Categotry Archives: Teaser Tuesday

Believe Me by Eddie Issard

“Hate, hate, hate. Let’s visit the 1930’s once again. We’ve come all the way around back to that. 1930’s failed politics. Hatred doesn’t work, kids.” 00:14:01 The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read.The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.

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Feed by Mira Grant

“Nothing is impossible to kill. It’s just that sometimes, after you kill something, you have to keep shooting it until it stops moving.” At minute 00:00:58. This one is a zombie book that features bloggers. The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read. The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.

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After the End by Amy Plum

At minute 00:07:02 It’s been thirty years since the war. My parents and fifteen others escaped in the very last hours, after the first firestorm of nuclear explosions triggered the aftermath – the creeping death of radiation, and famine, and genocide. Or so she thinks. By the end of the first chapter, Juneau has learned that the story she grew up with in the wilds of Alaska was all a lie. The Challenge: take a short quote from your current […]

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Death Wave by Ben Bova

The public service program was for guys like him, Cree understood. Women too. Youngsters who had no prospects for a real job. Not with robots doing most of the labor. You went into a clothing store or a food market or even a bar and there were robots politely and efficiently doing the work. So they assigned you to public service and you took what they gave you or else you went into a labor pool and you sat around […]

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Bellwether by Connie Willis

“Remember how Shirl said that the bellwether was the same as the other sheep, only a little greedier, a little faster, a little ahead?” “What if instead of butterflies there is a bellwether in chaotic systems,” I said. At minute 06:03:12 The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read. The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.

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The Legendary Moonlight Sculptor by Nam Heesung

Why should they live a weary and hard life full of pent up stress? The world was filled with fun that shook the body with excitement! It was a great blessing to even be able to use yor body to fight, tussle and just live an exciting life. Volume 26 Chapter 1. I’m reading a translation at freelightnovel.com. It’s about a roll play game – so nerd central. I am just such a nerd. The Challenge: take a short quote […]

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The Clockwork Dynasty by Daniel Wilson

“This is not your decision,” he says. “We each act according to our word; and I am serving mine.” At minute 06:41:05 The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read. The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson

Extrameros: 1) In old Orth, literally outside the walls. Often used in refference to the walled city states of that age. 2) In middle Orth, the non-Mathic world, the turbulent and violent state of affairs that prevailed after the fall of Baz. location 13:34 This is a very loooong book that actually needs it’s invented dictionary. I’m enjoying it, but reader beware. The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read. The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple Booker.

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The Hum and the Shiver by Alex Bledsoe

The trip in the Town and Country was as bone jangling as Branwin expected. She sat with her broken leg across the folded down middle seat, padded with pillows that kept it elevated and immobile. Cloud County’s secondary roads were not maintained by the state. And once you left the main highway they quickly became paired gravel ruts with a grass strip between them. The Challenge: take a short quote from your current read. The Challenger: Ambrosia of The Purple […]

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Valor’s Choice by Tanya Huff

“I need a platoon for a special duty, shipping out ASAP.” “I haven’t got a platoon sir.” He looked momentarily nonplussed. Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and visit others.

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Dragon Bones by Lisa See

“You didn’t send me here to find Shau Da. You sent me here because I’ve always been susceptible to the powerful and to indoctrination. I’ve always followed the wind, and you gambled that Shau Da would find me.” at minute 11:19:35 Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and […]

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The Story of Arthur Truluv by Elizabeth Berg

“you don’t look eighteen,” he tells her. “I know. When i was born, i looked young for my age.” At ebook position 121 of 658 Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and visit others.

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American Sniper by Chris Kyle

“It was my duty to shoot, and I don’t regret it. The woman was already dead. I was just making sure she didn’t take any marines with her.” at 00:05:45 Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and visit others.

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Do or Die by Suzanne Brockmann

    “Airbags should’ve gone off,” Martell mused. “With little bursts of confetti and horns, and signs saying Congratulations, you’ve totaled your vehicle.” At 61.1% Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up and visit others.

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Three Times Lucky Sheila Turnage

“Dear Upstream Mother, Miss Retsel claims my vast experience in discovering where you’re not helps me zero in on where your are. But frankly, my map can’t hold many more push pins. And neither can my heart.” location 00:46:57 in the audiobook. Ambrosia of The Purple Booker hosts Teaser Tuesday. To play along, grab your current read, open to a random page, share a couple of “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page. Then go see Ambrosia to link up […]

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