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, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
A lot of times when I look at the world and everyone in it, I feel like they all know something I don't. I'm not dumb; I can see how it works. But it's like double Dutch jump rope. In grade school I would watch the ropes fly and see girl after girl jump in and either get it right or get tangled in the ropes and laugh. I'd stand there with my hands ready and my body going back and forth, trying to get the rhythm and the right moment, and Ms. Trimble, the PE teacher, would say, "Come on, Mandy, everyone's waiting," and I couldn't do it. I couldn't figure out how to get in.
That's how life feels to me. Everyone is doing it; everyone knows how. To live and be who they are and find a place, find a moment. I'm still waiting.
~ pg. 157 (ARC) How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
What a wonderful metaphor! Sometimes I feel like that, too.
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Wow, that was a great teaser. Looks like a raw, honest, and beautifully written book - I'm sure you'd enjoy this. I've seen this book around in quite a number of 'mailboxes' for the Sunday IMM. I'm glad you included this teaser.
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http://gatheringbooks.wordpress.com/2011/09/13/teaser-tuesday-gatheringbooks-joins-in/
provactive . . . kaye—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteWow this is a awesome teaser. I totally understand about double dutch. I never figured it out even though I always wanted to. How do they get it?
ReplyDeleteThat... was... deep. Lol But seriously, I sometimes feel like that too
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