Teaser Tuesday

I've been absent from Teaser Tuesday for a couple of weeks. The first week I was, to kind of quote Will from Will & Grace, 'at Death's door, only the bouncers wouldn't let me in because I didn't look cool enough'. (I say kind of quote as Will was speaking in the present tense and I'm using the past tense)

I wasn't really at Death's door... I just had a cold but what I didn't have was the energy to write a blog post.

And then last week, even though I was enjoying reading the book, I was getting a bit exasperated at still being on the same book for the last 3 weeks.

But I'm back now, sans cold and with a new book.
 

And here are the rules:

• 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!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments.
 
Here's mine:

"I still don't understand why you had to have a meeting at two in the morning," Boo said.
"That's when it had to happen," Stephen said.

Page 71, The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson 

This book also counts towards my total for the New Author Challenge 2014 hosted by Literary Escapism... even if it is actually book 2 in a series, which I didn't know at the time of buying it. 

Teaser Tuesday

I would have posted a Teaser last week but I was reading a comic book collection... it's kind of difficult to give a 2 sentence teaser from comic books.

But this week I'm back on a regular book.

Taking part is simple, all you have to do is:

• 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!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 

Here's mine:

A howl split the night, rising on the breeze, sifting through the darkness, and fleeing toward the moon. Not the soulful sound of a lonely animal searching for a mate, but the furious, aggressive wail of a dominant male, which caused the back of my neck to tingle.

Page 11, Blue Moon by Lori Handeland 

This book counts towards my totals in the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge hosted by Book Chick City and the New Authors Challenge hosted by Literary Escapism. 

Teaser Tuesday

Taking part in Teaser Tuesday is simple. All you've got to do is:

• 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!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add you link to the comments.
 
Here's mine:

Cason shakes his head. And that's when the bomb goes off.

Page 11, Gods & Monsters: Unclean Spirits by Chuck Wendig 

This book counts towards my total for the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge hosted by Book Chick City. 

 

Teaser Tuesday

Taking part in Teaser Tuesday is easy. All you have to do is:

• 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!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments.

Here's mine:

Is someone behind me? I freeze, still as death, and glance over my shoulder.

Page 15, Forevermore by Cindy Miles

This book counts towards my totals for 2 reading challenges this year:

Book Chick City

Literary Escapism

Teaser Tuesday

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• 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!

Then skidaddle over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 

So here are my teasers:

Not a hint of brimstone, not a wisp of shadow or smoke. Samael had ignored Tatiana's repeated requests for his presence.

Page 41, Last Blood by Kristen Painter 

This book counts towards the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge hosted by Book Chick City. 

Teaser Tuesday

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• 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!

Then head over to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 
 
So here's my teaser:

Jace raised his hand and ran it along the banister. It came away wet, streaked with something that looked blackish red in the dim light.

Page 87, City Of Bones by Cassandra Clare 

This book counts towards two of the reading challenges I am taking part in this year:

Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Challenge hosted by Book Chick City. 

And New Authors Challenge hosted by Literary Escapism. 

 

Teaser Tuesday

All you have to do to take part in Teaser Tuesday is:

• 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!

Then go to Should Be Reading and add your link to the comments. 
 
So here is my teaser this week:

Now it breathed along my skin in a near-scalding heat, power so hot it took my breath away for a second. Even for Nilda this was a lot of power flaunting.

Page 36, Affliction by Laurell K. Hamilton 

This book counts towards two of the reading challenges I'm taking part in this year.

Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Reading Challenge 2013 hosted by Book Chick City 

Zombie Reading Challenge 2013 hosted by Book Chick City

 

Reading 2012 To 2013

I took part in four reading challenges last year... three I succeeded in, one not so much.

I took part in three that were hosted by Book Chick City.

Mystery & Suspense Reading Challenge 2012

I said I'd try and read 12 books for this challenge - which I managed. My reading of mystery and suspense has tailed off a bit recently as I tried to read more horror - but more on that in a moment.

Zombie Reading Challenge 2012

I said I would read six zombie books in 2012 and six I read.

Book Chick City are running this challenge again this year. I think I'll try for six again - click here for more details and to sign up.

Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012

There were two levels for this challenge - twenty-four books and forty-eight books. I chose the lower of the two levels... but I only managed to read fourteen books for this challenge - which is surprising because it seems like all I read was horror and urban fantasy for a while. Never mind.

Book Chick City are running a similar challenge this year - the Urban Fantasy & Paranormal Romance Challenge. I thought I'd try for level one - 12 books. Click here for more details and to sign up.


The last challenge I took part in was the New Author Challenge 2012 hosted by Literary Escapism.

New Author Challenge 2012

I said I would read fifteen new authors and I managed it... just. I scraped through the last couple in December.

Literary Escapism is hosting this challenge again this year - click here to go and sign up.

I think I'll try for fifteen again, given how close I came to not reaching fifteen last year. I will be listing the books I read again like I have done the last two years. But this year I think I'm going to include everything I read - last year I didn't include books on writing, or art (apart from the very last one) or short stories. I'm going to list the whole lot this year - fiction, non-fiction, short stories, cereal packets (OK maybe not the cereal packets).

*If I decide to take part in any other reading challenges in 2013 I will update this post accordingly*

Happy Reading!

Teaser Tuesday - Tuesday Again!

Well here we are Tuesday again. And this week I have teasers from another new book... well new to me anyway.

The rules for this weekly book meme are simple:

• 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!

Then all you have to do is nip over to Should Be Reading and add you link to the comments... and visit a few of the others. 


My teasers:


"Then I hear a sound. It's one I haven't heard in a while, a sound that will make any human being with a pulse stand up and take breathless notice."


Page 38, Alison Hewitt Is Trapped - Madeleine Roux


I actually won this book in a giveaway held by Book Chick City and it counts towards not 1... not 2... but 3 different reading challenges that I'm taking part in.


The first is the Book Chick City Zombie Challenge 2012

Then there is the Book Chick City Horror & Urban Fantasy Challenge 2012

And then, as I've never read any of Madeleine Roux's books before, there is the Literary Escapism New Author Challenge 2012

So this is a multi-tasking book... or should that be multi-challenging book?

Reading Challenges 2012

This time last year I declared that I would challenge myself to read 52 books in a year.

Well I didn't quite make it (I partially blame NaNoWriMo). I managed to read 40.5 books (I had one book that I started in 2010)

However this failed attempt has encouraged me to take part in some more official reading challenges... four in fact. Although some books will fall under more than one reading challenge which is a good thing. I have since seen loads of different reading challenges around the blogosphere. And even though some of the other challenges would overlap with others I have decided to draw the line at four - to avoid getting confused!

The first three are Book Chick City reading challenges. Book Chick City is hosting five reading challenges in total.

The first one is the Mystery & Suspense Reading Challenge 2012. There are two levels to this challenge. Level 1 is twelve books and level 2 is twenty-four. I think I'll probably go for level 1. I reckon I could read more than twelve but I don't want to commit to twenty-four when I read 40.5 books in 2011 and I have four reading challenges to complete - we'll just have to see I suppose.

Next up is the Horror & Urban Fantasy Reading Challenge 2012. Again there are two levels - level 1 which is twenty-four books and level 2 which is forty-eight. Again I'm opting for level 1 (which is another reason why I'm only going for level 1 in the Mystery and Suspense Challenge).

And the last Book Chick City challenge I am going to sign up for is the Zombie Challenge 2012. This challenge has four levels - One Chomp (6 books), Two Chomps (12 books), Three Chomps (18 books), Four Chomps (24 books). I'm going to go for One Chomp, and luckily any books I read for the Zombie Challenge should count towards my total for the Horror & Urban Fantasy Challenge.

And the last challenge I'm going to take part in is hosted by Literary Escapism. This challenge is the New Author Challenge 2012. The authors you choose do not have to be debut authors they just have to be ones that you have never read before. Again there are levels - 15, 25 or 50. I've signed up to read at least 15 new authors... and hopefully some of them should also count towards the other three challenges I'm taking part in.

Now even though I'm taking part in the above challenges my first book of 2012 does not count towards any of them... my sister got me the autobiography of comedian Lee Evans - The Life of Lee - for Christmas. So I thought I'd kick start with that. Well I suppose it could count towards the New Author Challenge... but I think it would be slightly cheating as Lee Evans isn't strictly an author. And I think it's more about fiction than non-fiction.

Happy New Year!