from the first chapter. Jacob is a 93-year-old man who is in a nursing home, and he's lamenting the fact that he never gets any "real" food.

"Sometimes I think that if I had to choose between an ear of corn or making love to a woman, I'd choose the ear of corn. Not that I wouldn't love to have a final roll in the hay--I am a man yet, and some things never die--but the thought of those sweet kernels bursting between my teeth sure sets my mouth to watering."

From Sandy Ruth: This week's two-sentence teaser is from The Last Time I Saw You by Elizabeth Berg (Page 97.) It's the story of four people and their 40th high school reunion.
The Last Time I Saw You 

"Do things while you still can! Blink a couple of times and you'll be an old fart like me, with memories your only entertainment…."



18 comments:

  1. Excellent teasers! My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-the-beach-trees.html

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  2. Great choice from Water for Elephants. I love that book and recently saw the movie which is very good!

    Here's mine http://lily-bookhaven.blogspot.com/

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  3. Uh... ok... (referring to Water for Elephants). I'm a little worried about him...

    Haha. :)

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  4. You know, I really don't think most guys would choose the corn.

    mine is here: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/05/24/teaser-tuesday-twilights-dawn/

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  5. Both are great teasers! Thanks for visiting my blog! I'm now a new follower! :)


    *~` http://rockielove.blogspot.com/ `~*

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  6. Great teasers!

    I've read a lot about Water for Elephants, but I haven't read it . . . another book for the TBR list!

    Thanks for coming by my blog. :)

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  7. That second one is good advice. Thanks for stopping by earlier.

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  8. Good teasers! Thanks for coming to visit me today! I'm kind of feeling time flying by lately myself.

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  9. I'm still gathering my courage to read Water for Elephants because I hear it's a fairly emotional read. Great teasers, thanks for sharing!

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  10. Taking the chance of sounding totally redundant - Great teasers! I haven't read either book yet but both are on my list.

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  11. Great teasers! I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the book. Thanks for stopping by my blog

    Bookgirl @ My Book Addiction

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  12. Both great teasers. Thanks for visiting my teaser.

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  13. Great teasers. Doesn't make me look forward to growing old though.

    Sullivan McPig

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  14. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog.

    What a wonderfull teasers!

    Have a great day!
    Kyanara

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  15. Love both those teasers, and the "old man" theme. Thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday.

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  16. Both are great teasers. I loved Water for Elephants.

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