Welcome to our Friday Memes, where we celebrate excerpts from our current or up-next reads.
Book Beginnings is hosted by A Few More Pages,
and The Friday 56 is led Freda’s Voice.
Today I grabbed a book off of my TBR stack. Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, by Helen Simonson, tells the tale of Maj. Ernest Pettigrew, an honor-bound Englishman and widower, and the very embodiment of duty and pride.
Beginnings: Major Pettigrew was still upset about the phone call from his brother’s wife and so he answered the doorbell without thinking.
Uh-oh…that makes me wonder what or whom he’s going to see on the other side of the door.
P. 56: The carved sideboard still displayed his grandmother’s silver soup tureen and candlesticks, but an oxygen pump took up half the surface.
What are you featuring today? I hope you’ll stop by and share….
SNOW SPARKS 
I love the new blog look. The hats on the book cover go with today’s Royal Wedding. Thanks fors topping by.
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Oh, I agree, Lady D! Which reminds me…I have the wedding on my DVR!
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Great teasers! And love the new blog look! Thanks for stopping by today!
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Thanks, Ketch…I do love playing around with my headers and backgrounds…LOL
Glad you could stop by.
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Great beginning. I was watching the movie “Miss Pettigrew lives for a day” earlier in the week – is there some connection between the two?
Here’s my Friday beginning:
http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/04/book-beginningson-friday_29.html
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I don’t think so, but when I first picked up the book, I wondered, too.
Thanks for stopping by, Book Gatherer.
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Sounds lovely!
Thanks for the moving wishes, we are in and unpacked already! Whew!
Thanks for participating!
Freda
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Oh, that’s awesome, Freda…I shudder every time I think about my last move, since the house I was downsizing from had been my home for thirteen years. Lots of stuff to sort out….
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The beginning lines make me think he’s not supposed to answer the door. Plus, I want to know what his brother’s wife said.
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-Cassandra @ Wickedly Delicious Tales
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I’m very curious about that, too, Cassandra….I guess I’ll soon find out! Thanks for stopping by.
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I started this one a few weeks ago, but didn’t finish it. It was ok, there were just too many other interesting things to read on my Kindle. I might get back to it later.
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Oh, I’ve had that happen, too…I hope it holds my attention….I have a lot of downloaded items on my Kindle, too!
Thanks for stopping by, mostraum….
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from the 56, the oxygen pump does not sound good. pettigrew has been sitting on my shelf for awhile.
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Yes, I’m gathering there will characters who are ill, and since the Major is “older,” these could be his realities…Thanks for stopping by, Wb….
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I’ve heard so much about this book, but I haven’t read it. It sounds good.
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Thanks for stopping by, Yvonne…
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