Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Teaser Tuesday, May 18

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 either in the comments below or on your own blog (give a link to your blog so we can check it out!)
  • 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 so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This week's teaser:




"A self-educated black man who could educate, lift up, and enlighten other black men was a danger to the status quo.  A black man who had the vocational skills to build a house, the emotional stability to build a home, the social passion to build a village, the historical foundation to build a nation, and the mental abilities to lead that nation, was Public Enemy Number One for many."

p. 194, Belly of the Beast by Caleb Alexander







4 comments :

  1. Let me know how you like this. I came across it yesterday and was thinking about reading it.

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  2. Most definitely. I'm moving through it pretty quickly, so it'll probably be tomorrow's post.

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  3. I'm forty-four years old, and suddenly I see how I've blinded myself to the many small, regrettable qualities I posess--pride and greed foremost among them Ove the years a series of tiny transgressions has led to even greater ones, and now I'm left to weigh the stone I carry around where my heart used to be.

    pg. 7 - The Blue Orchard - Jackson Taylor

    I've been reading this for two weeks and I'm getting a little bored, but I am determined to finish.(lol)

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  4. Ugh, two weeks in and the end is nowhere in sight? I'd say it's time to put it down and move on to something you enjoy.

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