Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB from Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share (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 others can add to their TBR list if they like your teasers.
Our Teasers This Week. . .
Laurel squeezed her hand and turned to survey the situation. She had to admit, things looked better than she'd feared. The doors had a stout beam thrown across them and were braced back with an enormous pile of furniture. A group of faeries were lined up replacing the area they'd torn down to let her in, and the barricade was so massive Laurel was surprised they'd been able to let her in.
-from page 142, Destined
I know it's a little longer than usual, but I don't think you will mind. Well, I hope you won't.
Will Shakespeare is a known but struggling poet, playwright and actor who not
only has sold his next play to both Philip Henslow and Richard Burbidge but now
faces a far more difficult problem: he is bereft of ideas and has yet to begin
writing. He is in search of his muse, the woman who will inspire him but all
attempts fail him until he meets the beautiful Viola de Lesseps.
She loves the
theatre and would like nothing more than to take to the stage but is forbidden
from doing so as only men can be actors. She is also a great admirer of
Shakespeare's works. Dressing as a man and going by the name of Thomas Kent, she
auditions and is ideal for a part in his next play. Shakespeare soon see through
her disguise and they begin a love affair, one they know cannot end happily for
them as he is already married and she has been promised to the dour Lord Wessex.
As the company rehearses his new play...
I just adored this movie. The review down below I actually wrote for my styles of acting class, so I hope you enjoy. :)
This
movie is most definitely worth seeing, whether you’re in it for the sweet
romance or have a love for Shakespeare, you’ll enjoy this and get lost in this
other world that once was.
With it’s over the top, crazy
costuming for Queen Elizabeth (which I totally adored, all of it actually) to
the custom clothes they wore in that period of time. With it’s natural lighting
and sounds of a different world, they created a whole new setting for our eyes
to experience and our hearts to fall helplessly into their time of elegance.
Dirt walk ways/streets, horse drawn
carriages, and farm animals roaming the land just as much as the people did. A
place that seems slightly simpler than ours yet be quite similar at the same
time. A moment where the simply beautiful theatres had to be shut down for fear
of the plague spreading yet when reopened had to fight for their time in the
spotlight.
The actors and actresses all played
their roles amazingly. Helping you immerse yourself deeper into the movie. They
all stood out in their own ways, like- Viola De Lesseps, played by Gwyneth
Paltrow, wanted to act so badly on stage that she dressed herself up as a man
because in those times only men could be on the stage. A person with that much
passion surely stands out in a crowd, a strong willed women she was. Will
Shakespeare, played by Joseph Fiennes, was an inspiring young playwright.
Distressed and tortured within he’s come to look for a muse, finding it finally
in his love interest Viola.
I believe every character was great.
No one really pops in my mind to who could be the weakest. I enjoyed them all.
They all carried their dialog very well. Never once was I confuse or got lost
even though they were speaking another language- Shakespearian/Victorian age.
Action, who doesn’t love a little
action and sword fights are the best kind, right? Between two rivaling theatres
we get a lovely scene of it, plus, a little comedy to go with it. Of course
there’s other kinds of action, too. Like dancing and them acting on stage, even
a little bet that goes on between Queen Elizabeth and Lord Wessex.
Over all this is a must see. This is a
movie that’ll stick with you and leave you breathless. With its drama, its
comedy, and its beautiful landscaping you’ll be swept up in this world and when
it’s all over you’ll want to rewind the DVD and fall back into effortlessly.
Daring You To Read is a brand new meme by Tynga's Reviews. Is where you choose a book you’ve read, loved and would dare your readers to read! The book you choose must be an older release (at least 6 months ago), because let’s be honest, we’re all quite aware of the latest releases
I love this series. It was meant to be a trilogy, but the author decided to add on. Which I think wasn't the best idea. Even though the fourth book, City of Fallen Angels, was good, and, so far, the newest one is too. But, there really isn't a new bad guy, Clary and Jace are still the main characters, and most of the characters are the same. Though, Simon's point of view is a fun one to have.
Anyway, the series is a fun, kinda dark, and slightly sexy series. And the world that Cassandra Clare created is pretty awesome. From, Taki's, the diner for Downworlders that serves blood milkshakes, to the New York Institute, a old church converted to place where shadowhunters train and stay.
I love the feel of the books. I love the plots and how you want to know what happens, which really is the point. And I really think you will, too, so I'm daring you to read the Mortal Instruments.
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB from Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
Grab your current read.
Open to a random page.
Share (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 others can add to their TBR list if they like your teasers.
Our Teasers This Week. . .
He drove the dagger into Luke's chest, twisting it hard before jerking it back out, red to the hilt. Luke fell back against the wall-- then slid down it, leaving a smear of blood behind as Clary stared in horror.
The Serpent's Shadow (The Kane Chronicles #3) by Rick Riordan Publication Date: May 1, 2012 Genre: YA Fantasy Pages: 401
Summary
He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sade Kane can’t seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians of the House of Life are on the brink of civil war, the gods are divided, and the young initiates of Brooklyn House stand almost alone against the forces of chaos.
To find the answer they need, the Kanes must rely on the murderous ghost of a powerful magician who might be able to lead them to the serpent’s shadow... or might lead them to their deaths in the depths of the underworld...
I'm going to tell you this up front. While reading this my life kinda got turned upside down a little. And I'm pretty sure it affected my feelings for the book. So, I'm going to try and separate my feelings as best as I can. But I can make no guarantee.
The two ram-headed sphinxes stirred, their mouths glowing with flames. Then they lunged straight at me. Fortunately one of them slipped in a puddle of penguin water and skidded off to the left. The other would've ripped my throat out had it not been tackled by a timely camel.
Rick Riordan is one of my favorite writers. I love the Percy Jackson series and it's spin off the Heroes of Olympus. And I also am a big fan of the first two books in this series.
Most of the characters from the first two books are back, plus a few more. My favorite being Shelby, slightly crazy kindergartner magician. Carter and Sadie stayed pretty much the same, with little if not any growth. And the whole Sadie/Walt/Anubis was actually annoying.
The plot set up a lot like his other books, which was fine by me. Though, I don't think it read as well. The ending set seeds to make you thank there is going to be another book or a spin-off. And seeing as the Kane Chronicles is supossed to be a trilogy, so I'm going to go with spin-off series.
I really liked the book. Though, I didn't get the same giddy type of feeling I usually got from reading one of Rick's books. But that probably isn't the book's fault.
My Big Nose and Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter Publication Date: April 6th 2009 Genre: YA Contemporary Pages: 345 Goodreads
Summary
It’s the end of junior year, and summer is about to begin. The Summer of Passion, to be exact, when Jory Michaels plans to explore all the possibilities of the future--and, with any luck, score a boyfriend in the process. But Jory has a problem. A big problem. A curvy, honking, bumpy, problem in the form of her Super Schnozz, the one thing standing between Jory and happiness. And now, with the Summer of Passion stretched before her like an open road, she's determined for Super Schnozz to disappear.
Jory takes a job delivering wedding cakes to save up for a nose job at the end of the summer; she even keeps a book filled with magazine cutouts of perfect noses to show the doctor. But nothing is ever easy for accident-prone Jory--and before she knows it, her Summer of Passion falls apart faster than the delivery van she crashes. In her hilarious and heartbreaking debut novel, Sydney Salter delivers a story about broadening your horizons, accepting yourself, and finding love right under your nose.
I had a brain spaz, I meant to say Sydney. So sorry for trying to confuse you people. :)
This is a fun story of finding ones shelf and the disasters that sometimes come with finding the right guy that will truly appreciate us for who we are. A light contemporary that deals with the sore subject of "image". A great read for anyone because we've all been there at one point or another. :)
