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!
My Teaser:
“ ‘Dr. Quimper’s coming to tea. Father. It’s his birthday today and…’
‘Birthday?’ snorted the old man, ‘what’s he doing with a birthday? Birthdays are only for children. I never count my birthdays and I won’t let anyone else celebrate them either.’
‘Much cheaper,’ agreed Cedric. ‘You save the price of candles on your cake.’
‘That’s enough from you, boy,’ said Mr. Crackenthorpe.”
~ “4.50 from Paddington” by Agatha Christie.
A Paperback Life 
Anything by Agatha Christie is going to be a great teaser, she is the best exponent of the art.
I quite agree that birthdays are for children. Hubbie and I have our birthdays one day apart, but we have never celebrated in 33 years together.
Do I break a rule and mark this one for a re-read?
Thanks for sharing and enjoy the rest of your week.
Yvonne
Ah yes anything by her makes a great teaser. She was so funny and often very insightful. That’s why I love her.
I feel both happiness and sadness on my birthdays. I do celebrate with a cake and gifts my family gives me and that makes me happy but I feel sad with the thought of another year gone by.
Funny teaser! I really need to read more of Agatha’s works.
Here’s my teaser: Sandy’s Teaser
Thanks! I hope you do read more of Christie’s works.
A great and enjoyable teaser.
http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaser-tuesday_10.html
Thank you!
Ha-ha…loved that response! Thanks for sharing….
Here’s MY TUESDAY MEMES POST
I love the response too. Just see the old man’s arrogance! He won’t celebrate his own birthday and won’t let anyone else celebrate them too. He deserves a nice comeback like that. 😉
I absolutely LOVE your teaser! This is definitely being added to my shelf right away – thank you for sharing! 🙂
Here’s mine:
http://amylunderman.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaser-tuesdays-to-z-challenge-i.html
Hi! Thanks fro dropping by my blog!
Thanks for loving the teaser! 🙂
Your teaser reminds me why I don’t read romances. They tend to make me feel even more depressed than usual.
OH another Agatha Christie book! AWESOME! HERE is my TT! Hope you stop by to see! I am doing a three part series, I think Teaser Tuesdays is one of my favorite days It is SO MUCH FUN!
Yeah Agatha Christie IS awesome! I like ‘Teaser Tuesdays’ too. It’s fun.