Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Teaser Tuesdays: The Book of Secrets


This week my teaser lines come from The Book of Secrets by Elizabeth Joy Arnold, just out this month as a "Bantam Books Trade Paperback Original," which means, I take it, that it doesn't come in a hardcover edition.  (But it does come in a Kindle edition. Strange. Possibly hardbacks really are on the way out.) The pre-publication buzz claimed Arnold is "a combination of Diane Setterfield, Eleanor Brown and Gillian Flynn" -- I've never read anything by Gillian Flynn, but so far the writing doesn't remind me much of Brown or Setterfield.  Anyway, here's my teaser, from the book's opening chapter:
Once upon a time there was a girl named Chloe who lived virtually alone, in a cottage by the woods.  Until her eighth birthday when she woke to find her mother already gone to work, without a good morning, a kiss, a birthday wish.  Chloe had been forgotten. (p.4)
But don't worry too much -- Chloe is about to embark on some very interesting adventures.



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13 comments:

  1. UnknownJuly 23, 2013 at 5:36 AM

    Sounds intriguing!

    CarolynBrown-Books

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  2. Dark FrannyJuly 23, 2013 at 5:47 AM

    That's a great teaser, thanks for sharing! Here's mine!

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  3. Karen and GerardJuly 23, 2013 at 6:05 AM

    Aww, good teaser but sounds sad.

    Here's ours: http://ourstack.blogspot.com/2013/07/tuesday-teasers-four-for-you.html

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  4. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 6:36 AM

    I was going to be sad but then you added the other line. Interesting teaser. Here is my TT http://cynthia2729.wordpress.com/2013/07/23/teaser-tuesday-july-23/

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  5. Kathy MartinJuly 23, 2013 at 7:52 AM

    Sounds interesting. I haven't read anything by the authors this is supposed to be like so I wouldn't be comparing. Please come see my teasers from Runt by Nora Raleigh Baskin and The White Princess by Philippa Gregory. Happy reading!

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  6. Laurel-Rain SnowJuly 23, 2013 at 8:54 AM

    You had me at "secrets." I do love stories that bring out the secrets kept so carefully by the characters...and how they explode at unexpected moments.

    But this teaser: I wonder why she is forgotten?

    Thanks for sharing.

    Here's MY TUESDAY MEMES POST

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  7. UnknownJuly 23, 2013 at 9:59 AM

    I tried to read this one, but I just couldn't get into it. :(
    Here's my Teaser Tuesday Written in Red by Anne Bishop
    Mei @ Diary of a Fair Weather Diver

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  8. fredamansJuly 23, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    I saw this one yesterday and think it sounds so good. I love a good literary read.

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  9. HeatherJuly 23, 2013 at 12:29 PM

    Have not heard anything about this one, and am not familiar with the compared-to authors, but the opening does intrigue me. My teaser: Blue Heaven

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  10. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 3:26 PM

    Sounds like an interesting read.

    http://tributebooksmama.blogspot.com/2013/07/teaser-tuesday_23.html

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  11. SyreetaJuly 23, 2013 at 3:26 PM

    Looks really good. Here is my teaser: http://hbbookhotties.blogspot.com/2013/07/teaser-tuesdays-july-23rd.html

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  12. Lisa MandinaJuly 23, 2013 at 5:00 PM

    Sounds good! New GFC follower. Here is my teaser

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  13. AnonymousJuly 26, 2013 at 10:38 PM

    oh what a nice teaser! i love the book cover too.
    my teaser is up
    http://wp.me/p3v5T1-92

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