Teaser Tuesday (November 22)

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!

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Isserley always drove straight past a hitch-hiker when she first saw him, to give herself time to size him up. She was looking for big muscles: a hunk on legs – puny, scrawny specimens were no use to her.”

(~ Under the Skin by Michel Faber, Kindle Edition, 2000)

[Note: This is the incipit of one of the best books I have ever read about aliens – for one reason: it’s written from the alien perspective, and your literally breathe their otherness in every page. The movie is good, but the novel is a masterpiece. I’ll write soon a comparative review, but for the moment, enjoy this teaser.]

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.

15 Comments

  1. P.D. Workman

    Sounds interesting!

    Mine this week is from I Am Malala: https://wp.me/p3Nz8P-13u

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Thanks, going to check it out.

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  2. sjhigbee

    Oooo… a well written book about ALIENS *jigs excitedly in seat*. Thank you for sharing:). Mine this week is a fantasy set in the Wild West… https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/11/22/teaser-tuesday-22nd-november-2016/

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Worth having a look! 😀

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      1. sjhigbee

        I will!

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  3. Tammy

    Why have I never heard of this before?? Must check out:-)

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      I think you might like this one!

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  4. Kathy Martin

    This is a new book to me. It sounds like one I’d enjoy. My teaser this week is from one of my favorite authors – When All the Girls Have Gone by Jayne Ann Krentz. Happy reading!

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      thanks Kathy, going to check it out!

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  5. maddalena@spaceandsorcery

    This is the first time I heard about this book, but it looks very, very, very intriguing…
    Thank you so much for showcasing it!!! 🙂

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      It is – thanks for stopping by!

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  6. Literary Feline

    I read this one years ago for a book group. It turned out it was a great one for discussion. Sad to say though, I didn’t much care for it. I thought the premise was really interesting though. I have enjoyed Faber’s other work.

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      I understand what you say here, difficult to care for characters so “alien”. To me it was very interesting for this reason. I haven’t read anything else of Faber, but I’m going to!

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  7. ccyager

    It’s going on my to-read list.

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    1. Steph P. Bianchini (Post author)

      Worth it! 🙂

      Reply

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