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Teaser Tuesday – Heavens to Betsy
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!
When Betsy and Tacy and Tib talked about their future they planned to be writers, dancers, circus acrobats. Betsy certainly had no wish at all to settle down, but just the same she hoped she would see Tony’s face if she walked down the cellar steps backward holding a mirror tonight.
-Heavens to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace, p 168.
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Aww, little girl rituals. How sweet!
My teaser is over here.
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devourerofbooks Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 9:34 am
I had never heard of some of these rituals! Of course, they’re from the turn of the last century, so that could be why…
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OK, this is too, too weird. While I didn’t read that part, I was just reading “Heavens to Betsy” last night! I actually wanted to read “Betsy’s Wedding,” but it wasn’t on the bookshelf — must be elsewhere in the house. SO I turned to Betsy and her freshman year in high school. I love those books. They’re among my all-time favorites (obviously!)
OK, my actual teaser is in a different century and a world away. Mine is from a fun book about the Nobel Prize experience, “Reindeer with King Gustaf,” by Anita Laughlin. Her husband (a Stanford physics prof — obviously very brainy!) won the prize in 1998, and she writes a great book about what comes after the fateful call. At one point, describing the party, she mentions the decorations made of bamboo that look like little sticks of dynamite, in honor of Alfred NObel himself. For some reason, I just really like that.) The book is funny and candid, and Bob (the winner) even drew cartoons that reflect his own responses to the chapters. It really humanizes a very protocol-laden ceremony and experience.
This is from page 22: [[Todd shuffled sleepily into our dark bedroom, jiggled Bob’s toes, and said: “Dad, there’s some guy on the phone from Sweden. Can I go back to bed now?” Bob sat bolt upright and groped for the phone in the dark.]]
What a phone call that would be!
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I *love* the Betsy books. My mom gave them to me after I finished the Little House books as a kid and we read them together. (She read them when she was a kid, my grandma read them with her, it’s a sweet family tradition that I’m hoping to continue if I have a daughter one day.)
Is this your first time reading them?
.-= Katie´s last blog ..in my mailbox (23). =-.
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devourerofbooks Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 10:40 am
It is! Evidently nobody in my family knew about them at all. I’ve asked my mom and both of my grandmothers this week and NONE of them have ever read them. I’m really enjoying it though.
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Katie Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 10:51 am
Oh, I’m so excited you found them!
I still have these perfect memories of scenes from the books. And I definitely wound up trying some of their rituals/tricks. I remember sticking watermelon seeds to my forehead, naming them boys in my class, and seeing who I would marry by which seed stuck the longest.
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devourerofbooks Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 10:53 am
I have three of the 2-book omnibuses to read, and I’m excited to know that there’s more Betsy in my future =)
I loved your teaser very cute indeed. I may need to look further into these.
Here is mine
http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2009/11/teaser-tuesday-pact-jodi-picoult.html
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Sounds like a fun book, I’ve never heard of this series, I will have to check them out as a read aloud with my daughter.
.-= Calico Crazy´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesdays #6 =-.
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I love, love, love Betsy! http://starrweavings.blogspot.com/2009/11/teaser-tuesday_24.html
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I never read th
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Alita Reply:
November 24th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
Oops, really need to be more careful where I click!
I never read these books either. They sound really cute, though
.-= Alita´s last blog ..Teaser Tuesday (11.24.09) =-.
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I’m so glad you’re enjoying Betsy! Here’s my teaser for today, from Rebel Without a Minivan: http://www.bookclubgirl.com/book_club_girl/2009/11/thank-goodness-for-teaser-tuesday.html.html
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What a cute teaser. I’ve never read the Betsy Books and hadn’t heard of them until they started showing up on folks’ blogs.
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Betsy Tacy books are on my wish list. I tried to get them from the library but they don’t seem to have them.Thanks for the teaser
.-= Shona´s last blog ..Emma Volume 1 by Kaoru Mori =-.
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