Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along; you don't have to be a blogger! 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 teaser this week:
He'd never been able to discover who tipped Matthew off that Marcus was raising hell in New Orleans after Jefferson made the Louisiana Purchase, for example. There he'd created a vampire family as boisterous and charming as himself from the city's youngest, least responsible citizens.
- page 205, A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness (The Book Depository / Amazon)
A piece from the Goodreads description:
Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library.
Deep in the stacks of Oxford's Bodleian Library, young scholar Diana Bishop unwittingly calls up a bewitched alchemical manuscript in the course of her research. Descended from an old and distinguished line of witches, Diana wants nothing to do with sorcery; so after a furtive glance and a few notes, she banishes the book to the stacks. But her discovery sets a fantastical underworld stirring, and a horde of daemons, witches, and vampires soon descends upon the library.
Hey! If you have a sec, take a moment to vote in the poll on the upper left sidebar to help me choose which book I'll start July off with! Oh! And click the banner at the top of the page to enter my Literary Giveaway Blog Hop! I'm giving two winners their choice of one of the twelve books listed (AND it's open internationally!)
Feel free to leave your teaser or link to it in the comments section; I find that I always end up adding to my to-buy list when I visit.
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I have this book on my shelf and I am planning to read it in July! James does pick some great books :)
ReplyDeleteThis one does sound intriguing...thanks for sharing.
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MY TT POST
Sounds really interesting. I'm always intrigued by books that feature academics and scholars.....Just goes to show you never know what you might find when you start researching. :-)
ReplyDeleteHere's my TT: http://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2011/06/teaser-tuesdays_28.html
I want to read this one.
ReplyDeletehttp://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2011/06/teaser-tuesday_28.html
aha! I read that book a few weeks ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it - from the cover, the name, to the entire story :)
ReplyDeleteAdded my vote on your July read, for Anansi Boys - classic Gaiman fun and fantasy.
Teaser is below:
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Sounds like an interesting read.
ReplyDeletehttp://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2011/06/teaser-tuesday_28.html
I like the sound of this book!
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Great teaser. Can't wait to read this one. It's on my tbr pile.
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http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/06/teaser-tuesday-25.html
Love the cover
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