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Teaser Tuesdays (Dec.21)

December 21, 2010

teasertuesdays31 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 Teasers:

“That’s why so many of us stand in front of the mirror in the safety of our bathrooms and give ourselves phenomenal pep talks. Who among us hasn’t declared to our reflection, “Gosh, I’m good.”"

~ p. 24, “The Follow-Through Factor” by Gene C. Hayden

 

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your two ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks!

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((Remember: The link for the COMMENTS is at the TOP of this post!))

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147 Comments
  1. MERRY CHRISTMAS, everyone!

    ~MizB :D

  2. Hahaha, what a great line for a Tuesday! Maybe this will motivate me to smile through the last Tuesday of the school year. Happy Holiday Hugs to everyone!

    Oh, yeah…here’s mine from American Wife:
    http://iwriteinbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesday-american-wife-curtis-sittenfeld/

  3. Jessica S. permalink

    Merry Christmas! My teaser

  4. Great teaser! Sounds funny. My TT is at Coffee Table Press

  5. Probably not as often as I should. Happy holidays to you!

    I’m playing this week here

  6. Hah! My hubby says that all the time, with or without a mirror :)

    Here’s mine: http://renthompsonishere.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-ex-kop.html

  7. Excellent teaser :) Merry Christmas! I hope you and your loved ones have a wonderful and peaceful holiday :)

    My teaser is from The Lying Game. I’ve recently finished it and it was an excellent YA novel.

  8. Great one, thanks for sharing!

    My TT this week is from A Time to Embrace by Karen Kingsbury

  9. Ah, shades of Stuart Smalley (Saturday Night Live) — love it! Merry Christmas! My teaser

  10. Yep I’m had those conversations :D It’s up to you whether you think my teasers naughty or nice this week – you can find it at The Bookish Snob Merry Christmas everyone!

  11. Happy holidays! I have two teasers again this week. My adult teaser is from Nocturne by Syrie James and my YA teaser is from Across the Universe by Beth Revis. Happy reading!

  12. Ha! Really great teaser:)

    Mine this week is from The Greyfriar by Clay and Susan Griffith:

    http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-greyfriar.html

  13. That is a great teaser!

  14. Interesting teaser. But these days I try not to spend too much time standing in front of mirrors, anywhere.

    Here’s my teaser:
    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesdays-weird-sisters.html

  15. Ha, love the teaser, I know I’ve declared “Gosh, I’m good” in the mirror before (does that sound bad?). Anyway my teaser today is from Torment (Fallen #2) by Lauren Kate, enjoy!

    http://lostinstories.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-19.html

    Happy Holiday’s Everyone :)

  16. Here’s mine for this week.

  17. Hahaha, that’s hysterical. Great teaser! My teaser is from the first book of The Looking Glass Wars Trilogy by Frank Beddor. It’s up at The Crowded Leaf.

  18. Very funny teaser! I’m sure it’s true for most people.

    My teaser this week is from The Book of Spells.

  19. I actually never talk to myself in the mirror. Can understand why other people do it though (:

    My teaser on Torment by Lauren Kate

  20. Ha, me and ii at least tell us how fabulous we are on a daily basis ;)

    Here‘s our teaser.

  21. Great teaser and I love the title of your read.

    My teasers are here Manga Maniac Cafe

  22. Happy Holidays!

    Here’s my Teaser Tuesday

  23. Happy Holidays! Interesting teaser. Here’s mine this week.

  24. Mirror pep-talks absolutely rule :)

    My teaser, along with a blogger spotlight of a fellow blogger and reader, is up at e-Volving Books

  25. I love your teaser this week! You always pick fabulous choices!

    Here is my teaser!

    http://www.iswimforoceans.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-is-hosted-by-mizb-at.html

  26. Love the teaser ~ Happy Holidays. Here is our Teaser Tuesday

    ~Pixie

  27. Tho I have posted it this morning but I am late to share it :)

    here is mine from my first Chicken Soup http://bokunosekai.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesday-my-first-chicken-soup/

  28. That’s something I should start doing – a pep talk to myself in front of the mirror! My teaser is here.

  29. My TT is posted here .
    Happy Holidays everyone!!!

  30. http://hopeseguin2010.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesday-one-sentence-2/
    “blurb” from the book jacket of this book:
    “In a world of fast-food fiction, I am grateful to read something that nourishes and delights my cells.” – Tama Kieves, best-selling author of This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love

  31. Please hop over to read my teaser from “Lipstick in Afghanistan” by Roberta Gately:

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-lipstick-in-afghanistan.html

  32. Ooh, nice teaser! I’m not normally into nonfiction but I’m curious now! My teaser is from The Metropolis Case (not a crime story, despite the title!) by Matthew Gallaway.

  33. I am a new follower, and I love the idea! Here are my teasers: http://beanymeany.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday.html

  34. Great teaser! Mine comes from ROOM by Emma Donoghue this week. Here’s the link.

  35. Interesting teaser. Here’s mine from A Christmas Odyssey:
    p://bookladysbooknotes.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday.html

  36. Awesome teaser, MizB! That’s actually true in my case. I did it just 30 minutes ago! LOL.

    Happy Holidays,
    Zakiya – My teasers this week

  37. OK, I have done that! Here’s my teaser from The Iron Queen.

  38. Hehe, great teaser!
    Happy Holidays =)

    Here’s mine:
    http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/

  39. Here’s mine for the week. Since there were 2 stories in 1 book, I grabbed a quote from both.

    http://www.wakelarunen.com/2010/12/21/tuesday-teasersilent-night/

  40. Thanks for the teaser– nice quote :)
    I know I’m good, lol

  41. Merry Christmas to you also MizB

    Your teaser made me smile.

    Here is mine.

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday.html

  42. Here’s my teaser. I’m reading Crusade by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie.
    Kristy @ Dreaming By Day

  43. Haha! Nice teaser.
    Here’s mine: Reading the Paranormal

  44. Hahaha, that one made me laugh, just cuz it’s so true!

    My teaser is at:
    http://www.dorolerium.com/?p=2079

  45. Great Teaser Miz B. Thanks for Sharing. Merry Christmas everyone :)

    My Teaser is a little different.

    Jessica @ Laugh Love Write

  46. Happy Christmas all!

    My teaser is from Forget-Her-Nots by Amy Brecount White:
    http://adreamofbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-4.html

  47. That is certainly a good one! Though I can tell you I know I’ve never done that, but wish I could!
    Here’s my teaser: http://www.candacesbookblog.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-20.html

  48. Great teaser! Here’s my Teaser! ~ Wendi

    Merry Christmas!!

  49. Very interesting teaser, though I must admit, I’ve never done that! I’m reading a Christmas story this week: Silent Night by Stanley Weintraub. Merry Christmas to all!

  50. Merry Christmas teaser tuesday friends :)

    Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

  51. I could use a pep talk this morning :)

    Happy Holidays to all!

    My teaser from No Mercy by Sherrilyn Kenyon

    http://thefictionenthusiast.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-18.html

  52. Another great teaser MizB, hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!
    My teaser is from The Dark Divine by Bree Despain: http://anaizreads.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-5.html

  53. Here is my teaser! Thanks!

  54. Awesome teaser :D We’ll be checking out that book :D

    Here’s our Teaser for Nightshade by Andrea Cermer: http://halesalvatoresupernaturalmustreads.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuedays-5.html

  55. ohh nice!
    Me teaser was from Kerryln Sparks, All I want for Christmas is a Vampire.
    http://snarkymamma.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday11.html

  56. I suspect a lot of us have never done that.

    Mine is here

  57. I don’t think I’ve ever done that actually done that.

    Mine’s up too. http://carolsnotebook.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-from-india-black/

    Merry Christmas everyone.

  58. Hmmm, maybe I should try that this morning…it might help! LOL!

    Here is my teaser from The Hunger Games: http://booklovingmommy.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-122110.html

  59. Right now, I look in the mirror and say, “Aha! That’s where all those Christmas cookies went!”

    My teaser reminds me of why I have issues with Henry James. It’s from The Portrait of a Lady.

    Rose City Reader

  60. I need a bit more follow-through. *sigh* But I loved your teaser, brought back some memories and made me smile.

    Finally got my teaser up early (for me) this week, hooray: Ooh, Shiny, Shiny Ring… (it’s from The Lord of the Rings)

  61. My teaser is taken from “Murder by another name” by Jo Stone. It is not really that great, but I did get it from a random page.

    http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday_21.html

  62. Hey, I’m a bit late in the day but I’ll still join in.
    Great teaser, I think we all have to give ourselves pep talks everynow and again, not sure if I do it whilst looking in the bathroom mirror though.
    Here’s my teaser for this week;

    http://scribble-scatter.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday_21.html

    Enjoy!

  63. Hahas. Nice quote. I like it. :) Something I’d do… :\

    Check out my TT: http://twitter.com/ivyreads/status/17265488220389376

  64. Great teaser! Here’s my TT. Merry Christmas!

  65. Hmmm all I ever say when I look in the mirror is… “Yikes… the bags are so dark… time to … hide!”

    Aisle B’s teaser is Forbidden….

    http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/2400971126/teaser-tuesday

  66. Here is my teaser from Lipstick in Afghanistan by Roberta Gately (Page 1):

    “Do you hear it?” The voice was almost a whisper.

    Elsa held her breath, and then she heard it too, a faint rustling of footsteps over twigs and leaves. Out of the corner of her eye, she glimpsed several shadowy figures darting through the trees, and when she turned, she saw a glint of sunlight reflecting off the barrel of an assault rifle.

    There was no denying it—the Taliban had found them.

    Oh, Jesus! she thought. We’ll never escape.

    Elsa knew the Taliban’s ruthless hatred; the death and destruction they wrought was undeniable.

    Seized by a sickening wave of fear, she wanted to cry or throw up, but there was no time. She tried to catch Parween’s eye, but her friend was looking back, intent on finding the source of the sound.

    “Run!” someone shouted, and suddenly, the chase was on.

  67. Lol, that teaser’s right on the button.

    I’m kinda late this week; my teaser’s at http://simplengkaligayahan.blogspot.com/2010/12/he-knew-now-why-they-called-it-falling.html

  68. True, that! Great teaser!

    My teaser is from The Positronic Man by Isaac Asimov.

  69. Haha great teaser, we all know it’s true ;D

    Merry Christmas and here’s my first TT!
    http://allofeverythingforyou.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-1-scorch-trials.html

  70. Here’s my teaser for the week, from Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares:
    http://baffledbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesdays-and-holiday-happiness/
    Have a great week/holiday!

  71. My Teaser for Today comes from Night of the Living Trekkies.
    Zombie breakout at a Star Trek convention? Yes, please.

    http://amongstories.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesday-december-21/

  72. Have a very Merry Christmas everyone!

    Here’s my teaser:
    http://bfaos.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday_21.html

  73. Merry Christmas to you!

    My teaser is here.

  74. Nadea permalink

    Hi, thanks for hosting this. This is my first time doing this.

    Here’s my Teaser Tuesdays:

    http://candychapstick.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesdays-dec-21.html

  75. Hi Miz B! I’m new to the blogosphere and I love your blog!

    Here is my teaser: http://booksdownsouth.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/its-time-for-teaser-tuesday/

  76. I can’t remember the last time I had a mirror pep talk, thanks for sharing such a fun teaser!

    Mine is all about cookbooks and cookies today: http://ksbooks.wordpress.com/2010/12/21/teaser-tuesday-23/

  77. Ha ha! I don’t remember telling myself those particular words… Perhaps I should try sometime!

    My teaser is from REVOLUTION by Jennifer Donnelly:
    http://rachelmorganwrites.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-revolution.html

  78. We all need a pep talk once in awhile! My teaser is all about the holidays. Check it out HERE!
    Happy Holidays!!

  79. I have some festive teasers this week!

  80. Nice Teaser, Happy Holidays everyone ! Here’s mine My Teaser Tuesday

  81. Great teaser! Happy holidays everyone! :)
    You can see my teaser here.

  82. Good teaser – (or looked into the mirror and exclaimed, “what happened to my hair!”.)

    Here’s mine:
    http://lulilut.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesdays-december-21.html

  83. Funny teaser. Mine comes from Entice by Carrie Jones: http://inthegoodbooks.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-4.html

    Merry Christmas!

  84. Great teaser! Mine tells about a brilliant but troubled teenager: http://abookblogofonesown.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-21122010.html

    Merry Christmas!

  85. Phew I have loved the teasers today but how does everyone keep up lol! Trying to get to as many as possible:)

  86. Mine is on Melinda Lo’s debut novel, ASH, this week.. happy readings!

  87. Love the teaser. And it kind of reminds me of something I use to do when I’m insecure LOL

    Here’s my teaser: http://rubys-books.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesdays_21.html

    Merry Christmas!

  88. My teaser is from Isabel Allende’s beautiful ‘Of Love and Shadows’: http://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-of-love-and-shadows-by.html

    Hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!

  89. My teaser is here.
    Enjoy!

  90. Here’s my teaser even if its a day late!!! Its from: The Devil You Know by Jenna Black!!!

    http://miss-check-out.blogspot.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-devil-you-know-by-jenna.html

  91. A day late, but hopefully not a dollar short!

    http://www.elisquared.com/2010/12/teaser-tuesday-02.html

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