Teaser Tuesdays: GIRLS LIKE US by Sheila Weller

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"Joni’s Blue was in every way the counterpoint to Carole’s Tapestry. Whereas Tapestry was created in a sense of communality, Blue was recorded is almost utter privacy–so ‘transparent’ was Joni now that ‘if you looked at me, I would weep; we had to lock the doors to make that album. Nobody was allowed in’ except the backup musicians . . ."

-- page 329

GIRLS LIKE US

Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon

and the Journey of a Generation

by Sheila Weller

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Teaser Tuesdays: FIFTH AVENUE, 5 A.M. by Sam Wasson

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"Whomever they cast couldn’t discharge sex like Marilyn, nor could she be young and innocent without provoking cries of Lolita. Furthermore, as a "good" call girl–not the Elizabeth Taylor kind that gets killed off at the end of Butterfield 8–Holly couldn’t be too seductive. Not alluring enough, however, and the character would have no call-girl credibility at all."

-- page 96

FIFTH AVENUE, 5 A.M.
by Sam Wasson

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Teaser Tuesdays: ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE by Gabrielle Zevin

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"People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time. In a way, it would have been easier to lose my mind because then I wouldn't have had to be there anymore."

-- page 132 (advanced readers copy)


ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE
Birthright (Volume 1)
by Gabrielle Zevin

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE CONFESSION OF KATHERINE HOWARD by Suzannah Dunn

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"The king alone had chosen her -- liking what he saw and not looking any closer -- and he'd championed her: she was only here on his whim. She had no friends with influence."

 -- Page 41


THE CONFESSION OF KATHERINE HOWARD
by Suzannah Dunn

Pub. Date: April 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback , 320pp
ISBN-13: 9780062011473

ISBN: 0062011472

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Teaser Tuesdays -- DARK MOON OF AVALON by Anna Elliott

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"She could feel the frighteningly strong pull of wanting to believe she could trust him--like being caught in the current of a fast-moving river.  But wanting and knowing were two different things."

-- page 206

DARK MOON OF AVALON:
A Novel of Trystan and Isolde
by Anna Elliott

Pub. Date: September 2010
Publisher: Touchstone
Format: Paperback , 419pp
ISBN-13: 9781416589907

ISBN: 1416589902

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Teaser Tuesdays: LIESL & PO by Lauren Oliver

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"Liesl had at that moment paused outside to get her bearings, and as she turned and looked around her, both Will and the old woman, staring down, got a nice long look at her face. Will thought, Angel, precisely as the old woman thought, Devil, and let out a wicked screech."

– page 167, advance reader's edition

LIESL & PO
by Lauren Oliver

Pub. Date: October 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Hardcover , 320pp
Age Range: 9 to 12
ISBN-13: 9780062014511

ISBN: 006201451X

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Teaser Tuesdays: AN EXPERT IN MURDER by Nicola Upson

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" Lydia gave an involuntary shudder. 'You know, I've just remembered what Johnny said when he made the toast last night: "To memorable exits." He couldn't have known, could he?' "

- page 160


AN EXPERT IN MURDER
(Josephine Tey Series Book 1)
by Nicola Upson

Pub. Date: June 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback , 320pp

ISBN-13: 9780061451553

ISBN: 006145155X  

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Teaser Tuesdays: POSSUM SUMMER by Jen K. Blom

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I'm loving this little book

 . . . and this quote is so not what you think!

"But those sports bras were perfect! With a little bit of string underneath them and some tape on the sides to hold them down  . . . " 

 -- page 26

POSSUM SUMMER

by Jen K. Blom

illustrated by Omar Rayyan

Pub. Date: May 2011
Publisher: Holiday House, Inc.
Format: Hardcover , 256pp
Age Range: 9 to 12
ISBN-13: 9780823423316

ISBN: 082342331X

Teaser Tuesdays: THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU by Rosie Alison

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"He had vaguely assumed until then that any British deaths were those of incompetent soldiers, without his brother's verve or timing. Now, with William caught out, he glimpsed the roulette of survival on the front."

-- Page 70

THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU

by Rosie Alison

Pub. Date: July 2011
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Format: Paperback , 336pp
ISBN-13: 9781451613971

ISBN: 1451613970

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Teaser Tuesdays: MISS TIMMINS' SCHOOL FOR GIRLS by Nayana Currimbhoy

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"Daughters were raised on malai and rosewater, loved and nurtured and trained to be sweet and soft and pliant. They were to be led tenderly to the great crossing before they turned twenty. On the other side, as daughters-in-law, they must eat dirt for the first ten years. They must be prepared for a life of criticism and scrutiny and acts of random cruelty."

-- page 305

MISS TIMMINS' SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
by Nayana Currimbhoy

Pub. Date: June 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Format: Paperback , 512pp
ISBN-13: 9780061997747

ISBN: 0061997749

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Teaser Tuesdays: WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGH by Ruth Pennebaker

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“Even Caroline herself occasionally suspected she might be ordinary. Ordinary! Like everybody else! It was a horrifying thought.”

-- Page 214

WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKTHROUGH
by Ruth Pennebaker

Pub. Date: January 2011

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Format: Paperback , 320pp

ISBN-13: 9780425238561

ISBN: 0425238563

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE NINTH WIFE by Amy Stolls

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"Hard as it was to believe Rory had eight wives, it was equally difficult to believe none of these women had had his children. Or rather, it was one more piece of the story that seemed far-fetched but somehow explained."

-- page 226

THE NINTH WIFE

by Amy Stolls

Pub. Date: May 2011

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback , 496pp

ISBN-13: 9780061851896

ISBN: 0061851892

Edition Description: Original

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Teaser Tuesday: THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS: A Memoir

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"The desert killed people who didn't know how to find shade or water. But it didn't hate them or prey upon them, the way dads sometimes preyed on their daughters."

-- Page 156

THE SOURCE OF ALL THINGS: A Memoir

by Tracy Ross

Pub. Date: March 2011

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

Format: Hardcover , 304pp

ISBN-13: 9781439172971

ISBN: 1439172978

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE PSYCHOPATH TEST by Jon Ronson

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"All that talk of snakes adopting human form reminded me of a story I once did about a conspiracy theorist named David Icke, who believed that the secret rulers of the world were giant, blood-drinking, child-sacrificing lizards who had shape-shifted into humans so they could perform their evil on an unsuspecting population. I suddenly realized how similar the two stories were, except in this one the people who spoke of snakes in suits were eminent and utterly sane psychologists, respected around the world."

-- page 138 (Advanced Reading Copy)

THE PSYCHOPATH TEST

by Jon Ronson

Pub. Date: May 2011

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Format: Hardcover , 288pp

ISBN-13: 9781594488016

ISBN: 1594488010

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Teaser Tuesdays: SECRET DAUGHTER by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

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"This is the quintessential garment for women across India, according to Asha's research, a six-yard rectangle of fabric wrapped and tucked around the body without a single button, hook, or zipper.  It can be draped in a number of ways, depending on the region, and one size is used to fit women tall and short, fat and thin.  It all sounded very democratic . . . "
-- Page 198

THE SECRET DAUGHTER
by Shilpi Somaya Gowda

Pub. Date: April 2011

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback , 368pp

ISBN-13: 9780061928352

ISBN: 0061928356

Edition Description: Reprint

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE SANDALWOOD TREE by Elle Newmark

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"At first, the strange music sounded dissonant & grating, but the girl drew me in with her serious face & hypnotic dance; I became mesmerized by her serpentine movements & the whisper of whirling silk. That night I began to fall in love with India."

-- page 118
(Advanced Reading Copy)

THE SANDALWOOD TREE
by Elle Newmark

Pub. Date: April 2011

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group

Format: Hardcover , 368pp

ISBN-13: 9781416590590

ISBN: 1416590595

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE RAISING by Laura Kasischke

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THE RAISING

by Laura Kasischke

"There's often an elegant rationality to even the strangest beliefs. But it doesn't make them real. Being based on fear, inspired by hope, they can be dangerous, Perry, and I think we're headed in that direction, and that we need to stop what we're doing now, before it leads to something--"

-- page 207
Pub. Date: March 2011

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback , 496pp

SBN-13: 9780062004789

ISBN: 0062004786

Edition Description: Original

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Teaser Tuesdays: THE GIRL WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THE DEAD by Paul Elwork

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THE GIRL WHO WOULD SPEAK FOR THE DEAD
by Paul Elwork

"Emily had named the game after the first successful test with Albert.  The idea of spirits knocking from another world gave her a genuine chill and a grin."

-- page 64 (from the uncorrected proof copy)
Pub. Date: March 2011

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Format: Hardcover , 320pp

ISBN-13: 9780399157172

ISBN: 0399157174

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Teaser Tuesdays: TO DEFY A KING by Elizabeth Chadwick

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My teaser:

"While her endangered husband strove to hold all together at court, she had to maintain their estates, deal with her vassals, run a household and cope with pregnancy.  He could  not imagine his own gentle mother managing such a feat, although he suspected Mahelt had it within her."

-- page 215

TO DEFY A KING

by Elizabeth Chadwick

Pub. Date: March 2011

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated

Format: Paperback , 544pp

ISBN-13: 9781402250897

ISBN: 1402250894

Teaser Tuesdays: HAUNTING JASMINE by Angali Banerjee

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My Teaser:

"I make chamomile tea and put on my reading glasses. I flop into bed and open the book, which emits a newly minted smell.  I flip through, hold the pages to my nose, and inhale."

-- page 120

HAUNTING JASMINE
by Angali Banerjee
Pub. Date: February 2011

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Format: Paperback , 304pp

ISBN-13: 9780425238714

ISBN: 0425238717