Burton Book Review - Leafing through history: The Four Month Challenge

Jun 9, 2009

Teaser Tuesday

BurtonReview Tuesday, June 09, 2009

TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by ShouldBeReading and asks you to:
♠Grab your current read.
♠Let the book fall open to a random page.
♠Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page.
♠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!

I am reading My Lord John by Georgette Heyer.
From page 93:

"He {John} said: 'She told me not to mourn when she came to her last end, for she had lived overlong, and cared not how soon God called her. She said that times had changed, an in no wise for the better. And she said also that she marvelled that a son of the Lord Edward, the Black Prince-'

'Stint, stint, my lord' begged his shocked tutor.

'Well, that is what she said,' insisted John."

Ok so I cheated ~~a little~~ a lot. I just loved this endearing conversation about the young Lord John's reaction to the death of his guardian.

May 17, 2009

Join the Reading Challenge: THE FOUR MONTH CHALLENGE

BurtonReview Sunday, May 17, 2009

This Reading Challenge is hosted by Viriginie at Virginie Says. To join this Challenge please visit Virginie and sign up.

It runs from June 1 to September 30 hence the name "FOUR month Challenge"

Here is what she says: (copied and pasted)

5 Point Challenges
Read a Chick Lit book
Read a historical fiction book
Read a book just because you like the cover
Read anything by Jean Plaidy
Read a book with a number in the title

10 Point Challenges
Read a book about Royalty (biography or fiction)
Read a classic
Read a book by an author you’ve never read before
Read a celebrity biography/autobiography
Read a hardcover book

15 Point Challenges
Read a book with a one word title
Read a book based on a Biblical character
Read a book that was made into a movie
Read a book by an author born in June, July, August or September
Read a book with a summer word in the title (summer, sun, sand, hot, etc.)

20 Point Challenges
Read a book in a series AND the one after it
Read a Danielle Steele AND a Maeve Binchy book
Read a book from the 1001 Books to Read Before You Die list (http://www.listology.com/list/1001-books-you-must-read-you-die)
Read a book considered Christian Fiction
Read a book of your choice BUT read it outside

250 Points total
Virginie says:
Anyone who joins me and posts their progress to my blog (I’ll post how I’m doing and you can comment how you’re doing) will be entered to win a book by Jean Plaidy.

Marie says:
So I am going to try this one.. I love Jean Plaidy, but if we have the Book already we can pick Memoirs of a Geisha, which I know is a good book but I haven't read it but want to..
I won't get to do a lot of those things above such as reading outside.. although I would love to. I might get small snippets of a chance to but not hours at a time.

Check out Virginie's Blog for updates etc. as I think everything will be put on that one post.

Any takers?