Teaser Tuesdays is hosted by MizB; choose sentences from your current read and identify author and title for readers. First Chapter, First Paragraph is hosted by Bibliophile by the Sea. Opening sentences in a book can help readers decide if the book is one they would continue reading.
Title: The Mermaid of Brooklyn: A Novel by Amy Shearn
Paperback published April 2, 2013; Touchstone
Genre: women's fiction
Would you keep reading, based on the first chapter, first paragraph?
Before I died the first time, my husband left me broke and alone with our two tiny children and it made me feel very depressed, etc. It's the same old story: He went to buy cigarettes and never came home. Really. Wouldn't you think you'd want to pack a bag or two, leave a forwarding address? Couldn't he have at least taken the dog? These were the things I wondered in the beginning. Not: was he having an affair, or: was he mixed up in something nefarious, but: I can't believe he wouldn't bring his datebook, his favorite loafers; I can't believe he didn't change the light bulb in the hallway before deserting us. He knew I couldn't reach that light bulb. The whole thing was unlike him. Then again, I was the one who died, which was unlike me, too."SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IN LIFE IS A FABULOUS PAIR OF SHOES—AND A LITTLE HELP FROM A MERMAID. Formerly a magazine editor, Jenny Lipkin is raising two children in a cramped Park Slope walk-up. When her husband, Harry, vanishes one evening, Jenny reaches her breaking point and a split-second decision changes her life. Pulled from the brink by an unexpected ally, Jenny rethinks her ideas about success, motherhood, romance, and relationships." (publisher)
Title: The Mermaid of Brooklyn: A Novel by Amy Shearn
Paperback published April 2, 2013; Touchstone
Genre: women's fiction
Would you keep reading, based on the first chapter, first paragraph?
What a great story this will be! Not unusual in its basic facts, but the narrator's voice draws me in.
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I've been seeing this around a lot lately... I'd keep reading.
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds fun!
ReplyDeleteYes, based on the narrator's voice, I probably would keep reading. Not 100% sold, but I'd give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI'd keep reading because I like the character who is speaking. Come see my teasers for Sharp by Alex Hughes and The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI like the intro enough to keep on reading.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting opening...I'd keep reading.
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Oh yes, I definitely want to keep reading this one. Thanks! I'd not heard of it before.
ReplyDeleteSounds like the start of a very promising story.
ReplyDeletewell I was captured at the cover, but the opening paragraphs were terrific. I'd keep reading. kelley—the road goes ever ever on
ReplyDeleteI want to read this one, and that opening paragraph already has me hooked. Plus I love magical realism when it's done well, and I think that this book sounds like it has a lot of promise. Keep reading, and tell us all about it!!
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds intriguing!
ReplyDeleteI love that intro!!! I would keep reading for sure. I want this one. ENjoy
ReplyDeleteGreat teaser, sounds like an interesting read! Here's my TT post.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the introduction was kind of interesting. I say kind of only because it is a little cliched. It kind of sounds like a lot of stories I have heard before as does the attitude and tone. I think that I am in the middle on this one.
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