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 TO NOT INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure 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!

HERE'S MY TEASER:

I, Mona Lisa

by Jeanne Kalogridis

page 4: And as an only child, I was well aware of the power I possessed; I whined and pleaded pitifully until my mother yielded.

Had I known then what was to follow, I would not have pressed so hard.

Back to that Stringer Thing!

If you read my post about surfboard shapes, (Surfboards Demystified) you might still be wondering what this mysterious stringer thing is. So here goes!

Actually, it’s super simple. A stringer is the thin piece of wood that runs down the center of the board’s deck—from nose to tail. Think of it like the board’s spine.

The stringer's main purpose is to increase your board's structural strength. But here's a way it can help you in the water: make it a useful visual cue to line up and center your body on your surfboard. How? When you're paddling, just glance down occasionally to check that your face is centered over it.

Fun fact: Shapers like to write stuff on the bottom of the board next to the stringer. Often they'll sign their name, write the board's dimensions, and if it was shaped for someone specifically--such as you--they'll write "shaped for ____".

Do all boards have a stringer? Some, particularly those constructed of foam, don't. But these are the exception, rather than the rule.

So there you have it! The mysterious stringer :D 
Happy Surfing!

An earlier post you might find interesting:

SURFBOARDS DEMYSTIFIED

Teaser Tuesdays!

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 TO NOT INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure 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!

HERE'S MY TEASER:

Nefertiti

by Michelle Moran

page 20: He smiled like he knew my thoughts on the matter, the prying old donkey, then he held out the collar and I snatched it. I ran back to my room and held up the heavy jewel like a prize.

Cleverly Inked: Weekend Question? Book Scarring...

Weekend Question?

"Is it a big No-No? IE Marking, Breaking Binds, Dog Ears, etc."

Tallulah buys a Big Gulp

    I carted my stuff to the register. The Russian woman frowned.
     "You must forget this boy," she said.
     "What boy?"
     "He must be very bad boy." She tapped my drink. "Why else you drink this big bucket? You must forget him."
      I stared at her. "There's no boy."
     "I know bad boys. Every day I see bad boys. I work in deli-mart. You think I don't see bad boys? You must forget him. He makes you fat."
      I was so not fat! Okay, so my skirt was a little tighter than usual. It had shrunk from the whole apple juice thing!
     "Can I pay?" I shouted.

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