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!

My Teaser:

With an apologetic look at my sister, I went to do as Grammam asked. It was bad luck that Gram came across the yards and found Sarah doing my job. I knew my pious sister was upset at being caught up in my dishonesty. I mentally promised to give Sarah my new plaid hair ribbon.

- p. 21, Call Me Kate: Meeting the Molly Maguires by Molly Roe

Musing Monday

This week’s musing asks…

Will you be buying books for the holidays, this year? If so, for whom, and why?

I bought my 10-year-old cousin Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver.

Follow Friday

It’s Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. so we want to know what you are Thankful for – blogging related of course! Who has helped you out along the way? What books are you thankful for reading?

I'm grateful for bloggers like Once Upon a Twilight.

I'm grateful for books like The Bird Sisters by Rebecca Rasmussen.

Waiting On Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Clockwork Prince
by Cassandra Clare
Publication Date: December 6

The situation at the London Institute has never been more precarious. With Mortmain and his clockwork army still threatening, the Council wants to strip Charlotte of her power and hand the running of the Enclave over to the unscrupulous and power-hungry Benedict Lightwood.

In the hope of saving Charlotte and the Institute, Will, Jem, and Tessa set out to unravel the secrets of Mortmain's past and discover unsettling Shadowhunter connections that hold the key not only to the enemy's motivations, but also to the secret of Tessa's identity. Tessa, already caught between the affections of Will and Jem, finds herself with another choice to make when she learns how the Shadowhunters helped make her a monster. Will she turn from them to her brother, Nate, who has been begging her to join him at Mortmain's side? Where will her loyalties and love lie? Tessa alone can choose to save the Shadowhunters of London or end them forever.

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!

My Teaser:

Brooke looked at him and smiled. "I love it," she said. "But you didn't have to do this. I can tell that you've owned it for a while."

Greg nodded. "That's true," he said. "It's the 1940 edition [of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass]. And yes, I have enjoyed it very much, but now I want you to have it."

- p. 228, More Than Words Can Say by Robert Barclay

Musing Monday

This week’s musing asks…

How do you decide to read a book by an author you haven’t read before? What sort of recommendations count most highly in making that decision?

I read the Hush, Hush series by Becca Fitzpatrick based on SensitiveMuse's recommendation on Twitter. She made a Patch girl out of me!

Follow Friday

Letter to Santa: Tell Santa what books you want for Christmas!

There's a lot of good buzz about Bedbugs by Ben Winters. I heard you really fly through the pages of this one.

Booking Through Thursday

CATEGORY

Of the books you own, what’s the biggest category/genre?
Is this also the category that you actually read the most?

I mean who can resist all of the fantastic young adult titles of the past few years? They've been great!

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The Kissing Tree
by Prudence Bice
Publication Date: December 28

After five long years, Georgiana McLaughlin returns to the only place she's ever considered home—the same place she stole a kiss from Ridge Carson under the "kissing tree." But this time he's a man, and reconciling their past is just the beginning. You'll find yourself applauding each new chapter filled with fun, romance, and adventure in this captivating, heartfelt tale of love, friendship, and finding your way back.

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!

My Teaser:

A crimson colored mushroom appeared on her left shoulder. She looked down at it and then at Malachi. There was no fear; her eyes were filled with love, love for him.

"Sapphira, oh my love, I am so sorry, I was so intent on vengeance that I failed at my first duty, to protect you."

- p. 154, Yesterday's Daughter by Sallie Lundy-Frommer

Musing Monday

This week’s musing asks…

Are you currently collecting any authors? Why?
Do you have all of their books? If not, why not?
Did you buy all the books in the collection at the same time, or did you buy a book here, a book there? Have you actually read all of the collection? If not, why not?

Yes, I'm collecting the Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins.

I have all of the books.

I read them all first through the library then bought three box sets for myself, my mom and my friend.

Can't wait to see the first movie in March 2012.

Follow Friday

In light of 11.11.11 and Veteran’s Day tell us about your favorite soldier and how he or she is saving the world. Fictional or real life.

I think Tom Cruise in Born on the Fourth of July gave a truly realistic portrayal of what a soldier has to face in war and the emotional trauma of having to come back home and live a normal life.

Booking Through Thursday

E-VOLUTION

E-readers like the Kindle and iPad are sweeping the nation … do you have one? Do you like it? Do you find it changes your reading/buying habits? If you don’t have one, do you plan to?

I'm excited because the new $79 Kindle finally put an e-reader within my price range. I can't wait to get started with e-books. I've been waiting a long time until the e-reader prices came down below $100.

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Conversations with Opa: Sharing Wisdom about the Universe and Lesser Things
by J.Q. Kansil
Publication Date: December 20

In this charming cross-generational dialogue, featuring a curious young girl and her octogenarian godfather, parents looking for a book to stimulate their child's intellectual curiosity on many deep topics will find this one to be the perfect choice.

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!

My Teaser:

"Caroline accepted this with little more than a fleeting pout, deciding that it would probably be too much work, and she did not particularly care for the city, anyway. Besides, Millie was engaged and there was a wedding to plan, a subject Caroline found far more interesting than her own education."

- p. 85, The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Musing Monday

This week’s musing asks…

Other than for school, do you read books to learn how to do something? What was/were the topic(s)?

I learned from Project Runway judge, Nina Garcia, that a Hanes white t-shirt is the best fitting one on the market.

Follow Friday

Today’s Question is something new, an activity. We want to see what you look like! Take a pic with you and your current read! Too shy? Boo! Just post a fun pic you want to share.

Here I am reading away - in silhouette!

Booking Through Thursday

HARDER

All other thing being equal, would you rather read a book that’s hard/challenging/rewarding or light/enjoyable/easy?

From time to time, I like to learn something new through a more challenging read like 102 Minutes: The Unforgettable Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers by Jim Dwyer & Kevin Flynn. These types of books are not easy, but they remind you not to take anything for granted and to cherish every moment of every day.

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted here, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Almost Never: A Novel
by Daniel Sada
Publication Date: April 10

“Of my generation I most admire Daniel Sada, whose writing project seems to me the most daring.” —Roberto Bolaño

This Rabelaisian tale of lust and longing in the drier precincts of postwar Mexico introduces one of Latin America’s most admired writers to the English-speaking world.

Demetrio Sordo is an agronomist who passes his days in a dull but remunerative job at a ranch near Oaxaca. It is 1945, World War II has just ended, but those bloody events have had no impact on a country that is only on the cusp of industrializing. One day, more bored than usual, Demetrio visits a bordello in search of a libidinous solution to his malaise. There he begins an all-consuming and, all things considered, perfectly satisfying relationship with a prostitute named Mireya.

A letter from his mother interrupts Demetrio’s debauched idyll: she asks him to return home to northern Mexico to accompany her to a wedding in a small town on the edge of the desert. Much to his mother’s delight, he meets the beautiful and virginal Renata and quickly falls in love—a most proper kind of love.

Back in Oaxaca, Demetrio is torn, the poor cad. Naturally he tries to maintain both relationships, continuing to frolic with Mireya and beginning a chaste correspondence with Renata. But Mireya has problems of her own—boredom is not among them—and concocts a story that she hopes will help her escape from the bordello and compel Demetrio to marry her. Almost Never is a brilliant send-up of Latin American machismo that also evokes a Mexico on the verge of dramatic change.

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!

My Teaser:

"I don't know, but I think your instinct is right - this page has some connection with Dracula, otherwise the dragon wouldn't be there. Not that dragon, anyway."

- p. 327, The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova