Teaser Tuesday: Week 12

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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:

"She leafed through a few more pages of my file. I had no idea what observation Dr. Hendrickson had immortalized there, and I didn't want to wait around long enough to find out."

--page 147-8, Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

What's your teaser this Tuesday?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 11

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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:

"I couldn't keep my thoughts together.... The vision of him shaking in the woods right before I realized what was happening to him replayed over and over in my head."

--page 143, Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

What's your teaser this Tuesday?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 10

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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:

"It was my nemesis Prince Siegfried, of the house of Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen, whom everyone expected me to marry.... I'd been whisked back to Scotland not to solve any crime but to be thrust together with the man I so vehemently avoided."

--page 87, Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen

What was your teaser this Tuesday?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 9

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!
  

This week, since I don't want to give away too much, my teaser is only one sentence long. So, without further ado...

"Trusting him, even for one second, was the stupidest thing I've ever done."

--page 191, Eyes Like Stars by Lisa Mantchev

What was your teaser this Tuesday?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 8

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!

This week, my teaser is...

"So I let Dr. Davidoff blather on, telling me about their study, about the other
kids, about how we'd be 'fixed' and out of here in no time. And I smiled and
nodded and started making my own plans."

--page 26, The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

What's your teaser today?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 7

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!

This week, my teaser is...

"There was, of course, nothing to beware of on Selkie Island. But I couldn't shake the sense that there would be plenty to discover."

--page 12, Sea Change by Aimee Friedman

What's your teaser this Tuesday?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 6

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!

This week, my teaser is...

"Celia had never liked the idea of Lara to begin with - she wanted to be the most important woman in Bree's life, and it was clear that Lara had won that title. April always marveled at how competitive some Smith women could be, over friendships, and boyfriends, and grades, and weight, and pretty much everything else."

--page 99, Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan

What have you got for a teaser this week?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 5

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!

This week, my teaser is...
"The man watched her, and Connie felt the dust of his overcrowded office beginning to sneak into her nasal passages and down the back of her throat... Why would someone back then buy old books, anyway?"
--page 230, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe


What's your teaser this week?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 4

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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 Tuesday is...

"Little do I know that by the end of that longed-for party, I'll be looking back and yearning for the chance to take back that nod. To rewind this entire encounter, like running a DVD backward on fast speed, as I get up, walk backward down the path, seemingly followed by Nadia, cross the road backward (not too safe, that, but I don't get knocked over), reach my friends, and press Stop and then Play again - and change the outcome."

--page 34, Kiss Me Kill Me by Lauren Henderson

What's your teaser?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 3

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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 Tuesday is...

"Even as I was falling in love - full throttle, intense,
can't-erase-that-goofy-smile love - I didn't really register what was happening.
When I was with Adam, at least after those first few awkward weeks, I felt so
good that I didn't bother thinking about what was going on with me, with us."

--page 166, If I Stay by Gayle Forman

What's you teaser?

Teaser Tuesday: Week 2 and Contests

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading. Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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 Tuesday is...

"When she emerged from the Wood, she looked toward the grave and knew with a sense of rising dread that something was wrong. She took the last few steps, her legs shaking, and saw that there was a gaping hole where there should have been earth and grass."

--page 118, Ash by Malinda Lo

What's your teaser this week?

Also, here are some more contests going on at other blogs, in more or less chronological order:

First, though I have no idea when this one ends (all the more reason to rush over there now), Reviewer X is giving away Lisa Mantchev's debut (that's been getting a lot of attention), Eyes Like Stars over here. Review X also did a great pub story with Lisa Mantchev that you can read here. I love how acting and reading (and dreams) seem so interconnected.

Ending June 17, as one of their Contest Mondays, The Brain Lair is giving away a SIGNED ARC of The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong here. You know, the sequel to The Summoning. I haven't read this one, but the first was entrancing, so I'm sure this one isn't to be missed. And I did mention that it's SIGNED, right?

Now a big hit: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater. You know you've been dying to get your hands on a copy of this one, and now you can. Head over to Connie's blog LitMuse by June 19th for a chance to win a copy. It's right over here.

For those of you who have read Carlos Ruiz Zafon's The Shadow of the Wind (and even for those who haven't), Zafon's next book just came out (today!) and Reading and Ruminations is giving you the chance to win an ARC of this book, The Angel's Game (along with The Shadow of the Wind if you haven't read it or a gift card to a bookstore). So, head over here by June 20th to sign up for the giveaway.

Next, Fantastic Book Review is hosting a contest called Magicians, Demons & Selkies – Oh My! (I know, I love the contest title, too). If you enter by June 20th, you have the chance to win a copy of either The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan or Sea Change by Aimee Friedman.

And now, here's a chance to win an updated (and very unique) retelling of the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast - Crazy Beautiful by Lauren Baratz-Logsted. Head over to The Story Siren for a shot to win this adaptation as long as you enter by June 26th.

In Bed With Books has a pretty massive contest going on that you can check out right here. If you post why you're life could be a good reality TV show, you could win: the complete Elite series (The Elite, In Too Deep, and the soon-to-be-released Simply Irresistible) by Jennifer Banash, Don't You Forget About Me (Gossip Girl #11) by Cecily Von Ziegesar, Envy (Lux #3) by Anna Godbersen, and Just Listen by Sarah Dessen.

And the last one for today, Jessica at Eat Sleep Dance Read is having her first contest (yay!) celebrating the beginning of summer over here. She's giving away Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles and you can enter until June 30th.

P.S. Upcoming reviews include Fragile Eternity, Ash, and Storm Glass. I'll try to have them all up by the end of the weekend.

Teaser Tuesday: Week 1

Teaser Tuesdays is sponsored by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Teaser Tuesdays go like this:

• 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!

Easy peasy, right?

Seeing as the other Teaser Tuesday posts I've read seem to interpret seem to have a wide interpretation of two, I'm hoping this'll be alright:

"But it's not his complete gorgeousness that has me so transfixed. It has nothing to do with that. It's mainly the way the entire area surrounding his body, starting from his glorious head and going all the way down to the square-cut toes of his black motorcycle boots, consists of nothing but blank empty space."

--page 14 of Evermore by Alyson Noel