Showing posts with label Teaser Tuesday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teaser Tuesday. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - Sept 6, 2011 }





Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!


'Not ten minutes after Mrs. Molasses had extinguished the lights and glided off to her bedroom, Peter discovered for himself what had so frightened all the people at supper.

There was a monster in the palace.'

pg 137 - ebook ARC - Peter Nimble and His Fantastic Eyes by Jonathan Auxier

What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - August 30, 2011 }




Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!




Haylee Mitchell woke up and felt a peace radiate through her body she'd never known before. Then Jaycie was back in the room, and she felt a fear she'd never felt before. Her best friend's power was beautiful and horrifying at the same time.




pg 206, ARC ebook, Darwin's Children by Natasha Larry




What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - August 23, 2011 }





Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!




I finished this book a few days ago and absolutely LOVED it, so I thought I would share it with you.

My body curled and seized, ridden with shame. In School and out of School, I had believed that love was a liability - something that could be wielded against you. I began to weep, finally knowing the truth: love was death's only adversary, the only thing powerful enough to combat its clawing desperate grasp.

pg 168 - ARC ecopy - Eve by Anna Carey


What's your teaser this week?



Monday, August 8, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - August 9, 2011 }




Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!



Here's mine for this week:




"Wow," he says. "That's a very pretty necklace."

"Thanks," says Jael. "I think it might be from hell."


pg 81 - Misfit by Jon Skovron - ARC from NetGalley


In the context that this conversion is coming from...well, it made me laugh out loud. Almost done with this one and it is a pretty good read.


What's your teaser this week?


Tuesday, August 2, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - Aug 2, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not 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 teaser!



Here is mine for this week:




'A shrill note, sharp and clear, pierced the air. Alex gasped, her breath balling in her throat. She knew that sound. It was the whistle she'd given Ellie: you blow on that, they'll hear it in the next state.'



pg 229 - Ashes by Ilsa J Bick - ebook ARC provided by NetGalley for review



I absolutely LOVE this book so far! You all must read this one! Wow!



What's your teaser this week?



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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - July 26, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!



Here's mine - running a bit late today as I was busy clean the basement, but here I am:



'Sara felt better after talking to her mother, but something inside of her wasn't quite convinced that everything was going to be fine. A feeling, a nagging unrest in her, told her that she was the one with the experience in this field, and it was not a good one.'



pg 90 - The Eye of the Crystal Ball by T P Boje - author provided for review



What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - July 19, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Mizb over at shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they liked your teaser!


Here's mine this week:


'Well," says Bean, "here we are. Only with you...I pack for the beach, expecting a vacation of broads and booze, and we wind up in the loony bin. Good times."


Pg 66 - The Sleepwalkers by J Gabriel Gates - provided by Net Galley


What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - July 12, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!


Here's mine for this week:


"I didn't see your name on that cup," she commented with slight but discernable irritation as she sat down next to Rick, whose left arm was resting on the back of the leather couch, waiting to crawl upon her shoulders. Of course, when she said it, she had no idea that the coffee was contaminated and that she and eight of her coworkers would die of poisoning in less than three weeks.


pg 1 - Intoxication by Tim Kizer


What's your teaser for this week?

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - June 28, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 SURE NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! Make sure that what you share does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

* Share the author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they enjoy your teaser!



Here's mine for this week:
































'I'd like to say I came to the graveyard in search of my past, or out of sentiment or nostalgia. but I came to get as far away from my psychotic stepmother as possible.'




pg 15 - Blood Magic by Tess Gratton - ebook format


What's your teaser for this week?



Tuesday, June 21, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - June 21, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 does not give too much away! You don't want to ruin the books for others!)

* Share the author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!



Here's mine for this week:



'It's that law where some guy basically says that the worst-case scenario almost always happens. And that night when I stumbled into Starbucks, I was like a walking hypothesis doomed to prove his theory absolutely, unequivocally right.'



Pg 47 - The Liar Society by Lisa Roecker and Laura Roecker - ebook format






Tuesday, June 14, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - June 14, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!



Here is mine for this week:



'I would raise bodies like a hard rain sucks worms to the surface. I would become hero to a few; to everyone else I would be the whip of flame flickering through feverish nightmares.'



pg 311 - Rotters by Daniel Kraus













What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - June 7, 2011 }


Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add to book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!



My teaser:
































Whatever was inside that box wanted me. I could feel its lulling voice still creeping inside my skull, so hard to resist.



pg 180 - Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton



What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - May 31, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 author and title, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!


My teaser this week:


"Somehow I'm able to fly. I rush up and twist in the air, then torpedo down and speed along the river's surface."


Pg 57 - I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore


What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - May 24, 2011 }




Teaser Tuesday is a week bookish meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser!




Here's mine for this week:




"What's your name?" he asks quietly.


"Christina," she squeaks.


"Well, Christina, if I wanted to put up with Candor smart-mouths, I would have joined their faction," he hisses. "The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?"




pg 45-46 Divergent by Veronica Roth


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - May 10, 2011 }




Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add it to the TBR lists if they like your teaser!




Here's mine for this week:




"Is. There. A. Bite!"


His eyes go wide and then he takes my arm lightly in his scalding fingers, running them along the contours of my muscles as goose bumps spring to life in the path of this touch.




pg 63 The Dark and Hollow Places by Carrie Ryan ( Lovin' it!!)




What's your teaser this week?




Tuesday, May 3, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - May 3, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 are share does not 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!


Mine for this week:


Keilor barely spared him a glance before returning to savor the view. His vision fogged as he inhaled her scent. It was all he could do not to act on the fantasy playing out in his head.




What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - April 26, 2011 }



Teaser Tuesday is a week book meme hosted by Mizb over at Shouldbereading. 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 SURE 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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add it to the TBR lists if they like your teaser!


My teaser:


I walk slowly through the room and my mother starts to follow me. I want her to be with me so badly but I feel as though I need to do this alone.


pg 240 - The Dead Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan - ebook version



What's your teaser this week?

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - April 19, 2011 }





Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Mizb over at 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 that what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others.)


* Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teaser.




My teaser:




" Finn had been flung on his face and chained to the stone slabs of the transitway. His arms, spread wide, were weighted with links so heavy, he could barely drag his wrists off the ground."




pg 5(the first pg, as I am just starting this one today) Incarceron by Catherine Fisher




What's your teaser this week. Leave me a comment and be sure to stop by and leave one for Mizb as well!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesday - April 12, 2011 }


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 and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!


My teaser:


" My mother used to tell me about the ocean. She said there was a place where there was nothing but water as far as you could see and that it was always moving, rushing toward you and then away."


~ pg1 The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan


I am just starting this one today, so I thought I would give you the first page. What is your teaser? Leave me a comment with your teaser and be sure to stop by and Should be Reading and leave your teaser there too!

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

{ Teaser Tuesdays - March 29, 2011 }


Teaser Tuesday's is a 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 and author too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like your teaser.



My teaser:


"Petrified to use the toilet in case he came in, I squatted over the drain in the bathtub. Leaning my head on the side wall, I tried to breathe in the perfect amount of air that wouldn't hurt and prayed I didn't die in there. Eventually I crawled back into bed and passed out again."





Please leave a link to your teaser post so I can see what you are reading and don't forget to stop by and leave a comment for Mizb too!