Welcome to Tuesday Potpourri, in which we celebrate a variety of events. Today’s is Teaser Tuesdays, hosted by Should Be Reading.
Here’s how it works:
- 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.
I’m spotlighting one of this week’s reads called Wrecker, by Summer Wood.
Blurb: After foster-parenting four young siblings a decade ago, Summer Wood tried to imagine a place where kids who are left alone or taken from their families would find the love and the family they deserve. For her, fiction was the tool to realize that world, and Wrecker, the central character in her second novel, is the abandoned child for whom life turns around in most unexpected ways. It’s June of 1965 when Wrecker enters the world. The war is raging in Vietnam, San Francisco is tripping toward flower power, and Lisa Fay, Wrecker’s birth mother, is knocked nearly sideways by life as a single parent in a city she can barely manage to navigate on her own. Three years later, she’s in prison, and Wrecker is left to bounce around in the system before he’s shipped off to live with distant relatives in the wilds of Humboldt County, California. When he arrives he’s scared and angry, exploding at the least thing, and quick to flee. Wrecker is the story of this boy and the motley group of isolated eccentrics who come together to raise him and become a family along the way.
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Teaser: Slowly a thought elbowed its way to the front of his brain. He rubbed his nose and tasted salt and dirt and snot.
That familiar shape? The one they had taken away?
That was his mother. p. 71
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That excerpt gives me the chills! What is teasing you today? Come on by and share….
Sounds kinda of a sad teaser.
mine: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2011/10/31/teaser-tuesday-darkness-rising/
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Yes, I think the story will be full of loss….but hopefully, there will be some good times ahead. Thanks for stopping by, Sonia.
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Very cool teaser… I liked it. thanks for visiting mine.
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You’re welcome, T. F. Glad you could stop by, and have a great week.
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Sounds like a good book, one I’d read. I’m a sucker for books with kids who need help…
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Me, too, Harvee. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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This book sounds thoroughly amazing. And sad…and hopeful…
I love books like that…
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I agree, Patty. I can’t wait to find out how events unfold…thanks for stopping by.
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Sounds like a good, though perhaps heart-wrenching, read. Enjoy the rest of it!
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I think it will be both, Heather…thanks for stopping by, and have a great week.
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I haven’t seen this book before. I hope you enjoy it. Looks like a deep and emotional read to me. You picked an intriguing teaser!
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I saw this one on another blog and knew that I had to have it! Thanks for stopping by, April.
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Great teaser! Very, very creepy. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by The Bookish Babes!
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Yes, it is that, isn’t it, Andrea? Hope you have a great week….and thanks for stopping by.
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That sounds sad but inspirational at the same time…A family can be built from any group if the love is there!
My Teaser
♥ Melissa @ Melissa’s Eclectic Bookshelf
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I think so, too, Melissa. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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Wow! I love this teaser…sad and creepy…really curious to know what is going on!
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Yes, it is that….thanks for stopping by, Amanda, and have a great week.
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Your teaser is fascinating. I might have to get this one. Here’s Mine
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Thanks, Paulita…I’m definitely looking forward to it! Glad you could stop by.
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That is such a great teaser! It totally sold the book to me! 🙂
My teaser is here, if you want to take a look: http://abookblogofonesown.blogspot.com/2011/11/teaser-tuesday-1112011.html
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I’m glad to hear that, Tiina. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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I got goosebumps too.. the potential emotion grabs at you – I’ll have to check this one out.. great teaser!
Happy Reading 🙂
~Keely~
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Yes! Goosebumps describe the feeling exactly! Thanks for stopping by, Keely.
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Oho, interesting teaser there! I love these days and finding new books. Great choice. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
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Oh, so do I, Rebecca! Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your week.
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This one sounds great.
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Thanks, Alice Audrey…glad you could stop by. Have a great week!
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Hi! Thanks for the visit to my blog!
Very interesting teaser. Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for visiting, wuthering willow. I hope you have a great week!
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Great teaser! Sounds very sad! though!
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Oh, yes, very sad…I could visualize the scene as I read it. Thanks for stopping by, Ashlyn.
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Your teaser definitely makes me want to know more. Thanks for stopping by.
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I wanted to dive right into the book when I read this one. Thanks for stopping by, Beth.
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I love your teaser! It really gave me the chills as well. It is also something I deal with on a regular basis as a children’s attorney ad litem. It breaks my heart every time.
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Yes, dealing with this kind of event in real life definitely does make for chills….thanks for stopping by, Alexis.
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