Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Teaser Tuesday #42 and Top Ten Tuesday #32



Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading. Bloggers choose two
sentences out of our current read to peak others' curiosity.



 The Fire Horse Girl The Fire Horse Girl by Kay Honeyman

  

Teaser:

But I knew prisons, and this felt a little like a prison. I guess I am not as far away from my old life as I had hoped.


A fiery and romantic adventure, perfect for fans of Grace Lin, Kristen Cashore, or Lisa See!

Jade Moon is a Fire Horse -- the worst sign in the Chinese zodiac for girls, said to make them stubborn, willful, and far too imaginative. But while her family despairs of marrying her off, she has a passionate heart and powerful dreams, and wants only to find a way to make them come true.

Then a young man named Sterling Promise comes to their village to offer Jade Moon and her father a chance to go to America. While Sterling Promise's smooth manners couldn't be more different from her own impulsive nature, Jade Moon falls in love with him on the long voyage. But America in 1923 doesn't want to admit many Chinese, and when they are detained at Angel Island, the "Ellis Island of the West," she discovers a betrayal that destroys all her dreams. To get into America, much less survive there, Jade Moon will have to use all her stubbornness and will to break a new path . . . one as brave and dangerous as only a Fire Horse girl can imagine.



Top Ten is an original feature/weekly meme created here at
The Broke and the Bookish that features a great bookish top ten every week.


This week is a good one top ten frustrating characters. I am hoping I can narrow it down to ten.







Top Ten Frustrating Characters:

1.  Zoe from Nobody but US 
She is just so frustrating because of her stupid decisions.
Nobody But Us

2.  Betsy Taylor from Undead and Unwed
She is just really whiny!
Undead and Unwed (Undead, #1)

3. Luce from Fallen Series
Another very whiny character 
Fallen (Fallen, #1)

4. All three girls from Blessed 
Can't say why for sure they just are.
The Blessed (The Blessed, #1)

5. Ever from Immortal series. 
Just one stupid decision after another.
Evermore (The Immortals, #1)

6. Mary from  The Forest of Hands and Feet 
Argh just so selfish!
The Forest of Hands and Teeth (The Forest of Hands and Teeth, #1)

7. Max from Maximum Ride series.
She just is so dumb sometimes!
The Angel Experiment (Maximum Ride, #1)

8. Charlotte from A Need So Beautiful
she is just so whiny and full of self pity. Drove me insane
A Need So Beautiful (A Need So Beautiful, #1)

9. Almost every character in This is Not a Test 
I know its the end of the world but come on quit whining and fight!
This is Not a Test\

10. B from Zom-B- 
So mean and rude and argh!
Zom-B



4 comments:

  1. Nice tease! Intriguing cover too! Haven't heard of this one before!

    Here's my Teaser

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  2. Great teaser! I've seen this one around quite a bit in the last few days. Yet I still know next to nothing about it. Need to remedy that. :) Thanks for sharing! Here are my teasers! Happy Tuesday! :D

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  3. Nice teaser! I think I'll add this to my TBR. Thanks for sharing and Happy Reading! :)

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  4. Interesting teaser. I haven't seen this book before and will have to check it out. Thanks for sharing and happy reading.

    Katie ~ My Teaser Tuesday

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