#TeaserTuesday - Paper Towns by John Green

Teaser Tuesday is a fun weekly feature hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. For more information regarding this feature, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser: 

“Margo always loved mysteries. And in everything that came afterward, I could never stop thinking that maybe she loved mysteries so much that she became one.”

Paper Towns by John Green (p. 8)

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#TeaserTuesday - Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan (Sept 2)

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My Teaser: 

I'm reading this book real slow and enjoying every bit of it.

“Of all of them, he'd had the most rotten childhood, and had received more than his fair share of beatings from Mother, because he would always accept responsibility for any of his brothers' misdemeanours. When Frank had asked why, T.E. claimed he knew for a fact that the cane hurt the others more than him.”

Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan (p. 36)

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Teaser Tuesday - Deadly Errors by Allen Wyler

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My Teaser: 

“Got an ache? Chew a weed, but don’t take ibuprophen.”

Deadly Errors by Allen Wyler (p. 58) [medical thriller]
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#TeaserTuesday - Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan (Aug 12)

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My Teaser: 

“Lawrence continued to examine the stain. When he looked up, his gaze was somewhere else far distant, and Rollins realised he was remembering just how the blood came to be on his clothing.”

Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan (p. 12)

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#TeaserTuesday (29 Jul) - Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista

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My Teaser: 

“He was possessed by that pre-dawn sense of dread that had arrived as soon as he’d woken up. Someone had said to him years ago, in a context he could not remember, “Your first thought of the day is your worst thought.”

Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista (p. 104)

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Teaser Tuesday - Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista (I)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser: 

“There’s another president.” Byron paused, and, with the silly thought of giving this man some hope, he said, “His name is Barack Hussein Obama.”

Extraordinary Rendition by Paul Batista (p. 9)

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Teaser Tuesday (Feb 25, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser: 

“No life is a waste,” the Blue Man said. “The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (p. 50)

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Teaser Tuesday (Feb 18, 2014)

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My Teaser: Oops, I'm breaking the rules today.

“How're the Braves doing?”
“Like a bunch of carrots.”
“Is that good or bad?”
“Can carrots play baseball?”
“I guess not.”
“Then you have your answer.”

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (p. 84)

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“Fairness,” he said, “does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young.”

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom (p. 48)

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Teaser Tuesday (Feb 11, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser: 

“Take any three people, stick them together, and they're going to have differences. No surprise there.”

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (p. 55)

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Teaser Tuesday (Feb 4, 2014)

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My Teaser:

“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it will.”

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (p. 197)

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“It was one of the first things they taught you in basic training. Made things easy to understand. Three marines made a fire team, three fire teams made a squad, three squads made a platoon, three platoons made a company, three companies made a battalion, and three battalions made a regiment. On paper, anyway.”

The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (p. 54)

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Teaser Tuesday (Jan 28, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“That was the thing about life, he knew. There was always a but.”

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (p. 108)

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Teaser Tuesday (Jan 21, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“Can you even hear how ridiculous you sound? You can't marry someone if you don't even know how old she is.”

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks (p. 9)

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Teaser Tuesday (Jan 14, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“As he moved toward the mist of the fountains, Langdon had the uneasy sense he was crossing an imaginary threshold into another world. The dream-like quality of the evening was settling around him again.”

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown (p. 37)

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Teaser Tuesday (Jan 7, 2014)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“Sicilian legends say that the blood of a million men seeped into the soil. That, they say, is what makes the oranges blood red.”

Finding Family by Giacomo Giammatteo (p. 38)

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Teaser Tuesday (Dec 31)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“As I walked home I realized I’d learned two other things: that nothing in life comes easy; and that if you want something, you have to take it.”

Finding Family by Giacomo Giammatteo (p. 33)

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Teaser Tuesday (Dec 24)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“As we’re both aware, she’d stolen books previously, but in late October 1941, it became official. That night, Liesel Meminger truly became the book thief.”

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (p. 314)

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Teaser Tuesday (Dec 17)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog.

My Teaser:

“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day.”

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (p. 229)

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“Mister Johnny knows about me. Miss Celia knows Mister Johnny knows about me. But Mister Johnny doesn't know that Miss Celia knows he knows.”

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (p. 301)
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Teaser Tuesday (Dec 10)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. (Well, I'm breaking the rule today by sharing a one-liner too)

My Teaser:

“Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.”

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (p. 91)

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“I've been fired more times than I have fingers. I pray to God I can get my job back on Monday.”

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (p. 228)
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Teaser Tuesday (Dec 3)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. 

My Teaser:

“Don’t ask him for help,” Mama pointed out. “That Saukerl.” Papa was staring out the window, as was often his habit. “He left school in fourth grade.” Without turning around, Papa answered calmly, but with venom, “Well, don’t ask her, either.” He dropped some ash outside. “She left school in third grade.”

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (p. 40)
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“I head down the steps to see if my mail-order copy of Catcher in the Rye is in the box. I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.”

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (p. 70)
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