Teaser Tuesday 12.27.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

11/22/63 by Stephen King
59% Kindle


"Tell them 'Here is my heart, and my heart is pure, and my heart belongs to the cause!' Tell them 'Even if Hoover rips my heart out of me, it will still beat, and a thousand other hearts will beat in time!'"


So what are you reading this week? Do you have a teaser?

Teaser Tuesday 12.20.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Seduced by Darkness by Cher Green
PDF Copy, Page 5-6


Dread filled her as she landed yards away from the cavern opening. What little freedom she'd gained would be taken away at the discovery of the disastrous venture.



So what are you reading? Do you have a teaser?

Teaser Tuesday 12.13.11 + Giveaway Info

Before we get to today's teaser, I have some event updates.

Surrounded by Books Reviews is giving away books. All you have to do is fill out the form here to be entered.

I'm giving away critiques on this blog for the holidays. All you have to do is fill out the form here to be entered.

And my good friend and critique partner Christine Rains is hosting a giveaway on her blog. Her friend, comedian and author David Salnave is giving away gifts, including his new book To Kids from One to Ninety Two. It's a perfect gift for the holidays, so click here for more information.

Click picture to go to MizB's blog

Tangled Tides by Karen Amanda Hooper
eARC Page 31


How could I possibly act normal when my world was crash-and-burning? Suspecting Treygan had kidnapped Yara was one thing.




So what are you reading? Do you have a teaser?

Teaser Tuesday 12.6.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Chill Run by Russell Brooks
Kindle eARC 27%

"So why are you trying to get famous?" Bevins said as he removed the vase from the table and wiped it. He then poured himself another full glass and a partial glass for Eddie.



So what are you reading? Do you have a teaser?

Teaser Tuesday 11.29.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title and author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today is my NaNoWriMo version of Teaser Tuesday. Here are a few lines from my WiPs.

Starred by Cherie Reich

Page 91 (Word Doc, single-spaced)

In less than two hours, I'd be on the stage again.

For the last time.

The Last Prophetess by Cherie Reich

Page 26 (Word Doc, single-spaced)

Could such trust be won back once lost?

 

I didn’t know.






Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 11.22.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Perfected by Girls by Alfred C. Martino
17% on Kindle


I'm kneeling off to the side of the runners-up mat, waiting for the whistle to blow, re-adjusting my shirt clinging to my shoulders and upper back. I'm sweating like crazy.

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading? 

Teaser Tuesday 11.15.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Become by Ali Cross
43% on Kindle


"...I think we'll use the same readers again--if that's all right with everyone." 

My stomach roiled with the desire to be anywhere but there, doing anything other than reading the role of Lady Macbeth with Michael sitting behind me hearing the guilt ring in my voice.

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 11.8.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!) 
4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 

String Bridge by Jessica Bell

Page 264 of ARC

The apartment in Athens is empty. Well, not all the time.

 

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 11.1.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

The Doll by J.C. Martin
51% on Kindle


The first title in her results caught her attention: Palo Mayombe: The Dark Side of Santeria.
She clicked on the link, and her screen plunged into an inky blackness.

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 10.25.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Confessions of an Average Half-Vampire by Lisa Shafer
46% on Kindle


"Oh, good!" I said and went over to dig out a clean shirt. Mom's an experienced traveler, and she'd warned me to take extra underwear and socks in my backpack just in case something like this happened, so I was okay in that department, but I'd been wearing the same yellow polo shirt for about forty-eight hours now, and I wanted something different.

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading? 

Teaser Tuesday 10.18.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

The Wizard of Time by G.L. Breedon
Book 1
18% on Kindle


"As you approach a particular time, you will be able to sense what is different from one day to the next, how one hour differs from another, one minute from the last. Now, tell me what you sensed."

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading? 

Teaser Tuesday 10.11.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

A Sight for Sore Fangs by Nicole Zoltack
Book 4 of What You See Is What You Get
56% on Kindle

He was testing her, and she knew it. Vampire seers were reckless indeed.

 

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 10.4.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Mickey 6 by John Koelsch
86% on Kindle, Advanced Reader Copy 


The chorus was strong and clear. A number of weapons zeroed in on the chopper.

Do you have a teaser? What are you currently reading?

Teaser Tuesday 9.27.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Deviant by Adrian McKinty
Page 357 (around 97% on Kindle in ARC)


"He's going to give us that awful hot chocolate," Tony said.

"Don't you like it?"

Teaser Tuesday 9.20.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 A to Z Stories of Life and Death by D. Biswas
6% on Kindle (First part of "A for Aquarium")


It brought everything closer to the illusion of nature, which is a wild, uncontrolled thing, an illusion she had tried to create with rocks, moss, driftwood, soil, plants, fish, shrimp. Now she had snails!

Teaser Tuesday 9.13.11

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

1. Grab your current read

2. Open to a random page

3. 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!)

4. Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Watching Willow Watts by Talli Roland

Page 133 (around there, 38% on my Kindle)

'Could I have your autograph?'

Willow froze. That voice sounded like . . . no, it couldn't be.

Teaser Tuesday 9.6.11

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!

Monarch by Michelle Davidson Argyle

Page 162 (or Chapter 18 in ARC ebook)

Robert still didn't strike Lilian as the scientific type. Most of them had beer guts or were rail thin.