Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Teaser Tuesday


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

Just do the following to participate:

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!
Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
 
 
 
I decided on 2 this week so I can include my holiday read.
 



Teaser from pg 72
 
"Flavia," I said as I paused for a moment at the door.  "Flavia Sabina Dolores de Luce." The "Sabina" was real enough; "Dolores" I invented on the spot.
 
Flavia is my favourite character of the year, is my review.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Teaser from short story Why Do You Reward Me Thus?
 
Four calling Birds?  Three French hens?  Two turtle doves?  What are turtle doves and why would anybody want one of them, let alone two?  And a partridge in a pear tree?  Where the (****) was this person shopping?"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Happy Holidays, I look forward to reading your Teasers.
 
 
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21 comments:

  1. DarlynDecember 21, 2010 at 1:05 AM

    I'd loved to read both books!

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  2. Julie PDecember 21, 2010 at 2:12 AM

    Your teaser from the holiday book made me laugh out loud. He is a great author.....

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  3. Pam (@iwriteinbooks)December 21, 2010 at 8:22 AM

    Hahaha, these are both great! The cover on the second is hysterical!

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  4. Kathy MartinDecember 21, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    I love the cover of You Better Not Cry and the teaser made me laugh. I have two teasers again this week. My adult teaser is from Nocturne by Syrie James and my YA teaser is from Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Happy reading!

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  5. gautami tripathyDecember 21, 2010 at 11:25 AM

    What great teasers! Sound good to me!!

    Teaser Tuesday: The Wake of Forgiveness by Bruce Machart

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  6. AimeeDecember 21, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Great teasers! They both sound good. My TT is at Coffee Table Press

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  7. Jessica @ Laugh Love WriteDecember 21, 2010 at 11:38 AM

    Hahahaha. Great teasers. Thanks for making me smile.

    My Teaser is a little different.

    Jessica @ Laugh Love Write

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  8. fredamansDecember 21, 2010 at 11:46 AM

    I love the Christmas teaser! Very cute!

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday.html

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  9. CMashDecember 21, 2010 at 12:21 PM

    You Better Not Cry sounds hysterical!!!

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  10. Jo-JoDecember 21, 2010 at 12:36 PM

    Great teasers! I've really been wanting to read The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie.

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  11. BelindaDecember 21, 2010 at 1:18 PM

    ROFL I LOVE it!! Thanks for sharing :) You can find my teaser at The Bookish Snob Merry Christmas!

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  12. AnonymousDecember 21, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    Here is my teaser from Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately (Page 1):

    "Do you hear it?" The voice was almost a whisper.

    Elsa held her breath, and then she heard it too, a faint rustling of footsteps over twigs and leaves. Out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed several shadowy figures darting through the trees, and when she turned, she saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off the barrel of an assault rifle.

    There was no denying it—the Taliban had found them.

    Oh, Jesus! she thought. We'll never escape.

    Elsa knew the Taliban's ruthless hatred; the death and destruction they wrought was undeniable.

    Seized by a sickening wave of fear, she wanted to cry or throw up, but there was no time. She tried to catch Parween's eye, but her friend was looking back, intent on finding the source of the sound.

    "Run!" someone shouted, and suddenly, the chase was on.

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  13. jlshallDecember 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM

    Those are both wonderful teasers! I loved Flavia, too. And, yeah, that twelve days of Christmas song always bothered me, too.

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  14. Tales of WhimsyDecember 21, 2010 at 5:50 PM

    LOL Nice
    I like the second one.

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  15. BLHmistressDecember 21, 2010 at 8:22 PM

    LOL , love the cover of the second one and the teaser cracks me up, wondered the same thing everytime I sing the song .

    My Teaser Tuesday

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  16. SukoDecember 21, 2010 at 8:39 PM

    Terrific teasers! I would like to read The Sweetness.

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  17. Bev HankinsDecember 21, 2010 at 8:44 PM

    Love your Christmas teaser...questions I'm sure we've all wondered about.

    Here's my TT: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesdays_21.html

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  18. SoniaDecember 21, 2010 at 11:06 PM

    the short story teaser is funny!

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  19. PixieDecember 22, 2010 at 1:44 AM

    LMBO at the second teaser I need to read that one. Thanks for stopping by Page Turners

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  20. NovrozDecember 22, 2010 at 5:18 AM

    Whuahaha, yoursecond teaser is very funny and I like the cover as well

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  21. Nikki (Wicked Awesome Books)December 23, 2010 at 11:58 PM

    I've never read anything by Augusten Burroughs, but the guy really seems like he has this wry, dry humor that I'd enjoy.

    Great teasers!

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