My father collected odd facts. The night he died, I sneaked out of my room and rode my bike in the Arizona desert with my best friend, Ryan. We liked to look for things in the dried-up wash, and that night he found a piece of rainbow glass and gave it to me. When I got home, I showed it to my dad, who told me that it takes glass a million years to decay. Now I've started high school, and my sister doesn't want anything to do with me, Ryan is paying attention to the new girl, and my mom has started to date. I study my father's journals every day, looking for an anchor.—For more Where Are You? answers, visit Raidergirl3 at An Adventure in Reading. (Text by me, based on today's read.)
MizB at Should Be Reading hosts Teaser Tuesdays. Here's how it works: Grab your current read; let the book fall open to a random page; and share 2 “teaser” sentences from that page. For more teasers, click on through to MizB's blog.
It was crazy the way I could break this glass, shatter it so quickly with just one false move, but I could not kill it, not really, not for a million years. Whereas it was so hard for people to break, but we could get sick or die in what seemed like a matter of seconds. (p. 33)—From The Life of Glass by Jillian Cantor (Source: Review copy, see review policy)
well, this one certainly sounds intriguing. Have not heard of this author. Mine is here
ReplyDeleteI have to read this unusual book!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Teaser Tuesday.
Quite an intriguing teaser, it has left m wanting more as a good teaser should. My TT: http://www.rundpinne.com/2010/01/teaser-tuesdays-highlanders-destiny.html
ReplyDeleteI am dying to read this! I read Ms. Cantor's last novel THE SEPTEMBER SISTERS and liked it. Plus, she is a fellow Penn Stater and I could use it for my new Back-to-School feature!
ReplyDeleteWow! I definitely like this teaser!
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of this one a lot Beth - great teaser (off to check out more about this book).
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a poem
ReplyDeleteA million years!
ReplyDeleteThat motivates me to recycle the jam jars.
Nice cover too.
Oh, I really like this glass symbol!
ReplyDeleteI haven´t read much by Paul Auster, but I think his book, City of Glass, is compelling for the same reason.
somehow, i think it some kind of sad feeling about the book..that was great teaser though..
ReplyDeleteThat is an intriguing teaser. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteLove the teaser! This book looks and sounds great! I am very curious to read it now, lol!!
ReplyDeleteHere is mine:
http://cafeofdreams.blogspot.com/2010/01/teaser-tuesday_26.html
Wow, I love the fact about glass that I just learned today, and your teaser really makes the book sound intriguing. Good choice!
ReplyDeleteMy own teaser is at Bookishgal.
Beautiful teaser, but I feel so sorry for the girl.
ReplyDeleteThat's a really good teaser. I've been seeing this book around the blogosphere lately, it seems like a good read.
ReplyDeleteThis teaser resonated with me. Well done.
ReplyDeleteInteresting teaser! Thanks for visiting.
ReplyDeleteExcellent peeks into this book!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great book, but a sad one. Wonderful teaser!
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser! Can't wait to hear what you'll think of it!
ReplyDeleteThe one sounds very insightful, comparing the life of glass to our lives. I look forward to reading your thoughts.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to your review on this one, sounds good.
ReplyDeleteSounds good! Hope you enjoy!
ReplyDeleteIntriguing. Somehow that feels like me today.
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