Teaser Tuesday: Spring for Susannah by Catherine Richmond

Teaser Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To participate, grab the book you're currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences (no spoilers!)

 

I'm currently reading the novel Spring for Susannah by debut author Catherine Richmond. It is SO good--romantic, sweet and very moving (review coming soon.) Today's teaser comes from page 2000 of the Kindle version:

"Now she knew how a prize heifer felt at the county fair. Behind her in the store, Mrs. Rose plowed on at full volume."

What are you reading this week?

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To participate, grab the book you're currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences (no spoilers!)

This week I'm reading Juliet by Anne Fortier. The story is a great mix of history, mystery and romance and I'm anxious to leave work and get back to reading! From page 23:


"The memory of Aunt Rose sitting next to me and in her own sweet way telling me to get a life sent another pang through my heart. Staring glumly through the greasy little airplane window into the void outside, I found myself wondering if perhaps this whole trip was meant as some kind of punishment for how I had treated her."


What are you reading this week?

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To participate, grab the book you're currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences (no spoilers!)

I'm in the middle of Surrender the Dawn, the final book in MaryLu Tyndall's Surrender to Destiny series set in Baltimore during the War of 1812. I was so excited to get this book through NetGalley and have been flying through it. From page 671 (of the Kindle version):


"Noah stood to greet him as the butler continued, 'And Mr. Luke Heaton.' Dressed in the same black breeches and leather boots he's been wearing earlier, Mr. Heaton strode into the parlor as if he were the owner of a fleet of ships instead of a lone crumbling heap of wood and tar."

Teaser Tuesday!

Teaser Tuesdays is a fun meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. To participate, grab the book you're currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences (no spoilers!)

From The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury, page 7:

"Then he spotted him--a short distance away, down on the ground, motionless, an arrow through his neck. He glanced at him for no more than a solitary heartbeat, but it was still long enough for the sight to brand itself permamently into his consciousness--then he leapt onto the wagon and whipped the horses to life."

Constantinople, 1203: As the rapacious armies of the Fourth Crusade lay siege to the city, a secretive band of Templars infiltrate the imperial library. Their target: a cache of documents that must not be allowed to fall into the hands of the doge of Venice. They escape with three heavy chests filled with explosive secrets that these men will not live long enough to learn.

Vatican City, present day: FBI agent Sean Reilly infiltrates the pope's massive Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition. No one but the Pope's secondi get in--but Reilly has earned the Vatican's trust, a trust he now has no choice but to violate. A vicious, uncompromising terrorist bent on revenge has kidnapped Tess Chaykin, and the key to her freedom lies in the underground crypt, in the form of a document unread for generations. It is known as the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the infamous Templars that may reveal the explosive secret behind their centuries-old extermination--and in the process illuminate a lost corner of history and its colossal twenty-first century implications.

Teaser Tuesdays

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme sponsored by MizB at Should Be Reading, where we share randomly selected two sentence "teasers" from the book we're currently reading. I'm still slowly getting through Silent in the Grave by Deanna Raybourn (nothing against the book, I've just rarely had more than 30 minutes straight to read lately and at 509 pages it's pretty thick). This teaser comes from page 130:

"He blushed deeply, a rich rose colour against the pale porcelain of his cheeks, and hurried off, giving me with a good deal more to think about than Griggs' thin reply. I hoped Desmond was not falling in love with me."

I also started Murder on the Bride's Side by Tracy Kiely, a follow-up to Murder at Longbourn, which I really enjoyed. It's kind of a cozy mystery with a likeable heroine, unique secondary characters and a bit of Austenesque flavor. The teaser is from page 12:

"A large mahogany table stood center, topped by an enormous blue-and-white vase, yellow roses spilling out. Knowing Elsie, the vase could be from either Pier 1 or the Ming Dynasty."