Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
Anyone can participate.
If you’re new to Teaser Tuesdays, the details are at MizB’s Should Be Reading or on my Teaser Tuesdays Page.
Mine for this week is non-fiction.
Letters from Africa
1914 – 1931
by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)
Edited for the Rungstedlund Foundation by Frans Lasson
Translated by Anne Born
My teaser is from a letter to Ingeborg Dinesen (her mother) dated Hopcrafts Shooting Box 20.1.14.
There is no sleeping car, but Bror had brought sheets and blankets. By the following morning the landscape had completely changed and then it was the real Africa, vast grass plains and the mountains in the distance and then an incredible wealth of game, huge flocks of zebra and gnu and antelope right beside the train, and although when you hear about that you don’t attach much importance to it, when you see it for yourself you find it really impressive.
What are you reading now? Do you have a TT to share with us?
Please leave a comment with your link on MizB’s Teaser Tuesday post or below. If you don’t have a blog, you can share your Teaser here in the comment section instead.
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This sounds really good! I love nonfiction books like this. Thanks for stopping by my blog! http://goo.gl/4HKgh3
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It is quite interesting. I enjoy reading letters, but in small doses. I’ll probably be starting your Michael Connelly book before I finish this one.
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A very interesting interview with Michael Connelly. He talks about how he first became interested in crime, what he read and how he wanted to write. He goes on to talk about Harry Bosch and how he has been writing about this character for twenty years. Great stuff!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-rubinstein/a-talk-with-michael-conne_b_5586205.html?utm_hp_ref=tw
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Sounds like a fascinating book. Thank you for stopping by my blog and leaving a comment about HEARTS IN RUIN.
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Thanks for coming by, Sandra. Re your Hearts in Ruin, I’ve read a lot of archaeological dig novels that were set in the past (love the Amelia Peabody series), but not much in the way of ones set in the present.
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I’m not sure this one is for me, but I hope you are enjoying it!
My Teaser today is from Losing Touch by Sandra Hunter.
http://mytime2read.blogspot.com/2014/07/tuesday-memes-losing-touch.html
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Thank you for coming by. Letters aren’t for everyone.
Yours this week sounds very interesting.
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Looks like it could be a Missionary book.
My TT is here:
http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2014/07/teaser-tuesdays-is-weekly-bookish-meme_15.html
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Karen Blixen wrote her letters while living on (and later managing) the coffee plantation in Kenya. It is one of the books on which the movie “Out of Africa” was based.
Thanks for coming by and leaving your TT, Michelle.
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Beautiful excerpt! Thanks for sharing and tempting me to read this. And thanks for visiting my blog.
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It is, isn’t it? You can tell that Karen was already a published author by the time she joined Bror in Africa. She also studied art. Thanks for stopping by and leaving yours http://wp.me/pGfjM-1RW
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Very descriptive excerpt. It gives a good feel for the adventures of the author. Thanks for visiting my blog.
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I’m learning a lot and it is interesting when I see parts that relate to something I remember from the movie.
Thanks for coming by. Isabel Allende is one of those authors I keep meaning to read something by and never seem to get around to doing so.
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It’s not a genre that I read, but I do hope you enjoy it.
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I know what you mean, Yvonne. I don’t read this genre as a rule, but there are a few that I read. Kenya at that time has always fascinated me. Mine are more often a mystery like yours this week.
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That sounds really interesting, although I know little about Africa I loved the picture painted by the author of the plains.
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Thanks for coming by, Cleo. There are many wonderful descriptions. She had quite an exciting life actually.
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What a beautiful passage – thanks for sharing that, and for visiting my teaser today.
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You’re welcome, Heather. And thank you for possibly introducing me to another mystery series.
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I enjoyed Letters from Africa very much, but then I like letters generally because of their immediacy. Right now I am reading John Matteson’s The Lives of Margaret Fuller. She was a scholar and intellectual in a time and place where there wasn’t much outlet for such a woman.
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That sounds like a good one also, Nancy.
I’ve had Letters for probably close to ten years, but through two moves and everything else going on had completely forgotten about it. So I owe you for reminding me of it after you read it last month.
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I think it’s a good thing that real life is more impressive than a movie or other way to experience huge herds of zebra.
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Thank you so much for coming by! I agree. These letters are a wonderful way to experience Kenya as it was around one hundred years ago through the eyes of a non-African.
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I don’t know that this one is exactly my tastes, but I hope you enjoy it! Here’s my TT!
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Thank you for coming by, Kerry. One of yours, My Life with the Walter Boys, sounds like a lot of fun.
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Beautiful writing, isn’t it? Enjoy this book!
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Thanks, I am so far.
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Nice imagery!
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Thanks for coming by and leaving the link to yours. It sounds fascinating!
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I think I would like this one! Intriguing teaser!
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Thanks, Kym. Anyone interested in Kenya around 100 years ago should enjoy it.
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Sounds interesting.
Thanks for stopping by Vonnie’s Reading Corner!
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Thanks, Vonnie. I love your banner!
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