teaser tuesday (50)

It's Teaser Tuesday, a bookish blog meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Here's how it works:


Grab your current read and let it fall open to a random page. Post two (or more) sentences from that page, along with the title and author. Don’t give anything vital away!


“That night, Valorosa snuck out her bedroom window, saddled her horse, and rode away across the desert toward the Indian village that her father had fled so quickly. She told herself that she was such a good daughter, so dutiful, so loving! But she knew that really, she was a bit bored of making tamales, and wanted an escape.”


-53% [on Kindle] of Terra L. Gearhart-Serna’s “Coyote and Valorosa” in The Beastly Bride by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (eds.)

18 comments:

jlshall said...

Well, I might get tired of making tamales, too. But I never get tired of eating them! Great teaser!

Here’s mine.

Book Soulmates said...

I'm with Joy - I love me some yummy Cuban tamales :D

Here is my teaser for this week from A Kiss At Midnight by Eloisa James. I am loving this book - review coming soon :)

Happy reading!
Book ♥ Soulmates

Andrea said...

a little excitement can be a good thing.

Sullivan McPig said...

Nice teaser. Is this based on a fairy tale or is it original?

Cecelia said...

Sullivan: It's based on Coyote trickster tales of the indigenous American groups, as well as the classic fairy tale 'Beauty and the Beast.' So far it's hilarious!

Tales of Whimsy said...

Making tamales? A Hispanic heroine? I must learn more :)

Great teaser :)

Here is my TT :)

Dazzling Mage said...

I love the fairytale narration of this book! Great teaser!

Cecelia said...

Juju: I think you'd like it!

Carrie at In the Hammock Blog said...

awww, tired of making tamales!! great teaser!

Here's my teaser!!

Ana S. said...

Ooh - I want this book so badly! I loved their previous anthologies.

kayerj said...

love that--bored of making tamales. fun teaser. Kaye-the road goes ever ever on

brizmus said...

lol! fabulous teaser!

Lizzy said...

Great teaser! Is this a fairytale retelling?

Anonymous said...

Haha, I love this teaser! Sounds like a good book =)

Pixie said...

mmm tamales, for some reason this teaser made me hungry. Weird title, I will have to check this book out.

~Pixie

Anonymous said...

Great teaser. Looks like one I need to check out.

vvb32 reads said...

yummy, i'm gonna try this one. we really liked your Sunshine Lemon Craisin Cookies.

Melissa (My World...in words and pages) said...

Poor girl. I hope you are enjoying this book. It is a new one for me. I have never heard of it. Thanks!

I did a teaser as well this week, if you would like to stop by...
http://melissa-melsworld.blogspot.com/2010/08/teaser-tuesday-40.html

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