Teaser Tuesday 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 (2) “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 and author, too, so that other Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers.
Teaser Tuesday #40 – The Body Electric
The Body Electric – Beth Reves
The future world is at peace.
Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift–the ability to enter people’s dreams and memories using technology developed by her mother–to help others relive their happy memories.
But not all is at it seems.
Ella starts seeing impossible things–images of her dead father, warnings of who she cannot trust. Her government recruits her to spy on a rebel group, using her ability to experience–and influence–the memories of traitors. But the leader of the rebels claims they used to be in love–even though Ella’s never met him before in her life. Which can only mean one thing…
Someone’s altered her memory.
Ella’s gift is enough to overthrow a corrupt government or crush a growing rebel group. She is the key to stopping a war she didn’t even know was happening. But if someone else has been inside Ella’s head, she cannot trust her own memories, thoughts, or feelings.
So who can she trust?
My Body Electric teasers:
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”350px” height=”” background_color=”#e0c0d7″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#674ea7″ ]But none of this is real. “It’s real!” I shout. Dad turns around, a look of surprise on his face.
I hadn’t recognized it before, but now that Dad says it, I do know where I am.[/dropshadowbox]
Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Tuesday 🙂 What’s your teaser today? Please share – it’s not as if a few more books on my TBR mountain will make that big of a difference 😉
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Linda is an English as foreign language teacher and has a Master's degree in English Language and Literature. She's an avid reader, blogger, compulsive one-clicker and a genre omnivore. Ever since she learnt how to read she has been seen with a book or two in her hands everywhere she goes.
Great teaser! This one sounds really interesting. I haven’t picked it up yet because i wasn’t a huge fan of her other series, but I may have to give it a try 🙂
I like the premise for this one. She can’t trust her own memories. Sounds like a thrilling mess.
Here’s my TT – http://fuonlyknew.com/2015/01/06/teaser-tuesdays-94-awol/
Second person using this book for their Teaser Tuesday this week!
Happy New Year! I have a quote from a Grisham legal thriller this week:
http://pdworkman.com/excerpt-from-the-litigators-teasertuesday-grisham-books/
Great teaser! I loved the Across the Universe series, so this is definitely going on my TBR list! Cheers!
I am intrigued, and I’ve been wanting to read this author. Thanks for sharing. Here’s mine: “CALL ME ZELDA”
Haven’t read that one, but it sounds like fun. Great teaser. I’ll have to check it out on GR. 😀 Happy Tuesday! My TT
Interesting teaser! What’s real?
mine: http://storytreasury.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/teaser-tuesday-the-ghost-bride/
I’ve read about recent studies dealing with altering people’s memories as a way to help them cope with PTSD, etc., so it would be fun to read a sci-fi story that takes the idea much further. Sounds like a good one. (When I saw this title, I immediately thought of the poem by Walt Whitman – “I Sing The Body Electric.” I wonder if that inspired the author.)
My Tuesday post features LEARNIN’ THE ROPES.
OOoh intriguing tease! Hope you’re enjoying it!
Here’s my Tuesday Post
Have a GREAT day!
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Weird. Maybe weird-good though… since I have heard great things about the series.
Well, that teaser has certainly made me curious. 🙂 I hope you’re enjoying it, Lexxie! I look forward to reading your review.
**BIG HUGS** and **HIGH FIVES** <– that last is for your accomplishment today 😉
An ability to enter people’s dreams and memories!? What an interesting prose! It actually sounds like a video game I recently stumbled upon 😛
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Wait, where is she? You left me hanging Lexxie!
Lol I’ve heard so much about this book – but with mixed reviews. I look forward to seeing what you think of it.
Here is my teaser…
“When she felt the chaise set down on the ground, she dared to peek out again. The whole procession had entered the forest, and they were now in a large clearing with an enormous bonfire ready at its center.”
Dark Shadows: Angelique’s Decent by Lara Parker