Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Teaser Tuesdays (15)


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:

At the top, a wax figure of my mother lay on a couch with a cobra coiled between her breasts. "Don't look, he said angrily. "They want us to weep in front of Rome."

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle Moran
p. 102-103
The marriage of Marc Antony and Cleopatra is one of the greatest love stories of all time, a tale of unbridled passion with earth-shaking political consequences. Feared and hunted by the powers in Rome, the lovers choose to die by their own hands as the triumphant armies of Antony’s revengeful rival, Octavian, sweep into Egypt. Their three orphaned children are taken in chains to Rome; only two– the ten-year-old twins Selene and Alexander–survive the journey. Delivered to the household of Octavian’s sister, the siblings cling to each other and to the hope that they will return one day to their rightful place on the throne of Egypt. As they come of age, they are buffeted by the personal ambitions of Octavian’s family and court, by the ever-present threat of slave rebellion, and by the longings and desires deep within their own hearts. 
I am really enjoying this book so far. I love the historical details but it is also an entertaining story filled with fascinating characters.

What is your book teaser this week?

20 comments:

  1. Great teaser! I love historical fiction so I will have to check this one out. I hope you enjoy the rest of it!

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  2. Ooh, lately I've been on an historical fiction kick (with Alcott stuff); and I love the Cleopatra story.

    Here's my teaser:

    http://rainysnowday.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/teaser-tuesdays-13/

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  3. Very intriguing! Hope you're enjoying the book. My teaser is at The Crowded Leaf.

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  4. Great teaser! The story of Cleopatra and Marc Antony is fascinating.

    My teaser is here.


    Happy reading. :)

    xx,
    E.J.

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  5. I truly enjoyed this book and hope you are as well. Great teaser choice. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesdays-welcome-to-harmony.html

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  6. Sounds like a very difficult childhood - but a very good teaser!

    My teaser is here.

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  7. good teaser! i think i'm putting this one on my TBR

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  8. Oh this sounds so good. Great teaser.

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  9. I've seen this book around a few times, it seems to be getting some pretty good reviews.

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  10. Don't look at BOOBS? (Let me guess - the intended audience of this book isn't men?)

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  11. Don't usually read this type of book, but that's a good teaser!
    HERE is my teaser for this week!

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  12. I don't enjoy historical fiction but got to love Cleopatra and Marc. That is a great teaser.

    Here is mine

    http://teawithmarce.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-review-of-out-of-my-mind-by.html

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  13. great things being said about this book. nice teaser.

    My teaser!

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  14. Awesome teaser! It sounds like an a great read. I'll be looking forward to your review :D

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  15. I LOVE Michelle Moran's books and I am planning to start this one next week. Great teaser. Mine comes from Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Here's the link.

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  16. That is a great teaser. I want to read the book. Mine is from My Soul to Keep by Rachel Vincent and is here.

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  17. Someone recently recommended Cleopatra's Daughter to me. I can't remember who at the moment. I'm reading Receive Me Falling.

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  18. Great teaser I enjoyed Morans first two books and really need to crack open the spine on this one as I've had it on my bookshelf for like 2 months. Thx for the teaser and giving me a kick in the butt to start reading this one!

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  19. This sounds great! I haven't yet read a book about Cleopatra, but I have one here I really should try. She sounds fascinating. And that teaser! Perfect!

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  20. I haven't heard of this one, but I might just have to check it out now ... sounds intriguing! My Teaser Tuesday is on Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why. :)

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