this little life of mine

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

This week I'm reading Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up by Marie Kondo. It's a companion book to The Life-Changing Magic of tidying Up, which I've mentioned a few times over the course of last year. While she reiterates many of the practices and philosophies from Life-Changing Magic, Marie Kondo provides some updates in Spark Joy, answers many questions she's received since the first book was published, and includes some illustrations showing how to fold various items and organize drawers. Definitely read the first book first, but I do recommend this as a follow-up. Here's my teaser from page 12 on my nook:

The tidying process you are about to embark on is not about decluttering your house or making it look neat on the spur of the moment for visitors. Rather, you are about to tidy up in a way that will spark joy in your life and change it forever.

So what are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

So, I've been reading The 5th Wave for a couple weeks now, and have really been enjoying it! I understand it's been made into a movie, which is pretty exciting! I haven't been to a movie in ages (seriously meant to go see the new Star Wars film, but never got around to it; probably too late now!), but I might have to go see this one! Anyway, here's my teaser for this week from page 100 on my nook:

The world was ripping apart. And pieces of the wreckage were raining all around me.

It was the beginning of the 4th Wave.

So, what are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments down below! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

 This week I'm reading Hollow City by Ransom Riggs, subtitled The Second Novel of Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children. I read the first book so long ago, I don't really remember the story very well, but that's not taking away from my enjoyment of this second book at all. Here are my teasers from page 194 on my nook:

So it had come to this: everything depended on a pigeon. Whether we would end the night in the womblike safety of an ymbryne's care or half chewed in the churning black of a hollow's guts; whether Miss Peregrine would be saved or we'd wander lost through this hellscape until her clock ran out; whether I would live to see my home or my parents again - it all depended on one scrawny, peculiar pigeon.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

My teaser this week is from After Alice by Gregory Maguire. I really enjoyed his Oz books (Wicked, Son of a Witch, etc.), so I was excited to see he was venturing down the rabbit hole and taking on the Alice in Wonderland stories! Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There are two of my favourite books, and now I feel a need to reread one or both of them after reading After Alice. My teasers come from page 99 on my nook. Enjoy!

Ada said, "I never know where anything begins and ends here. So I don't know quite where I am going. But I am looking for Alice."

What are you reading this week? Let me know in the comments! Also, I'm working up my list of classics to read next year, so look for that coming soon! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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 actually read this book in one day - December first to be exact. After finishing the wonderful book The Strange and Wonderful Sorrows of Ava Lavender, I initially wanted to read the new Gregory Maguire book, After Alice, but my nook is becoming increasingly annoying and required me to "unlock" my book by providing my name and credit card number. As if I'm going to have that information readily available when I'm sitting on the bus, and even if I did, I wouldn't be pulling out my credit card when there's people around to see it. Sheesh! Anyway, I decided to try another book in my library in the hopes it would already be unlocked, and Poisoned Apples was the winner!

It's a collection of poetry about the unrealistic notions of fairy tales and the modern beauty industry, and how it can make young girls feel about themselves. It's really a very good book, with some great poems in it, as well as some really cool photography, so if you're in the mood to read some funny, dark, serious, thought-provoking poems, check this book out! Here's my teaser called The Giant's Daughter at Spring Formal which is on page 34 on my nook:

It's bad enough

that the other girls shopped at Teeny

Town,

and I'm decked out in

Tarp City,

but even through the perfume

of my pumpkin-size corsage,

Papa will smell Jack on me when I get

home,

those greedy little hands.

He'll stagger around the castle

hunting for bones to grind

until I tuck him in. Then I'll toss

the bottles down through the clouds

where Mama won't find them,

and wait out by the beanstalk.

Someday I'll meet a guy

I can look up to.

One who's not a drunken oaf

or a shrimp whose jeering buddies

dared him to make the climb.

Have a great Tuesday! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

Last week I finished this wonderful book: The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton. I'm not sure what category this book falls under - Contemporary? Urban fantasy? Ghost story? Maybe all of the above. Regardless, it's a beautifully written, magical read!

Here are my teasers from page 157 on my nook:

This rain smelled eerily to her like nothing at all. Or if anything, it smelled the way she suspected an omen might smell: a lunar eclipse, the evil eye, the number 13. It smelled, also, like fear.

So, what are you reading this week? Have you chosen something seasonal? I have, a few times in the past, picked Christmas-themed books this time of year, though this year I have not really found anything yet. If you have any good Christmassy reading suggestions, let me know in the comments! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

Happy Tuesday! I actually just finished this delightful book - Mariel of Redwall by Brian Jacques - and might have to dig out the other two I'm pretty sure I still have unread in the bin in the garage. I forget how much I enjoy these books until I pick one up and start reading. They're full of adventures and quests, interesting characters and stories, and they're simply really good books! Here's my teaser from page 180:

"Find the trail and lose your life.

When in the woods this promise keep,

with senses sharp and open eyes,

'My nose shall not send me to sleep.'"

What are you reading right now? Adventure? Romance? Sci-fi? Mystery? Let me know in the comments! Have a terrific Tuesday! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

 My teaser today comes from page 33:

At first Cloud heard only a faint wind hushing in the firs. Then she realized she was not alone. Nearby, children wept quietly. 

Hope you all have a great week! Cheers!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

My Teaser this week comes from page 195 of  Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel.

"A non-ransacked house," August said, once they'd resumed walking. The suitcase wheels were stiff and Kirsten didn't like the sound they made on the road, but otherwise the suitcases were perfect. "I never thought I'd see another one."

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB at A Daily Rhythm.  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. (I tend to go over this limit a LOT!)

•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!

Hello, fellow readers!! Since I took the month of September off from the internet - a wonderful and well-deserved break from the madness! - I have three teasers to share with you this week.  Enjoy!

1. Nightbird by Alice Hoffman, page 53 on my nook:

"And more importantly, we have a secret that binds us together," Julia said solemnly. I looked at her and she nodded. "I saw James."

2. When We Were Animals by Joshua Gaylord, page 144 on my nook:

I knew that repetitions of three had power to them. And if you could summon Bloody Mary by uttering her name three times in a mirror, then I reckoned you could summon a lost girl in a similar way. 

3.  Around the World in 80 Days by Jules Verne, page 94 - 95

But Mr. Fogg, far from being discouraged, was continuing to search, resolved not to stop if he had to resort to Macao, when he was accosted by a sailor on one of the wharves. 

"Is your honour looking for a boat?"

I hope everyone has a terrific week! Cheers!