Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Teaser Tuesdays (Feb 17)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading
(though I got it from DebraB at Booking It )

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!

My Teasers:

Soldiers really are an extraordinary race of men, as tough as shield-leather, as superstitious as Egyptians and as sentimental as Sabine Grandmothers. Ten minutes later there were about two-thousand men besieging Germanicus's tent in a drunken ecstasy of sorrow and repentance and imploring him to let his lady come back with their darling little boy.

(p. 181, from   I, Claudius by Robert Graves 

9 comments:

  1. I have this book ready to listen to on my IPod. I guess I need to get started!

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    1. I'll probably finish it today or tomorrow and post my review shortly thereafter. It's quite interesting.

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  2. Aaah I'm slowly reading 'I, Claudius' as well and, although it is taking me ages because I keep interrupting my reading with different books, I am loving it. Thanks for reminding me I should get back to it! Thanks for sharing :) Hope you have a great week!
    My Tuesday post
    Juli @ Universe in Words

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    1. Thanks for the feedback. I finished it last night. Very good.

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  3. My husband has this book on his shelf, but I haven't read it. I know he enjoyed it!
    My Tuesday post features ALL THAT GLITTERS.

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  4. I've heard of this but never picked it up...maybe I should take a look. Here is my TT: http://www.readinggrrl.com/2015/02/teaser-tuesday.html

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  5. Another book I haven't read but should!

    My TT - http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/02/17/teaser-tuesdays-102-the-loch-by-steve-alten/

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