Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Teaser Tuesday (5)




The meme hosted by Should Be Reading, so stop by and check out her blog!

To participate:
  • 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!
Okay, breaking the rules like always, I have two teasers for you today, and neither fit the mold.

First up:

The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss

"Everyone think's you're dead....Other people say you're a myth."
"I am a myth," Kote said easily..."A very special kind of myth that creates itself. Some of the best lies about me are the ones I told."
"They say you never existed" Chronicler corrected gently.
....
"Ahhhh," Kote sighed out a long breath..."Clever. You'd use my own story against me. You'd hold my story a hostage."
"I would tell the truth."
" Nothing but the truth could break me. What is harder than the truth?"


And a couple of haiku from Zombie Haiku
by Eric Mecum

Biting into heads
is much harder than it looks.
The skull is feisty.

You are so lucky
that I cannot remember
how to use doorknobs.

Nothing hurts me now.
Normally the screwdriver
wouldn't have gone there.

7 comments:

  1. HAHA! LOVE those zombie haiku. Made me laugh aloud in a coffee shop, actually. And the philosophy and logic of myths from that first teaser = awesome. Great picks!

    My teaser is from Barry Smith's Only Milo.

    p.s. (going on the evidence on your banner) you are a rat lover? me too!

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  2. Very much so. I don't have any right now because we're not allowed to have pets where I live, but yes, I have had many rats, both bought and rescued. So nice to meet you, fellow rat-lover.

    And yes, I love the ZH teaser. Perfect mix of eww and ha! Hopefully, the book lives up.

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  3. Zombie Haiku sounds good, love to read it! Biting into heads
    is much harder than it looks,so funny :)

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  4. Everybody raves about Name of the Wind, but at first, I wasn't seeing it. But once you get past the framework and into the actual story, it gets really good.
    And I won Zombie Haiku. I'm excited.

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  5. Amasing brilliant teaser. Mine is here: http://rundpinne.blogspot.com/2009/09/footsteps-in-dark-teaser-tuesdays.html

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  6. zombie haiku rocks! also wanted to say, i didn't know that ghouls were so similar to zombies. interesting segment on ghouls!
    so glad to hear this was a good one. i enjoyed the boyfriend list so am looking forward to this one based on your review.

    BTW: you've just been awarded...
    http://vvb32reads.blogspot.com/2009/09/who-loves-you-baby-award.html

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