MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“Both sisters had died in the fire. In spite of everything Lucie had tried, they had died. She stared down at her palms, then closed her fingers over them, hiding the ugly marks of her failure to rescue her friends.”
pg. 146 – Seaside Cinderella by Anna Schmidt

– In this sweet book from Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired Historical line, Lucie McNeil is haunted by memories of tragedy back in Ireland. I do love a good Cinderella story, and what fairy tale would be complete without a handsome prince? Happily Ever Afters abound in this cute book. I love it!

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“The entire town glowed with brilliant reds, greens and twinkling clear lights. The Nativity lit up with soft lights that were hidden behind the carved figures of Bethlehem.”
pg. 161 – Blessings of the Seasons by Annie Jones and Brenda Minton

– Big shocker, this is a Christmas book. Actually it’s two stories in one book that was only $3.50 at Walmart. 🙂 I love a good deal and sweet stories. I hope you find some great Christmas reads this year!

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“Lila had no idea why she was acting like pop music was this important to her. It was something in the way Beau dismissed it, like it was beneath him–while he was listening to glorified polka music.”
pg. 64 – Ex-mas by Kate Brian

– I love a lot of Kate Brian’s books (although I’ve never read any in the Private series), and I was so thrilled to find out that she has a brand new Christmas novel for young adults–seeing how much I love Christmas stories. This one is shaping up to be just as smart and fun as her others. Happy Christmas reading!

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“Kenzie held her breath, fighting the urge to run. No one would hurt her here. The kidnappers had made their escape. That’s all they’d wanted, right?”
pg. 42 – Double Take by Jenness Walker

– Just picked this fun little read up at Walmart for $3.50. You can’t beat that. Seriously! Plus Jenness is a really wonderful writer and a new friend of mine. I’m thrilled to read her book. And you’ll be hearing more from her later this week. So swing back by for my interview with her on Friday.

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“Grandpa Warren–Dad’s dad, who Win was named after–he had some pretty strange tastes in food. It’s a wonder we like anything normal considering how much he loved pigs’ feet and blood sausage and head cheese, all these strange meats that you eat when it’s your own animals and you can’t waste one little bit.”
pg. 51  – Front and Center by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

D.J. Schwenk is back in the conclusion to the trilogy that began with Dairy Queen. I loved DQ and The Off Season, the first two books about her, and I can’t wait to see how it all wraps up. Catherine Gilbert Murdock is an uber-talented writer.

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“I barely resist a second eye roll. ‘I’m in a skirt.’ I motion for him to face the other direction, then with very unladylike grunts and probably a flash of my undies, I crawl out of the dump and back onto terra firma.”
pg. 100 – So Not Happening by Jenny B. Jones

– I’ve only ever heard amazing things about Jenny B. Jones and her YA books, but I haven’t read anything of hers. Until now. I picked up this book during my recent Family Christian Store coupon shopping spree, and I can’t wait to really dive into it!

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“She looked very pretty in full evening dress with the long, empire-waisted white gown and matching white gloves that reached her elbows. Her hair was done high and upon her head and she was standing, with a small smile upon her mouth, looking at Mr. Mornay as if he were an angel.”
pg. 97 – Before the Season Ends by Linore Rose Burkard

– I’m 40 pages into this book and still not sure what I think of it. It’s so different from anything I’ve read in a long while. It breaks all the rules of modern writing, using omniscient point of view (that’s head-hopping for all you non-writers out there) and the detail to action ratio is higher than anyone I’ve read in recent years. Yet there’s something compelling about the heroine. I look forward to seeing how it all works out.

MizB of Should Be Reading hosts the Teaser Tuesdays weekly event

Here are the rules:
* Grab your current read
* Let the book fall open to a random page
* Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12
*You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
* Please avoid spoilers!

This week’s teaser is:
“For much too long a moment, Rachel and Jake both felt the inertness of the ship. Then the sea came aboard a second time and the well deck filled, and the port wing of the hurricane deck touched the lifting waves.”
pg. 135 – Where Honor Dwells by Gilbert Morris

– I think I’ve read this book 6 times, but it’s in one of my favorite Civil War series. I’m 50 pages into it again, and I can’t stop laughing. Morris breaks every rule of contemporary writing, and I’m still enjoying it. Funny how the rules don’t count when I know I love the story.