Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Teaser Tuesday: Daughters of the Witching Hill

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following
Grab your current read
Open to a random page
Share two "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, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!


My teaser this week is from Daughters of the Witching Hill, which: brings history to life in a vivid and wrenching account of a family sustained by love as they try to survive the hysteria of a witch-hunt. From page 3:

Daughters of the Witching Hill     "Whores and witches," he rails, shrill enough to set the crows to flight. "Get out of my ground."
     Slashes of air hit my face as he brandishes his whip, seeking to strike fear into us, but it's his terror I taste as I let go of Alizon's guiding hand and step forward, firm and square on my rag-bundled feet. We've only come to claim what is ours by right.

24 comments:

  1. I am really looking forward to reading this one!

    My teaser is here

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  2. That´s intense! I´ve never heard of this book before, will look for it :)

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  3. This sounds like a really intense books. Great teaser. Thanks for visiting The Crowded Leaf.

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  4. Oh my! That's one intensely good teaser.

    Thanks for visiting my Teaser Tuesday :)

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  5. PS You have a lovely header!

    I heart rococo.

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  6. Great teaser. I loved this book!

    My teaser is here.


    Happy reading. :)

    xx,
    E.J

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  7. The characters for "Witching Hill" sound fierce and now I'm trying to remember the last book I read of this type. Maybe "Holy Fools" by Joanne Harris? Thanks for stopping by Summit Musings this morning.

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  8. Adding this one ot my goodreads list. Great Teaser!

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  9. This book looks so good. I've heard really awesome things about it. I'm waiting for a copy to become available at the library! Thanks for sharing!
    Emily's Reading Room: Anastasia's Secret

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  10. Great Teaser! Here is my Teaser Tuesday:
    http://emmamichaels.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser-tuesday_18.html

    Feel free to stop by tomorrow for my review and GIVEAWAY of the book and a new ARC, by the same author, next Spring when it is released!

    Sincerely,
    Emma Michaels

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  11. Great Teaser. I am going to add this book to my tbr!

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  12. Amber, I'm having trouble posting a comment on your teaser! I think that book about Edward VI looks fantastic!

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  13. Great teaser! I'm really waiting to reading this one!

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  14. Interesting!

    http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/05/teaser_17.html

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  15. Fantastic Teaser. This sounds like a really great book. Hope you are enjoying it.

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  16. Not my usual read - but it looks interesting.
    HERE is mine for this week :)

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  17. Thank you!
    and crap! I've had a few people having trouble with comments and then some who don't seem to have trouble...now part of it may be because I have to approve them, which I've never rejected one yet..that's mainly to weed out spam. I see that I have a comment waiting so maybe that's you!
    I just started the book yesterday. I'm on page 40-ish (reading on breaks and lunch break at work haha!)

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  18. Doesn't sound like something I would read, but an intriguing teaser nonetheless. Thansk for stopping by!

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  19. Great teaser! This looks like an amazing book. I hope you are enjoying it.

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  20. I have been looking at this book. It looks like a great read. Thanks for sharing!

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  21. loved Daughters! Mary was on a panel with me at The Virginia Festival of Book in March -- great lady and awesome book.

    Thanks for stopping by On the Boookcase!

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  22. This one has me very teased!!!

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