- Grab your current read.
- Let the book fall open to a random page.
- Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
- You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
- Please avoid spoilers!
Warning: grossness ahead!
Richardson came across a reference to anatomists cooking down human bones and fat into “into a substance like Spermaceti,” which they used to make candles and soap. Whether these were used in the anatomists’ homes or were given away as gifts were not noted, but between these and the gastric-juice-etched nameplates, it’s safe to say you really didn’t want your name on an anatomist’s Christmas gift list.
From Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, by Mary Roach, p. 48.
Eek! Gross and creepy, but it does make a good teaser
That’s a cool book! I enjoyed it.
I *love* Mary Roach, and Stiff is my favorite of her books. The gross-out factor can get kind of high, but it’s definitely worth it.
Eewww..not sure if I can handle the gross out factor.
Oooh. I loved Stiff. It was an amazing book. But then I took and taught anatomy labs….
Ewww – Not sure I could read this book!
On the list. Great teaser.
It is gross…but it’s also really interesting. I don’t recommend reading it while on your lunch break, though.
Excellent teaser!
My Teaser
This is fun – Love your blog.
Here’s my teaser:
http://pono12.blogspot.com/
Makes an interesting teaser but still…’yuck!’
Ew, ew, ew! Thanks for the warning before this one! I don’t think I’d want to read this book.
Thanks too for visiting my blog!