Tuesday Book Teasers 13.8.13

Featuring a new meme discovered at Nise's blog, Under the Boardwalk, while hopping our It's Monday posts.. * Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea says -

"Every Tuesday I host First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where I share the first paragraph or (a few) of a book I am reading or thinking about reading soon. Care to join us? " * Thank you , Diane, thinking I will ... Here's one book that's on my Austen in August  to be read stack. * "EMMA WOODHOUSE, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition, seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." EMMA by Jane Austen  Illustrations by Hugh Thomson *

* Wishing for some time [hopefully?] soon to spend in this story... What do you think? * Plus -

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! 

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Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share 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!

* Soooo -  I thought I would tease you with ... *

"Well, sir, if things are real, they're there all the time." "Are they?" said the Professor; and Peter did not know quite what to say." pg.49 CS Lewis author * If you have a copy and would like to join us in reading this book, author Jessica Grey is doing a read a long starting Aug 12th. Link is in sidebar or click her name above. * Now it's your turn... Share your Tuesday Teasers at Miz B's ! * HapPy Reading!
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Shared at Adam's Austen in August Challenge

Armchair BEA Genre Discussion: YA + Children's Books 1.6.13

Saturday at Armchair Book Expo for Bloggers is all about - * “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” 
― C.S. Lewis ~~~~~~ * ~~~~~ So what 'children's' stories do you enjoy ? *

I have to say the stories written by

CS Lewis , the author of the quote ,

  are def some ! And include the movies as well.   Brought them to life.
~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~ How could we grow up and live well rounded lives without Anne of Green Gables?

 Forever Thanks to Lucy Maude Montgomery for writing these ! Don't miss this amazing current amazon offer for this Anne eBook set 124 five * ratings !!

The Anne Stories: 12 Books, 142 Short Stories, Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, 

Anne of the Island, Anne's... by Lucy Maud Montgomery and Timeless Reads (Feb 4, 2013) - 

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~~~~ * ~~~~ The usual fairy tales of Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, were all a part of my childhood. * Robert Munsch 

and * Dick Bruna's Miffy for my kiddos. *

~~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~ I really look forward to that aspect of becoming a NaNa. The opportunity to spend time reading to them.  Total Joy.  At least it was with my kids =) I am anticipating good reading times and new book discoveries along the way! ~~~~~~~~~ * ~~~~~~~~~ So many directions available for YA, but I probably steer toward classics for teaching really good reading material by example. Good vocabulary, dialogue, word usage - all things that add the best to their own development. Obviously our reading influences us, so we need to choose when we know believing affects behaviour.   * One YA series I'll focus on because I totally enjoyed and participated in the online weekly discussions is Lisa T Bergren's River of Time.  Time travel from today back to medieval days. Really fabulous and recommended highly around the book blogging world. *

     

           

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A few fave book quotes from Goodreads -

 “It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one 

till you have read an old one in between.” 

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.”  “No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally  – and often far more –  worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” 

― all by C.S. Lewis  Seemed to apply to today's genre discussion !
Hoping you're having a great reading day - whatever your genre !

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book covers from goodreads

Free September PC Calendars 2012

Changing of the seasons is in the air today !

Here are a few options for your September pc Wallpaper

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Right click to  'save as..'  then go to that file and 'set as background'
and you've a lovely new scene to enjoy for September
or to change at will :)

Hoping you'll find at least one to update with ...

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