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Teaser Tuesdays (May 31)

May 31, 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:

“While normal people continue to add items to their to-do list, maybe you should do something weird instead: start a to-don’t list. Just this year alone, I’ve dropped seven things that I normally do to make room for those important things I thought I didn’t have time to do.”

~ p.34, “Weird: Because Normal Isn’t Working” by Craig Groeschel




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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220 Comments
  1. That sounds like a good idea! Here’s my teaser for this week: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=2402

  2. A to don’t list…love it!

    Mine’s here

  3. this is interesting… and sounds brilliant too!

    here’s mine: http://bookcomfort.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-12.html

  4. Havent heard of this one but I like the quirkyness of the cover. Sounds interesting. :)

    Here is my Teaser: Seeing Night Reviews :Black Night by Christina Henry

  5. Great teaser. Here’s mine this week.

  6. LoL, good advice! That is an awesome teaser!

    Here’s my TT: http://sinnfulbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_30.html

    sinn @ sinnful books

  7. It sounds like a good idea.

    My TT is here :) http://obsessionwithbooks.blogspot.com

    Have a nice week.

  8. T.F.Walsh permalink

    I really like that teaser… Might have to try that myself:)

    Here mine: http://tfwalsh.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-tuesday-angels-blood/

  9. I love the idea of having a “to don’t list” maybe I would actually get more done! Great teaser;

    Here is mine:
    http://sooozsaysstuff.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-for-may-31st-2011.html

  10. Interesting teaser. I might have to look into that book further. Hope you enjoy reading it.

    Here’s my Teaser Come check it out.

  11. Lol, I really need to do that too! Oops. I mean not do that!

    Here’s mine:
    http://peskypiksipesternomi.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-memes-tt10-ttt5.html

  12. Hmmmmm…Intriguing idea!! Might be worth giving it a shot!!

    My Teaser is again from A River in the Sky, by Elizabeth Peters.
    http://sunnyreads.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-river-in-sky-again.html

  13. I guess I might join this too…and I want that book. A to DON’T list sounds so wonderful.

  14. To-don’t list? I need a ‘get someone else to do it’ list!

    Here’s my tease: http://diannehartsock.wordpress.com/my-blog/

  15. Never though making that kind of list.

    Here is mine on Nevermore and Wicked Lovely!
    http://frosybookreviews.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-12.html

  16. Hello everyone :)

    Here is my teaser for this week: http://www.joanneellis.net/a-few-random-thoughts.html
    :)

  17. Hello all my fellow bloggers and readers.

    My teaser:
    http://mysteriousrose.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-15.html

    Have a wonderful Tuesday!

  18. I really like the idea of a to-don’t list! If only I could figure out a few things I could cut out..hmm ;)

    My teaser is up here: http://www.lettersinsideout.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-12.html

  19. What a good idea.
    Here’s my TT from The Painted Veil by W.Somerset Maugham.

    http://www.playinglibrarian.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-painted-veil.html

  20. I have to make a ‘To Don’t’ List…right after I finish my ‘To Do’ list! :~) Need to check in to this book!
    Here’s my teaser! Enjoy!

  21. Some good advice. Normal tends not to work.

    My teaser -
    http://jess-vents.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html

  22. That’s definitely something I hadn’t thought of – I should try it!

    My TT this week: http://witchoftheatregoing.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/teaser-tuesday-%E2%99%A1-%E2%80%93-week-13/

  23. The only think I’ve done alone those lines was to stop watching TV. I’ve since started watching particular shows, but I’m not such an addict now. That bought me all kinds of time.

    Mine is up

  24. That’s quite a good advice! Great teaser! :)

    Mine comes from a recently released novel, P.J. Hoover’s Solstice!

    You can check it out here: http://amaterasureads.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-41.html

  25. What a genius idea!

    A To Don’t List … top of the chart… don’t fret if I don’t get things DONE!

    Over @ Aisle B it’s about the vengeance of women scorned… That’s right…. EX-GIRLFRIENDS UNITED!

    So click the link and hop on http://aisleb.tumblr.com/post/6027049512/teaser-tuesday

    PS. Last Day for Divergent Giveaway and it’s open INTERNATIONAL!

  26. I like your teaser. It’s definitely a different spin on things. My Teaser Tuesday can be found here: http://sapphireddragon.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-3.html

  27. Good morning bloggers! How your day? Come see my teaser: http://ivanbookworm.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-uneartly.html
    Thanks in advance

  28. Here’s mine :)

    It’s from A long, long sleep by Anna Sheehan

    http://thegreatthegoodandthebad.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-9.html

  29. I am INCREDIBLY excited! I’m reading Magic Slays by Ilona Andrews (Released Today!) on my kindle :)
    Come check out the teaser at E-volving Books:
    http://readseverything.blogspot.com/

  30. Love your teaser this week!

    Here’s mine from A Reluctant Queen

  31. I love the title of your teaser book. It’s great.

    Here is my teaser tuesday – http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-tuesdays-may-31/

  32. I like your teaser!

    Mine is from Wicked by Gregory Maguire this week.

  33. I’ve got two teasers this week. You can find them here.

  34. Don’t list is a good idea.

    Here’s ours for this week: A teen read and a Kristin Hannah book: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-teaser-chosen-one-and-if-you.html

  35. I love the idea of that book – it’s going on my wishlist!

    Here’s mine: Tuesday Teaser

  36. Makes great sense to me. Great Teaser.

  37. This sounds like an interesting book! Awesome teaser!
    Check out mine: http://girlaboutbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-23-lost-voices.html

  38. Great teaser! Mine is here

  39. Good teaser from a book I want to read. Here’s mine
    http://asthepageturns-page.blogspot.com

  40. This sounds like great advice, maybe I’ll try it:)

    My Teaser Tuesday is from Chasing Brooklyn by Lisa Schroeder. Happy Reading! Jen @ A Reader’s Journey

  41. I really like this quote! When you drop things you thought you couldn’t drop, you wind up with so much more free time! For example, I rarely ever watch TV these days!

    I have two this week: THE CHILDE by C.A. Kunz (Paranormal) and SOLSTICE by P.J. Hoover (Mythology): http://abackwardsstory.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-childe-by-ca-kunz.html

  42. AH HA YES!! A to don’t list…most awesome:))

    Now come on let me tease you;)

  43. here’s my teaser for the week!!;))

    hope you’ll like the book

    http://teenreadersdiary.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-boys-girls-other.html

  44. Fun idea!

    Here’s my teaser for this week.

  45. Nanny permalink

    Interesting Idea! This week my teaser is from <a href="http://gnbstacks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-sexy-snippets_31.html"The Apothecary

  46. That’s a great idea! Love that title, too. Here’s my teaser from The Confessions of Catherine de Medici.

  47. Normal is overrated!

    My teaser is here Manga Maniac Cafe

  48. A to-don’t list certainly sounds less stressful!

    My teasers this week are from My Name is Mary Sutter by Robin Oliveira

  49. Great idea! My teasers this week are from The Gathering by Kelley Armstrong and Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill. Happy reading!

  50. Jessica S. permalink

    Sounds smart!

    Here’s my teaser

  51. I like the sound of that already! After all, I’ve been clearing clutter off the shelves and out of the closets – why not clear some clutter from my daily schedule, too?

    My teaser is here.

  52. I’m really loving the idea of a ‘to don’t list’ ! I might give it a shot!

    Here’s my teaser this week!
    http://www.readingangel.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-55.html

  53. LOL, I could try that! Great teaser!

    Here is my teaser this week: Teaser Tuesday @ Gone with the Words

  54. What a fun teaser, I think that is what I need to do to my ever growing TBR list.

    Here is my teaser today: http://annsreadingcorner.blogspot.com

  55. Sonny @ Literary Junkie (YA) permalink

    Haha, the title is a good one! Here is my teaser!
    http://literaryjunkie11.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-7.html

  56. Awesome teaser.

    Here’s mine.

  57. Great Teaser!! This is the first time in weeks I’ve been able to respond, Blogger doesn’t seem to like me lately ;)
    Anywho, Im back now… lol.

    Here’s my Tuesday Teaser

  58. Liked the teaser!
    Mine is from Ascension by Caris Roane it’s a paranormal romance
    http://www.sweptawayagain.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html

  59. My teaser is short, but sweet, and made me chuckle. Teaser Tuesday-COFA

  60. Great teaser!

    Here’s mine: http://librarymosaic.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html
    Die For Me – Amy Plum

  61. A to-don’t list? I love it.

    My teaser is from a book of short stories from South Texas/Mexico.

  62. I need to read it!

    Mine is here.

  63. great idea!!!

    here’s my teaser

  64. I got a bit of a late start today.
    Here is my Teaser Tuesday: http://laurenstvtotebookbag.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-6.html

  65. I need a to-do list!

    Here’s mine, an author who’s doing for snowmen what Stephen King did for clowns.
    http://hollybooknotes.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-snowman-by-jo-nesbo.html

  66. Love that teaser – such great advice!

    Here’s mine:
    http://www.betweenthecoversblog.net/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-38.html

  67. The Word Jar permalink

    I’ve never been accused of being normal, but I have to-do lists all over the house and each seems miles long. Maybe there’s something to that “to-don’t” list!

    Here’s my teaser for Turn of Mind by Alice LaPlante:

    http://thewordjar.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-tuesday-may-31-turn-of-mind-by-alice-laplante/

  68. Now that is great advice. Here’s mine!

  69. Ha! Might be a better world if more of us had “don’t do” lists. Here’s my teaser for this week:

    http://jockstewart.typepad.com/writers_notebook/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-healwoman-dark-moon.html

    –Malcolm

  70. Great advice in your teaser today! I may have to do that. My teaser this week comes from “One Hundred Candles”. You can find it at http://lisaisabookworm.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html

  71. Joder permalink

    I like the idea of that. Here’s my teaser for the week… http://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-18.html

  72. I would never have thought of making a to-don’t list. Sounds like an interesting read!

    Here’s my teaser: It’s from The Twin’s Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted.

    http://pdbkwm.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-wk1.html

  73. sounds like a good plan. I’m reading my favorite play from Shakespeare this week–A Midsummer Nights dream. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

  74. Great idea! If you get a chance, my teaser is
    here.

  75. I love to-don’t lists. So much more fun than to-do lists. My teaser: To Kill a Mockingbird

  76. I love the “i don’t” list, great teaser! Here’s my teaser tuesday!
    http://booksavvybabe.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-531.html
    Book Savvy Babe

  77. That actually sounds like a good idea!

    My teaser tuesday for this week

  78. This seems like a book I should check out…. If only our library’s system was up!

    Here’s mine:
    http://situationswhereyoumayneedit.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-ruby-in-smoke-by-philip.html

  79. Interesting teaser! I have all sorts of list but not a “do not do” list. hmmm, maybe I should try it. :)

    My teaser:
    http://seducedbyyarn.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays_31.html
    (the second book in the Haunted Guesthouse Mystery)

  80. A to-don’t list? Why haven’t I thought of that?

    Here’s my Teaser Tuesdays.

  81. You know, some people really need a to-don’t list. lol

    Here’s my teaser for today:
    http://imlovingbooks.com/features/teaser-tuesday/2011-05-31.html

  82. What an interesting concept…makes me think for a second about what I might give up, lol.

    My teaser is from A Creed in Stone Creek.

  83. Ha! That’s such a funny concept and yet it makes perfect sense! Thanks for sharing.

    My Teaser is from Mercy by Rebecca Lim

  84. A “To Don’t” list is a cool idea, although I admit I like To Do lists. Here’s mine: http://carolinebookbinder.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-lets-take-long-way-home.html

  85. The Lovely Reading Teen permalink

    Here is my first ever teaser!

    http://thelovelyreadingteen.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-1.html

    • Never good to come up in several departments in a teen dystopia novel. Is this a teen dystopia novel?

  86. Cool teaser! Here’s mine. Enjoy!

  87. Well, that’s a fascinating idea. I like the book title, too. Nice teaser!

    My teaser this week is from Leah Cypress’ Nightspell.

  88. “My heart is pounding s I wait at my locker ’cause, after last night with Luc, I’m not sure what to expect. I stare blindly at my books and shift my weight from foot to foot, failing spectacularly at trying to appear casual.”– http://kiki072895.tripod.com/blog/index.blog/2195159/personal-demons-not-belonging-to-me/

  89. Never heard of anyone having a to-don’t list before. Odd idea.

    mine: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-tuesday-city-of-bones/

  90. I LIKE that idea! And I’m weird, so it fits! Hmmm .. what things can I drop? :) Thanks for sharing! My teaser is here: http://www.knittingandsundries.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-may-31-2011.html

  91. That is such a great teaser. I relate to that because I make to do lists all the time. Here is my teaser
    http://fiveflavorsofbooks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-4.html

  92. Great teaser!

    Here is my teaser.

  93. What a great teaser! Certainly something to think about this Tuesday. I’d just be a little concerned by “to don’t” list would become a lot longer than my “to do” list!
    Here’s my teaser:
    http://thebookgatherer.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays_31.html

  94. I really need a To don’t list, Would make life more fun
    Here is my teaser http://bookscoffeepurebliss.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays.html

  95. That is a very good piece of advice. Might just have to start a to-don’t list!

    Here’s my Teaser for the week, taken from Finding Sky by Joss Stirling:

    http://thespine-breakersclub.blogspot.com/

  96. I like the idea; the only problem is that you can never cross anything off your “to don’t” list. That’s 3/4 of the fun of the list!

    My teaser is here: http://teabagsinfusion.blogspot.com/2011/05/tuesday-book-blogging_31.html

  97. I love that idea! It’s like a more creative version of the Bucket List =)

    My teaser is from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

  98. A “to-don’t list,” love it! Here’s my teaser: http://aturnofpage.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-no-5.html. Have a lovely Tuesday!

  99. I like that idea! It sounds like an interesting book. :)

    My teaser is from Chime by Franny Billingsley.

  100. What a fun Teaser and a great idea, though I do enjoy making those items off the to-do list.
    Here’s my teaser for this week: Sandy’s Teaser

  101. Unfortunately I’ve never even had a to-do list. Hehe. Not sure I could justify having a to-don’t list.

    Here are my teasers! Happy Tuesday.

  102. marshallslion permalink

    here’s mine:
    http://marshalslion.blogspot.com/

  103. haha! i should get that book! I am a totally weirdo! lol
    Here is my teaser!!

    http://brooke-reports.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-hereafter.html

  104. Great teaser.

    My teaser today is from Observations of an Earth Mage & it is at http://bit.ly/ixCVG9

  105. Love the idea of a “not to do” list! I’m reading The Union Quilters by Jennifer Chiaverini.

  106. That’s a really interesting concept, a to-don’t list!! Nice teaser! You can check out my Teaser Tuesday post *HERE*

  107. Good idea.
    First thing on my to-don’t list:
    Don’t fail driving test.

    Here’s my very late post:
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-21.html

    Sally.

  108. My Teaser Tuesday features BANDITS by LM Preston.

  109. My teaser is from Beautiful Darkness (Caster Chronicles, #2) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl.
    Here’s the link: http://reutreads.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-beautiful-darkness/

  110. Love that – will be picking that book up!

    My Teaser is from:
    The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of her own Making:

    http://booksreadingitall.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-girl-who.html

  111. My teaser is from a one of the main stories from the new anthology called Welcome to Bordertown; Edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner.

    Link: http://booklover-bookchicks.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-20.html

  112. Jessica's Musings permalink

    I want to read that book.

    Here’s mine: http://jmusings.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/teaser-tuesday-53111/

  113. Sounds like a great book! And my to-do lists could use a to-don’t make over :P

    My Teaser this week is from Furies Of Calderon

  114. We have two teasers this week from Hard Bitten by Chloe Neill and Exposure by Therese Fowler

    Reading Lark’s Teaser

  115. Here is my teaser for Paranormalcy

    Angie
    XOXO Angela’s Anxious Life

  116. Cool teaser! I’ll definitely have to try that some time.
    Here’s my teaser: http://youraveragebookworms.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesdays-12.html

  117. I love this idea!

  118. The title is a real grabber. Your teaser makes it even more tempting!

    http://yarnknitreadlit.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html

  119. I love that teaser!!! What a great idea! My teaser is here:
    http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday-may-31.html

  120. This is so weird – I remember reading your post last night, I wrote that I loved the title of the book…and left a link but it’s not up…I wonder where I actually POSTED the link up…it’s at some random blog, with the host wondering what the hell I’m talking about…. :)

    Any – Love the title and the whole idea of the book you’re reading.

    My teaser is here – http://mardel-rabidreader.blogspot.com/2011/05/teaser-tuesday_31.html

  121. I’m a day late! I can still play right? Right?

    Yesterday was wild with trying to move my site over to a new domain (well, wild for some!)

    Here’s the thang http://www.katekrake.com/w-w-w-wednesdays-on-a-thursday/

Please be patient if your comment doesn't show up right away... I will 'release' it as soon as I can. Thanks for your thoughts! ~MizB

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