When I think of my wife, I always think of her head. The shape of it, to begin with. The very first time I saw her, it was the back of the head I saw, and there was something lovely about it, the angles of it. Like a shiny, hard corn kernel or a riverbed fossil. She had what the Victorians would call a finely shaped head. You could imagine the skull quite easily.
~ Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
I was so excited when I received this book, I immediately opened it and skimmed through it. The first sentence immediately jumped out at me and I decided to share this teaser on my blog today. This beginning creeped me out just a bit and it makes me really want to jump right into this book.
Hope you like it :).
Teaser Tuesdays 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 & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
I really loved this book. I read Sharp Objects also by Flynn and that was just as good. Let me know what you think when you finish.
This is what I thought of it…
http://readbyjenni.com/2012/07/23/gone-girl/
@readbyjenni: I will, thanks 🙂
I haven’t read this book either! And I’m with you — that first sentence creeps me out. But I still want to read the book.
My Teaser is from THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS.
I started this one, which grabbed my attention immediately. But sadly I only made it about 40 pages before giving up on it, I just couldn’t get into it. I heard it picks up but I’m not sure I want to go back and waste my time if it doesn’t. I think I’m the only one who didn’t like it lol.
My Teaser
I loved Gone Girl…so your teaser was a nice reminder. Hope you enjoy it, too.
Here’s my Tuesday teaser/intro: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2013/06/first-chapter-first-paragraph-18-and.html
@Catherine: After reading that, I am really looking forward to this one. It’s received mixed reviews. But I think I will enjoy the unreliable narrator story line that people have been telling me about.
Have you got a review of this book?I should look it up once I am done with mine. I have been hesitant to read too many reviews on this one as I don’t want spoilers.
I have this one in Mount TBR. Really need to get to it one of these days… My teaser: The Nail Knot
I haven’t read this one either. Come see my teasers for Heart of Obsidian by Nalini Singh and Ink by Amanda Sun. Happy reading!
I still have NOT read this book, but I really want to. Great teaser. This week I’ve shared some Jack Reacher news as my teaser – feeling a bit time-pressed. http://writenotereviews.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/teaser-tuesday-lee-childs-high-heat/