She’d tried – repeatedly – to kill me, but worse, she’d killed other vampires to get to me. And she’d ruined my shirt. She had to go. Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Ambrosia for more detail.
The power of the mind was something we experimented with on Friday night sleepovers. Also light-as-a-feather-stiff-as-a-board, and the Ouija, before kate-Marie’s dad burned it in her backyard. We also tried texting boys alluring emoticons and, on one brave night, posted photos of our faceless boobs to a message board, but hen took them down fast when the comments got scary. This is an anthology. The teaser is from The Birds of Azalea Street by Nova Ren Suma. Ambrosia of The […]
Ran across some timely cynicism in my manga reading. The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see The Purple Booker for more detail.
Personal gifts from a garden are easy, especially if you start preparations several weeks ahead of giving time. “Easy”? The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see The Purple Booker for more detail.
Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
Dragons! Ever since he was two years old he had been captivated by the pictures of the fiery beasts in The Octarine Fairy Book. His sister had told him they didn’t really exist, and he recalled the biter disappointment. If the world didn’t contain those beautiful creatures, he’d decided, it wasn’t half the world it ought to be. And then later he had been bound apprentice to Ninereeds the Masteraccount, who in his gray mindedness was everything that dragons were […]
He saw her fire, and realized. It was a doll she was holding. He was going to die for a fking plastic doll. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
Because she’d been drunk, she reminded herself as she found herself inches from his well-muscled, half-naked, sinfully attractive body. Too drunk to know that inside that deliciously wrapped package lived a complete and total jerk. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
“Alas,” Satan said. “No matter how tempting the offer is, I cannot give up the Goblet. She is mine only temporarily, and then I must return her to the dragon.” Good boy, Satan. He’s the nicest “Satan” I’ve ever seen. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
“Look. I have one priority — rescuing the queen,” Han said. “And I’m willing to do whatever it takes to make that happen. If you’re not, well…” Han is talking to the queen’s father here. This brings me to the end of the Seven Realms series. It was fun, but I’m ready to move on. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from […]
“But my mother would understand. She knew when she married my father of the special bond between queen and captain.” This is one of those places where not all the characters knows everything the reader does. Cinda does a very good job of keeping track of who knows what. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see […]
It’s unfortunate, Raisa thought, shivering , when so many people are trying to kill you that you can’t sort them out. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
Raisa found out that there was a downside to having friends – they were always trying to cheer you up when all you wanted to do was feel sorry for yourself. I went straight from the first book in the series into the second. That might be partly because my daughter is hovering over me, waiting for my response. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple […]
Let me die, he thought gratefully, giving himself up to hit. He was out of his head for a while, hours or days, he wasn’t sure. When he woke, he saw Willo’s face looking down with an expression of such sorrow that he found he wanted to make her feel better. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. […]
“Hey!” He bolted after her, violence spewing off of him so thickly he could practically hear it hitting the ground behind him. He’s running to her rescue as the “her” in question just got kidnapped off the streets. MizB of Books and a Beat hosts Teaser Tuesday. Grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Go see Books and a Beat for more detail.
