TEASER TUESDAYS is hosted by MizB at Should be Reading; I’ve modified this version to allow more than two sentences from anywhere on the page:
- Grab your current read.
- Let the book fall open to a random page.
- Share with us one or two “teaser” sentences” from that page. Please share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!
Here are my teaser sentences:
Today I’m five. I was four last night going to sleep in Wardrobe, but when I wake up in Bed in the dark I’m changed to five, abracadabra. Before that I was three, then two, then one, then zero. “Was I minus numbers?”
“Hmm?” Ma does a big stretch.
“Up in Heaven. Was I minus one, minus two, minus three – ?”
“Nah, the numbers didn’t start till you zoomed down.”
“Through Skylight. You were all sad till I happened in your tummy.”
“You said it.” Ma leans out of Bed to switch on Lamp, he makes everything light up whoosh.
Those are the opening lines to Emma Donoghue’s Room, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Room is the only “home” Jack has ever known – a 10×10 backyard shed where he has spent the first five years of his life, the only hint of an outside world coming from three fuzzy channels on the TV and a peek of sky through a shatterproof/soundproof skylight.
I’m listening to the audiobook of this novel, and find myself caught up in Jack’s 5-year-old voice and his innocence about living in Room; Ma has the patience of a saint, and doesn’t allow Jack to see her fear and frustration about their captivity. I’m about halfway through the audio, and find myself making excuses to listen – oh, another leaf fell down from the tree in back, I better put on my iPod and go outside and rake …
Have you read Room, or am I truly the last one to get to it? What are you reading this week – care to share a few teaser sentences?
I’m so glad to hear that this book is as captivating in audio as it seems to be in print since I just downloaded it
This sounds like a cute read from your teaser. Hope you continue to enjoy it
The Bookish Snob – Shades of Desire by LM Pruitt
I’m so interested in ROOM as an audiobook – my book club read it recently and it shook me to the core. Still thinking about it a good month later.
Jack’s voice is amazing – I’m glad to hear it translates well.
I have never listened to an audio book. I really should check one out…but they are expensive..and I could buy the actual book. lol.I hope that you enjoy your book. Check out my MY Teaser For Tuesday. Happy Reading.
I really wanted to listen to the audio of this one, but I won the book. Phenomenal read. One of the best of the year.
This one is on my wish list. It sounds absolutely captivating.
Here’s mine today:
http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/teaser-tuesdays-oct-26/
No Worries, Dawn, I haven’t read Room yet. In fact this is the first time I’ve read the opening sentences. They’re great. Now you have totally piqued my interest about this book. I think I may have to purchase it soon!
Enjoy!
~ Amy
Amy’s Teaser
I thought this was a such an interesting book!!! Great teaser!
Interesting teaser. I love Tuesday’s as I scour the Internet reading the teasers. Here’s one from my current book called “Stronger Than Sin” by Caridad Piñeiro. It’s a sci-fi action thriller.
Here goes “Pain seared up his leg and into his gut as he spun around from the force of the hit. When he landed, the impact drove the air from his lungs. Lightheaded from both the lack of oxygen and the agony in his leg, the lights from the stadium whirled around in his vision before a shadow fell across him.”
You are definitely not the last one. I’ve had the ARC for a while now, and haven’t read it yet. I know it’s had great reviews, so I need to get busy reading. Love your teaser!
Great teaser. I still have this one to listen to.