Tuesday 25 March 2014

Teaser Tuesday: Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To 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!

Into the Still Blue by Veronica Rossi.

Into the Still Blue – Harper


Then I remember this is all we have. Real is all that’s left.
— Chapter 9

“What you should worry about is the fact that they’re forcing a workhorse to be a racehorse.”
“I liked it better when I didn’t understand him,” Roar said.
— Chapter 27




When I read the first book, Through the Ever Night, that was a week or so before the announcement of Google Glass, which weirdly sounded like a prototype of the SmartEye technology used in this series ... oddly disturbing. But luckily for us, Google doesn’t seem to work too quickly on perfecting this thing. At least not to a point of dystopian proportions. Nevertheless, I’m halfway through this and I already know that I’ll miss these characters. Fingers crossed that I’ll get to miss them in a good way and not that-other-sad-way. What I really like about this series is that the people in it deal (or don’t deal) with feelings and problems instead of those plopping up as plot devices and then vanishing when it’s convenient. It’s not a centre-stage story arc but still a prominent theme and I think it’s depicted extremely well.

Did any of your books ever follow you into real life like the Google Glass announcement? Share your stories and teasers in the comments.

Tuesday 18 March 2014

Teaser Tuesday: Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To 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!

Perfect Lies by Kiersten White.

Perfect Lies – HarperTeen

But when I’m asleep, no one can listen to my thoughts. I’m still afraid to sleep—too many ghosts peering creeping condemning.
— Chapter 1

I knew she would fix everything, I knew she would find a way to our future.
Two minutes ago I knew she was going to kill me.
— Chapter 2



There are days when I’m happy that I don’t have any siblings who depend on me to save the day or who I could put under such a pressure not to disappoint my hope. And then there are days when I think that this is an awesome feeling to have that sort of power or to be able to trust someone so much. After the first book, the two interestingly talented sisters were left in quite a situation and I am curious to find out what happens next.

How is your sibling situation? Good/mixed/depends/bad/none? Let’s hear from you in the comments.

Tuesday 11 March 2014

Teaser Tuesday: The Demon’s Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To 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!

The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan.

The Demon’s Lexicon –
Simon & Schuster Children's UK




The pipe under the sink was leaking again. It wouldn’t have been so bad, except that Nick kept his favorite sword under the sink.
— Chapter 1






There are several witty and funny headings ready for what just happened, but the reality is that I was completely uninspired by my current reads to pick a teaser and then I started (not so) absently browsing and miraculously (as it happens) ended up on my trusted book retailer site. And while I was wondering which book to pick, I thought about books I desperately want to read ... like Sarah Rees Brennan’s Unmade, which isn’t out until September. Next thing I know, my kobo is updating with my latest purchase ... must be the Irish elves at work ... or something. But honestly, those first two sentences are sort of perfect and if I can’t trust my fragile reader’s heart into the hands of ... oh, wait, what have I done?! (For the record: I know what I did and I’m perfectly fine with it ... more than that, should have done this much earlier) *walks happily glum into certain despair*

What are your latest impulse buys? Or do you have an iron-clad purchase regimen? Let’s hear from you in the comments.

Tuesday 4 March 2014

Teaser Tuesday: Infinite by Jodi Meadows

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To 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!

Infinite by Jodi Meadows.

Infinite – Katherine Tegen Books

We could put off real life until dawn.
“If you steal all the blankets, you’ll be sorry.”
— Chapter 2

“If it wasn’t the end of the world, it’d be something else. Maybe not this big or terrible, but there are always events in life that can make you unhappy if you let them.”
— Chapter 12



Third and final book in a series, so as usual I won’t say anything about the content. Just one thing: I hadn’t realised until just now how much of this series consists of dialogue. The second and especially the third more than the first as Ana is coming out of her shell, but now there's so much talking! It makes sense with a first person narrator. Either I never thought about it or noticed until now or this book is almost overwhelmingly heavy on the dialogue part. The series most likely won’t feature in my favourites of all time, but I liked the idea of the story about reincarnation and its mechanics quite a bit ... the defining love-story somehow never quite caught me. Possibly because I don’t connect to music as strongly as the two characters do. Still very much a romantic story with pretty words and sentiments, not to forget the great character development visible in Ana over the course of the trilogy.

What are you reading this week? Share your teasers in the comments!

Tuesday 25 February 2014

Teaser Tuesday: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.
To 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!

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Genevieve Tucholke.

Between the Devil
and the Deep Blue Sea – Dial
And I prayed to Freddie about the Devil. I asked her to keep my hand out of this. I asked her to keep me safe from evil. But, for all my praying, the Devil still found me.
— Chapter 1

Our town was small enough that I never developed a healthy fear of strangers. To me, they were exciting things, gift-wrapped and full of possibilities, the sweet smell of somewhere else wafting from them like perfume. And so River West, stranger, didn’t stir in me any sort of fear ... only a rush of excitement, like how I felt right before a really big storm hit, when the air crackled with expectation.
— Chapter 2

Is there anyone else who thinks this cover looks like the younger brother of Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep? Must be the font. I haven’t read either of the two Shining novels (nightmares don’t need to be encouraged any further, thank you), but I don’t doubt that there are these King-esque leanings and that the comparison of the two is not not uncalled for ... I mean it’s probably not as much horror as King (as I said, I haven’t read him), but for a book of this length there’s a good dose of thrill and mystery. And it’s quite graphic ... not in the steamy department (it’s comparatively tame there actually). The writing is beautiful in a descriptive, soft, flowing way that makes you picture warm summers with iced tea, but you still know that the water is probably ice cold and full of flesh-eating monsters. I enjoyed the beginning more than the middle and the end is sort of closed but also open so that I’ll have a look at the sequel. After some reading with less visceral imagery. Oh hey there, double entendre ...

I found myself in this sentence: “My habit of reading more than I socialized made me use odd, awkward words without thinking. How about you? Do you pick up words from your readings and use them to the amazement of your colloquists? Teasers and stories are welcome in the comments.