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Teaser Tuesdays (May 3)

May 3, 2011

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:

“The idea that excellence at performing a complex task requires a critical minimum level of practice surfaces again and again in studies of expertise. In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours.”

~ p.39-40, “Outliers: The Story of Successby Malcolm Gladwell




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

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  1. I read this book an enjoyed it and hope you do as well. My Teaser: http://www.rundpinne.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-wrecker.html

  2. Ten thousand hours? Wowzers! Good teaser.

    Please check out my teaser here:
    http://terraonthebookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays.html

  3. Interesting teaser! I’ve seen this book in the bookstore but never picked it up myself.

    here’s my teaser(s) this week: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=2347

  4. Wow, 10,000 hours. That’s a lot of time. Great teaser!

    Here’s mine: Bumped by Megan McCafferty!

  5. wow! i have seen this book in our local bookstores and have always been curious what’s inside. thanks for sharing that!

    here’s mine: http://bookcomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-8.html

  6. Ten thousand hours? Yikes! My teaser: The Book Thief

  7. Intriguing teaser. Here’s mine this week.

  8. T.F.Walsh permalink

    Haven’t heard of that book, but it’s intriguing. I might look into it more.

    Here’s mine:
    http://tfwalsh.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/teaser-tuesday-the-last-werewolf/

    Tania

  9. This gives new meaning to “practice makes perfect!”
    Here’s my teaser this week: http://iousex.blogspot.com/

  10. Interesting teaser.
    Here’s mine: Reading the Paranormal

  11. I’ve never heard of this book before, interesting teaser :)

    My teaser is from The Midnight Palace by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. It’s a YA novel.

  12. I usually really enjoy Malcolm Gladwell’s non-fiction books!

    Here’s mine :)

    Jules

    http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-5.html

  13. My teaser comes from Kim Culbertson’s Instructions for a Broken Heart, which was recently released! So excited for it :)

    Click here to see the teaser: http://amaterasureads.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-37.html

  14. Interesteing Teaser, here is mine:

    Teaser Tuesday

  15. I haven’t heard of this book before but it sounds good.
    Here is my teaser! http://frosybookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-10.html

  16. sorry for the double post but the link in my message above isn’t working so here is the right link:

    http://mybookaddiction.blogspot.com/2011/05/its-tuesday-again-so-time-for-another.html

  17. 10,000 hours, eh? I’d better get started…

    Meanwhile, here’s my Teaser for this week:
    http://sunnyreads.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-changes.html

  18. 10,000?! So… ten hours a day every day for 2.7 years. Yeah, I could see that.

    Mine is up

  19. Ten thousand hours…wow! I might be an expert at reading then…LOL

    My Teaser Tuesday

  20. Wow! My teaser comes is from The Dashwood Sisters Tell All.

  21. That’s a great teaser! :]

    My teaser is from City of Ashes [TMI #2] by Cassandra Clare
    Here: http://palmbooksjournal.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-13.html

  22. I’ve been curious about this book. 10,000 hours…wow. Great teaser!
    Mine is HERE.

  23. Sometimes it feels like I’ve been working 10,000 hours this evening!
    Here’s my tease: http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/my-blog/

  24. My Teaser comes from Carolyn MacCullough’s ONCE A WITCH.

  25. my teaser this week is from morganville vampire series….

    http://satinsbookishcorner.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-teaser.html

  26. As always very interesting teaser:-)

    Mine is here:
    http://mysteriousrose.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-11.html

    From Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick

    I cannot wait to read all the great teasers all of you have found this week. Please stop by and tell me.

    Have a wonderful day.

  27. Ohhhhhh… ten thousand hours! Someone call 911 I’ve just conked out after seeing that number!

    Aisle B is doing the Mea Culpa thing with Tapestry of Dreams… check out the wild cover ;)

    http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/5152831953/teaser-tuesday

  28. Wow, that’s a lot of time spent in the pursuit of excellence.

    Here’s mine – http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2011/05/02/teaser-tuesday-original-sin/

  29. ten thousand hours is quite a time! Great teaser.

    Here’s mine: http://bookramblings.net/teaser-tuesdays-3-5

  30. Haha, lol for the teaser, but I have heard that somewhere before^^

    Here is my teaser, from Spellbound: http://tinyurl.com/452ex8p
    Nickey @ The Book Shop Assistant

  31. I believe that 10,000 hr rule.

    I’m playing today here.

  32. I’ve heard really good things about Outliers but I don’t usually read nonfiction.

    My teasers this week are from The Girl With the Steel Corset by Kady Cross

  33. 10,000 hours? In that case, I think I’ll happily stick to mediocrity. ;)

    My teaser is from Chime by Franny Billingsley.

  34. Seriously?! It would be hard to be an expert at anything.

    My teasers are here Manga Maniac Cafe

  35. Ten thousand hours – seriously? Wow. I think that makes me an expert at sleeping and reading.

    Here’s me today:

    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-17.html

    Sally.

  36. Wow…I didn’t know you could put a number on true expertise. Love the teaser.

    Here is my teaser:
    http://dealingsofabookjunkie.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-27.html

  37. Whoa, that’s a lot of hours. Interesting teaser (:

    My 25th Teaser Tuesday!

  38. Kah Woei permalink

    I wonder how they settled on the number … I assume a lot of research went into it.

    My teaser is from The Replacement.

  39. Different kind of teaser :)
    Mine’s from Bound by Blood by Cynthia Eden.
    http://www.sweptawayagain.com/2011/04/teaser-tuesday_26.html

  40. I’ve heard great things about this book, love the teaser!

    My Teaser Tuesday is from Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. Happy Reading! Jen

  41. aliveon permalink

    That’s a lot of hours – more than a solid year! You better be an expert by then.

    My teaser is here.

  42. Marg permalink

    Here’s my teaser for this week.

  43. So, let’s say you study like a maniac for 10 hours a day the same subject for the rest of your life… It would take 1000 years to become an expert?
    Jesus. No wonder we’ve not found the cure for cancer yet.

    Here’s my teaser. I’ve been told this book had gorgeous writing, and I can definitely see why: The Book Eater

  44. Holy Snikey’s 10 thousand hours?!?!? I’m really gonna have to re-think this perfectionist thing. lolz *winks*

    Wanna see mine and have a chance to win the book? Well what are you waiting for?!?!
    http://paranormalwastelands.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  45. Holy Snikey’s 10 thousand hours?!?!? I’m really gonna have to re-think this perfectionist thing. lolz *winks*

    Check out mine..

    http://paranormalwastelands.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  46. Oh yea did I forget to mention that you can win a copy of my teaser book while your there?

    hehehe

  47. Interesting teaser! My teasers are from The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch and Big Bad Beast by Shelly Laurenston. Happy reading!

  48. Based on your teaser I’m not an expert on anything lol

    I’m reading Redhart by Jackie Gamber. Really enjoying it.

    http://jess-vents.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesay.html

  49. Ten Thousand Hours! Good tease.

    Mine is from Double Cross by Carolyn Crane. http://sweetvernalzephyr.blogspot.com/2011/05/tueaday-teaser-with-mutations.html

  50. Interesting teaser!

    Here’s mine from Almost Home by Mariah Stewart.

  51. Here’s mine (from The Butterfly and the Flame by Dana De Young):

    http://bibrary.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-butterfly-and-flame.html

  52. Nanny permalink

    Wow! That’s a lot of time. Great Teaser. Mines from Dreamlovers- http://gnbstacks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-sexy-snippets.html

  53. Interesting teaser!

    Here’s mine from Almost Home by Mariah Stewart.

  54. My brother-in-law actually lent me his copy of this book because he said I should read it. Sounds great!

    Here is my Teaser Tuesday!

    Jess @ Gone with the Words

  55. I haven’t been able to participate in a long time, look forward to the chosen teasers.

    My TT

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-lock-artist-by-steve.html

  56. 10,000 hours is a lot, but I’d probably beleive it :) .

    My Teaser:
    http://thenovelnook.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-1.html

  57. 10 000 hrs….really!! Thats crazy……good teaser ;)
    <ine is from Spellbound…http://readswithwrecklessabandon.blogspot.com

  58. So, to be good at something you must know what you are doing? I wish so many other people were aware of that fact!

    I went with a funny one today from J.D. Robb’s Reunion in Death.

  59. I’ve heard some good things about that book. Here’s mine this week – http://justbookreading.com/2011/05/03/teaser-tuesdays-the-restorer/.

  60. I’ve heard really good things about that book from teacher friends. I’ll have to check it out.

    This week mine is Wither by Lauren Destefano: http://yalitcrave.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-wither.html

  61. I really enjoyed The Outliers and highly recommend it!
    Book Dilettante

  62. Great one, I like Gladwell’s books. I want to read this one too :)

    Here’s mine for the week: http://peskypiksipesternomi.blogspot.com/2011/05/tt6-love-in-time-of-cholera.html

  63. Wow, that is a lot of hours. Lots of practice!

    Here’s my post: http://proudbooknerd.com/2011/05/03/teaser-tuesday-hybrid/

  64. Here’s my post for Water For Elephants by Sara Gruen.
    http://coreenamcburnie.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-3.html

  65. Never seen this book before, but it seems interesting.

    Here’s my teaser http://fiveflavorsofbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-1.html

  66. Here’s mine:

    Colleen Gleason’s The Vampire Narcise: http://aturnofpage.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-no-1.html

  67. My boss loves that book. Very nice teaser. Here is mine for City of Fallen Angels.

    http://joyttworld.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-5-city-of-fallen-angels.html

  68. Wow 10,000 hours? That’s definitely a lot, but to be an expert on something you definitely need to spend a lot of time studying it! Good teaser! You can check mine out *HERE*

  69. I seriously love this teaser. I’ve been on somewhat of a nonfiction kick lately. That sounds like a lot of hours, but maybe it isn’t so many as we think. If you get a chance, my teaser is here.

  70. I like that phrasing, magic number. But 10,000 is a whole lot! I think I’m an expert at watching tv!

    My teaser is from Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire.

  71. Great teaser! I’ve heard a lot of great things about Outliers…might have to add that to my TBR list. Here’s my teaser:

    http://nopageleftbehind.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-sisters-brothers.html

  72. 10,000 hours? Wow, I doubt I’ll ever be an expert for anything. :D
    Great teaser though! Haven’t heard about this book before!

    My teasers are from The Goddess Test by Aimée Carter and Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton.

  73. If one practices 8 hour a day, every day, 10’000 hours “only” adds up to 3.4 years. That’s doable, I’d say…

    Either way, here’s my teaser http://killmeifistop.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  74. Click here =) to see my Teaser post from The Cellar, by AJ Whitten.

  75. Here is mine for this week…my first ‘Adult’ Fantasy book and quite the steamy little book too!!

    http://tracyshappybookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-may-3-2011.html

  76. ooh, very interesting teaser! Mine is here. Happy Tuesday!

  77. oi! ten thousand hours–I’m exhausted just reading it :)

    My teaser is from Three Cups of Tea, I need a recommendation, should I read the original or the abridged?
    Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

  78. Wow, that is alot of hours. Hope you are enjoying the book. Here is our Teaser Tuesday 

  79. I’m sure I’ve spent 10,000 hours reading. Does that make me a book expert? :-) Interesting teaser!

    Here’s mine: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays.html

  80. Great teaser!

    My teaser is from Hourglass by Myra McEntire: http://www.candacesbookblog.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-22.html

  81. Ten thousand hours. No wonder I’m not an expert at anything. :(
    My teaser is from Bumped and is here. http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  82. You always have great teasers. Books I’ve never heard of. :-) More to add to my TBR list.

    Here’s mine: http://girlinterruptedbybooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-7.html

  83. My Teaser from The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting!

    Crystal @ Elegantly Bound Books

  84. Wow – ten thousand hours?! Really?! :)
    Here’s my TT:
    http://centralcaligrrrl.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-teaser.html

  85. Thanks for the teaser and the forum!

    My teaser (and other book-related stuff) is here:

    http://teabagsinfusion.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-book-blogging.html

  86. I have heard that Outliers is SUCH a good book- I read the first chapter, I think I might have to read the whole thing sometime! A lady at work said it was fascinating :)

    Check out my teaser at LC’s Adventures in Libraryland

  87. My TT is finally up! I was a bit caught up in last weeks TT still. ;)
    Here it is! Enjoy!

  88. 10,000? That’s some serious hours!

    Here’s my creeptastic teaser.
    http://www.readingangel.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-52.html

  89. My teaser this week is for One of Our Thursdays Is Missing by Jasper Fforde

    http://scatteredbookshelf.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-one-of-our-thursdays-is.html

  90. Great teaser!

    here’s my teaser from ‘Die for Me’ by Amy Plum: http://bookgeekcentral.blogspot.com/

  91. Oh wow, that’s ALOT of time to spend doing one task.

    Here’s my teaser:
    http://frommyreadingchair.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  92. ten thousand hours come out to 14.8809524 weeks of practice, day in, day out, 24 hours a day.

    mine is here: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/teaser-tuesday-hex-hall/

  93. If you like The Outliers, I think you would love The Social Animal by David Brooks… fantastic!

    My teaser is from Water For Elephants…

    http://bookblabbing.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-may-3.html

  94. Sullivan McPig permalink

    doesn’t sound like a book for me.
    Mine is a bit lighter:
    http://mcpigpearls.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-haunted-by-your-touch.html

  95. Great teaser. I’d better start counting the hours!
    Here’s my TT: http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays.html

  96. Great teaser…

    Here is mine from “A Discovery of Witches”

  97. This week, I’m teasing THE THRONE OF FIRE by Rick Riordan, out today! http://tiny.cc/bikoa

  98. Those are a lot of hours!

    My teaser is from Dragonfly by Julia Golding.

  99. I shall never be an expert at anything. ;)

    Here is my Teaser.

  100. Uh, does that make me an expert at sleeping? ;)
    My teaser is here:
    http://lulilut.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays.html

  101. http://madsteampunkery.blogspot.com

    Teaser for Zombie month that is sure to be wonderful.

    Mad Scientist

  102. I’ve seen this book written about often. Thought I wouldn’t like it. Your Teaser makes me very interested in reading it.

  103. Interesting factoid, though subject to scrutiny for such a broad statement.

    http://yarnknitreadlit.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  104. Wow, and yet we see so many people pretending to be experts…

    Mine: http://tantoslivrostaopoucotempo.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-17-2011.html

  105. Hm, that sounds like a long time to become perfect at. I wonder how many hours I spent in reading!

    I have two teasers today, from Willow by Julia Hobens and Falling Under by Gwen Hayes, http://miss-check-out.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-willow-by-julia-hoban.html

  106. http://jeannasbookshelf.blogspot.com/

    This is my first Teaser Tueday… It was fun… thank you

  107. Ouch! I cannot even begin to imagine practicing my cello for 10,000 hours! Holy cow! LoL, that amount would definitely make you an expert! Nice teaser!

    Here’s mine: http://sinnfulbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  108. I LOOOOVE Malcolm Gladwell, I’ve read several other of his books, but not Outliers, it’s definitely on my wish list though! His books are so fascinating!

    My Teaser Tuesday is from These Dark Things by Jan Merete Weiss

    April @ My Shelf Confessions: Teaser Tuesday

  109. Still haven’t read any Gladwell for various reasons. I wonder what I’ve put 10,000 hours into in my life! Will have to do some math. Most interesting.

    My teaser is from The Stronger Sex by Hans Werner Kettenbach. It’s a pretty interesting, unique book.

  110. Just finished Wolfsbane last week! It was amazing, so my first ever Teaser Tuesday comes from there!!
    http://brooke-reports.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-wolfsbane.html

  111. Well, if you work for 416 and 2/3 days straight, or a little over one year, you’re good to go!!

    My teaser celebrates the release of a new book today! :) http://leecheeeee813.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-17-book-birthday-alert.html

  112. My book is a bit strange and unusual and so not something I normally read..lol

    http://writesthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  113. I’ve heard so much about this book! I really want to read it.

  114. Here is my teaser this week!!

    Angie

    XOXO Angela’s Anxious Life

  115. Here is my Tuesday Teaser…

    Its my first time… Thanks for the idea/post

    http://mrskondrick1.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-comes-to-you-from-mizb.html

  116. Great Teaser! I just started on this Meme! Please look at my first teaser! :)

    http://rockielove.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-city-of-ashes.html

  117. I just discovered this, and love it!
    Here’s my first teaser:
    http://frommyclassroomwindow.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  118. Check out our teasers for “The Vampire Diaries: The Return” and Last Sacrifice. http://bit.ly/knHqB1 We’re also hosting an AMAZING giveaway so check that out too.

  119. I’ve been thinking a lot about experience/expertise lately, as I’m job-hunting.

    Here’s mine:

    http://situationswhereyoumayneedit.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-case-of-gypsy-good-bye.html

  120. Interesting teaser! 10,000 hours is crazy!

    Here’s mine! It’s a bit late due to internet issues, but better late than never! ;)
    http://www.lettersinsideout.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-9.html

  121. Sonny @ Literary Junkie permalink

    Check out my teaser about Coffeehouse Angels. Thanks!!
    http://literaryjunkie11.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-3-coffeehouse-angel.html

  122. The Girl With a Book permalink

    Here’s mine from the amazing new book Enclave!!

    http://thebookgirlreadsabook.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday.html

  123. Sorry I’m late this week. I’ve been so sick and in pain. Better late then never, right?

    My teaser – To Conquer A Highlander

  124. Awesome teaser! Mine’s on Die For Me by Amy Plum: http://nbbookery.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-die-for-me.html

    Thanks! :]

    NoraBell

  125. You can find my teaser over at Inklings Read.

    You all have some awesome ones for sure!!

  126. That’s a lot of time to commit to something! My teaser is here:
    http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-may-3.html

  127. That doesn’t sound like my kind of read, but I hope you enjoy it.

    Reading Lark’s Teaser

  128. I’ve heard good things about this book, I hope you’re enjoying it!

    My TT this week is from The Doors of Perception & Heaven and Hell: Two Complete Nonfiction Novels

  129. Wow! 10,000 hours?! Intriguing.

    My teasers are HERE. They include snippets from Three to Get Deadly by Janet Evanovich; The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney; and Hunger by Jackie Kessler.

  130. Good teaser! I’ve heard wonderful things about that book. Here is a link to my teaser for “Delirium”- http://www.abookdork.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-errr-wednesday-may-4th.html

  131. This is my first visit here and I think this is a super meme I’ll be grabbing the book beside me and posting a teaser straight away. Thanks.
    http://vintagebookshelfblog.blogspot.com/

  132. Good teaser!

    I’m a little late, but here’s my Teaser.

  133. I just found this.. what a neat thing to do, great way to get people hungry for a new book!
    Here is mine (a bit belated):
    http://booklovermusings.blogspot.com/2011/05/tt-poisoned-season.html

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