Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Teaser Tuesday: Revolution by Jennifer Donnelly

I actually finished reading this book yesterday, after reading about 300 pages of it on my flight home from Perth on Sunday night. I was already a big fan of Jennifer Donnelly's writing, although previously I have liked her Victorian saga novels, The Tea Rose and The Winter Rose, a bit more than her previous YA book. I loved this book, and so I wanted to share a teaser with you all from it.

The teaser comes from page 150:

I put the diary down for a moment and close my eyes. I see that girl, too. In my mind. I hear her voice. And I want her to tell me the rest of her story.

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31 comments:

  1. I really enjoyed The Winter Rose, perhaps I should look at this. It's difficult finding just the right book for across country flights!

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  2. I took my e-reader and read that on the way over, but I started this during take off with the intention of just reading it for 10 minutes, but just kept on going with it for the next 4 hours!

    Can't wait for the Wild Rose!

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  3. oh.. i can't wait to read this one.. heard really good reviews for this one..

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  4. Jenniffer Donnolly is an author new to me and I am going to try to track down some of the books you have mentioned.

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  5. I want to know the rest of the story too...this is very intriguing

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  6. Hi again Marg!
    I keep hearing about this author, but still haven't found a book by her..which one should I try to start with?
    My teaser is at e-Volving Books
    -Dee

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  7. what a beautiful teaser^^...and I love the cover =)

    thx for stopping by my blog ^.^

    xoxo

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  8. I really, really liked this book, but a couple of my friends hated it! It was the first book of hers that I've read, but I want to read the Rose books! Here's my Teaser from Firelight.

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  9. That is good. I'm not sure that I've read her before. I'll have to take a look.
    My teaser for today is from How to Wed a Baron.

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  10. Hi Marg,

    Great teaser lines, I was intrigued to know more. I had to visit Amazon to read the full synopsis, so that I could put the lines into context.

    This is not an author I am familiar with, but definitely wouldn't mind trying this book sometime.

    Yvonne www.fiction-books.biz

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  11. I am so excited about this one and can't wait to start it. I also have The Tea Rose on my shelf and since you mention that it's great as well, I am going to have to add it to the TBR stack. Thanks for the great teaser!

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  12. Oh, this is a great teaser...I haven't read this author yet, but now I must!

    Here's my teaser:

    (click my name)

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  13. love this teaser, I love books that have diaries in them. There is so much to learn from the past. love the cover too. Thanks for stopping by today. Have a good one. Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  14. Great teaser!

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/11/teaset-time.html

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  15. Great teaser. Now I want her to tell me the rest of the story! Thanks for visiting.

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  16. Wanting to know the rest of the story - I know that feeling well.

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  17. Oh, excellent. :) A mark of a good book is that the characters really seem alive.

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  18. It must be a great book to drag you in like that. The diary sounds engrossing too. Thanks for visiting me. :)

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  19. Sounds like its going to be a great story. Nice teaser!

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  20. I want to read this book! :) I actually read about it somewhere earlier this year and thought it sounded interesting, but then forgot all about it. Now I'll put it into my TBR list.

    Greetings,
    Tiina

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  21. Great teaser! I love stories within stories and this sounds like a book that got just that(I'm guessing she is reading someone's diary?).

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  22. A story to tell, always great:) Seen this book on many blogs lately. I've got The Tea Rose in my shelf, but haven't read it yet...

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  23. I have this book too, I got it as my scorpio b day gift from Mrs Q. Ohhh can't wait to start it!

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  24. What a great Teaser - very evocative!
    Thanks for stopping by SunnyReads!

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  25. I'm not familiar with this author. Thanks for stopping by earlier!

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  26. Hmm, now I'm intrigued. Great teaser!

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  27. Now I want you to tell me the story! I like this teaser.

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  28. I loved Revolution, except for one big spoiler-y thing about the end. It was my first novel by Jennifer Donnelly, and I'd definitely read more!

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  29. LOVE this teaser - it's so evocative! Thanks for sharing!

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  30. Intriguing teaser. ^_^

    Thanks for dropping by my post earlier!

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