Teaser Tuesdays {1-13-09}

• Grab your current read
• Let the book fall open to a random page
• Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• 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.

Teddy pulled a tapered candle from a holder on the shelf and handed it to her, standing on his tiptoes. Grasping it upside down, she used the candle like a mike and launched into the song from the beginning, gyrating her hips and swinging her head like she did in the video.

This week's Teasers DO NOT come from Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners. I finished Emily Post yesterday afternoon (hoping to post my review late today or early tomorrow). This week's Teasers come from The Smart One by Ellen Meister, which was sent to me by Renee @ IJustFinished.com. Don't forget to read more Teasers on MizB's ShouldBeReading.


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Booking Through Thursday {1-8-09}

It’s a week or two later than you’d expect, and it may be almost a trite question, but … what were your favorite books from 2008?

(It’s an oldie but a goodie question for a reason, after all … because, who can’t use good book suggestions from time to time?)

Now, I'm not sure if this questions means my favorite books that I read in 2008 or my favorite books that I read that came out in 2008. I'll answer it both ways.

My favorite books that came out in 2008:

• Little Miss Smarty-Pants by Suzanne Kopoulos -- my thoughts on my old blog
  
• The Wednesday Sisters: A Novel by Meg Waite Clayton -- my thoughts on my old blog

My favorite books that I read in (but were released prior to) 2008:

• Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder by Derek Gunn -- my thoughts on my old blog
• Hearts Never Lie by Patricia Pickett -- my thoughts on my old blog
• Jaclyn's Ghost by Dorlana Vann -- my thoughts on my old blog [Jaclyn's Ghost is currently available as an e-book, but will be being released with Dorlana Vann's Passage to Mesentia in print this year. You can keep up with the news on Dorlana's blog]
• Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill -- my thoughts on my old blog
• The Prometheus Project: Trapped & The Prometheus Project: Captured by Douglas E. Richards -- my thoughts on my old blog
• What Your Mother Never Told You by Richard M. Dudum -- my thoughts on my old blog
• Dancing Above the Waves by Susan Walerstein -- my thoughts on my old blog
• Uglies by Scott Westerfeld -- my thoughts on THIS blog =)

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Teaser Tuesdays {1-6-09}

In case you are wondering: Yes, I did have to backspace and delete "08" and replace it with "09" in the post title. =)

• Grab your current read
• Let the book fall open to a random page
• Share with us two (2) "teaser" sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
• 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.
  

I'm still reading Emily Post by Laura Claridge so my teaser this week will be from the same book as last week's, just farther along in the book.

Satisfied that her younger son finally seemed well situated, Emily turned to her other challenge. Determined to finish a novel started years earlier, she found her days at home distracting and concluded that she should make this years trip to France longer than usual to escape the daily disruptions.

Since last week's teaser Emily has written and published her very famous Etiquette. Just like last week these sentences are from the Uncorrected Proof and may vary from the final, published version.

For more teasing fun, visit MizB @ Should Be Reading.


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Reading Wrap-Up for December

Books I finished in the month of December. Follow the links to my reviews.

A Homespun Regency Christmas (anthology) - Carla Kelly, Emma Jensen, Sandra Heath & Amanda McCabe [review]
A Different Kind of Christmas - Alex Haley [review]
The Family Bones - Kimberly Raiser [review]