Tag Archives: Teaser Tuesday

Top Ten Recentish Kindle Highlights

The Tuesday tease: “Are you busy with something?” said the Major. “You can always call another time, when your paperwork is finished.” “No, no, it’s just a final deal book I have to read—make sure all the decimal points are … Continue reading

Posted in General, quotations | Tagged , | 21 Comments

May Flowers

‘If you are going to this woman, if you are going to walk the length of England without a map and your mobile and without even telling me first, then at least have the goodness to own up to what … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 21 Comments

Top Ten Reasons We’d DNF’d a Book

Today’s TTT is picky reasons we’ve DNF’d books. Despite the number and variety of books I read, I’m rather picky about the ones I commit to, let alone buy, so it’s rare for me to DNF a book. I will … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 9 Comments

Top Ten Unread Books on my Shelf

….hmm. Well, I dispatched Mount Doom last year, so I don’t have that many. The Shahnameh and The Houses We Live In, plus The Origin of Feces is hiding somewhere. I think Taxi, a collection of interviews with Cairo cab … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 7 Comments

Top Ten Characters I’d Go on Vacation With

Today’s TTT is characters we’d go on vacation with. But first, some teases! And now, in a never-before-attempted bit of meta-metaphysical wizardry, the real Neil Patrick Harris will reappear to bedazzle you with a magic trick. And by “you,” we … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 10 Comments

Top Ten Screenshots that Leave Ya Wonderin’

Today’s TTT is a freebie, so I’m going to go completely off topic with game screenshots that….well, leave a player asking questions. These are all my personal screenshots, from 2004 to now. (…I’m a data hoarder…) But first, a tease! … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 8 Comments

Tudor teasing

To us, many of the flowers in an Elizabethan garden would look more like wild flowers than our carefully hybridised varieties, since modern varieties have been bred to maximise flower size and length of season, often at the expense of … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Springing into Teases

Happy Spring! Today’s TTT is books on our TBR. But first, teases! But firster, Vivaldi! They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 18 Comments

A trio of teases

“When you set foot on an island without rats, the skies are full of seabirds. It’s noisy because of the cacophony that those birds are making. And it smells of guano and ammonia, particularly if it has recently rained. It’s … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Teasing Tuesday x 3

Today’s TTT is weird or funny things we’ve done online searches for as a result of a book. I know I do this all the time, but I can’t really remember any. Instead, I’m going to list….’cryptic phrases in my … Continue reading

Posted in General | Tagged , | 11 Comments