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Teaser Tuesdays (Jan.24)

January 24, 2012

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:

“Creative persons differ from one another in a variety of ways, but in one respect they are unanimous: They all love what they do. It is not the hope of achieving fame or making money that drives them; it is the opportunity to do the work that they love to do.”

~ p.107,Creativity” by Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi



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!

{The link for the comments is now at the BOTTOM of this post}

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234 Comments
  1. This was a very provoking read – go with the flow! Thanks for highlighting!
    We’ve gone with The Hunger Games this week as part of our amazing read theme for January:
    http://read.lib.uts.edu.au/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-24-jan-2012.html

  2. What a thought provoking quote! Here’s my Teaser Tuesday :)

  3. That’s a great teaser, it’s so true xD Here’s my teaser for this week: http://www.rulethewaves.net/blog/?p=3555

  4. Someone else was reading this recently, I’m really wanting to check it out!

    My teaser this week is from Angelina’s Secret by Lisa Rogers!
    http://www.lettersinsideout.net/posts/tt-45/

  5. Love your teaser this week!

    Mine is from Promise Me This by Cathy Gohlke.

  6. Oh, wow, I had to read a chapter from that book in a class last spring. It’s on my to-read list!

  7. Wow love the teaser. I guess that must be what it feels like to be an author!

    My TT

    Ning

  8. That’s definitely true of us writers! This sounds like a book I’d enjoy reading.
    My teaser is here: Sandy’s Teaser

  9. That is an awesome quote! I love it!

    My teaser this week is from Everneath by Brodi Ashton: Mom Reads My Books

  10. This is a great teaser! And I love what you’ve done with your blog :)

    Here is my teaser: http://latoyaliterally.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-5-kill-alex-cross.html

  11. That’s a really good point , I guess it’s just a matter of figuring out what it is you’re creative in..

    I really like the header with the cat :D makes me smile every time!

    April @ My Shelf Confessions – Teaser Tuesday: Shatter by Michael Robotham

  12. My teaser this week comes from The Fault in Our Stars: http://www.thefairytalenerd.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-29.html

  13. I hope I’m a creative person too!

    Here’s my teaser: http://allsortsofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-first-light-by-bodie-and.html

    And Happy Chinese New Year(:

  14. sally906 permalink

    Nice tease – I don’t have a creative bone in my body :)

    My teaser is up now seeing as it is Tuesday here in Oz – in fact it is lunch time – whoo hoo!!!

    http://sallyfromoz.wordpress.com/

  15. Agreed, man! That is so true! But sadly in reality, passion and career opportunities do now always align, so many people are forced to do what they do not like to do.. But that phrase is nevertheless true. And deep. Haha.

    Here’s my TT: http://abookaliciousstory.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-12.html

  16. Truer words were never written. I’m back to the mystery genre this week with Flipped Out

  17. T.F.Walsh permalink

    Can’t agree with that teaser more:)

    here’s mine: http://tfwalsh.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-wake/

  18. A big YES to that teaser!!

    Mine is from Shelley Coriell’s Welcome, Caller, This is Chloe!

  19. That sounds like the universality of individual differences. Attractive teaser.

    Hello, I’m joining in today for the first time. I look forward to reading many teasers, managing my TBR list and having good reading fun.

    Here’s mine:

    http://www.stasiadesiderata.com/2012/01/24/a-fire-was-in-my-head/

  20. That’s very true. The most creative people I know are truly passionate about what they do.

    Here’s my Teaser!

  21. True story. Good quote!

    My teaser

  22. Lovely teaser. Thank you for sharing!

    Here’s mine, from Just Listen : http://thebookishbabes.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday_23.html

  23. Love that quote! If only everyone could do what they love or believed that they could find a way to do what they love. Have a great week!
    My teaser:
    http://myneuroticbookaffair.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-notes-to-self-1232012.html

  24. I always love your teasers! Here’s mine, from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern: http://inmybooknook.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-january-24-2012.html

  25. Very insightful!

    My teaser is from Article 5 by Kristen Simmons:

    http://www.fictionenthusiast.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-article-5-by-kristen.html

  26. It’s been a while since I last participated in a bookish meme.

    Great teaser, here’s mine http://nazish0151.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesdays-13

  27. Lovely thought — I like to think it’s true. Good teaser!

    Here’s mine:
    http://jlshall.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-liberty.html

  28. I really love that teaser, it’s just too true. Here’s my Teaser:
    http://imaddicted2yabooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesady.html

  29. forloveandbooks permalink

    Creativity and Passion go hand in hand, that’s for sure.

    Come see my Top Ten / Teaser Tuesday!

  30. “It is not the hope of achieving fame or making money that drives them; it is the opportunity to do the work that they love to do.”

    YES YES YES! Amen! That is so true. :)

    Come check out my Teaser Tuesday for Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones if you have a chance. :)
    http://megancurd.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-3-city-of-bones-by.html

  31. Sounds interesting. Here’s mine! http://danicapage.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-14-and-top-ten-books-i.html

    Mine’s on The Gathering Storm, it just came out a few weeks ago.

  32. Hi! I am a huge fan of Csikszentmihalyi (I’ve also read his Flow, Talented Teenagers, etc) – my research interest is in the creative arts and experiences of flow, and psychology of eminent artists vis a vis young artists in training. It’s interesting that you’re also reading this book. How are you finding it so far?

    Here’s our TT over at GatheringBooks – snapshots of the circus, monsters, and strange creatures.

    http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-of-monsters-circus-and-strange-creatures/

    • It’s kind of heavy reading, but I’m REALLY enjoying it! Just what I was in the mood for now, I guess!

      The only thing I don’t like is that it’s making me frustrated with the fact that I have no outlet(s) for creativity in my life, right now — well, except for my blogging. ;)

      ~MizB

  33. What a wonderful and true sentiment!

    Here’s my TEASER from Starters by Lissa Price

  34. Interesting. Here’s my teaser this week.

  35. Great teaser!

    My teasers this week are from “Hallowed” by Cynthia Hand & “Shattered Souls” by Mary Lindsey: http://hopefaithbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-24.html

  36. Very nice and true quote!

    My Teaser Tuesday from Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

  37. Fabulous teaser and very true.

    Here are my teasers for this week: http://witandsin.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday_23.html

    Kat
    Wit and Sin

  38. I’m currently reading My Very UnFairy Tale Life, here’s my teaser: http://monaliz-mindreading.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-11.html :)

  39. Awesome teaser this week! Btw, I love your blog header with the sleeping kitty, so cute! Here is my teaser this week:

    http://www.yabookiemonster.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-39.html

    Claire :)

  40. If only I could make a living at what I love to do.

    Mine is up

  41. A very true statement. Here is my teaser for this week.

  42. Excellent teaser and so true.

    Here’s My Teaser

  43. Great quote! You always have inspiring books to pull excerpts from!

    My Teaser: Romeo’s Ex: Rosaline’s Story

    As always, thanks for the feature!

  44. I really like this teaser, very true. Thanks for sharing. :)

    My Teaser:

    http://fictionfascination.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-7.html

    Carly :)

  45. That teaser is so true. I have a creative job and I will never achieve fame or have money :(

    Here is my teaser http://www.clairesbookcorner.blogspot.com

  46. That teaser is so true!!

    Here is mine Claire’s Book Corner TT

  47. Sounds like a very insightful book. I hope you enjoy reading it.

    You can find my Teaser here! CLICKY HERE! =D

  48. Love this teaser!
    Here’s mine this week http://ttoria.blogspot.com

    Happy TT!

    TToria
    xo

  49. Very true…

    My teaser this week is from Australian author Ross Collier’s novel ‘Sink or Swim’: http://www.bookloverbookreviews.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-sink-or-swim-by-ross-collier.html

  50. Loving what you do makes the job ideal for sure!

    Here’s ours, two YA fiction reads this week: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-perfect-and-off-season.html

  51. That is an interesting take on Creativity! Here is my teaser: http://jbabel.blogspot.com/2012/01/25-teaser-tuesdays-eclipse-by-stephenie.html

    Cheers

  52. I love it when people are passionate about the things they do.

    My teaser is from The Map of Time

  53. Interesting teaser!

    Mine are here:

    Manga Maniac Cafe

  54. I love that teaser. It is so true. Here is my teaser:
    http://fiveflavorsofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-12.html

  55. So true!

    Here’s my Teaser Tuesday. Happy Reading! Jen @ A Reader’s Journey

  56. I love this teaser! It would make a perfect quote. It’s very true, great TT! Here’s mine: http://whatsontheshelf.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-12/

  57. That’s quite a name that author has! Long… Here is my teaser

  58. Very true — I’m playing today here

  59. Great teaser! I really need to check this one out, so it’s definitely being added to my TBR list. Thank you for sharing! :)

    Here’s mine:

    http://amylunderman.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-obsidian-by-jennifer-l.html

  60. Fantastic teaser. It’s very true. My teaser is from Paranormalcy today at http://christinerains-writer.blogspot.com/

  61. I love your teaser. I have two this week. One is from A Werewolf in Manhattan by Vicki Lewis Thompson and the other if from Charmfall by Chloe Neill. Coincidentally, they both have werewolves. Happy reading!

  62. Bah! Coding has been getting me lately…. My Teaser

  63. Jessica@a GREAT read permalink

    Nice teaser!

    Here’s my Teaser

  64. Love it! It’s soooo true! I’ll add this to my tbr.
    Here’s my teaser for today: http://ds-bookworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-4.html

  65. Thanks for sharing youe teaser, it’s quite thought provoking :-)

    Here’s my teaser for this week…

    http://bingeingonbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-3/

  66. I agree that creative people usually love what they do!

    My Teaser
    Also I am on a Blog Hop right now so please feel free to enter to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card (US/CAD)

  67. Also, I like your new header. So sweet.

  68. Very busy here today :)

    Here is my teaser

  69. I really like that quote!!

    Here’s My Teaser

  70. Very true. Once it becomes all about making money, creativity suffers. Thanks for sharing this teaser. Mine is here.

  71. This is absolutely true. I feel guilty at times at school when I see some other teachers get SUPER passionate about teaching. Then I remember that, though I don’t feel quite the same way about teaching, when I think of writing that same passion is ignited within me.

    My teaser is from Cassie Clare’s CLOCKWORK PRINCE:
    http://www.rachel-morgan.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-19-clockwork-prince.html

  72. I love that quote. So, real and true. With all the creative avenues that I have tried I was just happy and excited to do them. Making money off them (if I did) was a plus not a requirement.

    Here is my teaser.

  73. Love the teaser! And it’s very true.

    My teaser

  74. Great teaser! That sounds like a good book. Here’s my TT http://booklovingme.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-14.html

  75. I definitely don’t read enough non-fiction. Thanks for the teaser. Sounds like something I should probably read. :)

    Mine’s from a Cat & Bones book this week. Enjoy!
    http://creativedeeds.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-12412/

  76. Great teaser, and very true. My TT is from Alma Katsu’s dark gothic novel, The Taker.

    http://happy-booker.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday.html

  77. My teaser is from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own. Thanks for hosting!

  78. LOVE Teaser Tuesdays!
    My Tease is on Frostbite (V.A. book 2)

    Trish – My TT

  79. wcs53 permalink

    Great teaser. I think that’s where I’d like to be. My teaser is here: http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesdays-jan-24/

  80. Love it! Great one for me for this week, since I just started back to work on my novel and am starting to feel the creatove juices pump again!

    Here’s my TT: http://wp.me/p1PJQj-aR

    Cheers!
    ~Lia

  81. Awesome teaser!

    Check out our teaser and get a chance to win Angelfall here: http://paranormalwastelands.blogspot.com/2012/01/tuesday-teaser-angelfall.html

  82. I like that definition.

    Mine Is Here

  83. wo! Youre teaser is also an inspirational quote! loved it!

    here’s my TT from The Witches of East End by Melissa de la Cruz
    http://bookquotesandlyrics.blogspot.com/2012/01/its-teaser-tuesday-012412.html

  84. Great teaser! Here’s mine– Teaser Tuesdays at Book Addict

  85. Both interesting and true. Great teaser!

    Here’s my TT ~ House Millar series

    Áine

  86. Maria permalink

    Sounds like a really interesting book.

    Here is my TT: http://tinyurl.com/6u76wzh

  87. Truer words were never spoken! Great teaser!!

    Here’s my teaser!

    Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction

  88. The Word Jar permalink

    And it would be great if everyone could figure out what they love to do! And even if it’s not the most important thing, bonus points for getting paid to do what you love! Good teaser!

    Here’s mine for Domestic Violets by Matthew Norman:
    http://thewordjar.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-january-24-domestic-violets-by-matthew-norman/

  89. That’s a great teaser! Here’s mine from Montana 1948. Cheers!

  90. Great quote!

    Here’s my teaser: http://librarymosaic.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday_24.html

    Try Not To Breathe by Jennifer Hubbard

  91. Such a true statement! Great teaser :)

    My teaser comes from Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

    Kelly
    Radiant Shadows

  92. Maria D. permalink

    I need to pick up this book!

    Here is my TT : http://tinyurl.com/7tfl9zh

  93. This is so true; when you love what you do, money doesn’t matter. Thanks for sharing. My teaser: http://www.knittingandsundries.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-january-24-2012.html

  94. That puts everything in a true perspective. It’s alright just to enjoy creativity. Luv the Teaser.

  95. What a nice teaser. I agree with all of it. Here are our picks: http://www.readergirlsblog.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-january-24-2012.html

  96. True teaser! I know enough artists that I can support this statement. :)

    I’m teasing The Fault in Our Stars by John Green.

  97. I just had a moment yesterday where I realized how happy I was to be doing what I was doing! It was a great feeling.

    Here’s my teaser this week!

  98. Love your teaser!!! Thanks for sharing. Here is mine:

    Life Happens

  99. I agree, I’ve always felt like being creative was the important thing. I’m teasing from “Punish Me With Roses” kaye—the road goes ever ever on

  100. The teaser is completely true! I write not because I plan on being famous one day but because I love to write.

    Here’s my teaser: http://duckduckcow.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-life-of-pi.html

  101. I bet this book would make you think a lot, it sounds very insightful.

    Here’s my teaser Tuesday http://somereadingrequired.com/?p=180

  102. Here’s my TT! It’s from Curse of the Romanovs, a fun, time-travel YA novel!

  103. MartinaCK permalink

    It’s been awhile since I did a Teaser Tuesday! Here is mine :)

    http://virginiebarbeau.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-32/

  104. In working with authors, I have found your quote to be mostly (but not entirely!) true.
    Here’s mine:
    http://carolinebookbinder.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-lonesome-dove_24.html

  105. Judy permalink

    That’s a powerful quote!

    Here’s my addition for the week:
    http://shellseeker93.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-enclave.html

  106. Very true words!
    Mine is up at my blog.
    I’m in the mood for thrillers at the moment. :D

  107. That’s a very interesting quote. :)

    My teaser is here (YA, Pure by Julianna Baggott) – http://watercolormoods.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-pure-by-julianna-baggott.html

  108. Great teaserr!!!

    You can check out my teaser here.
    [:
    ShawnaLeAnn
    Dreaming In The Pages Enter My Giveaway

  109. So true, but the fame and fortune doesn’t hurt :P

    My TT this week is from the Kingkiller Chronicles: Day Two http://ksbooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/teaser-tuesday-67/

  110. Aww, wonderful teaser and so true!

    My teaser this week comes from Nadine Rose Larter’s COFFEE AT LITTLE ANGELS. http://surroundedbybooksreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-coffee-at-little-angels.html

  111. My teaser is from ‘This is Not a Test’ by Courtney Summers.
    Enjoy!
    http://sweet-tidbits.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-3.html

  112. Love the teaser. I think everyone needs a bit of the creativity in life to keep going and it is so important to understand that just because we might not like someone’s creativity that it’s important to them so we need to respect it. Anyways…. here’s my teaser for the week… http://elizaostrom.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-my-dearest-friend.html it’s from My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams.

  113. I agree with the quote. Doing something you love is far more rewarding than money and fame. I find that is true for all of my creative friends. That is a poignant teaser this week!

    Here’s mine:
    http://sinnfulbooks.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday_24.html

    sinn @ sinnful books

  114. So true! Here’s my teaser

  115. My teaser comes from The Queen’s Lady by Barbara Kyle.

  116. Great teaser! I love how true it is and I think most of us agree because we know it to be true. Thanks for sharing!

    My Teaser is from INCARNATE by Jodi Meadows

  117. That’s so true! Creative people are very driven. That book sounds interesting.

    My choice is a bit different this week but fun to share! Thanks for hosting! :)
    Teaser is HERE.

  118. Here is my Teaser Tuesdays for this weekhttp://zoesbooknewsandreviews.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays.html.

  119. I really like this one, it’s so true, and sweet at the same time :)

    My teaser is from Death Comes to Pemberley, which is a murder mystery set at Elizabeth and Darcy’s home.

  120. Great teaser. You can find mine here.

  121. Loving what you do…what a concept! Here is my teaser:
    http://jo-jolovestoread.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-jan-24.html

  122. Mine is from Books 3 & 4 in the Wheel of Time series, The Dragon Reborn and The Shadow Rising.

  123. Long enlightening quote. Love, love, love!!!!!
    Please check out mine, it’s from Killer Pizza. http://thegothicballerina.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-killer-pizza.html

    Thank you!

  124. Love the teaser – so true!

    This week we are featuring teasers from Insatiable, Touch of Power, and Hallowed.

    Reading Lark’s Teasers

  125. Here’s my teaser (less inspirational, more silly) from Great Expectations:

    http://bookmusings1.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-is-weekly-bookish-meme.html

  126. Great teaser!

    Here’s Reading Lark After Dark’s (18+ only) contribution: Dream Chaser, The Highlander’s Touch, and DX
    http://readinglarkafterdark.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday-dream-chaser-highlanders.html

  127. So true! What a great teaser. Thanks for sharing :) Here’s mine: http://pamelasbookspot.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesday_25.html

  128. I have so many creative people surrounding me in my family (kids and girlfriends), and my siblings – sometimes I wonder what happened to me? No creativity…none…at all. LOL. But I notice when they are doing their creating – they are having fun….it’s when they stifle it that it seems to become a problem.

    My teaser is up – very late, but it’s up now at Rabid Reader

    happy reading to all

  129. I just finished Divergent by Veronica Roth … loved it! I’m thinking about reading Jane Eyre next. http://beautifullyalivebooks.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/www-wednesdays-january-25/

  130. I agree with your teaser!

    Mine is a day late but here it is…http://reading-kelly.blogspot.com/2012/01/teaser-tuesdays-jan-24.html

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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