Teaser Tuesday - January 10, 2011

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Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Shouldbereading.wordpress.com Anyone can play along!

Grab your current read Let the book fall open to a random page Share with us two (2) “teaser” sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12. You also need to share the title of the book that you’re getting your “teaser” from … that way people can have some great book recommendations if they like the teaser you’ve given!

There is only one VERY IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER:

*** Do NOT post anything that could spoil the plot of the book!!! ***

If your sentences that fall between lines 7 and 12 on the page you turn to give too much away, choose a different page, or a different spot on the page… we don’t want to ruin any surprises for anyone!

My current read is: A Hard Man is Good to Find by James W. Lewis

Something you should know about this book. It's funny as heck! See why:

Random Page:

"Damn shame. How you gon' bring the buns to the party and forget the meat?" (loc 234 on kindle)

Also reading: Sixty-Nine by Pynk

Random Page:

"All these other men are part of the preparation. You have to pray, baby girl. And just when it looks like you're getting more of the same, pray some more. The right man is out there and God will bring him to you when the time is right." (loc 539 on kindle)

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Review of Anyone Can Die by James LePore

 Anyone Can Die by James LePore

Published: 2009

Publisher: The Story Plant

Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 978-1-61188-001-4

Anyone Can Die 

From Goodreads:

James LePore’s first novel, A World I Never Made earned raves from reviewers, readers, and fellow authors alike. Blogcritics called it, “An outstanding first novel, and a wonderful thriller.” Bella Online said, “I highly recommend this compelling suspense story filled with vivid characters and haunting storylines. A story that will stay with the reader long after the final
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James LePore’s first novel, A World I Never Made earned raves from reviewers, readers, and fellow authors alike. Blogcritics called it, “An outstanding first novel, and a wonderful thriller.” Bella Online said, “I highly recommend this compelling suspense story filled with vivid characters and haunting storylines. A story that will stay with the reader long after the final pages.” And M.J. Rose, the acclaimed author of The Memorist said A World I Never Made was, “A compelling page-turner & one of those wonderful books with characters as strong as the story and a story worth reading. Don’t miss it.”

Now LePore returns to the characters of A World I Never Made to present us with three suspenseful and unforgettable stories:

Till Death Do Us Part: A young Pat Nolan and his wife are on their honeymoon in New Mexico when they find a bond they did not know they had as they are forced to confront trouble in the form of a surly trio of locals.
God’s Warriors: Megan Nolan, a cynical American woman on her own in Europe makes a life-changing decision that both reveals and belies her true character.

Max: Max French, a quirky, deadly and, in his own eyes, oddly lovable FBI agent faces a personal drama that will set the course of his future.

My thoughts:

When I saw this book up for review from the Pump Up Your Book virtual tour, I was very interested in reading it.  I haven't read any of James LePore's other books, but I thought this short story would be a good introduction to his writing.  There were three short stories in this book. The author says in his introduction that these stories involve the main characters from his book A World I Never Made.  My favorite short story in this book was Max.  This book is good if you are short on time and want to read some interesting little short stories.  I am interested in reading his book A World I Never Made to see how these characters all tie in to the story.

3/3 Diamonds

I liked it!

Disclaimer: Thank you to Pump Up Your Book! :: Online Book Publicity Tours for sending me a review copy. I was not compensated for my review. My thoughts on this book were in no way influenced by the author or publicist. They are my personal reflections based solely on MY experience while reading this novel.

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