Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Teaser Tuesday: Fire by Kristin Cashore


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!

Earlier this year, I teased from  Kristin Cashore's debut novel Graceling. Now I am reading Fire, which is kind of a prequel, in that it is set in a nearby Kingdom to Graceling, but it is pretty much stand alone.

I am going to share a couple of teasers. The first comes from the beginning of Chapter 1 on page 17. I was going to do share this for Book Beginnings on Fridays which is hosted at Page Turners but then I had a dilemna because whilst this is the first two sentences of Chapter 1, there is quite a long prologue, which I have yet to find how it connects to the main story.

It did not surprise Fire that the man in the forest shot her. What surprised her was that he shot her by accident.
The other teaser comes from page 115:

Bathing in a cold lake posed some unforeseen challenges - like the little monster fish, for example, that swarmed around her when she dunked her hair, and the monster bugs that tried to eat her alive, and the need for a special guard of archers just in case of predators. But despite the production of it all, it was good to be clean.

I already know that I am looking forward to the next book from this author!

26 comments:

  1. I've been wondering about buying this book, but these teasers sound really cool so I might pick it up soon.

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  2. A very challenging bath ... its a wonder that she bothered.

    Mine's here.

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  3. Oh my gosh, that is a beautiful cover!! Just added the book to my wishlist :)

    Mine are here -

    http://www.mangamaniaccafe.com/?p=4108

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  4. I read Graceling in January was awesome! I loved it. And this looks great too!

    Thanks for visiting my blog!

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  5. The cover is just gorgeous. Doesn't sound like my kind of book but I sure hope you are enjoying it. Here is my teaser and review. Have a great week and happy reading.

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  6. I love Fire. It's one of my favorite books. :) I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did!

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  7. I really liked the first teaser!

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/06/teaser_28.html

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  8. Both are good teasers, but that first one is fantastic. I gotta add this book to my TBR pile.

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  9. Great teasers. I haven't read either of these but I hear good things about them. My teasers are at The Crowded Leaf.

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  10. I have Graceling on my shelves and just gave it to my daughter who was looking for a good summer read. This one sounds good as well. Thanks for the great teaser!!

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  11. such a gorgeous cover!
    btw, thank you for your comment at Royal Reads about the Lady Jane Grey book! Who would you have liked to have been the main narrator?

    and I so adore your header! very, very cool!!!

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  12. I really want to read both Fire and Graceling. I love this cover! Thanks for stopping by today!

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  13. That first one definitely grabs your attention -- good teaser!
    My post: Cut to the Corpse

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  14. Great teaser!! And the cover is beautiful!

    Here are teasers this week!

    Have a great day!
    ♥Isalys

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  15. Her name is Fire? Well, it sounds like Fire lives in a really, really dangerous place. And those are both excellent teasers!

    Here’s my teaser from Damaged.

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  16. Both teasers are interesting!

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  17. I have heard of this series, but not read them. I like the first teaser. Fancy being suprised by being shot by accident. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/06/teaser-tuesdays-unspeakable.html

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  18. I'm always on the look out for a good book for my daughter to read. Thanks for the heads up!

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  19. Enjoy your book. Thanks for stopping by. Pussreboots.

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  20. I just finished this one and really enjoyed it. Good teasers!

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  21. I really liked this book --- and that first teaser is great!! :)

    Mine's here

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  22. Gorgeous cover! Great teaser! I hope you will check out mine for Stephanie Meyer's latest novel The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner! Also, if you check back on my blog this Friday I have huge news about the novels I had been submitting to agents/publishers!

    Sincerely,
    Emma Michaels
    http://EmmaMichaels.Blogspot.com

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  23. I love both Graceling and Fire - such great fantasy!

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  24. I just got Graceling on aundiobook and look forward to it and this one as well. Great teaser.

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  25. Oh my, I love the cover. Must look up these books. Great teasers!

    Thanks for dropping by mine! :)

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