Posts Categorized: Teaser Tuesday

Quaratine: The Loners by Lex Thomas Blog Tour and Giveaway

25 Sep, 2012 by in Quaranitne the loners, Teaser Tuesday 1 comment

Fire and Ice is so excited to be today’s stop on the official tour for Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas. We have a Teaser Tuesday excerpt plus your chance to win your own autographed copy from EgmontUSA, so read on…
 

Book Description:As original as The Hunger Games, set within the walls of a high school exactly like yours.” – Kami Garcia, New York Times best-selling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures novels

It was just another ordinary day at McKinley High—until a massive explosion devastated the school. When loner David Thorpe tried to help his English teacher to safety, the teacher convulsed and died right in front of him. And that was just the beginning.

A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school.

In this frighteningly dark and captivating novel, Lex Thomas locks readers inside a school where kids don’t fight to be popular, they fight to stay alive.

“Take Michael Grant’s Gone and Veronica Roth’s Divergent, rattle them in a cage until they’re ready to fight to the death, and you’ll have something like this nightmarish debut…Thomas’ whirlwind pace, painful details, simmering sexual content, and moments of truly shocking ultra-violence thrust this movie-ready high school thriller to the head of the class.” – Booklist (starred review)

Teaser … A year later, McKinley has descended into chaos. All the students are infected with a virus that makes them deadly to adults. The school is under military quarantine. The teachers are gone. Violent gangs have formed based on high school social cliques. Without a gang, you’re as good as dead. And David has no gang. It’s just him and his little brother, Will, against the whole school.“Will had gone through a growth spurt, like most kids their year had at this point; Smudge hadn’t. He was still the size of a child, and he looked about as healthy as an old woman’s finger. But he was a survivor. The kid was a cockroach.”

About The Author : Lex Thomas is the pen name for the writing team of Lex Hrabe and Thomas Voorhies. Their first novel, QUARANTINE: THE LONERS, earned a starred review from Booklist, and Huffington Post Books called it “one of the best books that I have ever read.”
Lex received a BA in Drama and English from the University of Virginia and has worked as an actor, director and writer. Thomas graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design, and now writes, and exhibits his realist oil paintings in Los Angeles.
Lex and Thomas met in a writers’ group in Los Angeles. Their friendship developed as they tried to blow each other’s minds with clips from bizarre movies. In 2005, they became a screenwriting team, and found that writing with a friend is much more fun than doing it alone.
Visit all the stops on the official Quarantine Blog Tour
Monday, September 10th – Wastepaper Prose
Tuesday, September 11th – Bewitched Bookworms
Wednesday, September 12th – Novel Novice
Thursday, September 13th – The Bookish Brunette
 Friday, September 14th – The PageTurners
Monday, September 17th – MundieMoms
Tuesday, September 18th – Forever 17 Books
Wednesday, September 19th – Evie Bookish
Thursday, September 20th – Once upon a Prologue
Friday, September 21st – The Bookswarm
 Monday, September 24th – Reading Angel
Tuesday, September 25th – Fire and Ice
Wednesday, September 26th – Emily’s Reading Room
Thursday, September 27th – Fiktshun
Friday, September 28th – Hypable

The Giveaway: Two lucky winners will have the chance to win a personalized, autographed copy of Quarantine! To enter, fill out the rafflecopter form below.

Teaser Tuesday- The Iron Knight by Julie Kagawa

19 Jul, 2011 by in Teaser Tuesday 2 comments

Paperback, 304 pages
Expected publication: October 25th 2011

by Harlequin Teen
ISBN 0373210361
series Iron Fey #4

Ash, former prince of the Winter Court, gave up everything. His title, his home, even his vow of loyalty. All for a girl… and all for nothing.

Unless he can earn a soul.

To cold, emotionless faery prince Ash, love was a weakness for mortals and fools. His own love had died a horrible death, killing any gentler feelings the Winter prince might have had. Or so he thought.

Then Meghan Chase—a half human, half fey slip of a girl— smashed through his barricades, binding him to her irrevocably with his oath to be her knight. And when all of Faery nearly fell to the Iron fey, she severed their bond to save his life. Meghan is now the Iron Queen, ruler of a realm where no Winter or Summer fey can survive.

With the (unwelcome) company of his archrival, Summer Court prankster Puck, and the infuriating cait sith Grimalkin, Ash begins a journey he is bound to see through to its end— a quest to find a way to honor his solemn vow to stand by Meghan’s side.

To survive in the Iron realm, Ash must have a soul and a mortal body. But the tests he must face to earn these things are impossible. At least, no one has ever passed to tell the tale.

And then Ash learns something that changes everything. A truth that turns reality upside down, challenges his darkest beliefs and shows him that, sometimes, it takes more than courage to make the ultimate sacrifice.

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works: Grab a book that you are currently reading. Turn to any page and grab teaser sentences from that page. Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book. Include the author and name of the book.

“Because remembering Puck as something more than a rival only reminded me of my vow, the one spoken in a flash of despair and rage,the one that had turned us into bitter enemies for years to come. And of course, I couldn’t think of Puck that way without remembering…her. Ariella”- p 39 The Iron Knight

Teaser Tuesday- Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

21 Jun, 2011 by in maggie stiefvater, scholastic, Teaser Tuesday 3 comments

Forever
by Maggie Stiefvater
Hardcover, 386 pages
Expected publication: July 12th 2011
by Scholastic Press
ISBN0545259088

The thrilling conclusion to #1 bestselling Shiver trilogy from Maggie Stievater

In Maggie Stiefvater’s SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read and 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!

Here is our Forever teaser….In those seconds that it took for her to fight her way back up to the surface, I made up my mind.

I stripped off my jacket, stood at the edge of the sinkhole, and, before I could think of the countless horrific consequences, I went in.” -p.111, Forever.

Teaser Tuesday- The Ancillary’s Mark

21 Dec, 2010 by in Teaser Tuesday 3 comments

I am currently reading The Ancillary’s Mark by Daniel A. Cohen.

Summary: The legend of the Ancillary flower has existed for centuries. Foretold to bring out the limitless potential of its bearer, the flower and the legend have been forgotten by many. Recently, strange events in a shrouded Tibetan town have sparked rumors among those who still believe. Jacob Deer is a quirky young man, bound for college, with an eccentric old librarian for a best friend, an obsession with sitting down in elevators, and a strange birthmark on his hand that’s shaped mysteriously like the markings on the Ancillary’s petals. When Jacob’s mentor Mr. Maddock reveals to him his connection with the legendary Ancillary, it sets in motion a series of events that sends Jacob and friends across the world. Alongside an alluring young woman, a marine-reject, and a Tibetan kid obsessed with comic books, Jacob must face off against a vengeful maniac for the fate of the flower, the legend, and all mankind

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading.

Anyone can play along! Just do the following: Grab your current read and 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 summer heat had finally reached the point where the flat rocks could be used to host a barbecue. The magnolia leaves radiated vibrant shades of red and yellow, and cast shadows on Jacob’s face.” p.40

Add the Ancillary’s Mark book to your TBR pile here on Goodreads.

Teaser Tuesday- Drought by Pam Bachorz

09 Nov, 2010 by in pam bachorz, Teaser Tuesday 2 comments

Teaser Tuesday is weekly meme hosted by Mizb at Should be Reading. Grab your current read. Open to a random page. Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page, be careful not to include spoilers. Share the title & author, too, so that other participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My Teaser Tuesday is Drought by Pam Bachorz. I spent all day yesterday reading it with constant rain and snow showers outside my window.

“Thank You,” I tell him, looking over. The shadows make the lines of his face even stronger, outlining the jut of his chin and nose.” p.68

Drought is coming January 25, 2011 from Egmont USA. Learn more here.

Teaser Tuesday- Heavenly

14 Sep, 2010 by in Teaser Tuesday 2 comments

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works: Grab a book that you are currently reading. Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page. Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book. Include the author and name of the book :

“In spite of the old regret that flashed over him, he held serenity in his countenance, a feeling I yearned for but understood I couldn’t have completely- not right away anyway. Whatever tranquility possessed him, possessed him because of who he now was.” -p. 129 Heavenly by Jennifer Laurens

Add this book on Goodreads

Teaser Tuesday-The Lost Saint

07 Sep, 2010 by in Teaser Tuesday, the lost saint 4 comments

Today’s Teaser Tuesday is from The Lost Saint by Bree Despain.

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works: Grab a book that you are currently reading. Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page. Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book. Include the author and name of the book

“I couldn’t help but thinking that this would seem like the perfect night to someone like Talbot: a little dancing, a little dinner, and a little demon slaying for dessert. I thought about his pressed shirt, styled hair, and even a splash of musky cologne I could smell on his neck.”

p. 270, The Lost Saint

Teaser Tuesday- Raised By Wolves

25 May, 2010 by in raised by wolves, Teaser Tuesday Leave a comment

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works:
Grab a book that you are currently reading
Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page
Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book
Include the author and name of the book

“He paused and the silence tickled my mind,

the chill in my spine climbing its way to the hairs on the back of my neck.
Before I loved cars, Yeats, having a bedroom that locked from the inside, and you.”
p.149 Raised By Wolves by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Contact us via email at fireandice.heather@gmail.com if you are interested in reading and reviewing this book as a part of our ARC tour.

Teaser Tuesday- Wonderland Revisited

27 Apr, 2010 by in Teaser Tuesday Leave a comment

Wonderland Revisited and the Games Alice Played There
by Keith Sheppard, Michael Everson (Editor), Cynthia Brownell (Illustrator)

This is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works:
Grab a book that you are currently reading
Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page
Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book
Include the author and name of the book

“One would feel very foolish”, though Alice, “if one tried to run away from something only to find oneself running towards it!” By now the hum was deafening. p. 39

Teaser Tuesday- Shifty by Lynn Hazen

06 Apr, 2010 by in lynn hazen, shifty, Teaser Tuesday, tricycle press Leave a comment


This is a weekly book meme
hosted by Miz B. of Should Be Reading.

This is how it works:
Grab a book that you are currently reading
Turn to any page and grab two teaser sentences from that page
Make sure it’s not a spoiler in case anyone wants to read the book
Include the author and name of the book


“Typical San Francisco summer weather–it’s just past noon and the fog is already rolling back in, misty and cold. Papers are soaring up and down Mission Street and ladies’ dresses are flying every which way…”
p.105 Shifty by Lynn E. Hazen
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