Like the numbers on a slot machine coming up jackpot-jackpot-jackpot, the Wheel of Time has turned to Teaser Tuesday.
Just in case you don’t know, Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Books and a Beat. Anyone can play along! All you have to do is grab the book you’re currently reading, open to a random page and share a few sentences from that page. But make sure you don’t share any spoilers!*
*I wish I could take credit for this introduction, but I shamelessly stole it from Heather over at bitsnbooks. To help me make amends, you should go check out her blog.
This week I’m reading Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad by M.T. Anderson. This book’s been on my TBR since it was first released, and I was pleased to find it at my Library after weeks of being checked out. Yes, I know I could place a hold on it, but I didn’t. I was afraid it’d end up being like my current hold, in which I’m third in the queue.
The Truly Random Number Generator sends us to page 13:
The St. Petersburg of Dmitri Shostakovich's youth was ready to wake up from its ancient, monarchic dream and, blinking and bewildered, confront the new world of the twentieth century.
In Retrospect:
Prisoner of Heaven was simply amazing. We don’t see much of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, and there’s no huge plot involving secret or forbidden manuscripts, but man oh man what a story we are given. So many plot lines between Shadow of the Wind and Angel’s Game are tied up, and we get the not-quite-full truth of Fermín’s past, plus a cliffhanger/not-a-cliffhanger ending that – in my opinion – this work stands above both Shadow of the Wind and Angel’s Game (but only because it stands on their shoulders).
4 stars
Running In My Head 
I hope Symphony for the City of the Dead isn’t too much of a grim read – and I’m glad that last week’s TT, Prisoner of Heaven was such a great book:). This is my offering… https://sjhigbee.wordpress.com/2016/05/10/teaser-tuesday-10th-may-2016/
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So far it’s not too bad, but it is centered around some of the worst suffering outside a concentration camp in WWII and the rise of totalitarian communism in Russia, so hope for a “happy” book is thin.
That doesn’t mean it won’t be good, but that I’ll have to take it in small doses (i.e. mixed with Terry Pratchett and/or Neil Gaiman).
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Oh yes – I think you should pace yourself… I recall learning about this in my history lesson and the numbers are absolutely shattering, when you consider behind every statistic is a suffering person:(.
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I think I’d have to be in a certain frame of mind to read this book. I tend to gravitate towards mystery and fantasy reads…strictly for their entertainment value. Although this may be a great read, I don’t get the feeling “entertaining” would be a word associated with it. Thanks for sharing. My teaser this week can be found at: http://abookaddictsview.blogspot.com/2016/05/teaser-tuesday_10.html
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I try to keep a good balance in reading. I’ve read fiction/Gothic thrillers the last few weeks, so it’s time for some reality. At least, that’s what my schedule says.
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Very visual teaser. I hope you are enjoying the book. My teaser this week comes from Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones. Happy reading!
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I never thought of using the random generator to choose a page. I used to read a lot of WWII novels, but they are not doing it for me right now. Glad you are enjoying it.
sherry @ fundinmental My TT
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It sounds interesting. It might be something to read on a grim day in the late fall. I just don’t know as much about Russia and the rise of communism as a I should and that is one reason to read this book. And really if your teaser is any indication then it would be a pleasure to read.
Here’s my teaser: https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/
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I don’t know about this one. I’d have to be in just the right mood to begin it. But, that’s also probably why I should read it:)
Here’s my TT
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