Teaser Tuesday

Thank goodness for the library! I'm hoping to get a computer from a friend later this week or next, but as of now I have to make due using the public library's computers. They are a little ancient and don't want to let me compose a blog post the usual way, but it's better than nothing.

I would like to post a Teaser Tuesday from one of the books I'll be checking out today. I haven't started any so the sentences will be as much a surprise to me as anyone else.

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme posted by Should Be Reading. In this meme, you grab your current read and open it up to a random page, and post two teaser sentences from it. I think the first book I'm going to read from this bunch of library books is Shine by Lauren Myracle.

At this time, Blogger (or the library computer) won't let me insert pictures. So, I will instead post the GoodReads summary and the teasers alone. I can't wait to get my own computer!

When her best guy friend falls victim to a vicious hate crime, sixteen-year-old Cat sets out to discover who in her small town did it. Richly atmospheric, this daring mystery mines the secrets of a tightly knit Southern community and examines the strength of will it takes to go against everyone you know in the name of justice. Against a backdrop of poverty, clannishness, drugs, and intolerance, Myracle has crafted a harrowing coming-of-age tale couched in a deeply intelligent mystery. Smart, fearless, and compassionate, this is an unforgettable work from a beloved author.

Because I have 90 GFC followers, I flipped to page 90.

Mama Sweetie had taught Patrick and me about handling bad emotions. If you breathed deep and set your mind to it, you could rise above your anger.

"Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer."

I'm really looking forward to reading this book! It seems to be about prejudice and gay rights and this is one of the issues I get most upset about. I just don't understand why everyone gets so concerned about what other people do in the bedroom. But that is a discussion for another day.

What do you think about realist books on everyday issues? Do you like them or do you prefer to read fantasy to escape reality? Leave me a comment and let me know! I've missed you all so much!

First Chapter First Paragraph Tuesday Intros

This is a meme I found as I was visiting other members of the Teaser Tuesday meme. In the future I hope to combine the memes but since I posted about The Testing for Teaser Tuesday I'm going to post about the other book I'm reading now.

First Chapter/First Paragraph is hosted by Bibliophile By the Sea, and in this meme you post the first (few) chapters from your current read.


In this heart-wrenching and suspenseful teen thriller, sixteen-year-old Sarah Meadows longs for "normal." Born with a port-wine stain covering half her face, all her life she’s been plagued by stares, giggles, bullying, and disgust. But when she’s abducted on the way home from school, Sarah is forced to uncover the courage she never knew she had, become a hero rather than a victim, and learn to look beyond her face to find the beauty and strength she has inside. It’s that—or succumb to a killer. 


Sarah 
8:00 AM

Today is the day I've been waiting for my entire life- the beginning of normal.
    I reach for the latest Seventeen and flip through its glossy pages until I find the perfect face. The girl is pretty, with wide green eyes, hollow cheekbones, and full, pouty lips. But what I notice most is her smooth, unblemished skin. It's perfect. I cut photo out and stick it above my bed, in the last of the space. Now I can't even see the sunlight yellow of my walls- but the confidence that shines in these faces is even brighter. And today I'm going to get so much closer to that. I don't care how much the treatments hurt; it'll be worth it. It can't hurt as much as the stares and rude comments I get everyday. 

What do you think about books about bullying? What do you think of the synopsis and opening paragraphs of Stained? Would you keep reading? Leave me a comment and let me know!

*This is an uncorrected galley from NetGalley so it might still change. 

Teaser Tuesday

 Teaser Tuesdays is a meme from Should Be Reading. Each week we take our current read and flip to a random page. Then we get to post two non-spoiler sentences from that page to whet your curiosity.

Today I'm reading The Testing by Joelle Charboneau.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Isn’t that what they say? But how close is too close when they may be one in the same?

The Seven Stages War left much of the planet a charred wasteland. The future belongs to the next generation’s chosen few who must rebuild it. But to enter this elite group, candidates must first pass The Testing—their one chance at a college education and a rewarding career.

Cia Vale is honored to be chosen as a Testing candidate; eager to prove her worthiness as a University student and future leader of the United Commonwealth. But on the eve of her departure, her father’s advice hints at a darker side to her upcoming studies--trust no one.

But surely she can trust Tomas, her handsome childhood friend who offers an alliance? Tomas, who seems to care more about her with the passing of every grueling (and deadly) day of the Testing. To survive, Cia must choose: love without truth or life without trust.

Random.org decided that I should share from page 32.

"That night I started having dreams. I'd wake up sweating, heart racing, not knowing why. Not a night would pass uninterrupted."

"A few minutes later he yells he's found something. Then the world explodes." 

I know I posted a few sentences more than I was supposed to but I wanted to provide SOME context for the quotes. So far I'm 71 pages in The Testing and I'm enjoying it. I hope to post a review later this week.

What do you think of book memes? Do you think they're interesting or a waste of blog space? Do you think the quotes above are interesting? Are you interested in the book now? Leave me a comment and let me know!

Teaser Tuesday

It's that time again! My teaser this week comes from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith.  

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Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."

"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.

Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.

When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln, he writes in his journal, "henceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and devotion. I shall become a master of mind and body. And this mastery shall have but one purpose..." Gifted with his legendary height, strength, and skill with an ax, Abe sets out on a path of vengeance that will lead him all the way to the White House.

While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.

Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.

I now have 67  followers that stayed with me despite my hiatus and so I flipped to page 67. I haven't reached the page yet but reading it, I can't help but posting more than 2 sentences!

So my first teaser phrase is:

"I felt the wooden stake in my fingers. I could do anything. I was a god." 

(see? Those sentences needed each other to make any sense.)

and my second teaser phrase:

"It was true. Until that moment there had been room for doubt. But now I saw it with my own eyes. Now I knew. Vampires were real." 

(I needed to include that.) 

What do you think of my teaser sentences? Do they make you want to add the book to your TBR pile? Leave me a comment about my teaser or a link to your teaser! :) 

Teaser Tuesday Time!

Hey guys! I'm sorry I haven't been posting like I should- school's been crazy but I wanted to take this time to post a Teaser Tuesday! :) 

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading where you grab your current read and post two non-spoiler sentences from a random page. I am currently reading The Replacement Wife by Eilen Goudge. The Replacement Wife is about: 

From New York Times bestselling author Eileen Goudge comes a poignant new novel that asks the question, “What would you do if you were told you had only six months to live?” For one professional matchmaker the answer is heart-wrenching: She must find her husband’s next wife. 

Camille Hart, one of Manhattan’s most sought-after matchmakers, has survived more than her fair share of hardships. Her mother died when she was a young girl, leaving her and her sister with an absentee father. Now in her forties, she has already survived cancer once, though the battle revealed just how ill-equipped her husband Edward is to be a single parent. So when doctors tell Camille that her cancer is back—and this time it’s terminal—she decides to put her matchmaking expertise to the test for one final job. Seeking stability for her children and happiness for her husband, Camille sets out to find the perfect woman to replace her when she’s gone.

But what happens when a dying wish becomes a case of “be careful what you wish for”? For Edward and Camille, the stunning conclusion arrives with one last twist of fate that no one saw coming.

At once deeply felt and witty, The Replacement Wife is an unforgettable story of love and family, and a refreshing look at the unexpected paths that lead us to our own happy endings.

Doesn't it sound awesome?! I'm really enjoying it so far and since I now have 66 WONDERFUL GFC followers I flipped to that page and found: 

Camile felt her stomach turn, imagining her dad and Louise doing what she herself had  done with Tim Watkins, a boy in her ninth-grade class with whom she'd made out at Serena Hughe's Christmas party the year before. 



"I'll always be your mom no matter what. But your dad will need someone to help look after you and your sister when I'm gone." 

I'm really enjoying The Replacement Wife so far and I can't wait to get to this page!


*By the way, I have very many books that I've read recently that I will post reviews of so watch out for that!

Teaser Tuesday with Pride's Run!

It's another Tuesday and time for another teaser! :) If you're not familiar with Teaser Tuesday, it's a meme hosted by Should Be Reading where you grab your current read and post two teaser sentences from a random page!

I got the page for this teaser from how many of you awesome guys are GFC followers! So I grabbed my Kindle and flipped to page 54 of Pride's Run by Cat Kalen! 

Seventeen year old Pride is a tracker—a werewolf with a hunger for blood. Taught to trick and to lure, she is the perfect killing machine. Kept leashed in the cellar by a master who is as ruthless as he is powerful, Pride dreams of freedom, of living a normal life, but escape from the compound is near impossible and disobedience comes with a price. When she learns her master intends to breed her she knows she has to run. Pride soon learns if she is to survive in the wild, she must trust in the boy who promises her freedom, the same boy she was sent to hunt. With life and death hanging in the balance the two find themselves on the run from the Paranormal Task Force—officers who shoot first and ask questions later—as well as her master’s handlers. Can Pride flee the man who has held her captive since birth and find sanctuary in the arms of a boy who has captured her heart? Or will her master find her first?

I'm super excited to be reading this book! I've been looking forward to being able to read it! My teasers from Pride's Run are: 


"I remain hunkered down in a defensive position and while I tune out the chaos erupting inside me, I mask my features and present a hardened exterior to my approaching handler."


"My stomach drops and a terrible sense of foreboding fills me as small cloudy particles rain from the ceiling and wash out my drawing" 


What do you think? I haven't read this far yet but I'm looking forward to it. Have you read Pride's Run? What did you think of it? Leave me a comment! :) 

Teaser Tuesday!

It's that time again! I thought I would do something a little different today so there are going to be two books I'm currently reading on my teaser Tuesday and I'm taking my page numbers from the fact that I as of right now, have had 2,395 page views! Thank y'all SO much! :D
(If you don't know what teaser Tuesday is the image above should lead you to Should be Reading where you'll learn all about it. But basically, its a meme where you post 2 teaser sentences from a random page in a book!)


My first book I'm going to tease you with is an indie book I promised to review Soul and Shadow by Susan McLeod. This book has a 124 pages so I took the 95 from my page views and came up with this: 

"Then I practically ran into the main hallway. There were few people about at this hour to notice my strange behavior." 

"My mind could not process everything that had happened." 

This is shaping up to be a great mystery and I can't wait to find out what's happening here! (I'm a good 30 pages away from this page!) 

Sounds interesting no? :) The other teaser I have for you is from the book The Whipping Club by Deborah Henry. I'm super excited to be reading this book and my kindle version has locations not pages so I was able to go to location 2,395! 

" She carried the heavy plants up the short steps to their blue front door, the only bright colors used to ornament the outside of Irish homes." 


"Whoever made blue the national color of Ireland was colorblind. Ben out to write about that in the paper and wake the dead, she thought." 


I love books in Ireland and I do believe these teasers show you how beautiful her writing is! :) 


So these are my teasers! :) What do you think of them? What book are you currently reading? Leave me a comment below! :) 

Teaser Tuesday

Happy Tuesday everyone! :) Are you ready for Teaser Tuesday?


Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading where you grab your current read, flip to a random page, and share 2 teaser sentences from that page! 


The book I'm going to tease you with today is actually one that won't come out for another week or two: Losing Clementine by Ashley Ream. I got this book from a first reads giveaway over at Goodreads and I love it so far! Look for the review of this probably later this week cause it's hard to put down! 

Amazon Description: In thirty days Clementine Pritchard will be finished with her last painting and her life.

World-renowned artist and sharp-tongued wit Clementine Pritchard has decided that she's done. After flushing away a medicine cabinet full of prescriptions, she gives herself thirty days to tie up loose ends—finish one last painting, make nice with her ex-husband, and find a home for her cat. Clementine plans to spend the month she has left in a swirl of art-world parties, manic work sessions, and outrageous acts—but what she doesn't expect is to uncover secrets surrounding the tragedy that befell her mother and sister. In an ending no one sees coming, will we lose Clementine or will we find her?

A bold debut from an exciting new voice, Losing Clementine is a wonderfully entertaining and poignant novel about unanticipated self-discovery that features one of the most irresistible, if deeply flawed, characters to grace contemporary fiction in years.

My two sentences from Losing Clementine are from page 195 (a random page picked by my glorious roommate) so I don't know what's happening at this point myself but a couple sentences jumped out at me: 


"I wiped my sweaty hands on my dress, which had no doubt picked up the aroma of microwave burriot." 


"Would it be considered a sign of aggression to knock on his window? Could he have had a stroke sitting in his cruiser? What were the odds he was in desperate need of CPR at the very moment I was tapping my thumbs on the steering wheel?" 


I know that second one was a couple sentences but they just need to stay together to get the overall effect don't you think? So do these sentences whet your appetite? Looking forward to reading the book? Good! :)