Monday, September 17, 2012

Teaser Tuesday - Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness

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 I've just begun a new book, Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness.  This is the second book in the All Soul's Trilogy.  Matthew and Diana have safely time-walked back to the year 1590 and arrived in England as planned.  After a few days settling in, Matthew makes an attempt to find a local witch to teach Diana how to control her constantly changing powers.

The Tease:
 "A true witch can relight the fire, open the pages of the book, and stop the bell from ringing.  She is a wonderful creature in the eyes of God."
Widow Beaton paused for dramatic effect, and her milky eye rolled in my direction.
  "Can you perform these acts, girl?"
"I'm not sure," I confessed hesitantly."
 -Shadow of Night, by Deborah Harkness

What's your Tease?

11 comments:

  1. Rolling milky eyes sounds kind of creepy! My teaser is from a mystery this week.

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  2. I just finished this and I absolutely loved it. Even though I wanted to smack Matthew and Diana a couple of times for being so pigheaded. But it fit to their characters so I shouldn't complain so much. :)

    I'm teasing Sarah Rees Brennan's Unspoken this week.

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  3. Not our kind of book but hope you are enjoying it!

    Here's ours for this week, a YA read and a non-fiction about Tony Danza's teaching experience: http://www.ourstack.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-teasers-nonf-fiction-and-ya.html

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  4. That makes me want to read the book and be a witch! Thanks for sharing, this sounds like my kind of book :) I'm a new follower!
    My Teaser
    Juli @ Universe in Words

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  5. Great teaser! My Mum is a massive fan of the first book and I definitely need to borrow it if it's anything like this.

    My teaser is here if you'd like a look :)

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  6. I'm not a big fan of witch books but it's an interesting teaser for sure.

    Here's ours, it's a 3 for 1 deal! =) http://refractedlightreviews.com/?p=10041

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  7. An intriguing teaser.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2012/09/teaser-tuesday_18.html

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  8. Time travel and witches. Not the kind of book I usually read, but this one could change my mind. Good teaser.
    My teaser is from HOLLYWOOD BEGINNINGS.

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  9. Very dramatic and kind of funny ...

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