Teaser Tuesdays: Change

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

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!

From The Secret Keeper by Paul Harris page 113:

"Four years ago these streets had been full of fear. Once, people would have looked at him with curiosity and nervousness; white people usually meant a crisis or someone was needing help."

Teaser Tuesday: On Orphans

Teaser Tuesday 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!

From The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood page 179:

"What's wrong with orphans?" I said. I knew what was wrong with them in Reenie's books: they didn't know who their fathers were, and that made them unreliable, if not downright degenerate.

Teaser Tuesdays: A Daring Outrage

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!

From page 71 (large print edition) of Agnes Grey by Ann Bronte:

"Loud were the outcries, terrible the execrations consequent upon this daring outrage; Uncle Robson had been coming up the walk with his gun, and was, just then, pausing to kick his dog. Tom flew towards him, vowing he would make him kick me instead of Juno."

Teaser Tuesdays: On Manners

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

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!

From Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson page 59:

"As the other men argued about Parliament and letters of protest and counterletters and counter-counterletters, Shabbywig stabbed at the last pieces of tongue on his plate and shoved them in his mouth. He turned in his seat to look at me, held up his plate, and grunted."

Teaser Tuesdays: Fight!

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

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!

From Elantris by Brandon Sanderson page 269:

"The corpse tumbled to the ground and Saolin saluted Raoden with his blade, shooting him a gap-toothed smile of reassurance. Then he spun around to face a group of wild-men charging down a nearby street toward them."

Blog Post Bingo and Tuesday Stuff

Hey look! What'dya know? I won the Blog Post Bingo Game! Now that makes all the posting last week worth it, right? I get to spend $10 at Amazon, and I think I'll be buying this:

Next up for Blog Improvement is to do some basic blogging updates such as the About Me page, the blogroll, contact info, picture, etc. Much of this stuff I've been doing already, but there's always more to work on.

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It's Tuesday! Where am I? Back to Inkworld! Yep, and it's much more exciting this time.

Teaser Tuesdays

Okay, another one from Inkdeath, page 423:

"The happiness in her voice moved him, and he wondered, not for the first time, how it was that the book that had told him so much about fire-elves and giants said so little about the Adderhead's daughter. To Fenoglio, Violante had been only a minor character, an ugly, unhappy little girl, nothing more."


Be sure to visit tomorrow and leave suggestions for our new word in The Bookword Game!

Teaser Tuesdays: Bad Day

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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!

From Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke page 317:

"This was going from bad to worse. What an unlucky day-- and it wasn't over yet."

(That was a hard one to find... every one I came across seemed like a spoiler, which was making me crazy!)

Teaser Tuesdays: Calling the Police!

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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!

From The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman p. 135:

"If you're still in here," he said, in a sour mutter, "don't even think of making a run for it. I've called the police on you, that's what I've done."

Teaser Tuesdays: Yuck!

Teaser Tuesday!

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!

From page 83 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

"She's gettin' fat," I said.

"I should think so. She eats all the leftover fingers and ears from the hospital."

Sorry. Three sentences. Oh, well.

Teaser Tuesdays: Goodbyes

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

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!

I'm deep in the throes of The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. Here's a couple of sentences from the very page I'm on, page 264:

"She stood in the boat, and for a minute we just looked at each other, but then the boat got wobbly and she had to sit down. She waved to me then, and I watched her for as long as I could."

Teaser Tuesdays: Who's Been Readin' That Letter?

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

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!

From Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins page 395:

"Did you read that letter?" asked Sir Patrick.

"I might have read it if I had liked."

Teaser Tuesdays: No More Giggling

Teaser Tuesdays


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!






From page 335: Brisingr by Christopher Paolini

"King Orrin limped over to the soldier, raised the heavy ax with both hands, and, with a single blow, chopped off the soldier's head.

The giggling ceased."

Teaser Tuesdays: The Landlord

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

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!

Page 179: Jamaica Inn by Daphne DuMaurier

The landlord placed his hand over Mary's mouth and forced her back against the side of the carriage. "You'd inform against me, would you?" he said.

Teaser Tuesdays: Valency Goes Dancing

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:

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!



page 107 of The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery:

"It was at this moment that she saw Barney Snaith looking in over the heads of the crowds at the doorway. Valency had two distinct convictions-- one was that she was quite safe now; the other was that this was why she had wanted to come to the dance."

Teaser Tuesdays: Opps, Sorry

Teaser Tuesdays

Rules:

--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!

From page141 of Schooled by Gordon Korman:

"When the burning haze cleared from my eyes, the first person I saw was Zach, untouched and laughing at me. Down at my feet lay Cap, out cold, his nose gushing blood like a geyser."

Teaser Tuesdays: Ah, Love

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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!

I just started two books (that couldn't decide problem again.) So here's two teasers:

Teaser #1 from Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins page 191:

"I say, old boy," he burst out, " you seem to take an extraordinary interest in Miss Silvester! You haven't fallen in love with her yourself, have you?"

Teaser #2 from The Loser's Guide to Life and Love by A.E. Cannon page 115:

Quark drags his eyeballs off Scout. He looks so miserable that I actually feel sorry for him.

So far, both books are wonderful. To bad I can't read them both at the same time.....

Teaser Tuesday: Oh, I Love That Movie!

TEASER TUESDAYS asks you to:
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!

My Teaser Tuesday:

Page 171: Revenge of the Cheerleaders by Janette Rallison

".... He asked me to pick anything I wanted to do so we're watching Pride and Prejudice over at his house."

Molly and Polly simultaneously went , "Ohhhhh, I love that movie."

Tuesday Questions: Where Are You and a Teaser

I've decided it's not a good thing to be between books when Tuesday, and all it's fun booky bloggy questions roll around. I can't answer Raidergirl's "It's Tuesday: Where Are You" Question, and I don't have a a current book for Should Be Reading's "Teaser Tuesdays."

I tried to get into a new book yesterday, but I guess I just wasn't in the mood for Balzac! Maybe next week?

So I've picked two books that I'm pretty sure I AM in the mood for. But I still can't decide. So today, I'm asking you guys to pick for me. To help you, I'll use these two books to answer the two Tuesday meme's that I normally participate in.

IT'S TUESDAY: WHERE ARE YOU?

If I read Magyk by Angie Sage I'll be headed to what looks like an amazing fantasy world complete with a Forest, a Swamp, an Island, a Wizard Tower and a Castle.

If I read A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson, I'm quite sure I need to be ready for a good long hike on the Appalachian Trail!

TEASER TUESDAYS

From Magyk page 37: " She was about to lean against it and give it a shove when the door took a fright at the sight of her and flew open."

From A Walk in the Woods page 65: "Perhaps it was the lingering influence of the book, perhaps simply the time of day, or maybe nothing more than the unaccustomedness of being in a town, but Hiawassee did feel palpably weird and unsettling-- the kind of place where it wouldn't altogether surprise you to find your gasoline being pumped by a cyclops."

So... which one should I go for? Not easy, is it!

Teaser Tuesday: Stumbling Over the Dead

And now for this week's Teaser Tuesday.

Rule reminder:

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!

Okay, so since my "main" book is the very same as last week, (I know, it's taking me forever!) I'm taking my teaser this week from my ongoing book, "War and Peace."

From page 958:

"Pierre too bent his head and let his hands fall. Without futher thought as to who had taken whom prisoner, the Frenchman ran back to the battery and Pierre ran down the slope, stumbling over the dead and wounded, who, it seemed to him, were catching at his feet."

Teaser Tuesdays: "He's a very small boy."

There's another weekly event going around called Teaser Tuesdays. It's easy, so I'll give it a try. Here's the idea:

• 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!

My book: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

My sentences from page 259:

"He is a very small boy, "Joe said. "For his age. He would not occupy very much space."

(Hmmm... I guess that's technically three sentences... but I'm leaving it.)