Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Teaser Tuesday

It's Tuesday, so it's time once again for Teaser Tuesday.

I'm go to 'tease' you with a taste of a book I'm reading, to get your interest piqued.


'As you are reading, you are almost certainly in the company of spiders. In a dark recess, whether under your couch or behind the buffet, the cupboard spider sits on her tangled web patiently waiting for dinner.'
From p22 Spiders: Learning to Love Them, by Lynne Kelly


Here's how Teaser Tuesday works:
Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with your readers two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. Also share the name and author of the book, so that people can hunt out the book for themselves.


Please avoid spoilers!


Once you've posted your teaser, visit Should be Reading and post your link. If you want me to visit your post, you can also post your link in the comments section below.


Have fun.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Teaser Tuesday

Joining in on the spirit of Teaser Tuesday, I'm go to 'tease' you with a taste of a book I'm reading, to get your literary taste buds going.

'Milli and Ernest had simply invented a story about wandering off to take more detailed notes and losing track of time, and everyone believed them. It sounded just like something the conscientious Ernest would do.'

From p127 Von Gobstopper's Arcade, by Alexandra Adornetto

Here's how Teaser Tuseday Tuesday works

Grab your current read.Let the book fall open to a random page.Share with your readers two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. Also share the name and author of the book, so that people can hunt out the book for themselves.

Please avoid spoilers!

Once you've posted your teaser, visit Should be Reading and post your link. If you want me to visit your post, you can also post your link in the comments section below.

Have fun.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Musing Monday - Talking to Strangers

It's Musing Monday , and this week's question is:
We were all warned as children to 'never talk to strangers', but how do you feel about book-talk with random people? When you see people reading, do you ask what it is? Do you talk to people in the book store or the library? Why or why not? What do you do if people talk to you?

I LOVE talking to people about books, so if I see someone with a book in their hands, or browsing in a bookshop, I’ll often comment or ask about the book. However, it is important to be mindful of the person’s privacy. If they are absorbed in a book, do they really want you to interrupt them to chat about the story? My rule of thumb is that if the person makes eye contact, I’ll try an opening comment and see if they want to chat, but if their nose is firmly buried and their eyes are not leaving the page, I’ll take it as a sign that they just want to read.

As for talking to strangers – well, yes, my mum taught me that, too. But talking to a fellow booklover doesn’t feel like talking to a stranger. And, as a reviewer, teacher, and author, it’s my job to talk about books – so I do it.

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Saturday Sum-up

A new feature here at the Aussiereviews Blog - a chance for other bloggers and reviewers to spread the word about great books they have reviewed.
Here's how it works: if you have reviewed a great book this past week, post the link in the comments section below and, during the day I'll add your links to this post. Don't be shy - spread the word about great books (and your great reviews, of course). If this proves popular, I'll make it a regular feature.

So, drumroll please for the first edition of...

The Sum-Up:

My review of Freaky, by Sue Whiting, at Aussiereviews
Shelburn's review of The Book of Shadowboxes, by Laura L. Seely
Becky's review of The Forest of Hands and Feet, by Carrie Ryan