Aussie Readers discussion

Always looking for a reason to get more books? Curious about what other people are reading?

Maybe this thread will help!

You’re reading a book and find a sentence or two that you love - so why don’t you share it with us in a post here.

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

AND don’t forget to link the title and author too, in case the tease is so good that others want to add it to their TBR piles!

My teaser is from:

The Fairytale Curse by Marina Finlayson

“I have to fly to Paris tomorrow. Something’s happened to Dad.”
My breath caught in my throat. My first thought was a plane crash, or car accident...I swallowed hard. “What’s happened?”
She took a deep breath. Her hands gripped the benchtop so tight her knuckles went white. “He’s been…turned into a bear.”

'Can I have a vodka, please?' asked Janelle.
'And which mixer would you like?'
Janelle shook her head. 'On the rocks.'
The flight attendant returned a minute later with two plastic cups.

She drank greedily...
'Excuse me,' said Janelle. 'May I have the same again?'
The flight attendant raised an admonishing eyebrow. 'We have responsible service of alcohol guidelines on this flight.'
'And I'm a fearful flyer,' Janelle declared. 'That storm has made me ... edgy.'

Fearless by Fiona Higgins

The Invisible Life of Ivan Isaenko by Scott Stambach

"Ivan, say something."
I heard her feet climbing the metal rungs of the ladder.
"I'm Ok."
"Good", she said as her shiny bald head popped out of the opening. She took a moment to drink in the night sky with me before continuing.
"I grew up in Lviv where there is too much light in the city to see the stars at night. Thank sweet baby Jesus of Bethlehem for piece-of-shit Mazyr.
I was too stuck on the stars to respond.
"Blin! My little Ivan, you've never seen the night sky before have you?"
"Yes, I have"
"But only through your window."

The Infernals by John Connolly

"It wasn't quite true. That the car had been stolen. In fact Samuel had given the keys to the Demon Nurd so that he could drive it straight down the mouth of the portal between Hell and Biddlecombe thus collapsing it and preventing the Great Malevolence from escaping into our world."

Fractured by Catherine McKenzie


“ Chris shrugs again. Then he turns and follows his mother’s instructions. I stand waiting on the sidewalk, trying to understand his meaning. What was he trying to tell me? My stomach gives that empty thump again and I remember."

"I'm heating this up now; please eat some of it with me".
"What's the point?" She had replied, making him shake his head. She left him in the kitchen and curled up on the couch in the living room, switching on the news but muting the sound.
She hadn't asked that question to be difficult. She really would like to know if there is any point in her continuing to exist, continuing to feed and dress herself, or even get out of bed in the mornings."

Blame by Nicole Trope

I hope you're enjoying that one Veronica :)

Ace ⚓ wrote: "Fractured by Catherine McKenzie


“ Chris shrugs again. Then he turns and follows his mother’s instructions. I stand waiting on the sidewalk, trying to understand h..."

This one sounds good Ace!

Its very good Brenda.

I'm going to steal the line from yours about the vodka on my next flight... "I'm a fearful flyer, I'm definitely going to need more Vodka please "

Hahaha!! Go for it! lol

"life is a simple book, and an open book, read and be simple as the beasts in the field; just being miserable isn't enough - you have got to know how"

Nightwood by Djuna Barnes

I've only just started Brenda. I'm still getting over Eleanor & Park but I'm excited for the drama of Blame

Happy reading then :)

Another Tuesday..another teaser :)

Worth Fighting For by Mary-Anne O'Connor

He and his other droving mate, James Clifford - or "Cliffy" as everyone knew him - had falsified their birth certificates together and were now locked in each other's company, day in, day out. Training had been easy enough, they were used to shooting and hard, physical labour, but they'd missed having a drink.
And Michael missed seeing Junie.

Here's mine, from In the Woods by Tana French

Invisible dips and hollows flicked open under my feet and I couldn't run fast enough. Legs crashing knee-deep through underbrush, it was like every childhood nightmare come true. Trailing ivy wrapped around my face and I think I screamed. I knew beyond all doubt I would never get out of the wood, they would find my sleeping bag - for an instant I saw, sharp as reality, Cassie in her red jumper, kneeling in the clearing among falling leaves and reaching out a gloved hand to touch the fabric - and nothing else, ever.

Loved that book Carolyn :)

Beat me to it Brenda ;)

Here's mine from The Art of Keeping Secrets by Rachael Johns:

At that moment, Seb appeared, his broad shoulders pushed back as he swaggered towards them with a smile on his face that would make a nun think about taking off her knickers

Cor! who wouldn't want a hubby who could be described like that - he is a nice person too.

BUT

He does have a secret side......

Haha! Such a good book Sally :)

Sally906 wrote: "with a smile on his face that would make a nun think about taking off her knickers"


LOL love that :)

You can’t fall out with Daisy, not over this. We need each other, that’s what Dan doesn’t get. He thought it would be a simple thing –you never speak to your sister again and that would be it. Boom. Plain sailing. But he never got the ‘twin’ thing, the fact that we spent nine months together, jostling for space in the womb, two people who came from one conception, one act, how could we ever be separate? Even when she’s far away and you’re here, we’re still feeling one another in some stupid, semi-mystical way, and that, Mr Bekener, is forever. When you and your fancy drainpipe jeans and your hard-man boots and your chaos-symbol tattoo have vanished into nothingness, we will still be together, Daisy and me.

I Don't Want To Talk About It by Jane Lovering

When I was seven, I found a sparkling lying dead on a bench at the edge of the woods which formed the back boundary of our garden, that the groundskeeper had not yet cleared away. With much excitement, I brought it for my mother to see, but by the time I reached her it had mostly collapsed into ash in my hands.

from A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan

a sparkling lying dead... is there a word missing Marina? Unless a sparkling is a "being"???

No, there's nothing missing. A sparkling is a tiny butterfly-sized dragon.

The book is written as if it's the real-life memoirs of a Victorian-era lady, only the world is very different to ours, since dragons actually exist. She wants to be a naturalist and study dragons, but struggles with the societal expectations for ladies in that era. It's a great read!

Ahh thanks! Now I understand :)

Eligible by Curtis Sittenfeld.
This is a modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice and it is actually very good!

"Oh Lizzy." Jane's voice was tremulous. "I fainted at the restaurant and they've brought me to the E.R."
"Wait, are you okay? What happened?"
There was a long silence. Then, so quietly Liz almost couldn't hear her Jane said "I'm pregnant."

I like your teaser Phrynne - I've been thinking of buying this. Might have to now :)

Here's my teaser for this week:

From The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty

"By the way, I'm not 'stalking' you. Please stop using that word, you know it's ridiculous. I just want to TALK to you, that's all.
From an unopened email to Patrick Scott"

Oh well done Carolyn! I forgot about it!

Here's mine :)

Nance looked over to where her goat stood amongst the nesting hens, impatient in her corner. A drain had been hollowed out of the dirt floor to separate the animal and her leavings from Nance's own quarter, while allowing her warmth to give heat to the room. Nance stepped over the rivulet of waste and water and placed a gentle hand on the goat's head, smoothing the hair on her cheek and combing her beard free of straw.
"You're a good girl, Mora. Faith, what a grand girl you are."

The Good People by Hannah Kent

"Fear was all around now, outside, within, in every heart including hers now. She was losing her mind, she was going crazy! This couldn't be happening."

Journey to Landaran by Judy Goodwin

Brenda wrote: "Oh well done Carolyn! I forgot about it!

Here's mine :)

I wondered where everyone was!

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Oh well done Carolyn! I forgot about it!

Here's mine :)

I wondered where everyone was!"

I needed someone to post first then I get an email alert. :)

Haha! That's true Veronica :) We should nominate a "first person" for every Tuesday ;)

Carolyn wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Oh well done Carolyn! I forgot about it!

Here's mine :)

I wondered where everyone was!"

LOL!

An obscenity in flesh
A thing of mouths and teeth and long gleaming fingers
Glistening with the slime your kind prize it for.
Growing swift. Almost a meter long now. A rope of muscle with two long sinewed arms.
It's head unfurls. Death in bloom. Circular mouths, ringed with razor teeth.
Long black tongues, licking the air as it trembles with anticipation.

Gemina by Amie Kaufman

Ooh!

It's very, very good!

Excellent!

I keep seeing these post on Wednesday, way to late!

Marianne wrote: "I keep seeing these post on Wednesday, way to late!"

Phrynne wrote: "It's very, very good!"

That's it! I'm looking for a copy of Illuminae this weekend! I want the real book not the kindle.

Marianne wrote: "I keep seeing these post on Wednesday, way to late!"

You could probably just sneak one in late. Afterall it's still Tuesday on the other side of the worlld!

Carolyn wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I keep seeing these post on Wednesday, way to late!"

You could probably just sneak one in late. Afterall it's still Tuesday on the other side of the worlld!"

Or mark it in your diary for next Tuesday. See if you can be first:)

Phrynne wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Marianne wrote: "I keep seeing these post on Wednesday, way to late!"

You could probably just sneak one in late. Afterall it's still Tuesday on the other side of the worlld!"

Or mark it in your diary for next Tuesday. See if you can be first:)
"

Now that's good thinking, 99

Lol!!!

OOOp - sorry folks - I'm a baaaaad thread starter!!!

My only defence is I've had a crashing headache for two days and have just been popping off and on and not really communicating.

The Tuesday teaser can be posted whenever your part of the world reaches Tuesday.

But - I do have a Tuesday teaser (or did have) - it is from Magic by Danielle Steel and here it is:

"Anya fell asleep that night sitting next to him, in the hum of the of the incubaters and the beeping of the monitors, and wih Anya's head on his shoulder, the last thing on his mind was Benedetta, For now at least, in the universe of love and terror he had been catapaulted into, hiswife had ceased to exist. Anya was his parter now, the mother of his twins"

Loving this thread:)

You'll have to add to it next Tuesday Bette :)

It's Tuesday again, so here's my teaser from muy current read, The Lake House by Kate Morton

" There was no reason she should be here today. A trespassing charge was the last thing she needed. But even as she thought it, Sadie knew she was speculating unnecessarily. The house before her was deserted. It was hard to put into words, but there was a look about it, an aura it gave off. She just knew."

Home by Harlan Coben I love me some Myron Bolitar:)

"The boy who has been missing for ten years steps into the light"

My current read - Spirits of the Ghan by Judy Nunn . Nearly finished and I'm loving it!!

'But we'll have to spin a bit of a lie even to Pottsy,' Matt went on, 'the poor bastard can hardly be expected to believe any of this....' He couldn't bring himself to say 'nonsense' or 'bullshit' - he'd been too affected by recent events - so he simply left it at that. 'No talk about visits from my *******, Jess, okay?

'Okay,' she said. 'So which particular lie are we spinning? You'd better fill me in.'