Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Two teasers for Teaser Tuesday!

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!


  • I have two teasers for you this week. The first one comes from Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell. The fact that I am reading this book at the moment is in a way surprising because I don't tend to do rereads too often, but I think I read this something like 7 years ago. Apart from a very memorable ending which I am eagerly anticipating reading again, it is pretty fresh still! My teaser comes from page 479;

    "Hey, excellente, merci beaucoup madamoiselle. Actually, " Hugh reverted to his normal voice, "the reason I rang was because -"



    My second teaser comes from a short story collection by Charles de Lint called Moonlight and Vines. This is part of the Newford series of books. I think I have read one of the stories before, but other than that they are all new to me. This teaser is part of the short story called My Life as a Bird and comes from page 341:

    Why are we suspect for trying to love ourselves, for being true to who and what we are rather than what someone else thinks we should be? We're so ready to betray ourselves but we never call it that.

    24 comments:

    1. Interesting teasers. I am going to have to check these books out. And WOW, how do you do so many challenges, I am getting behind on 2. LOL

      - Pixie

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    2. That de Lint teaser is really, really beautiful. I haven't read that particular collection yet, but it's back on my radar now. Thank you!

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    3. Oh, I like that second one! Thanks for sharing.

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    4. Great teasers this week! Way to leave us all hanging :) Here's my teaser.

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    5. Love the teasers especially Millie's Fling...need to know more.

      Here is my Teaser Tuesday

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    6. I LOVE Charles de Lint. The man has a way with words...and you can see it even just in that teaser. It's a little bit of philosophy, psychology, metaphysics...whatever you want to call it...packaged in beautiful prose in the midst of a fantastical story. Great teaser!

      Here's mine.

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    7. Ohhh - you left us hanging with that teaser! It sounds like a cute book though :) And wow - a teaser from page 479??? It must be a nice long story!

      Here's my Teaser! ~ Wendi

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    8. Great teasers! The first one is funny and the second quite profound. They both look like good reads!

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    9. I particularly like the de Lint teaser! What a great passage! Thanks for sharing those

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    10. I have wanted to read something from de Lint for some time now. I have heard such good things about his books, and I really loved your teaser. Thanks!

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    11. Both books sound interesting!

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    12. Love both teasers!

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    13. I think I read that book but can remember why he rang!

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    14. I read and really enjoyed Millie's Fling..hope you do too!

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    15. Love the teasers, they sound like beautiful books.

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    16. What contrasting books you are reading there. The first book sounds very funny and sweet. The second, very serious.

      Here's my teaser.

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    17. I like that second one a lot. Very good teasers!

      My teaser is here.

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