Every Tuesday Diane at Bibliophile By the Sea hosts First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros, where we share the first paragraph or (a few) of a book we are reading or thinking about reading soon. Care to join us?
If you'd like to play along on Teaser Tuesdays, just click the button above.
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
* 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've been looking forward to this one and it's good so far.
First chapter...
I laced my fingers, cracked my knuckles, and stared at the few words on my laptop screen. Behind me, the hum of early morning conversation in Hot Stuff Coffee Shop went on as usual. Back when I was a kid visiting my aunt Rowena, the shop was called Das Kaffeehaus, in keeping the German heritage here in Lavender, heart of the Texas Hill Country. Then a transplant from San Antonio bought the place and changed the name to Hot Stuff. He traded the old oom-pah-pah background music for seventies disco tunes. I'd choose listening to Donna Summer over any polka band in history, but I had to wonder why he didn't go with a country music theme. After all, this was Texas.
Boot Scootin' Coffee, perhaps.
Teaser...
"Gosh, do I look like I've been in a fight with a cat?"
She grinned. "No, I meant has the cat caused you bad luck?"
"Not yet," I said, playing along rather than pointing out that cats do not affect luck.
What do you think? Would you continue?
Sounds like it could be a fun read. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun read to me. Hope you enjoy it Yvonne.
ReplyDeletelol! but don't they give you bad luck? I'm a believer in that tail <-- see what I did there ;)
ReplyDeletetrish - my teaser
Yes, I would continue.
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental My TT
Sounds like it could be fun to read, I'm fairly superstitious but I've always thought that was so unfair on the black cats!
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Might be a fun read - I love coffee and love my black cat. Which has not brought me any bad luck as far as I can tell! Here's my teaser for this week: http://justasecondblog.blogspot.com/2015/09/teaser-tuesdaysfirst-chapter-first.html
ReplyDeleteI like the intro and am glad to know it is the first in a series.
ReplyDeleteI love mysteries and especially if they have humor. Looks like one to watch for.
ReplyDeleteMine this week is also a mystery, third in Barbara Hambly's Benjamin January series: http://wp.me/pZnGI-ps
Love the opening lines and how the author brings us into the setting. The teaser made me smile. Thanks for sharing...and enjoy.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: “MY SALINGER YEAR”
Sounds like a good one - enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI love to read books set in my home state of Texas. Austin is an especially interesting town--state capital, home to a huge university, beautiful Hill Country setting. The opening of this book definitely drew me in.
ReplyDeleteMy Tuesday post features Shadow of the Hawk.
Love this opening and the setting of the Hill Country. I'd keep reading!
ReplyDeleteI love the "feel" of the opening paragraph and liked the humor in the teaser you shared. Of course cats don't affect luck! Although, I kind of think my cats bring me good luck. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI would keep reading- anything with a cat in it is good with me :)
ReplyDeleteSounds good!
ReplyDeleteThis looks fun though I do have to wonder what the deal is with the polka music!
ReplyDeleteI've seen this one around lately and it looks good!
ReplyDeleteThis one is on my wish list. I have a black cat and never thought she was bad luck!
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