Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Teaser Tuesdays: The Radioactive Lady

This week, my teaser lines come from Elizabeth Stuckey-French's novel, The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady. I've just started this one and don't really know anything about the book or its author; I confess I chose it just because of the wonderful title. This bit comes from page 151:
Vic...enjoyed his afternoon paper route because he loved studying other people's neat little homes; smelling the dryer lint from their laundry rooms; imagining the quiet, mundane lives that were lived within. He bet nobody in those houses accidentally fried eggs in a frying pan lined with motor oil as his mother once did after his father had used the pan to catch oil draining from the station wagon.
Oops! Oh, well, at least that should keep 'em all running smoothly until their next tune-up!


Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by mizB at Should Be Reading. If you'd like to read more teasers, or take part yourself, just head on over to her blog.

And please feel free to leave me a link to your Teaser Tuesday post in your comment here.

11 comments:

fredamans said...

Imagine what those eggs tasted like... BLECH!

http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/02/teaser-tuesday_15.html

Bev Hankins said...

The quote....the title...the cover picture (love how she's "hiding" that dagger--it's definitely no ordinary kitchen knife--behind her back). Love it. Off to add one more to the TBR pile.....

Here's mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/02/teaser-tuesdays_15.html

gautami tripathy said...

Wonderful teaser, this! Will check it out!

Here is my Teaser Tuesday: Voltaire's Calligrapher by Pablo De Santis

Arlee Bird said...

Like the vintage look of the cover and the title.

Lee
Tossing It Out

Natasha said...

Cool cover! Great teaser. :)

Here's mine:
http://www.bookmarkyourthoughts.com/2011/02/teaser-tuesday-february-15th-2011.html

iwriteinbooks said...

As my grandpa used to say, "Eh, it's good fah' ya! Put hair on yer chest..."

iwriteinbooks said...

As my grandpa used to say, "Eh, it's good fah' ya! Put hair on yer chest..."

smellincoffee said...

I am trying very hard not to imagine what those eggs would've tasted like. :O

SusanB-knits said...

Great teaser! I sure wouldn't want any of those eggs! The book sound interesting.

Creations by Laurel-Rain Snow said...

Oh, you're right...it's a great title, and that is a wonderful teaser. It captures sensory moments so well....

Here's my TEASER TUESDAYS

ksbooks said...

I would have picked this one for the title too! And the fun cover. Not for the icky fried eggs though...

You can find my TT here: http://ksbooks.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/teaser-tuesday-31/