Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by The Purple Booker. If you want to join in grab your current read, flick to a random page, select two sentences (without spoilers) and share them in a blog post or in the comments of The Purple Booker.
This week my teaser comes from The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman. Shocking as it is to admit this is my first ever Gaiman but I very much doubt it will be my last as I’ve fallen in love with his writing. There’s just something magical about it.
My Teaser
The dread had not left my soul.
But there was a kitten on my pillow, and it was purring in my face and vibrating gently with every purr, and very soon, I slept
~ pg 143 The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Blurb
THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE is a fable that reshapes modern fantasy: moving, terrifying and elegiac – as pure as a dream, as delicate as a butterfly’s wing, as dangerous as a knife in the dark – from storytelling genius Neil Gaiman.
It began for our narrator forty years ago when the family lodger stole their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up ancient powers best left undisturbed. Dark creatures from beyond this world are on the loose, and it will take everything our narrator has just to stay alive: there is primal horror here, and menace unleashed – within his family and from the forces that have gathered to destroy it.
His only defence is three women, on a farm at the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
Happy Reading Everyone
I’ve been wanting to read this one!
My TT from Ice Hunt
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Any time I see water, it catches my attention. 🙂
sherry @ fundinmental My TT
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Oh yay! I’m glad you are enjoying this one! It’s such a beautifully written story… If you want to try another Gaiman soon; Neverwhere is probably my absolute favorite. 😉
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I have that and Stardust sitting waiting on my kindle. Really must make time to read them.
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I still need to read Stardust myself! It’s actually one of the few exceptions where I have seen the movie before reading the book (although by accident). 😉
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I do love that movie so always been curious how the book compares.
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I hope you love this book as much as I did.
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Thank you
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