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!
Reading this for Banned Book Week!
My Teasers:
He had given a quick glance up and down the street and then had slipping inside and bought the book for two dollars fifty. At the time he was not conscious of wanting it for any particular purpose. He had carried it guiltily home in his brief case. Even with nothing written in it, it was a compromising possession.
– 1984 by George Orwell
Interesting Links
Book Review — 1984 by George Orwell (caffeinesymposium)
George Orwell’s manuscript for 1984 (thefictiondesk)
Hated this book in college. Now realize it was/is a great book.
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LOL All books are forced to read suck!
ah yes, classic right there, love George Orwell! I totally didn’t plan ahead for banned books week… i just have a regular teaser this week: Book Savvy Babe
There is always next book!
interesting teaser! i’ve never read this one.
It’s a classic!
I still need to finish that book! I started it and got about three chapters in before I ended up putting it down because I simply wasn’t in the mood for it.
This is the perfect week to finish it!
Great teaser! My teaser comes from a Georgette Heyer novel.
Thanks Beth!
HERE‘s mine. 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, my lady!
Awesome Tuesday prompt! I might have to check this out!
Hope you do Alison!
I can’t believe this book was ever banned! Hope you will visit my teaser quote
It shows up on the list of banned/challenged classic works.
Great teaser from classics.
My TT:
http://thesagacityquest.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesdays-3.html
Thanks Mesa!
Never had the chance to read this book but they say it’s amazing. Here’s my TT for this week. New follower. 🙂
I heard that too, but I am deferring judgment until I finish. Thanks for the follow!
Ah, I remember this one….thanks for sharing, and also for visiting my blog.
You too Laurel!
Great teaser! I haven’t had the chance to read this one yet, but it’s definitely being added to my TBR list! Thank you for sharing! 🙂
Here’s mine:
http://amylunderman.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesdays.html
It’s a great book!
Man, this teaser takes me back! It’s been years since I read 1984!
Here’s my teaser for the week: http://www.romanticlovebooks.com/home/2011/9/27/teaser-tuesdays-softly-and-tenderly-by-sara-evans-and-rachel.html
Hope you liked it!
Ohhh, I hadn’t heard of this one before. It sounds fascinating. I think this is going on my list of future purchases. Happy Teaser Tuesday and Banned Book Week!
Sincerely,
Emma Michaels
P.S.- I didn’t do a teaser today but Jamie Magee did an amazing post about how one New Year’s night changed her life! I hope you will stop by and read it. It really got to me: http://ourbooksourvoice.blogspot.com/2011/09/resolutions.html
No? But it’s a classic!
I surely will!
Great teaser.
here’s mine:
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesday_27.html
Thanks Nicole!
Wonderful teaser.
Here’s mine:
http://carabosseslibrary.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesdays_27.html
Thanks Valentina!
Great teaser! Another classic that I really should read!
My teaser is here, if you want to take a look: http://abookblogofonesown.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesday-2792011.html
Yep! There are lots of classics to read in this world.
Loved ‘1984’ from the first time I read it in high school. Your teaser makes me want to read it again. It’s been too long! (My TT is here: http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2011/09/27/teaser-tuesdays-sept-27/)
Ohh I hope you do!
Oh, this book is so good! Hope you’re enjoying the paranoia and dystopia!
Thanks for visiting my blog today.
Oh, I am, I am, thanks Cecelia
I remember reading this book in Jr High Honors English class. Amazing that the classics have been challenged. Thanks for the teaser. Mine is at http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com/2011/09/teaser-tuesday_27.html
Lots and lots of classics are challenged! I wonder if that isn’t one of the ways a work becomes classic.
That book? It’ll never go anywhere.
lol teasing, teasing John
Great teaser. I’d like to read this again. I read it in high school and can’t remember anything about it.