From Amber’s sketchbook
Amber drew this the other day and wanted me to share it. She'll be starting 4th grade in a couple of weeks and is looking forward to it, for the most part.
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Teaser Tuesday
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!
My teaser:
"But you need some evidence of an abduction or threat of physical harm. Do you have any?"
-pg. 185, Hold Tight by Harlan Coben
Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Play along....
Please, Malese! by Amy MacDonald
Please, Malese! A Trickster Tale from Haiti by Amy MacDonald, pictures by Emily Lisker
"My toes are suffering," says Malese as he stretches out in his hammock. "They need new shoes, that's what they need." Malese has not a penny to his name and nothing to trade, but does he worry? Not at all. His pockets may be empty, but his mind is full of clever ideas. It isn't long before he's thought up a trick to get himself some fine new shoes. From marketplace to mountainside, Malese outsmarts his neighbors with trick after trick, until they've had enough and are determined, for once, to get the best of him.
Readers will giggle when they see who gets the best of whom in this fresh and funny trickster tale, illustrated with art that explodes with the brilliant colors of Haiti.
My thoughts:
This book is just pure fun. The pictures are gorgeous, simply drawn but full of vibrant colors. Malese tricks his neighbors into giving him...
Mailbox Monday
Thanks to Marcia at The Printed Page for hosting Mailbox Monday. I got two in the mail this week, and I picked up a few at the bookstore. Our Waldenbooks is closing and all the books are at least 40% off. Of course, that's the only bookstore we have in town that sells new books, so it's pretty sad that we're losing it. We have a used bookstore downtown, but it just opened a couple of weeks ago and I haven't made it down yet.
The Italian's Inexperienced Mistress by Lynne Graham
When Angelo Riccardi sought revenge Gwenna Hamilton added another, delicious dimension. Innocent and pretty, she had no chance when the Italian tycoon offered her the devil's bargain: pay for her father's freedom with her body.
In her naiveté, Gwenna thought that Angelo would tire of her and her innocence very quickly. But he had more in mind than just one night…
Wally the Walking Fish: Meets Madison and Cooper by Gary Lamit
When...
Giveaways in Blogland
I thought I’d let you know some of the giveaways I ran across this week. As always, my current giveaways are listed on my sidebar and make sure you check out West of Mars- Win a Book! where there's always a ton of links to great contests, interviews and guest posts.
The Devil's Queen by Jeanne Kalogridis, at Books 'n Border Collies (ends August 14, International)
The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer, at S. Krishna's Books (ends August 16, US)
Undiscovered Gyrl by Allison Burnett, at Pop Culture Junkie (ends August 19, US)
The Glamorous (Double) Life of Isabel Bookbinder by Holly McQueen, The Girl She Used to Be by David Cristofano, That Went Well by Terrell Harris Dougan, and Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann, at At Home with Books (ends August 27, US and Canada)
The Spies of Warsaw by Alan Furst, at Wendy's Minding Spot (ends August 17, US)
Pope Joan byDonna Woolfolk Cross, at The Tome Traveler (ends August 19,...
Friday Firsts
Friday Firsts is a monthly meme hosted by Wendy at We Read.
An easy FF this month (but one of my favourites because I’m passionate about first lines)…let’s have a teaser from your current read…first line/title/author please.
I once listened to an Indian on television say that God was in the wind and the water, and I wondered at how beautiful that was because it meant you could swim in Him or have Him brush your face in a breeze.
Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller...