Return to Blogging Redux

Oh well, my return to blogging obviously didn’t last very long. I have given much thought to my problem. I visit several blogs daily and have read some interesting entries. Apparently I am not alone in my blog resistance. Others are also reassessing their blog missions and apparently will cut back on their number of entries. I think that my problem might be a subconscious reaction against a perceived assignment!!! I have been a student (English and Library Science) for many years and always completed my assignments - even though I complained and procrastinated! Now I have apparently self assigned - given myself a regular project to be completed - and I am subconsciously resisting that assignment - strongly resisting!!! What a thought!!! So, I am restructuring my idea of how to construct my entries - shortening them.

I read today on Novel Challenges about a new weekly challenge - Teaser Tuesdays- and will adapt the criteria for my blog - at least until I can conquer my assignment phobia.

Teaser Tuesday Criteria:

1. Open the book to be discussed to a random page.
2. Share 2 teaser sentences (avoid spoilers) from that page.

Since I cannot be trusted (obviously) to always post on a Tuesday, I will call my entries Book Tracker Teasers.


Today’s Book Tracker Teaser:



Whispers of the Bayou
by Mindy Starns Clark

from page 62:

“Pardon my saying, but you’re Louisiana born, Miranda, descended from Louisiana gentry on all sides, not to mention a grandmother who was full Cajun. There’s bayou water running through your veins, girl, and jazz music framing out the cadence of your words.”

The test works for me. These sentences capture the tone of this fascinating book.

from the back cover:

Follow one woman’s search through the hidden rooms of a bayou mansion, the enigmatic snares of an ancient myth, and the all-consuming quest for a heart open enough for love - and for God.

Clark cleverly weaves the history of the forced move of the Acadians (Remember Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Evangeline?) from Nova Scotia to what is now Louisiana into her intriguing novel of family lies, family secrets, and a hidden treasure in the mysterious, romantic, and dangerous bayou.


3 Delights with pralines!!!