Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays:  The Unbearable Lightness of Scones

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should Be Reading. Here are the rules: grab whatever you're reading, open to a random page, select no more than two sentence (NO SPOILERS), share the title and author, and GO!
Today's teaser:
"Grown-ups spoke as if the world were simple; as if people behaved nicely to one another.  But Bertie knew that they did not.  When you were a boy, as he was, and saw the world the way in which boys saw it, it all looked very different.  Olive and Tofu would fight because that's what people like that did:  they fought.  And it would end up with Tofu spitting on Olive, and Olive screaming and perhaps even trying to stab Tofu with the syringe from her junior nurse's kit." --page 88-89
          -----The Unbearable Lightness of Scones by Alexander McCall Smith

Happy reading!

Comments

  1. Nick WilfordSeptember 30, 2014 at 2:45 PM

    I've never read anything by him but I've heard he's very funny. Tofu is a great character name!

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    1. MelOctober 2, 2014 at 10:15 AM

      It's my way of reminiscing about Edinburgh :) They're fun, easy books to get into and read. I'd definitely recommend them!

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  2. UnknownSeptember 30, 2014 at 7:28 PM

    Haha, this comment in the teaser makes me wonder just how old Olive and Tofu are. Great pick!
    Here's My Teaser.

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    1. MelOctober 2, 2014 at 10:15 AM

      Thanks! And, for the record, Olive and Tofu are both 6 :) They're special characters for sure! Thanks for stopping by.

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  3. UnknownOctober 1, 2014 at 3:37 PM

    Sounds like my house growing up. LOL This I need to read.
    Here is my TT - http://fuonlyknew.com/2014/09/30/teaser-tuesdays-83-devil-music-by-carly-orosz/

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    1. MelOctober 2, 2014 at 10:16 AM

      The series is great! Highly entertaining and constantly changing. Thanks for visiting :)

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