Teaser Tuesday & Top Ten Tuesday

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!

Devil's Kiss
By: Sarwat Chadda

Her body buckled under each discharge. Arthur squatted down beside her and drew out a crinkled packet of cigarettes. "Yes, it was much the same for me the first time" He lit one. "Welcome to the Knights Templar."
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Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted at Broke and Bookish Here is what they have to say: Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created here at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because we are particularly fond of lists here at The Broke and the Bookish. We'd love to share our lists with other bookish folks and would LOVE to see your top ten lists!

Each week we will post a new Top Ten list complete with one of our bloggers answers. Everyone is welcome to join. All we ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post AND sign Mister Linky at the bottom to share with us and all those who are participating. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Don't worry if you can't come up with ten every time..just post what you can!

This Week: TOP TEN LOVE STORIES

Do I have to stick to books here? Because many of the first titles that popped into my head are movies. I may just break the rule and go with it on a few of my all time favorites!

1. Pride & Prejudice by Jane a\Austen:
This is one of my stories period. I love Lizzie and I especially love how her and Darcy have that back and forth and before they know it...Love.

2. Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare:
This is my all time favorite bit of Shakespeare. Beatrice and Benedict are witty and sharp and like Darcy and Lizzie, fall in love before they realize what is happening. And if you want a little tragedy there is Claudio and Hero. Go read it, or check out the movie with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

3. The Clan of the Cave Bear Series by Jean M. Auel:
This is like 6 books long now (7 maybe?) and the through it all is the story of Ayla and Jondalar. It's messy and confusing and they hurt eachother even though they don't mean to, but they always find their way back to each other.

4. The Princess Bride:
Granted I saw this movie many times before I actually read the book, before I actually knew a book existed. Still, Westley and Buttercup are wonderful and watching them rediscover eachother, on the page or on film is great!

5. Star Wars:
(These are books too!) There are two great stories here, one- Han Solo and Leia. I mean she is tough and independent and he's a bit of a cad. Like almost everyone else on this list, they have a love hate relationship until love wins out. Favorite moment... "I'd rather kiss a Wookie" two- Anakin and Padme. This one is a tragedy. but a great story nontheless. Anakin chose wrong, but for all the right reasons. And he still lost everything.

6. Harry Potter by JK Rowling:
I could say Ginny and Harry, and you're right, they have a perfectly lovely little romance. But the real love story for me is always Hermione and Ron. See my explanination for every other love story I like. Apparently I have a a type- love sneaks up on two snarky, intellegent people and suddenly they can't live without eachother.

7. Tristan and Isolde:
This one doesn't fit my type, but I love it none the less. Star crossed lovers and the whole bit.

8. Sookie Stackhouse Series by Charlaine Harris:
Sookie and Eric- I could write paragraphs about why I love this pairing (mostly why I love Eric)- but mostly I like that he is so confident in the fact that she loves him, even before she is. I remains to be seen how this duo will end up, but it should be fun finding out.

9. The Wake Trilogy by Lisa McMann:
Janie and Cabel. I love that they find eachother and are able to help eachother heal.

10. The Study Series by Maria V. Syder:
Yelena and Valek. I love that she starts as a prisoner and rises in rank with Valek by her side. They are both strong and independent but find a relationship that fits for them.