Teaser Tuesday (November 8)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.

Anyone can play along! 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!

The historian becomes a beachcomber and a treasure-seeker, a raiser of wrecks, a diver of the deep. Scoring the seabed to recover what was lost.”

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(~ Vanished Kingdoms: The History of Half-Forgotten Europe by Norman Davies, Kindle Edition, 2011)

[Note: This book, written by one of the most talented historians of our times, reads almost like a fantasy novel. The past here is more than a foreign country, is a dreamland full of dangers and magic spells. ]

 

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here and/or in Books and a Beat’s blog.

12 Comments

  1. sjhigbee

    Ooo… this sounds absolutely fabulous, Steph. In fact Himself is buying it for me as I type:)). Thank you for sharing! Here is mine – I’m not sure if you’ve read this one, but it is huge fun – https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/teaser-tuesday-8th-november-2016/

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Yours was great – on my read list too. 🙂

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  2. ljennison

    Sounds interesting. I don’t read much history, but I might make an exception. Thanks for sharing it. My Teaser

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks for sharing yours!

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  3. maddalena@spaceandsorcery

    History that reads like fantasy sounds like the kind of wonderful book one can get lost in!
    Thank you so much for bringing it to our attention! 🙂

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      🙂

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  4. raven avery

    That does sound like an unusual read, thanks for sharing, here is my teaser for The Good Kind of Bad
    🙂

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks, going to have a look at it!

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  5. Kathy Martin

    Fact that reads like fantasy. I could do that despite my dislike of nonfiction. This week my teaser comes from Belle Chasse by Suzanne Johnson – the 5th in the Sentinels of New Orleans urban fantasy series. Happy reading!

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks – I love New Orleans since visiting the city a couple of years ago. A great place, and perfect for fantasy of any kind!

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  6. fuonlyknew

    Whoa! I think I need to try this one. Such powerful writing. And I enjoy reading about history.

    My TT from The Scorpio Races

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Norman Davies is a treat. Scorpio Races – I like the title, going to check it out!

      Reply

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