Tuesday Teasers: Four For You

I'm jumping right in with the teasers today to save you a little time.  After you read them, you might want to check out our post from yesterday if you missed it and learn about A Fun Way To Share Your Books.

Gerard's:

As Bushnell rushed down the aisle, a passenger asked him what was the matter.  Without stopping, a visibly distressed Bushnell blurted out, "The train is being robbed, that's what's the matter!"

From page 11 of Shot All To Hell:  Jesse James, the Northfield Raid, and the Wild West's Greatest Escape by Mark Lee Gardner  

She felt numb, like she was watching someone else do this.  A different woman held her Glock.  A different woman stared down this murderer, this child rapist.

From page 80 of Unseen by Karin Slaughter. (My review will be up tomorrow)

Karen's:

As you will soon see, our enemy's favorite --not only, but favorite--form of torture is psychological, so you need your mind to work. You have to keep him out of your head. Never tell him anything about your life before. Never."

From page 29 of The Never List by Koethi Zan.

While I prophesied, there was a noise and a rattling. The bones came together, bone to bone.

Ezekiel 37:7 from Holy Bible (International Childrens Bible)  Find out more here:  Dry Bones Come To Life.



Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should  Be Reading. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just do the following

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page (well, we cheat and choose specific ones)
• 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 teaser.   

Happy Reading!

A Fun Way To Share Your Books--Release Them Into The Wild

I am having a fun time cleaning off my bookshelves since joining www.bookcrossing.com last week.  Basically, the idea is to share your read books with other people by just placing them in places for them to be found.  Here's how it works: 

This is a book we received to review that we didn't want--our first release.

REGISTER:  Print out free labels to put inside the cover of your book (or you can purchase fancier labels if you want).  Then register your book at www.bookcrossing.com and write the BookCrossing ID ("BCID") number on the label.  The inside label says:

HOWDY!  HOLA!  BONJOUR!  GUTEN TAG!
I'm a very special book.   You see, I'm traveling around the world making new friends.  I hope I've met another friend in you.  Please go to www.BookCrossing.com and enter my BCID number (shown below).  You'll discover where I've been and who has read me, and can let them know I'm safe here in your hands.  Then...READ and RELEASE me!  BCID: ___________ (you fill this in)

RELEASE:  Then decide where you will leave it which is called "releasing it into the wild."  Add your release notes so people can actually go hunting for it if they want.

This is my first BookCrossing zone,  I left it on the bus stop bench, crossed the street to get a picture of the book waiting to be found, and when the buses went by that were blocking my view, the book was already gone!  That made me feel good!  Sometimes people will follow-through and actually report they found the book and enter the BCID number so you can follow the book around to see where it's been.

So far I've left books on benches at bus stops, benches at the zoo, benches or picnic tables at parks, and in my lunch room at work.  So far, I've released 7 books and all were picked up but three that I know of, two I just released at the park today.

FOLLOW:  So far, no one has reported any of the found ones on the website, but I hope they will.  Even if they don't though, it's a fun way to get rid of books you no longer want and let someone else read them.

My user name on the website is BookDumper so if you join, please use me as the referral and look me up.  There are BookCrossers worldwide and you can look up how many have joined in your area.  What do you do with books you are finished reading?  Wouldn't you like to join too?

"In the After" by Demitria Lunetta is Thrilling! (UPDATED)

 In The After by Demitria Lunetta is about how Amy, a teen girl and a toddler she finds survives when people all over the world are pretty much wiped out by very fast green creatures who are attracted to noise and light, and feed on people.  Amy thinks of her normal life with her parents, her friends and school as "before" and the life she lives now in silence and alone, only going out at night to scavenge for food, as the "after."

I enjoyed this book very much, it is a page turner I did not want to put down and when I did, I looked forward to getting back to it! I was completely engrossed in this one, not knowing what was going to happen next!  I highly recommend it to anyone who likes wild science fiction end-of-the-world type books.  I can't wait for the sequel!  This is a new author, give it a try.
(Karen's review, 5 stars)
 

Karen reading IN THE AFTER while waiting in line at Giant Eagle

In The After by Demitria Lunetta is a teen science fiction novel about a young girl home alone when the world changes.  She finds a young baby and becomes its caregiver.  Later on they find more people who have survived and are safe, or are they?  What kind of city are they in now?

This book drew me in right from page 1 with lots of action and a really good ending!  LOVED IT!  I'm looking forward to the sequel!
(Gerard's review, 5+ stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

"Tell Me" by Lisa Jackson (Romantic Suspense)

Tell Me by Lisa Jackson is about a woman convicted of killing her oldest daughter and shooting her two other children. After 20 years, one of the children tells the world that his mom did not do it; however, it was his testimony that convicted her in the first place.

I thought the best parts of the novel were (1) a woman trying to get the mother to open up to her and tell her what really happened that night, and (2) two detectives putting all the parts of the trial together again to make sure the mother did not go free, and what they discover! You will not believe the ending to this book!
(Gerard's review, 5+ stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments. Happy Reading!

"The Silver Star" by Jeannette Walls

The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls tells the story of two young teen girls who are pretty much left on their own when their mom takes off. They decide to move to a small town where they stay with relatives. All goes fine until an incident happens to one of the girls.

This novel is slow moving in the beginning with little action; however, around page 200 of my large print version, the main plot kicks in and then it zooms along because it gets really good. If you liked her first two books, you will probably like this one too.
(Gerard's review, 4 stars)

Have you read this one? What did you think of it? If you reviewed this too, feel free to share your link to your review in the comments.

Our reviews of other books by Jeannette Walls that we read:
The Glass Castle and Half Broke Horses.

Happy Reading!