teaser tuesday (7)

Tuesday, August 18, 2009 |
It's Teaser Tuesday, a bookish blog meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Here's how it works:

Grab your current read and let it fall open to a random page. Post two (or more) sentences from that page, along with the title and author. Don’t give anything vital away!

“‘You won’t enjoy your lives much longer if you are going to try this idiotic adventure. Don’t set the office on fire,’ I said, ‘and go away before nine o’clock.’”

-p. 23 of Rudyard Kipling’s The Man Who Would Be King

27 comments:

nfmgirl said...

Hmmmm. The Man Who Would Be King. Is that the Sean Connery movie? I loved the movie, but haven't read the book. Hope you are enjoying it!

Teddyree said...

Now that's telling them! Interesting teaser, thanks for sharing.
Here's my Teaser

kayerj said...

but will they listen? read my teaser here

Ryan said...

Great tease! Here is mine

http://wordsmithonia.blogspot.com/2009/08/teaser-tuesdays_18.html

gautami tripathy said...

I remember reading the book long time back!

Tuesdays: Teaser/Whereabouts

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

Don't set the office on fire!?! That is great! I a really curious now as to what is going on.

Great teaser.

Come check out mine:
http://melissa-melsworld.blogspot.com/2009/08/teaser-tuesday-is-weekly-event.html

Catherine @ The Blonde Diaries said...

Oh I want to know all about this idiotic adventure. I hope it isn't as idiotic as he/she is saying it will be.

Care said...

I'm distracted now by the idea of a movie with Sean Connery.

Andrea said...

Good teaser, made me lol a little.
Here's mine

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

Thanks for stopping by my blog! I loved stopping by and posting here. I want to thank the awards that have been given out and the mutual friends that have help guide me here. I enjoy reading the blogs on everything, and finding new books. (books are always good.)

Krista said...

Ha, ha, love the teaser!

heres mine:
http://carmen-krista.blogspot.com/

Lisa said...

Good teaser! That one should be on my reading list.

My teaser is here.

Zia said...

Interesting teaser!

Anonymous said...

Don't set the lawn on fire? hehe. Good advice!

I've got my teaser up here.

Allison said...

Great teaser! Definitely made me wonder what was going on.
:)

Julie said...

Your teaser is a better example of what one should be than my own. A lot more interesting!
I haven't read this book yet. Now, I'd like to. :)

jlshall said...

Haven't read any Kipling in many years, but I used to love his short stories. This was a wonderful teaser!

Anonymous said...

Very interesting teaser!

teabird said...

Who would have thought Kipling could be such good teaser-fodder? Excellent!

thank you for stopping by Tea Leaves.

Alice said...

I haven't read this one by Kipling and I think I should. Great teaser!

Missy B. said...

A bit of sarcastic humor always makes for a good teaser!

Lizzy said...

Hmm...will they set it on fire? Great teaser!

TexasRed said...

Interesting! I haven't read this one.

Lisa-Marie Jordan said...

Cool teaser! Thanks for visiting!

Mandy said...

Ha! Great teaser! Nice to see some lesser known classics.

Jo-Jo said...

I love that teaser...it just made me laugh! Thanks for stopping by my blog.

Kals said...

I've always wanted to read more of Kipling! That was an excellent teaser :)

Here's an award for you:
http://atpemberley.blogspot.com/2009/08/lets-be-friends-award.html

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