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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Teaser Tuesday: The Graveyard Book



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

(1) Grab your current read.
(2) Open to a random page.
(3) Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page and 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 To-Be-Read Lists if they like your teasers.

For this week, I'm reading The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. I was supposed to finish this last week. But I was so engrossed with Catching Fire that I put this book on the back burner. Here's a wonderful teaser for everyone:

Bod said, "Master Trot? Might I ask for your advice?" Nehemiah Trot beamed, wanly. "Of course, brave boy. The advice of poets is the codiality of kings! How may I I smear unction on your, no, not unction, how may I give balm to your pain?"

~pp. 232 of The Graveyard Book



Please leave a comment with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your Teaser Tuesdays in a comment here if you don’t have a blog. Thank you.
Posted by Grain de Beaute at 4:07 PM
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14 comments:

  1. MargOctober 27, 2009 at 4:50 PM

    I really loved this book when I read it earlier this year!

    My teaser is here

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  2. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Funky title.... and funky teaser too!
    Here's my teaser

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  3. AmyOctober 27, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    I enjoyed this book a lot. Great teaser!

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  4. Jo-JoOctober 27, 2009 at 9:18 PM

    Very interesting teaser...mine is here.

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  5. AndreaOctober 27, 2009 at 9:22 PM

    Love The Graveyard Book!
    Great teaser! Here's mine.

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  6. JenniferOctober 27, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    I definitely want to know more. MIne is here: http://www.rundpinne.com/2009/10/coppola-pediatric-surgeon-in-iraq.html

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  7. AnonymousOctober 27, 2009 at 10:53 PM

    Let us know how you get on with this - it sounds interesting!

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  8. UnknownOctober 27, 2009 at 11:52 PM

    I love this book.

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  9. WendiOctober 28, 2009 at 12:10 AM

    Great tease! Love the names and the unusual words used. :)

    Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi

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  10. Calico CrazyOctober 28, 2009 at 12:18 AM

    Interesting, it sounds like it could be a fun read. My teaser is up here.

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  11. LorinOctober 28, 2009 at 12:30 AM

    I keep meaning to read this book. Sounds good!

    Here's mine.

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  12. meOctober 28, 2009 at 2:10 AM

    Love Gaiman, haven't picked this one up yet. Great tease.

    Here's mine http://spottychop.blogspot.com/2009/10/teaser-tuesday_27.html

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  13. (Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaOctober 28, 2009 at 10:21 PM

    I've never read this book, but have read many great reviews. Enjoy

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  14. Grain de BeauteOctober 29, 2009 at 11:16 AM

    Thanks for dropping by my blog and sharing your wonderful teasers with me. I did some blog hopping on your blogs this morning and read your teasers and added some of the books you're reading to my TBR list. This week's Teaser Tuesday had been a blast for me. And I'm totally enjoying The Graveyard Book, which is the first book by Gaiman that I've read.

    Will be posting my review once I'm done.

    Thanks everyone! :)

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