Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Teaser Tuesday #19






Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of 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 pick for this week if from The Diviners by Libba Bray
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
Evie O'Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City--and she is pos-i-tute-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult--also known as "The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies."
When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer--if he doesn't catch her first.


Teaser:

Each page featured a small, colorful illustration of a ritual murder, accompanied by a scripture-like passage. The same sigils found on the killer's notes also ran along the edges of the book's entries.

Creepy right? This is from page 211 of my hardcover copy

Jasmine

3 comments:

  1. Yikes! Sounds scary. Hey, you might like The Geographer's Library by John Fasman. It sounds like it's kinda similar to this book.
    Here is my teaser for this week:

    http://library1baby.blogspot.com/2012/10/teaser-tuesday-daughter-of-yellow-river.html

    Thanks and have a great week!

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    1. Thanks for the rec! I'll have to check it out :). Also thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

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