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Teaser Tuesdays – One Hundred Years of Solitude

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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

I started reading this book over the weekend, and I absolutely love it so far. It’s full of some really beautiful writing, but here is a fairly light-hearted one.
He soon acquired the forlorn look that one sees in vegetarians.

I LOLed at that one, even though I’m vegetarian. I know several friends who think the same…

And here’s another quote on aging and dying…

a process of aging had taken place in him that was so rapid and critical that soon he was being treated as one of those useless great-grandfathers who wander about the bedroom like shades, dragging their feet, remembering better times aloud, and whom no one bother about or remembers really until the morning they find them dead in their bed.

~ One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ouch! That sounds harsh but somewhere it rings true, doesn’t it? I suppose that’s what makes great writers great? The ability to discern and then be brave enough to tell the truth about life? What do you think?

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

  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (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!
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Teaser Tuesdays – Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

I felt, that night, on that stage, under that skull, incredibly close to everything in the universe, but also extremely alone.

I wondered, for the first time in my life, if life was worth all the work it took to live.

What exactly made it worth it? What’s so horrible about being dead forever, and not feeling anything, and not even dreaming? What’s so great about feeling and dreaming?

~ Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

Very touching and moving book but also one of the saddest I ever read :(

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

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Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

‘My job is to cure people, to cure them at the worst of times. I don’t decide when someone is going to die. He does.’ He raises his forefinger towards the ceiling.

Alice Bhatti looks at the ceiling fan in confusion: Put Your Faith in Philips, it says.

~ Our Lady of Alice Bhatti by Mohammed Hanif

This is one funny read. I love Hanif’s wonderful, sarcastic way with words.

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – A Dance with Dragons

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A Dance with Dragons by George R.R.Martin

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R.Martin

They were all dead now. Jory, old Ser Rodrik, Lord Eddard, Harwin and Hullen, Cayn and Desmond and Fat Tom, Alyn with his dreams of knighthood, Mikken who had given him his first real sword. Even Old Nan, like as not.

And Robb. Robb who had been more a brother to Theon than any son born of Balon Greyjoy’s loins. Murdered at the Red Wedding, butchered by the Freys. I should have been with him. Where was I? I should have died with him.

A sad moment of regret by Theon Greyjoy, who is hopefully a reformed villain.

And here’s a tender moment between father and son villains from A Dance with Dragons LOL! Can you guess who they are?

Don’t make me rue the day I raped your mother.

What can I say…the villains always get the best lines :)

Quotes are from A Dance with Dragons, the fourth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R.Martin.

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – The Beautiful and Damned

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The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald

A classic,’ suggested Anthony, ‘is a successful book that has survived the reaction of the next period or generation. Then it’s safe, like a style in architecture or furniture. It’s acquired a picturesque dignity to take the place of its fashion.

~ The Beautiful and Damned by F.Scott Fitzgerald

I picked up this book from the shelf to keep it on my bedside reading table as a reminder that I plan to read this book in March as part of Allie’s Modern March Reading Event.

You know what happened next, right? I started on a few pages and before I knew it I am completely drawn into the book, and unless something distracts me, I will be well on the way to finishing it by the end of this month itself.

This is probably the first time I finish a reading event before the event even starts :D .

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays: The Enchantress of Florence

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The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

I just so love this quote from the book. I bookmarked it so I can share with you all. And the book? So far, I am in love with it. I love the wonderful setting of Akbar’s Mughal era and Medici-era Florence. Simple magical, and yes, enchanting.

As regards books, however, Akbar had changed the protocol. According to the old ways, any book that reached the imperial presence had to be read by three different commentators and had to be pronounced free of sedition, obscenity and lies. ‘In other words,’ the young king had said on ascending the throne, ‘we are only to read the most boring books ever written. Well, that won’t do at all.’

~The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – A Game of Thrones

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A Game of Thrones by George R.R.Martin

A Game of Thrones by George R.R.Martin

My brother is undoubtedly arrogant,” Tyrion Lannister replied. “My father is the soul of avarice, and my sweet sister Cersei lusts for power with every waking breath. I, however, am innocent as a little lamb. Shall I bleat for you?”

And here’s another one…

When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground.

~ A Game of Thrones by George R.R.Marin

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – Cutting for Stone

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese


I just finished this book during the weekend, and it’s such a moving and touching read. I feel bad now that I got so impatient over the medical terminology and highlighted one of the weaker points of the book in my last Teaser Tuesday post. All of you who commented that the book was wonderful, you are right. I didn’t see it then, but this is truly a wonderful book.

Here’s a quote I love…

Call me old-fashioned,” Deepak said, “but I’ve always believed that hard work pays off. My version of the Beatitudes. Do the right thing, put up with unfairness, selfishness, stay true to yourself… one day it all works out. Of course, I don’t know that people who wronged you suffer or get their just deserts. I don’t think it works that way. But I do think that one day you get your reward.

~ Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

That’s the kind of language in this book. Very simple, but still stays with you after you close the book.

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – Cutting for Stone

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese


With the colon swollen to Hindenburg proportions it would be all too easy to nick the bowel and spill feces into the abdominal cavity. He made a middle incision, then deepened it carefully, like a sapper defusing a bomb.

Just when panic was setting in because he felt he was going nowhere, the glistening surface of the peritoneum—that delicate membrane that lined the abdominal cavity—came into view. When he opened the peritoneum, straw-colored fluid came out. Inserting his finger into the hole and using it as a backstop, he cut the peritoneum along the length of the incision.

~ Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Don’t get me wrong. So far, I am really loving this book. Good old-fashioned compelling story-telling, but really, I could do without some of these medical details :(

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

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

Teaser Tuesdays – More Teasers from The Handmaid’s Tale

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The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

I’ve finished this book. It’s awesome and probably the best book I have read this year, and I am just not ready to let go of it yet :( . I’ve gone back to pages I bookmarked to read again.

Here are a couple of awesome quotes from this book…

The moment of betrayal is the worst, the moment when you know beyond any doubt that you’ve been betrayed: that some other human being has wished you that much evil.

And here’s the most famous one…

Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

~ The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

In fact, this book is full of the most powerful writing. Hop on over to Good Reads for three whole pages of excellent writing.

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

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