Summary Sunday

The war is finally nearing an end in France. Robert will be returning to England soon, but first, here are a few sentences from the winding up scenes of the war chapters in The Lady and the Minstrel.

Monday: Both times he had drawn up his mount long enough to catch and hold Robert’s gaze with a warning as cold and deadly as honed steel in his eyes.

Tuesday: “It won’t do any good,” Ralf muttered, when Robert told him to go see Gunthar’s physician. “All he did was bleed Roger and make him drink something so horrid Roger said it’d have been less wretched to die.”

Wednesday: “I searched half the camp after Lord Gunthar summoned you last night, and the other half this morning, but there is no knight here who matches the name, nor squire nor archer nor even foot soldier Except for you.”

Thursday: Robert could not read his eyes, but something in their cool regard slammed against his heat. Robert’s temper flared, then inexplicably tamped a notch.

Friday: Kit slid off the barrel. “I know exactly what to do. The only question—is when.”

Saturday: But tonight, as he remembered the sons he had lost, the answer came to him in a keen, bright flash.

Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser is a weekly bookish meme (rhymes with “cream"), 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 at least 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!

I'm adapting the rules slightly. I'll be quoting some random lines from the last chapter I read before I post a teaser. I'm a slow reader, so you may get multiple teasers per book from me. Here's a teaser from The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff.

Craddoc did not look at the fibula. He was looking at Marcus, rather as though the young Roman was a horse whose mettle he wished to gauge, and Marcus, facing the cool stocktaking, felt himself flushing. The hunter noticed the angry colour, and the arrogantly raised head, and a queer little twisted smile lifted one side of his mouth.

(From The Eagle of the Ninth, p 14)

If you'd like to share a teaser from a book you're currently reading, I'd love you to do so in the comment section. And you don't even have to share it on a Tuesday! Be sure to include the title, author, and page number in case others would like to check out the book you're reading.

What Am I Reading Now?

I finished Soulfire by Betsy Love and enjoyed it! Now I've noticed that I've fallen behind on my goal to reread at least 4 old favorites before the end of the year. (How did it get to be the end of September already?!!) So for my new "old" read, I've chosen The Eagle of the Ninth, by Rosemary Sutcliff. Since I've already read it once for this blog, I'll just give you the link to last time to read about it.

What Am I Reading Now: The Eagle of the Ninth

Drop by on Tuesday, though, and I'll share a new Tuesday Teaser from it with you!

Summary Sunday

I'm afraid that "life" interfered this week, and I only got four days of writing in on The Lady and the Minstrel. Here is a sampling of what I accomplished.

Monday: “Well, that was an ugly scene. You’d think after nearly fifty years, I’d be accustomed to watching a Plantagenet swearing and blaspheming and frothing at the mouth while he destroyed the furniture with his bare hands and threatened to lop a man’s head from his shoulders.”

Tuesday: ’Twas not the first time Gunthar had tried to lure him into talking of Marguerite. As always, Robert dodged.

Wednesday: And Robert continued to wonder what Gunthar would do when his vassal finally pointed a condemning finger at Gunthar’s secretary and asked his liege lord to fulfill his own feudal obligations by sending his “property” back to Beck Manor.

Thursday: Richard gave Robert a playful jostle with his elbow before slurping his stew rather noisily.

Tuesday Teaser

Tuesday Teaser is a weekly bookish meme (rhymes with “cream"), 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 at least 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!

I'm adapting the rules slightly. I'll be quoting some random lines from the last chapter I read before I post a teaser. I'm a slow reader, so you may get multiple teasers per book from me. Here's my third teaser from Soulfire, by Betsy Love. (It'll be my last one. I'll have a new book going by next week.)

His eyes rolled back in his head, and a strange gurgling sound came from his mouth. He touched the bleeding wound on his chest, then held his hand out. The rain washed the blood from his fingers.

(From Soulfire, pp 225-226))

If you'd like to share a teaser from a book you're currently reading, I'd love you to do so in the comment section. And you don't even have to share it on a Tuesday! Be sure to include the title, author, and page number in case others would like to check out the book you're reading.