Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just open your current read to a random page and share a few sentences. Be careful not to include spoilers!
My mother ran right through this over-800-page book in a few days, and I’m looking like I’m going to do the same; my first day got me nearly 300 pages. I don’t often jump on the hot-new-book bandwagon, but this one grasped me: JFK’s assassination, dreams of a more perfect world, time travel, and Stephen King? Okay. Here are a few lines I liked:
I liked writing, and had discovered I was good at it, but what I loved was teaching. It filled me up in some way I can’t explain. Or want to. Explanations are such cheap poetry.
And I like the poetry of that final line. So tell me: what are you reading?
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Cheap poetry…love it!
I love that line!: “Explanations are such cheap poetry.” I haven’t read much Stephen King, but this book intrigues me, too. Thanks for sharing your teaser. If you get a chance, my teaser is here.
I’m loving this book and recommending it! It is a great line, isn’t it? I haven’t read much King, either. I’m not terribly into horror; but this proves he can do much more than horror.
I’ve never read a Stephen King book but I definitely need to try one someday.
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YES! I’m so glad you are enjoying this! I also read this in a few days and loved every second, every page of it. I couldn’t put it down and was so upset when the story ended because I wanted to keep reading it. I can’t wait to read what you think of it when you finish!
Jennifer – do! I’ve been blown away. My review will come soon, but for now – do it!
Natalie – you’re my King fan! I loved it SO much, just finished tonight, and later than I need to be up!
Great teaser. I really need to read this one soon. Mine is here: http://wcs53.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/teaser-tuesdays-dec-13/
[…] poetic or lyrical in his writing style. (For the exception that proves the rule, see my recent Teaser Tuesday.) But not all books have to be poetic, and this one loses nothing for it’s more […]
[…] poetic or lyrical in his writing style. (For the exception that proves the rule, see my recent Teaser Tuesday.) But not all books have to be poetic, and this one loses nothing for it’s more […]