Monday, September 10, 2012

Teaser Tuesday - Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson

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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This week my Tease is not from my current read.  Instead I've chosen a Tease from a novel I read a few years ago, just to shake things up a bit.  Elantris is the debut novel from Brandon Sanderson, published in 2005, back before he was chosen to complete The Wheel of Time series for Robert Jordan.  It's a rather brilliant fantasy novel, entirely unique, and very entertaining.

The Tease:
 "The Shaod, it was called. The Transformation...
When it came, the fortunate person's life ended and began anew; he would discard his old, mundane existence and move to Elantris.
Elantris, where he could live in bliss, rule in wisdom, and be worshiped for eternity.
Eternity ended ten years ago."
 -Elantris, by Brandon Sanderson

What's your Tease?

8 comments:

  1. What? How does eternity end? Interesting teaser!

    Here's ours, one fantasy, one non-fiction: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-teasers-one-fiction-one-non.html

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  2. Intriguing! Your teaser definitely made me interested in this book, especially the part about eternity ending.
    My Teaser is from A COLLIE RESCUE.

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  3. Wow, that's an intriguing teaser! Starting your life anew and eternity ending are interesting concepts. Thanks for stopping by my TT!

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  4. Sounds intriguing ... not quite sure what's going on. LOL

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  5. This was the first book I read by Brandon Sanderson; I haven't re-read it since but I remember greatly enjoying the novel. He's quite the author, his imagination is just so unique.

    Thanks for dropping by my blog earlier, happy reading!

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  6. I hadn't heard of this one, I think I'll have to check it out! I'm always looking for great new reads to add to my reading stack.

    Thanks for stopping by Book Cover Justice :)

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  7. I like that last line "Eternity ended ten years ago."
    Thanks for stopping by my blog.

    Polliwogblog.blogspot.com

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