Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My Teaser:

I stared at him, not quite taking in the fact that he had just collapsed at my feet. He lay, curled like a question mark, his evening suit ink-black against the white marble of the floor. - from chapter 1 of "Silent in the Grave" by Deanna Raybourn.

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My Teaser:

Well, it was almost like a fairy tale. Except this prince was dressed in nothing but a drenched and muddy tartan with blood on his face and hands and war braids plaited at his temples. - from chapter 24 of "To Tame a Highland Warrior" by Karen Marie Moning.

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My First Teaser:

Too incredulous even to be angry, Richard stalked over to the desk, grabbed a pair of slim forearms, and pulled. There was a slight tearing sound, and out popped a rather disheveled Miss Amy Balcourt. - from pg. 167 of "The Secret History of the Pink Carnation" by Lauren Willig.

My Second Teaser:

I made my way slowly back to the castle, thinking about men who lived in cold mud and ate grass. It didn't occur to me until I had reached the courtyard that I had forgotten all about his shoulder. - from pg. 89 of "Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon.

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My Teaser:

Of course he would not recall. That would require ability beyond the capacity of what Sophie believed was a pea-sized brain. from the e-book edition of "The Secret Lover," by Julia London. (Found in chapter One.)

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My Teaser:

No one watching would have known his stomach tightened when he heard her laugh and seduction immediately came to mind. And no one would have been more suprised than he by his shock at her question. - from pg. 99 of "His Mistress by Christmas" by Victoria Alexander.

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My teaser:

The children laughed. At that moment, their mother burst through the nursery door, dressed in her Sunday best, with a sour look on her face. "What is going on here? What is all this laughter?" - from pg 168 of, "The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen." By Syrie James.

Teaser Tuesday.

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

1. Grab your current read.
2. Open to a random page.
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
4. 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!)
5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser for today is from Random Acts of Heroic Love, by Danny Scheinmann (page 201):

I was shivering uncontrollably and something that felt like a knife pressed into
my kidneys. I could not speak but I was able to raise my hand and give him the
finger.

Teaser Tuesday.

1. Grab your current read.
2. Open to a random page.
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
4. 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!)
5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser this week is from Frank Delaney's Shannon: A Novel (page 4):

"Forward of the ship, seabirds flapped up from the little waves. On a rock a
cormorant waited, an etching in black angles. The spreading river shone like
gray satin; later it would turn sapphire under the blue sky."

(I know I cheated a bit today with three sentences, but it was so pretty I didn't want to break it up. :p)

Teaser Tuesdays.

Teaser Tuesdays asks you to:

1. Grab your current read.
2. Open to a random page.
3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.
4. 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!)
5. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser for this week is from Rock Star, by Rosylyn Hardy Holcomb (page 88):

"Callie had sprung from her chair when Twist charged and now she put a
calming hand on Bryan's shoulder. After a long moment he began to feel the
tension ease from his body and he relaxed his pugilistic stance."

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My teaser this week is from Kate Furnivall's The Girl from Junchow, page 221:

"The woman was a different matter. Her hand rested so briefly in Chang's it
barely touched his skin, as meaningless as the casual look of detachment she
gave him."

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

My teaser this week is from The Girl from Junchow by Kate Furnivall, page 300.

Babitsky lowered his voice to a whisper. "I heard something the other day, something I thought you might want to know."

Teaser Tuesday.

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 have four today :)

The first is from Chez Moi, by Agnes Desarthe, (page 143):

I help her put her coat on and see her to the door of Chez Moi. For a moment
I stay rooted to the spot behind the window watching her cross the street.

The second is from The Red Scarf, by Kate Furnivall, (page 262):

Her eyebrows were drawn together above what was clearly a glass eye, but her other brown eye was bright and intensely curious.
"Who are you, girl?" she demanded, holding out a hand in a fingerless glove for identification papers.

The third is from How the Dead Dream, by Lydia Millet, (page 108):

The desert had hard days but soft nights, he was learning. Nighttime was
when it came into it's own.

The fourth is from The Labrador Pact, by Matt Haig, (page 189):

'Confused? Con-fused? Believe me there was nothing confused about her
behavior this evening.'

Teaser Tuesday.

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 this week is from Sadie Montgomery's Out of the Darkness, page 67:

"The intimacy between mother and daughter was strained by the one theme they
could not discuss: Erik. Between them there was an unspoken truce, but it's effect was not always beneficial."

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!

I haven't done Teaser Tuesdays in so long, so to make up for it, I have five teaser's for today. :) Woohoo!

#1 is from The Sound of Butterflies, by Rachael King, page 203:

"Yes, yes, Mr Edgar, all very admirable, I'm sure, but I'm afraid you have not
convinced me." Santos dropped back to continue the conversation with George, and
Thomas, finding his heart pumping faster and his face flushing, pushed on ahead,
defeated.

#2 is from The Foreigner, by Francie Lin, page 187:

It was a good story; I could almost believe it, except I knew that Little P was
capable of telling the worst story with the unembarrassed calm of truth. No
consequences, he had said, if you're not afraid to lose.

#3 is from Three Novels of Ancient Egypt, by Naguib Mahfouz, page 151:

Anxiously the woman pleaded, "I beg you, sir, please send me to my hometown at
once. The gods may grant that I will find my family."

#4 is from Pack Up the Moon, by Anna McPartlin, page 155:

It reminded me of the inheritance party and I thought of John for maybe the
first time that month. The guilt made me feel a little weary.

#5 is from The Angel, by Carla Neggers, page 227:

Keira realized how blunt her words sounded. She didn't know if she should have
told him even that much.

Teaser Tuesday.

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 this week is from The Sound of Butterflies, by Rachael King, page 80:

"Now on firm soil in Santarem, Thomas ground the end of his cigarette into the dirt with his heel and took a peppermint from his pocket. He felt the cool vapors rise up through his sinuses and the pleasant tickle of a distant sneeze."

Teaser Tuesday.

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 this week is from Moonlight Downs, by Adrian Hyland, page 79:

"But his eyes strayed back to the watch, and I knew his mind was on other things than hoses and excavators.
'I ever tell you the story behind this watch?' he asked casually."

Teaser Tuesday.

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 today is from Inkdeath, by Cornelia Funke, page 12:

"The house, and the dilapidated farm buildings, always appeared among the trees as unexpectedly as if someone had dropped and lost them there. There was no trace now of the fields where food from the farm had once been grown, and the path that used to lead to the nearest village had disappeared long ago."

Teaser Tuesday.

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 have two teasers for today. :) #1; From Frederica by Georgette Heyer, page 198:

"The coachman was able to swing his horses away, and Jessamy to scramble to his feet, bruised, cut, and considerably shaken, but with no bones broken. A little dazed, and deeply humiliated, he found himself faced with a scene apalling enough to have daunted any sixteen-year-old stiffly courageous than himself."

From Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, page 266 (more than two lines, I couldn't help it!):

"Yes," he agreed slowly. "That is something to be afraid of, indeed. Wanting to be with me. That's really not in your best interest."

Teaser Tuesday.

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 for this week is from Inkspell by Cornelia Funke, page 105:

There was a rustling and a rushing all around them, a crackling and a
scratching and a pulsing; there was a hissing and a cooing and a chirping. This world seemed to be bursting with life, and yet it seemed quiet as well, wonderfully quiet, as if time didn't exist, as if there were no beginning or end to the present moment.

Teaser Tuesday.

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!

Then, head over to ShouldBeReading and leave a comment with your answers (if you don’t have a blog), or with a link to where your TEASER TUESDAYS post can be found!

This week's teaser is from The Charm School by Susan Wiggs, page 31:

Isadora's interest waned. She had nothing in common with a charming
person.