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Aug 08

27

Teaser Tuesdays

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on August 27, 2008
Posted in Teaser Tuesdays  | 2 Comments


Hosted by Jenn at Should Be Reading

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly event which asks readers to:

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!

Visit Jenn’s blog each Tuesday and leave a link to your Teaser Tuesday post.

Here’s my Tuesday teaser:


From The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry


“There was an old copper tub in the upstairs washroom, and we’d put the pans of hot water on the dumbwaiter and pull them up to fill the tub. But in the summer May sent us down to the saltwater pond with a cake of Ivory soap and some puffy shaving cream to wash our hair.”


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Aug 08

25

An Ex-Mas Feast by Uwen Akpan

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on August 25, 2008
Posted in Short Story Read in 2008 • Uwen Akpan  | 22 Comments

Brutal Reality in Modern Day Africa

This is one short story in Uwen Akpan’s short fiction collection titled Say Your One of Them

Jigana, an eight-year-old boy whose family lives in a makeshift shack in the outskirts of Nairobi, narrates the story. They are dirt poor and send their 12-year-old daughter out on the street to sell her body to feed the family. They also want to send Jigana, as their eldest son, to school. Short on food, the mother gives her children kabire (glue) to sniff to curb their appetite. “She and Baba hardly ever took kabire. Kabire is for children only.”

It is not an easy story to read and does make the reader feel really uncomfortable. However, it tells a story that must be told. It is well written and gets the point across.

5/5

Also reviewed by:

caribousmom

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Aug 08

25

Dear John by Norma L. Betz

Posted by Teddyrose@1 on August 25, 2008
Posted in Books Read 2008 • Historical Fiction • norma l. betz  | 3 Comments

Enjoyable Debut Novel

Susanna Smith’s last living relative has recently died and she goes to Weymouth, Massachusetts to settle her aunt’s estate. Susanna’s faithful companion, a Weimaraner, goes along.

This is no usual estate. Both Susanna and her Aunt Susanna are both descendents of Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams. The house is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and has many heirlooms in it including letters from Abigail to John, the future president of the United States.

Susanna is not sure what to do with the house and she consults with a Realtor who also hooks her up with an antiques dealer. The antiques dealer has a shady past, to say the least, and the adventure begins.

The letters from Abigail Adams are authentic and the highlight of the book. I really enjoyed reading them. The book itself had a little of everything, romance, mystery, adventure, danger, with emphasis on little. It was enjoyable but maybe a bit too rushed. I think I would have liked it more if we had gotten to know the characters more and had more plot development. It was hard to believe that a romance could bloom in a couple short meetings, etc. I loved the historical bits and pieces but could have taken or leaven the rest. I think this book, as written may be better suited for young adults.

3/5

Thanks to AuthorHouse for sending an advance reading copy of this book!
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