Monday, March 12, 2012

Teaser Tuesday - A Princess of Mars

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just:
* 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 and author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their To Be Read (TBR) Lists if they like your teasers!

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Several weeks ago I began reading A Princess of Mars, hoping to have it finished before the movie John Carter was released.  I set it aside to read Timeless by Gail Carriger, and now have returned to this classic sci-fi/fantasy novel - and I'm really enjoying the "old-school" style of writing!

The Tease:
 "Thus was the edifice of my brief dream of happiness dashed, broken, to the ground of reality.  The woman for whom I had offered my life, and from whose lips I had so recently heard a declaration of love for me, had lightly forgotten my very existence and smilingly given herself to the son of her people's most hated enemy."
 -A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs

What's your Tease?

6 comments:

  1. Interesting title of this book but the teaser doesn't grab me.

    Here's ours: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/03/tuesday-teaser-twice.html

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  2. Sounds tragic.

    My tease: http://sosimplesara.blogspot.com/2012/03/teaser-tuesday-9.html

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  3. Oh I love the flow and phrasing of that teaser quote, makes me want to read that book! Thank you for adding yet another book to my TBR list :P

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  4. It's a very formal style of writing. Certainly sounds like an interesting book!

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  5. My husband is rereading these all right now, and loves them. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Very nice teaser! Thanks for sharing!
    Btw, I've nominated you for an award, you can see here

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