Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Teaser Tuesday - Shades of Grey

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along!
Grab your current read
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Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page



We rolled the man over so he was on his side, and as soon as the staff and the customers saw the Purple Spot pinned to his lapel, they all went quiet.  Only an Ultraviolet having an inconvenient dying event right here in their store would cause more headaches. 

p.16 Shades of Grey Jasper Fforde


A little explanation - in this book people are classed by what colors they can see and they are ranked by those colors.  People who see Purple are highly ranked, then Green, Red, etc.  Grey is the lowest ranking you can be.
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23 comments:

  1. ClareFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:27 AM

    Shades of Grey sounds wonderful, and I love Jasper Fforde. I was wondering how the class issues were working out, and this sounds amazing.

    My teaser is Shakespeare!

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  2. HarveeFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:50 AM

    Never heard of this author bu the teaser is interesting! My teaser.

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  3. Maria (Serpentine Library)February 23, 2010 at 9:00 AM

    I love reading Jasper Fforde books, his Thursday Next series is so much fun! Great teaser from Shades of Great :)

    My teaser is from The Dead-Tossed Waves

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  4. CeceliaFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:04 AM

    I love the tone of this book - just from those lines! I can only imagine that things get crazier from there. Great teaser!

    If you'd like, you can check out mine here.

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  5. ZiaFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:25 AM

    Makes me wonder what happened. Great teaser!

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  6. JenniferFebruary 23, 2010 at 9:30 AM

    An interesting teaser and the premise of the books sounds quite intriguing.

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  7. CeeCeeFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:01 AM

    That sounds different. Enjoy!

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  8. LoriFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    What an intriguing teaser. I might look into what this book is about. Enjoy your book. Here's Mine.

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  9. Book SoulmatesFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM

    That does sound different...and interesting!

    Here are our teasers!

    ♥Isalys
    Book Soulmates

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  10. BarbaraFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:02 AM

    always wanted to read a Fforde book -- this one is it!

    here's mine http://blog.readinggroupchoices.com/content/blog/barbara/10/february/teaser-tuesday-223-angelology-danielle-trussoni

    thanks for stopping by On the Bookcase

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:16 AM

    Sounds interesting and unique too..
    Here is mine:
    http://sumanam.wordpress.com/

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  12. nineflyFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I've been quite curious about this book, but the reviews I've read have been a mix of awesome and wtf lol
    mmm, I do love colours though...

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  13. Jan von HarzFebruary 23, 2010 at 11:48 AM

    Sounds very interesting thanks for the explanation that really helped put the teaser in context. Think I might like this book.

    Also thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving me a comment. I love getting comments.

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  14. MarceFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:05 PM

    Your explanation has me intrigued, I was totally stumped.

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  15. Jennifer @ Mrs. Q: Book AddictFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:53 PM

    Interesting teaser!

    Here is mine: http://twe.ly/5Ac

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  16. Nikki @ BookizzleFebruary 23, 2010 at 1:14 PM

    This sounds like a very interesting read. I'm intrigued. Thanks for sharing!

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  17. kayerjFebruary 23, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    intriguing . . .
    Kaye—the road goes ever ever on

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  18. Brooke from The Bluestocking GuideFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:01 PM

    Thanks for visiting today! This sounds good.

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  19. LizzyFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:12 PM

    Hadn't heard of this one before, but it sounds interesting. Great teaser!

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  20. LayaFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:18 PM

    OMG want. XD What an interesting premise; I am so going to look for this book. Great teaser!

    Thanks for dropping by mine!

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  21. ForgetfuloneFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:39 PM

    Gosh, that sounds so interesting! I'm gonna have to look this book up online later. Thanks for a great teaser!

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  22. AleksandraFebruary 24, 2010 at 5:51 AM

    Really interesting teaser!
    Happy reading!

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  23. Jen at Introverted ReaderFebruary 26, 2010 at 5:11 AM

    This was my very first Waiting on Wednesday post, and I just got around to requesting it at the library. Thanks for the teaser!

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