Teaser Tuesdays: The Mockingbird Next Door

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Miz B at Should be Reading:  http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2014/08/19/teaser-tuesdays-aug-19/.  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 Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

From:  The Mockingbird Next Door  Life With Harper Lee by Marja Mills

"Predicaments make for the best stories.  One wrong turn was all it took for Nelle to drive into trouble years ago near the tiny town of Tunnel Springs."   

~Page 154, 1st two sentences of the chapter. 

The Mockingbird Next Door:  Life With Harper Lee is a memoir written by journalist Marja Mills about Nelle Harper Lee, the writer of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Teaser Tuesday: The Gift of Thanks

Again I am referring to The End of Your Life Book Club.  Yes, I am still reading it.  (See last week's Teaser Tuesday)  This is a book I am savouring.  There are so many quotes one could take from it that are uplifting and make you want to take a moment to think about your own life.  If it were the end of your life, what would you be doing?  Will's mother is an incredible woman in whom I find an example of charity, love, and gratitude.  I am enjoying learning from her through the words of her son Will.  

With Thanksgiving just passed here in Canada and coming soon in the United States, we have much to be thankful for.  Freedom, health care, education, our very lives, to name a few.  

On page 211, Will shares with his readers his take on gratitude.

"What I suddenly understood was that a thank-you note isn't the price you pay for receiving a gift, as so many children think it is, a kind of minimum tribute or toll, but an opportunity to count your blessings.  And gratitude isn't what you give in exchange for something:  it's what you feel when you are blessed -- blessed to have family and friends who care about you, and who want to see you happy.  Hence the joy from thanking."

On Sunday, November 11,  we honoured our veterans and those currently serving in the military with Remembrance Day ceremonies across the country.  How can we not be thankful for their sacrifice on our behalf, on our country's behalf?  To don a poppy, listen to a recital of In Flanders Fields, attend a ceremony; it's not too much to show our gratitude.  To them we pay a tribute, lest we forget the lives they gave for us and generations to come. 

Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by Miz B at Should Be Reading.

Teaser Tuesday - The End of Your LIfe Book Club by Will Shwalbe

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!

“When I was finished, I looked around at Mom and Dad's bedroom - and at Mom, resting relatively peacefully, but with that rasping breath that means there isn't much time left. She was surrounded by books - a wall of bookshelves, books on her night table, a book beside her. Here were...and the Bible. They were Mom's companions and teachers. They had shown her the way. And she was able to look at them as she readied herself for the life everlasting that she knew awaited her. What comfort could be gained from staring at my lifeless e-reader?  I also noted a special pile of books. They were to be the next ones for our book club. There were in their own small stack, separate from the others.”

Ok, this quote is more than two sentences but the sentence I wanted to use about the e-reader makes most sense in context with the paragraph.  

So far, I am really enjoying this memoir.  If you love books, and I know you all do, this is a great one to pick up for the literal exploration of books as mother and son share their love of books, reading and discussing various novels and non-fiction while the mother received treatment for cancer.  Just be sure to have a few tissues ready.

Teaser Tuesday With My Bookshelf

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by Miz B at 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

"Then everyone, even Mrs. Hackley, looked at me.  I swallowed the morsel of fish in my mouth without chewing.  I was not working in a carefree land of fantasy flamingoes and jewelled peacocks.  Now I understood the tension that made him smash vases."                    

Page 39, Clara and Mr Tiffany by Susan Vreeland

"It was from Wally, dated October 25, 5:10 a.m., sent from his iPhone:  RG:  Hey, I'm alive.  Don't call the police and don't pay the ransom.  WF." 

Page 310, The Litigators by John Grisham

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