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 Scandal (aka Beartown) by Fredrik Backman. I was originally planning to continue my horror themed teasers but I read this at the weekend and loved it so much I had to share something from it. The writing is just incredible and I honestly think I’ve highlighted pretty much the whole book. Definitely one I’d recommend.
My Teaser
Her little Benjamin, the fighter with whom it’s far too easy for the girls of Beartown to fall in love. The boy with the most handsome face, the saddest eyes and the wildest heart they’ve ever seen.
~ 10% The Scandal by Fredrik Backman
Blurb
‘Late one evening towards the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else’s forehead and pulled the trigger. This is the story of how we got there.’
Beartown is a small town in a large Swedish forest.
For most of the year it is under a thick blanket of snow, experiencing the kind of cold and dark that brings people closer together – or pulls them apart.
Its isolation means that Beartown has been slowly shrinking with each passing year. But now the town is on the verge of an astonishing revival. Everyone can feel the excitement. Change is in the air and a bright new future is just around the corner.
Until the day it is all put in jeopardy by a single, brutal act. It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten, and those who’ll risk the future to see justice done. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear.
No one can stand by or stay silent. You’re on one side or another.
Which side will you find yourself on?
A Bookish Life 
Oh, I like the sound of this one!
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It’s very, very good
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Oh boy, this sounds intense. Sounds like one for me.
My TT from The Death Doll
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I’ve only read one book by this author, but enjoyed it. I have another one resting on Pippa, my Kindle (My Grandmother…). I like the sound of this one. Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “LIE TO ME”
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Sounds great. Here are my teasers this week.
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This sounds like a great book!
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It really is. Definitely one I’d recommend
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This sounds like an amazing premise – are you enjoying it, Ali? My TT this week – https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/teaser-tuesday-17th-october-2017/
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It was absolutely brilliant. Other than a slight confusion in the beginning with the multiple pov’s I loved it. The writing is soo good.
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