Monday, May 16, 2011

Teaser Tuesday - The Girls by Lori Lansens

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!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Teaser from 12% on Kindle
 
I sense that I'm naturally a right-handed person, but my right arm belongs to Ruby for all intents and purposes (when I was little I thought the term was :intensive purposes") so I'm a reluctant lefty. My clumsiness annoys Ruby, who is both responsible and blameless.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is good so far, I have to remind myself it is a Novel and not a memoir, amazing actually.  I look forward to your teaser(s).
 
Book Summary
 
The fictional autobiography of conjoined twins, Rose and Ruby Darlen – a breathtaking novel about the profound and transcendent love between two extraordinary sisters.
 
Awards for The Girls
 
  • A Flare magazine Book of the Month
  • A longlist nominee for the Orange
    Broadband Prize 2007
  • A 2007 Richard & Judy Bookclub selection
  • Featured in Vogue, June 2006
  • A New York Times Editor’s Choice Pick for 2006
  • The #1 Booksense Pick for May 2006
  • A Toronto Star Best Read for 2005
 
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17 comments:

  1. JillianMay 17, 2011 at 3:54 AM

    I felt indifferent about this book. There were many things I liked about it, but also a couple of things I did not. Hope you end up liking it though! :)

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  2. jlshallMay 17, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    Good teaser! Not sure it's my kind of read, but it's an interesting idea for a novel. Hope you enjoy the rest of it!

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  3. BunnitaMay 17, 2011 at 9:59 AM

    Good teaser. I kind of thought it was about conjoined twins from the teaser. LOL, when I was younger I thought it was intensive purposes too.

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  4. AnonymousMay 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM

    Please repost whatever you commented on my blog today Marce. I have a neurological disorder and my stiff fingers accidentally hit delete instead of publish before I even read it :(
    Thanks--will be posting my Teaser shortly! Rae

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  5. UnknownMay 17, 2011 at 10:56 AM

    Thanks for visiting, Marce!
    You teaser sounds interesting.

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  6. Gigi AnnMay 17, 2011 at 11:28 AM

    I think this book sounds interesting, and plan on adding it to my TBR pile. I wonder if the idea came from the maybe 20 years old conjoined twin girls by now. I saw on TV a few years ago. They had just reached their 16th birthday, and went for their drivers license, which they past the test and received their license. It was quite an interesting show. I haven't seen them lately.

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  7. AnonymousMay 17, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    When I was younger, I thought it was intensive purposes too.

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  8. fredamansMay 17, 2011 at 12:37 PM

    Good teaser. I won this book a while back but haven't read it yet.

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_16.html

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  9. CMashMay 17, 2011 at 12:42 PM

    This book sounds like it must be a very emotional yet thought provoking read. Definitely not your usual type of genre so will be on the look out for your review. BTW...The sequel for Moonlight Rises will be out in Sept., thought you would be intersted in knowing.

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  10. SherrieMay 17, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    Hi!
    Sounds kind of interesting. I'll have to check it out. Thanks for stopping by my place. Have a great day!

    Sherrie
    Just Books

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  11. StephTheBookwormMay 17, 2011 at 8:39 PM

    Hey Marce, have not been on Blogger too much lately because I just finished college, but wanted to stop by your blog especially to say hello and catch up on your posts!

    This book has been on my to-read list for a long time now. It sounds fascinating and unusual with the conjoined twins. I look forward to seeing what you think of it when you're done!

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  12. Karen and GerardMay 17, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Sounds like an interesting book.

    Here's ours: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-teasers-night-road-and-lincoln.html

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  13. PixieMay 17, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    ohh this book sounds interesting. Great teaser!

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  14. RebeccaMay 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    Wow, what an interesting teaser! Don't you love it when books are so emotion filled and "real" that they almost read like memoirs? I look forward to your review of this!

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  15. BethMay 18, 2011 at 2:29 AM

    Interesting teaser! Thanks for stopping by.

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  16. Beth(bookaholicmom)May 18, 2011 at 9:06 AM

    This sounds like a great read, Marce! I will be putting this on my wish list. Great teaser.

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  17. Tales of WhimsyMay 18, 2011 at 12:24 PM

    Sounds like Ruby is a tough one to please. Great teaser.

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