teaser tuesday: Chime by Franny Billingsley

I haven't done teaser in a while, but I love the first lines of Franny Billingsley's novel, Chime. So I had to join in.

Isn't that wonderful? I'm not very far into the book, but so far I'm loving it!

I've confessed to everything and I'd like to be hanged. 
Now, if you please.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Follow the link to join in.

(I have a contest right now to win an ARC of Where She Went by Gayle Forman. Check it out HERE. It's waaaaaay at the bottom, after the rambly review and apples.)

Chime blurb from goodreads:
Before Briony's stepmother died, she made sure Briony blamed herself for all the family's hardships. Now Briony has worn her guilt for so long it's become a second skin. She often escapes to the swamp, where she tells stories to the Old Ones, the spirits who haunt the marshes. But only witches can see the Old Ones, and in her village, witches are sentenced to death. Briony lives in fear her secret will be found out, even as she believes she deserves the worst kind of punishment.
 Then Eldric comes along with his golden lion eyes and mane of tawny hair. He's as natural as the sun, and treats her as if she's extraordinary. And everything starts to change. As many secrets as Briony has been holding, there are secrets even she doesn't know.

Teaser Tuesday (9)

My teaser today is from Adam Gidwitz's A Tale Dark & Grimm.

"Before I go on, a word of warning: Grimm's stories--the ones that weren't changed for little kids--are violent and bloody. And what you're going to hear now, the one true tale in The Tales of Grimm, is as violent and bloody as you can imagine. Really. So if such things bother you, we should probably stop now"


blurb from goodreads:
Brooklyn schoolteacher Adam Gidwitz offers imaginative new slants on children's classics in this new collection inspired by nine Grimm Brothers fairy tales. Never before have Hansel and Gretel had an adventure like this!

blurb from me:
the above is a lame blurb. So let me try: the book follows twins, Hansel and Gretel, through years of wandering through different (fairy tales) countries, looking for decent parents. Interestingly enough, parents aren't usually good in Grimm. Though they do find good people who help them on their way. There is a lot of blood and violence, but the wonderful author that Gidwitz is, he gives plenty of interruptions in the narrative to warn us off from continuing.

Okay, that was a lame blurb, too. But the book is fun! (and gory and interesting and wonderful)

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!

Teaser Tuesday #8 -- Tiger's Curse by Colleen Houck

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by MizB at should be reading. Anyone can join in on the fun, just visit her blog to find out more.

My snippet today is from Colleen Houck's book Tiger's Curse.


"Mae West, a famous vaudeville actress, once said, 'A man's kiss is his signature.' I grinned to myself. If that was true, then Ren's signature was the John Hancock of kisses." pg 251


So I thought that was a pretty hilarious line. I can't stop laughing. 

Here's info on the book, to be published in January.

Would you risk it all to change your destiny?

The last thing Kelsey Hayes thought she'd be doing this summer was trying to break a 300-year old Indian curse. With a mysterious white tiger named Ren. Halfway around the world. But that's exactly what happened.


Face-to-face with dark forces, spell-binding magic, and mystical worlds where nothing is what it seems, Kelsey risks everything to piece together an ancient prophecy that could break the curse forever.


Tiger's Curse is the exciting first volume in an epic fantasy-romance that will leave you breathless and yearning for more.

teaser tuesday (7) -- platinum

Time for another teaser on Tuesday! hosted by MizB at should be reading

This one comes from Platinum by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

blurb: When beautiful and popular high school student Lilah realizes she has "the Sight," a mystical ability to see things others cannot, she resolves to use her special powers to prevent a tragedy.

"The easiest way to keep one secret was to let another piece of information slip, and the last thing either of us needed was for Fuchsia, whose mouth was roughly the size of Montana, to figure out that it had taken more than boob, nose, and dye jobs for Tracy to land her ex-boyfriend (the second-hottest guy in our school) in the first place. If secrets were currency in the high school world, boys were more or less Gold cards." pg 14

teaser tuesday (6) -- the eternal ones

This weeks teaser is from The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller

blurb: Seventeen-year-old Haven Moore leaves East Tennessee to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, where she meets playboy Iain Morrow, whose fate may be tied to hers through a series of past lives.

"I've been seeing the same thing off and on for a few weeks now. I can't seem to stop the visions anymore. And to be perfectly honest, I'm not even sure that I want to." pg 12

teaser tuesday is a meme hosted by MizB at Should by Reading

teaser tuesday (5)

This week's teaser comes from things i know about love by Kate le Vann.

"If you're ready for another recap of the 'Things I Know' list, you'll have to wait, because I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LOVE."
pg 59

TEASER TUESDAY is a meme from should be reading. To join in:
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!

teaser tuesday (4)--inside out

Today's teaser is from Inside Out by Maria V. Snyder
"I pressed past some scrubs until I found a heating vent near the floor. After sliding inside, I replaced the vent cover and rested in the warm metal tube, catching my breath." pg 36

Teaser Tuesday is a meme from Should Be Reading. To join in just:

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!

Teaser Tuesday (3)

Teaser Tuesday is a meme from Should Be Reading. To join in just:

• 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 is from Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer. I decided it was about time I read about Vladmir Tod. I'm enjoying it.

"Vlad approached Mr. Otis's desk, ready for the lecture that was coming. Through the door, he could see Meredith talking with Henry in the hall."

-pg 100






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teaser tuesday (2)

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

The Half-Life of Planets by Emily Franklin and Brendan Halpin


"One table over, an old man suddenly starts sobbing. He's just sitting there crying, in front of the nurses with their frozen yogurts and the doctors in their water-blue scrubs and the various visitors like us. My stomach churns. He's so sad." pg 40

Okay, so I shared four teaser sentences. oops

teaser tuesday (1)

The Keepers' Tattoo
by Gill Arbuthnott
May 1, 2010

"She moved toward him, stretched out a hand, and took hold of his shoulder. He twisted and slid out of her grasp and ran off up the slipway, easily eluding Aria as she tried to block his way at the top."
--pg 154

blurb: Months before her fifteenth birthday, Nyssa learns that she is a special member of a legendary clan, the Keepers of Knowledge, as she and her uncle try to escape from Alaric, the White Wolf, who wants to use lines tattooed on her to destroy the rest of her people.

I've barely started it, but good so far!

Teaser Tuesdays is a meme at Should be Reading. Grab a current book you're reading, randomly open to a page, and share a two sentence teaser.