Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Teaser Tuesday: The Warmth of Other Suns


TEASER TUESDAYS 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, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
  • 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!
This weeks teasers is from The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration


He had to convince himself that he had made the right choice, that, after all, there really had been no choice for an educated and ambitious colored man like him at the time.
                     - pg. 253


I started this one in February and I am determined to finish it by the end of the week.  It's not a bad read, in fact it is very entertaining and informative.  I just keep getting distracted by other shorter books.

Don't forget to post a link to your teaser!

5 comments:

  1. This one sounds intriguing....and I can also relate to distractions.

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  2. Hey
    This is a fun meme.. I should start doing this from next week......
    I juggle between books all the time, making some of the more interesting but longer books languish unfinished... :|

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  3. I've been wanting to pick this one up for quite a while and just had to make myself walk away from it the other day (I really can't be bringing home any new books just now!).

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    1. I think it is worth it. Some non-fiction books can be bland but not this one. All the stories are interesting and the historical facts are incorporated in such a way that everything flows smoothly.

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  4. Hmm, this sounds like a really good book! I'm going to add it to my ever growing to-read list! Thanks for stopping by my blog .

    I'ma new follower!
    Happy Reading!

    Mo

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