Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly meme hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
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!
My teaser this week:
"Our old piano. It had been so long since I'd seen it, I'd actually forgotten we had one."
Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu
p.60
From the outside, Lucy's home looks normal. Inside the front door is where the secrets begin. Towering piles of newspapers and magazines. Bags of junk flooding every inch of open space. The rotting smell permeating the air. This is what she's kept from everyone-that her mother's compulsive hoarding has reduced their lives to garbage...literally. With just two years until graduation, Lucy finally feels like a normal life is within her grasp. Her new best friend, Kaylie, and her longtime crush, Josh, make a future seem almost possible. Then one morning Lucy comes hom to find something she never expected, something that will change her life forever. And she must ask herself-how far can she go to protect her family's secrets?
This is a moving and compelling book. Parts of it were truly disturbing but I finished it late last night because I just couldn't put it down!
What is your book teaser this week?
I have heard this one is a good but sad story. Hope you are enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteThis does look really intense. Great teaser. Thanks for visiting The Crowded Leaf.
ReplyDeletethis looks like a really compelling book. i love that it mentions a piano! i play, so music is a huge part of my life.
ReplyDeleteAhhh great teaser. It sets a somber stage.
ReplyDeleteHere is my Teaser Tuesday :)
This book is on my TBR list. That was a great teaser. It is amazing that someone would have so much junk that their piano would be covered up.
ReplyDeleteNice teaser. I am not familiar with this book but it does sound pretty interesting. I hope that you are enjoying this read.
ReplyDeleteMy curiosity is piqued now about this book! Here's my teaser for Daughters of the Witching Hill
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser!
ReplyDeleteMy teaser is here.
Happy reading. :)
xx,
E.J
I've heard such good things about this one! Can't wait to see your review on this.
ReplyDeleteI've heard good things about this book. Don't you just love books that keep you up at night reading b/c you are hooked?! I look forward to your review.
ReplyDeleteI saw this book a few weeks ago on TT - will have to write it down this time :)
ReplyDeleteHERE is my teaser for today :)
Great teaser! Also, love how the book sounds, so I'll add it on my list!
ReplyDeleteI just got this one in my last HS book order. One of my 9th graders read it and thought it was weird. I hope to get to it this summer. My Tuesday Teaser is from Claire de Lune by Christine Johnson.
ReplyDeleteI just posted a review of this book on my blog --- I thought it was a really good book, although kinda disturbing. Nice teaser choice! :)
ReplyDeleteSeems like a really sad book.
ReplyDeleteMy `teaser` is up
http://newhorizonreviews.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-sweet-it-is-by-alice-j-wisler.html
Sounds interesting. Mine is from The God of the Hive.
ReplyDeleteAwesome teaser! I loved this book too, even though it was kind of hard to read. I'm glad you liked it :D
ReplyDeleteOh and you've won an award over at my blog.
http://sarasbookjourney.blogspot.com/2010/05/awards.html
nice teaser! Thanks so much for stopping by On the Bookcase!
ReplyDeleteWow, that's the perfect teaser. I've been wanting to read this book for such a long time!
ReplyDeleteHere's my teaser.
It does sound intriguing!
ReplyDeleteHere is my teaser
http://limpetsandpenguins.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday-100518.html
I loved "Dirty Little Secrets" and your teaser was a great choice.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I relate with staying up to finish good books, last night, I stayed up with "Bloom" by Elizabeth Scott.