“And what’s your name?” “Wait, it’s on the tip of my tongue.” That is how it all began… I felt as if I had awoke from a long sleep, and yet I was still suspended in a milky gray. Or else I was not awake, but dreaming. It was a strange dream, void of images, [...]

But it was not a shoe, it was a suitcase…It seemed inordinately heavy in relation to its size, but I had no way of telling what was inside. It was fastened with locks in three places. I waited impatiently for the evening, when Four-Eyes would be released from his daily struggle with the buffalo, so [...]

“Do you understand what I mean?” he presses me. I nod. He means there’s only one future, if I want to keep those I love alive and stay alive myself. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (p44) | Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just [...]

He had a laudable care for his own bodily health–kept very early hours, regularly took a walk before breakfast, was vastly particular about warm and dry clothing, had never been known to preach a sermon without previously swallowing a raw egg–albeit he was gift with good lungs and a powerful voice, and was, generally, extremely [...]

“The training of an apprentice geisha is an arduous path. However, this humble person is filled with admiration for those who are able to recast their suffering and become great artists. Some years ago while visiting Gion, it was my honor to view the spring dances and attend a party afterward at a teahouse, and [...]

“Arabella tasted fear. It rose like bile as the silver sword pressed against what she was fairly sure was an essential part of her neck.” Mischief of the Mistletoe by Lauren Willig (p191) | Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: [...]

“The man rose, taking change from his pocket, and spoke for the first time. ‘People leave this town, ‘ he said. ‘They don’t come here.’ When the door closed behind him the girl turned her flat eyes back to Eleanor, almost resentfully, as though Eleanor with her chatter had driven the man away. ‘He was [...]

“Ladybugs were invading her carriage, a whole herd of them. Each ladybug was about the size of Alexia’s hand. They were crawling all over the conveyance, trying to break inside.” Blameless by Gail Carriager (p38) | Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do [...]

“And just like that, something solid hit Alexia hard across the back at exactly the correct angle to tilt her forward and over the railing. She tumbled, ass over teakettle, right over the edge of the deck.” Changeless by Gail Carriger, p172 | Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be [...]