Teaser Tuesday #4: Playlist for the Dead by Michelle Falkoff (YA)

TEASER TUESDAYS is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading...

This is where we get to share a little snippet of what we are reading! 

PLAYLIST FOR THE DEAD

by Michelle Falkoff

Release date: January 27th, 2015

Published by: HarperTeen

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Format reading: ARC from the publisher.

SUMMARY

A teenage boy tries to understand his best friend's suicide by listening to the playlist of songs he left behind in this smart, voice-driven debut novel.

Here's what Sam knows: 

There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, his best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs, and a suicide note: 

For Sam — listen and you'll understand.

As he listens to song after song, Sam tries to face up to what happened the night Hayden killed himself. But it's only by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he will finally be able to piece together his best friend’s story. 

And maybe have a chance to change his own.

Part mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Tim Tharp’s The Spectacular Now, Playlist for the Dead is an honest and gut-wrenching first novel about loss, rage, what it feels like to outgrow a friendship that's always defined you — and the struggle to redefine yourself. 

But above all, it's about finding hope when hope seems like the hardest thing to find.

TEASER(s)

"Back to missing him. I needed to do something to make myself feel better, though. I went to the laundry basket, dug out my old Radiohead T-shirt, and put it on under the suit." ~ page 11 (ARC)

"This led to our first fight about music, the first of many, so many I couldn't count. I wish I'd realized how important those fights would be to me. Maybe I'd have realized how much fun they were." ~ pages 115-116 (ARC)

"I hadn't known Hayden thought that; we'd been around each other for such a long time that I'd felt like it would be a betrayal to admit to him how lonely I was, even with him as my friend, and it turned out he'd felt the same way the whole time." ~ page 155 (ARC)

What's your tease this week???

Teaser Tuesday #3: THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE by Neil Gaiman (YA)

TEASER TUESDAYS is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading...

This is where we get to share a little snippet of what we are reading! 

THE SLEEPER AND THE SPINDLE
by Neil Gaiman

Illustrated by Chris Riddell

UK/AUS Release date: October 23rd, 2014 by Bloomsbury

USA Release date: September 22nd, 2015 by HarperCollins

Genre: Young Adult Fairytale Retelling

Format: Hardcover, eBook

Format read: Hardcover

SUMMARY

A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from the truly magical combination of author Neil Gaiman and illustrator Chris Riddell – weaving together a sort-of Snow White and an almost Sleeping Beauty with a thread of dark magic, which will hold readers spellbound from start to finish. 
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the sleeping kingdom. 

This queen will decide her own future – and the princess who needs rescuing is not quite what she seems. 

Twisting together the familiar and the new, this perfectly delicious, captivating and darkly funny tale shows its creators at the peak of their talents.

Lavishly produced, packed with glorious Chris Riddell illustrations enhanced with metallic ink, this is a spectacular and magical gift.

TEASER

"... And brave men," continued the pot-girl. "Aye, and brave women too, they say, have attempted to travel to the Forest of Acaire, to the castle at its heart, to wake the princess, and, in waking her, to wake all the sleepers, but each and every one of those heroes ended their lives lost in the forest, murdered by bandits, or impaled upon the thorns of the rose bushes that encircle the castle-"

~ The Sleeper and the Spindle, page 16

She went to sleep that night in a hayrick, in a meadow, with the dwarfs around her, wondering if she would ever wake to see another morning.

~ The Sleeper and the Spindle, page 28

What's your tease this week???

Teaser Tuesdays #1: THERE WILL BE LIES by Nick Lake (YA)

TEASER TUESDAYS is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading...

This is where we get to share a little snippet of what we are reading! 

It's been a really, really long time since I've participated in a Teaser Tuesday :) 

I forgot how much fun it is to tease booknerds with awesome quotes... especially from books that have just been released ;) Muahahaha!!!

THERE WILL BE LIES

by Nick Lake

Release date: January 6th, 2015

Published by: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Thriller

Formats: Hardcover, eBook

Format read: ARC from the publisher.

SUMMARY

In four hours, Shelby Jane Cooper will be struck by a car.

Shortly after, she and her mother will leave the hospital and set out on a winding journey toward the Grand Canyon.

All Shelby knows is that they’re running from dangers only her mother understands. And the further they travel, the more Shelby questions everything about her past—and her current reality. Forced to take advantage of the kindness of unsuspecting travelers, Shelby grapples with what’s real, what isn’t, and who she can trust . . . if anybody.

Award-winning author Nick Lake proves his skills as a master storyteller in this heart-pounding new novel. This emotionally charged thrill ride leads to a shocking ending that will have readers flipping back to the beginning.

TEASER

"I think about those fairy tales Mom used to tell me, the ones about the changelings, where fairies would take a human child because they found it beautiful, and replace it with a fairy baby. Right now, though, it feels like Mom is the changeling, like she's been taken away and replaced with some other mother, some simulacrum, some clockwork woman." ~ ARC, page 87

"These dreams have been getting way too weird, too real, for my liking. I can still feel the knife in my hand - the one Mom doesn't seem able to see." ~ ARC, page 204

What are you reading right now???

Cover Reveal/Teaser Tuesday #4: THE AVERY SHAW EXPERIMENT by Kelly Oram

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Should be Reading... 

It's such a fun meme, it has been so long since I have done one, I couldn't help but join in again :) 
All you have to do is: 

Grab your current book, open it to a random page, and share 2 'teaser' sentences from that page; but be careful not to share any spoilers!!! 

The Avery Shaw Experiment

by Kelly Oram

Expected release date: May 2013

Published by: Bluefields

Format: eBook

Genre: Young Adult - Contemporary, Romance 

SUMMARY

When Avery Shaw’s heart is shattered by her life-long best friend, she chooses to deal with it the only way she knows how—scientifically.

The state science fair is coming up and Avery decides to use her broken heart as the topic of her experiment. She’s going to find the cure. By forcing herself to experience the seven stages of grief through a series of social tests, she believes she will be able to get over Aiden Kennedy and make herself ready to love again. But she can’t do this experiment alone, and her partner (ex partner!) is the one who broke her heart.

Avery finds the solution to her troubles in the form of Aiden’s older brother Grayson. The gorgeous womanizer is about to be kicked off the school basketball team for failing physics. He’s in need of a good tutor and some serious extra credit. But when Avery recruits the lovable Grayson to be her “objective outside observer,” she gets a whole lot more than she bargained for, because Grayson has a theory of his own: Avery doesn’t need to grieve. She needs to live. And if there’s one thing Grayson Kennedy is good at, it’s living life to the fullest.

Teaser One - Avery

Grayson finally noticed Aiden and I on the couch. “What are you two dorks doing?”

“Learning about steroids,” I said cheerfully. “You should probably know that using them can cause acne, testicular atrophy, decreased sperm count, prostate enlargement and gynecomastia.”

Grayson looked rightfully appalled. “Gyneco-what-ia?”

“Enlarged breasts in men,” Aiden translated. “So you should lay off the juice before you have to start borrowing Avery’s bras.”

I gasped at the mention of my underwear and whacked Aiden’s shoulder hard.

Behind me, Grayson laughed. I knew he was about to deliver a comeback, but I refused to look at him. Seconds later his breath was warm on my neck. He whispered just low enough that his mother couldn’t hear what he said. “I like my bras colorful and lacey, Aves. Not sure your collection would do it for me.”

Total mortification. Grayson may be as close as family to me, but he was still one of the hottest, most popular guys in our whole school. Him discussing my bras in that low sexy voice that could stop a girl’s heart on the spot made my lungs constrict. Plus, he was right of course. My bras were all of the plain white cotton variety.

Teaser Two - Grayson

I started to leave the room but she stopped me at the door. “Grayson?” Her tone tugged at something inside me. “You really want to take me with you tonight?”

She sounded so small and unsure of herself. It was how she always sounded at school and around strangers, but never when she was at home with us. I think my brother had really broken her. I was seriously going to have to beat him sometime.

“You don’t have to if you don’t want to. I know I really freaked out on you earlier, but I promise I’ll be fine. Aiden’s right.” She swallowed back a lump in her throat. “I’ll manage without him somehow.”

“Aiden’s a tool. You can learn how to manage tomorrow. Tonight’s New Years Eve and for once in your life you’re going to spend it without Aiden or The Discovery Channel.

I knew I was making progress when she cracked a smile and asked, “What about Whootylicious in 7 B?”

I thought of the luscious booty I’d originally planned on seeing tonight and sighed. “That will be an unfortunate loss, but, like you, I will just have to deal.”

I winked and then decided I’d give her ten minutes before I came back and physically dragged her out of bed.

Other books by Kelly Oram

ABOUT THE AUTHOR - Kelly Oram

Kelly Oram wrote her first novel at age fifteen–a fan fiction about her favorite music group, The Backstreet Boys, for which family and friends still tease her. She's obsessed with reading, talks way too much, and loves to eat frosting by the spoonful. She lives outside of Phoenix, Arizona with her husband and four children.

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Teaser Tuesday #3: Everneath by Brodi Ashton

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Should be Reading... 

It's such a fun meme, I couldn't help but join in too :) All you have to do is: 

Grab your current book, open it to a random page, and share 2 'teaser' sentences from that page; but be careful not to share any spoilers!!! 

I just finished reading Intangible by J. Meyers - SO good! 

and now I'm back to reading... 

Everneath by Brodi Ashton 

Prepare to be teased!!!... 

"I'd like you to ask yourself, Who loses hope first? And who never gives up? 

Because it's not the supernatural abilities that set mythical characters apart." She leaned forward. "It's the decision the human characters make, in impossible situations, that have us still talking about them centuries later. Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with." 

~ Everneath, Mrs. Stone, page 137

Ooo, I haven't reached this part yet, I wonder what brought on this little explanation/speech... hmmm... 

What's you're tease??? :) 

Teaser Tuesday #2

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Should be Reading... 

It's such a fun one, I couldn't help but join in :) 

All you have to do is: Grab your current book, open it to a random page, and share 2 'teaser' sentences from that page; but be careful not to share any spoilers!!! 

I just finished reading Zombie Love: The Outbreak by Eric J Sobolik, 

my first Zombie book! and I really enjoyed it! 

I will be reviewing it later this week with a surprise :) 

I am still reading Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater... 

I feel like I'm moving in slow motion with this one, I don't know why, it's a really good book so far. 

Kiddos have been sick, and I'm overtired - lack of concentration and buggy eyes, lol! 

Here's my teaser: 

"The way he says it, I feel certain he misremembered intentionally, because he liked the weight of the words when he said my name twice, and that makes me feel warm and nervous and agreeable. "

"What about me?" 

~ Scorpio Races, page 293

Yes, 'misremembered' is the exact word that the character used -
I love it :) 

What are you reading right now??? 

Teaser Tuesday #1...

'morning!!! 

Woke up feeling a bit groggy and achy today... 

and my eyes are a bit buggy! I guess there really is a point where you read too much and your eyes start to cross! I actually read an entire book in one day - I've only done that once before and I forgot how exhausting that can be, lol! but more on that later ;) 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Should be Reading... 

It's such a fun one, I couldn't help but join in :) 

All you have to do is: Grab your current book, open it to a random page, and share 2 'teaser' sentences from that page; but be careful not to share any spoilers!!! 

I just finished reading Halflings... my review will be posted later this afternoon ;) 

... and now I'm back to reading Halo by Alexandra Adorenetto... 

"Only the two of us knew differently and now we both shared a secret - 

a dangerous secret that brought us closer than ever. 

It was as if we had just sealed the bond between us, 

closed the gap, and made it final." 

I landed on a good page ;) 

What are you reading now???