Teaser Tuesdays

Gerard's:

As I released Will from his stay and he climbed into the car, I knew that I could never send him away.  I sat beside him while he licked the tears off my cheeks, and I asserted, I will, I will, I will Willie, I will move heaven and earth to try to help us both.

From page 121 of The Education of Will by Patricia B. McConnell.

It wasn't the most sensible plan.  It had a few wrinkles that needed to be ironed out.

From page 156 of A Simple Favor by Darcey Bell.

Karen's:

He had his knife.  the beast was only an animal--no match for her betrothed.

From page 7 of The Great Hunt by Wendy Higgins.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Tuesday Teasers

Karen's:

Ceridwen stared at the splatters.  Raelyn's joy had been demented as she had ordered Simon's head to be severed.

From page 25, of Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch.

Gerard's:

"I can fight," I said, lifting my chin.  "Better than you.  Better than all of your men."

From page 56 of The Valiant by Lesley Livingston.

Besides, getting close to someone meant risking her heart.  She'd had enough grief with her parents' deaths and her sister's illness.

From page 45 of The Freedom Broker by K. J. Howe. (Kidnap & Ransom Thriller)

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

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Karen's:

The champion looked away, across the ruined village and the broken bodies.  "Only the best can become queen.  And she is not the best."

From page 15 of The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst.

Rys gave me a smile dripping with venom.  He knew--through that bond, through whatever magic was between us, he'd known I was about to say no. 

From page 44 of A Court of Mist and Fury by Sara J. Maas.


Gerard's:

 I can't breathe.  I take huge gulps of air, but it doesn't help.

From page 31 of Forget Tomorrow by Pintip Dunn

If I could go back to the past and undo my sister's decision, I would.  But I can't.  So all I can do now is thwart my sister's enemy.

 From page 30 of Remember Yesterday by Pintip Dunn.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

I inspected my new body.  I appeared to be a teenaged Caucasian male, clad in sneakers, blue jeans, and a green polo shirt.

From page 5 of The Trials of Apollo--Book One, The Hidden Oracle by Rick Riordan.


Gerard's:
 "A sorcerer would never harm children," I said, squeezing her hand in return.  Granted, I'd never met a sorcerer, but Sarah didn't need to know that.

From page 1 of A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess.

He led me to his sister crouched under a big tree, a blanket wrapped around her.  She was younger, maybe eight.

 From page 2 of The Poet's Dog by Patricia MacLachlan.

The champion looked away, across the ruined village and the broken bodies.  "Only the best can become queen.  And she is not the best."

From page 15 of The Queen of Blood by Sarah Beth Durst.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker.   Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

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If you have a teaser, please feel free to leave your link to it in my comments so I can visit.  

Karen's:

I realized I was about to get what I had been wishing for so fervently for over seventeen years.  And I wondered if I was ready for it.

From page 29 of Seashell Season by Holly Chamberlin.


Gerard's:

I often wonder if in the split second after I pull the trigger I'll have changed my mind, decided I should live.  This haunts me, but I know only one thing.

 From page 10 of Teach Me to Forget by Eric Chapman.

I finally was able to leave our link on the host blog today by using my gravitar instead of the open ID thing--whew!  Another problem solved!  Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else was experience difficulty too.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker (unfortunately, I don't know how to leave my link in a comment over there--help.)  Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

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If you have a teaser, please leave your link to it in my comments so I can visit.  I don't see how to leave a comment on the new host's blog!  Can someone let me know?

Karen's:

I leaped back, almost stumbling over my cowering father.  The faerie could have killed me--could have, yet the lunge had been a warning.

From page 34 of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sara J. Maas.


Gerard's:

My head ached, trying to sort it all out.  Our freedom came at a high cost to others.

 From page 8 of The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by The Purple Booker (unfortunately, I don't know how to leave my link in a comment over there--help.)  Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teasers

Karen's:

Brindle made another snorting noise.  "This is the craziest story I ever heard."

From page 58 of A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay.


Gerard's:

"The plans have changed," I said firmly, and I gathered my gown up in great bunches so I could get a foothold in the stirrup.  The straw-haired boy's mouth fell open as he looked at my once pristine gown, the hem already sloshed with mud, now smearing my sleeves and lace bodice and worse, the Morrighan jeweled wedding cloak.

 From page 17 of The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teasers

Gerard's:

We should have done more, and we should have done it sooner.  It ate at me every day, and I knew it ate at Donna, too.

From page 34 of A Tap on the Window by Linwood Barclay.


Karen's:

"We don't have the luxury of playing at an occupation for a while and then having someone else support us as soon as we're tired of it all.  Men work hard their whole lives."

 From page 47 of Where Courage Calls by Janette Oke.

I asked myself a hundred times why I ignored your note.  Everything might have been different if I'd just taken two minutes to answer you.

From page 17 of The Beauty of Darkness by Mary E. Pearson.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

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Gerard's:

His eyes crinkled in a way that made me think he might be smiling beneath the bandanna, and I felt the blood drain from my head and my fingers, pooling in the core of my body, ready to fight or flee, whichever it had to be.
     He took a step forwards.

From page 5 of The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware.

But the only one who stands out from the staring, jabbering crowd of them isn't my own brother or the woman who's wrecking my parents' marriage.  It's a girl I don't even know, the largest girl here.

From page 84 of Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven.

Karen's:

I tell myself to give Mick a chance, give these girls a chance, give this day a chance, give myself a chance most of all.  The way I see it, I've lost my mom, eaten myself nearly to death, been cut out of my house while the whole country watched, endured exercise regimes and diets and the nation's disappointment, and I've received hate mail from total strangers.

 From page 24 of Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading.  Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

Even as I spoke, I visualized the blow I'd use to kill her.  A single strike to the back of the head....No need to risk her screaming.

From page 15 of The Diabolic by S. J. Kincaid.

Karen's:

Night after night, my mom had us name three nice things our siblings had done for us, and each night we wre somehow able to come up with something.

And to my surprise, my brother and I began to argue less and less.

 From page 71 of Three Weeks With My Brother by Nicholas and Micah Sparks.

"I'm Ruth," she announces.  "I'm going to be your nurse today."

All I can think is:  Over my dead body.

From page 35 of Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday--4 Today

Gerard's:

For a moment, I honestly don't understand.  And then it hits me with the force of a blow:  they don't have a problem with what I've done.

From page 21 of Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult.

We walked on in silence for a couple of minutes longer, until my anger had entirely faded and I could no longer remember exactly why I'd chased after her in the first place.

From page 13 of Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland.

Karen's:

I awoke to sirens screaming throughout my city of East Berlin.  Instantly, I flew from my bed.  Something must be terribly wrong.

From page 1 of A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen.

And all of a sudden
I'm blinking back tears.
Because seeing him
lying there like that makes me . . .

From page 11 of Saving Red by Sonya Sones. 


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

Frost looked back up at her father, but he was no longer there, the hand in hers suddenly cold and lifeless.  "It is happening again," Bunt said.  "There is no escape."

From page 51 of Frost by M. P. Kozlowsky.  (Bunt is a robot.)

But if she refuses to let the doctors put her to sleep, this is the future:  Sometime during her adolescence, the Sidhe will come for her, as they come these days for everyone.  They will hunt her down, and if she fails to outrun them, Nessa will die.

From page 3 of The Call by Peadar O'Guilin.

I awoke to sirens screaming throughout my city of East Berlin.  Instantly, I flew from my bed.  Something must be terribly wrong.

From page 1 of A Night Divided by Jennifer A. Nielsen.

Karen's:

Judge Moran was on his feet, she saw as her disbelieving gaze followed Soto's.  The judge raised his hands, palms outward, as if to ward off the threat.  His eyes were wide and his mouth was opening, as if he was about to speak, or yell, or something.  Whatever he meant to do, she never knew, because she was just in time to watch--bang!--as his head was blown to pieces.

From page 31 of Guilty by Karen Robards.

But the injustice of it all, the anger it provoked in me, and the ability to understand her suffering--all of it led me to a single-minded pursuit.  And that was to give back to Jenny Kramer this most horrific nightmare.

From page 9 of All is not Forgotten by Wendy Walker.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

A loud boom ripped through the building.  Next came a deafening thud; glass shattered high above them.


From page six of prologue of The Perfect Horse by Elizabeth Letts.

So why should I help a liar and a traitor?  After everything the Daggers have put me through, does Raffaele honestly think I am going to fight for their lives just because he is using my dying sister against me?

From page 128 of The Midnight Star by Marie Lu.

Karen's:

Aelin was insane, Dorian realized.  Brilliant and wicked, but insane.

And perhaps the greatest, most unremorseful liar he'd ever encountered.

From page 303 of Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:

She had a feeling Rowan would very, very much enjoy the task of shredding Darrow into little pieces.  She also had the feeling that she'd very, very much enjoy joining him.


From page 55 of Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas.


Karen's:

 Any elation I felt at destroying Blackcliff Academy or rescuing Elias from execution vanishes.  The Empire hunts us.  If it catches us, we die.

From page 3 of A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir.

"And I don't want to compete with you, Elias.  The moment we start working against each other is the moment we let Marcus and Zak win."

From Page 109 of An Ember in the Ashes by by Sabaa Tahir.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesdays

Karen's:

As last thoughts before dying went, it lacked something, and Katharine Lawrence knew it.  Still, there it was:  Her kitchen floor was filthy.


From page 9 of Obsession by Karen Robards.


Gerard's:

 "Laia--" I begin, but a low groan rolls down the tunnel, and the ground trembles.  Through the sewer grates I hear screams, shouts, and the deafening reverberation of an enormous explosion.

From page 13 of A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir.

Twenty-one men with intellectual disability, all Texans, living hard in a run-down Pee-Wee's Playhouse in Nowhere, Iowa.  How the hell, she wondered, did this hot mess happen? 

From Page 18 of The Boys in the Bunkhouse by Dan Barry.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

She'd dreamed of this moment often.  The image of the killer was as hazy as it had been when she was ten years old, painting her cheeks with her parents' blood before she hurled herself off the balcony outside her bedroom, the killer never caught, never forgotten.


From page 6 of The Dead Man by Joel Goldman.


Gerard's:

"You have to protect on another.  If you're playing baseball and the leftfielder misses the ball, yes it hurts the team--but the ball isn't going to hit the rightfielder in the face.  Miss your assignment in football, do the wrong thing, and there's a good chance one of your guys will get walloped." 

From Page 23 of Lasting Impact by Kostya Kennedy.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

"I wasn't looking for you to surprise me.  You tell me you've heard from the Wicked Witch of the South and tht Rafe is dead and some stranger has your personal contact information, and you want to know why I'm unnerved?"

From page 11 of The Undoing of Saint Silvanus by Beth Moore.

Okay, Lord, I don't want to worry about Steig, the kids, the celebration, Ken's retirement, and all the other stuff.  I want to trust You.

From page 29 of The Second Half by Lauraine Snelling.

Gerard's:

What I don't write is:  I'm so lonely in the world I want to peel all of my flesh off and walk, just bone and gristle, straight into the river, to be swallowed, just like my father.

From Page 27 of Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow.

There is a toilet in the corner of the room, but I only use it when I am sure it is nighttime.  I only know it is nighttime because they run the lights from dim to dimmer.

From page 8 of The Girl Before by Rena Olsen.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Karen's:

"Promise me you'll keep him safe.  Don't let anything happen to him."

From page 6 of The Buried Book by D. M. Pulley.

Gerard's:

The boy stared long and hard.  Hazel eyes roaming her body, cool and narrowed.  The blade in her hand.

From Page 44 of Nevernight by Jay Kristoff.

The mere hint that I'm their hero spins everything out of control.  My stomach lurches and the snow beneath my feet rolls like a wave.

From page 8 of Fast into the Night by Debbie Clarke Moderow.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday

Gerard's:
The dim picture of a darkened room came to him . . . There had been a snake on a hearth rug . . . a small man called Peter, nicknamed Wormtail . . . and a cold, high voice . . . the voice of Lord Voldemort.  Harry felt as though an ice cube had slipped down into his stomach at the very thought . . .

From page 17 of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J. K. Rowling.


She just hung her head and climbed into the car.  Through the open window, she whispered so Jasper might not hear, "Just keep him safe, okay?" 

From page 6 of The Buried Book by D. M. Pulley.

Karen's:

Quinn turned with the rest of the team to watch.  He couldn't believe what he saw.

From Page 52 of Red Zone Rivals by Eric Howling.

Escaping into books had been my only relief in life since that night my world changed.  I had read anything I could get my hands on while in the correctional facility.  

From page 50 of Under the Lights by Abbi Glines.


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 
Happy Reading!

Tuesday Teasers

Gerard's:
"It's all over.  My life's over," Devon said, looking up at Katie, her hand shaking slightly as she pushed back a stray strand from her ponytail.

From page 33 of You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott.


'Do I detect a renewal of your fighting spirit?  I'm so glad.  To tell the truth, I've been getting quite bored.' 

From page 66 of Behind Close Doors by B. A. Paris.
Karen's:

Sometimes I told my boyfriends about her from the beginning, sometimes--if I liked them a lot--I said that I had a younger sister who was away at school but only mentioned that she had Down's syndrome a few weeks into the relationship.  Some, when I told them, didn't know what to say and didn't stay around long enough to say anything much at all.

From Page 21 of Behind Closed Doors by B. A. Paris.

 Yvette was twenty-four, teaching college composition, alone in the world until she met Devin a few months later.  She supposes she never had to grow a backbone, because she went from living in the start shadow of her mother's tyranny to the easy, pampered wife of a successful businessman--that is, until they had children and her life became a whirlwind, a spinning hamster wheel.  

From page 37 (Loc. 498) of The Mystery Box:  The Mystery Book Collection by Eva Pohler.  (reading on Kindle)

For two thousand years most people haven't quite been able to figure out the answer.  But the whole world is intrigued.

From page Loc. 104 of Jesus, an Obedient Son by Michael Phillips. (read on Kindle)


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along, so I thought  I  would play for fun! Just pick two sentences from the book you are reading. 
Happy Reading!