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 Artemis by Andy Weir. I received this from NetGalley and just couldn’t resist reading more or less immediately. The story is pretty much about a heist in a city on the moon, and it’s sooo good. I haven’t read the Martian so can’t compare but it’s very clever, funny and has just the right amount of science and techie stuff.
My Teaser
It’s a simple idiot-proofing scheme that’s very effective. But no idiot-proofing can overcome a determined idiot.
~ 23% Artemis by Andy Weir
Blurb
The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon
Jazz Bashara is a criminal.
Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and only city on the moon, is tough if you’re not a rich tourist or an eccentric billionaire. So smuggling in the occasional harmless bit of contraband barely counts, right? Not when you’ve got debts to pay and your job as a porter barely covers the rent.
Everything changes when Jazz sees the chance to commit the perfect crime, with a reward too lucrative to turn down. But pulling off the impossible is just the start of her problems, as she learns that she’s stepped square into a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself—and that now, her only chance at survival lies in a gambit even riskier than the first.
A Bookish Life 
I really want to the read this – even without the teaser. I loved The Martian.
My post is here
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I definitely need to read the Martian. I love the film sooo much. A few people have said Artemis isn’t as good but I suspect it’ll come down to how much you love a good heist story 🙂
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I hope you enjoy when you do. I enjoyed the movie too, which is rare with books I love. I wonder if people just wanted more of the same?
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Very possibly. Also when something is your favourite it’s very difficult for anything else to live up to expectations.
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Great teaser! Thanks for sharing, and here’s mine: “THE LYING GAME”
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It’s a great book so there were plenty of sentences to choose from
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Sounds great and I really love the teaser. Here are mine.
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The teaser sounds amazing. I hope you enjoy this book!
Here’s my teaser.
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It’s a great book. Would definitely recommend
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Love that teaser! Artemis is definitely one of my most anticipated releases right now. Lucky you for getting a copy!
Happy reading! Here’s my teaser of The Other Girl by Erica Spindler.
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Although this isn’t a genre I’d normally choose, clever and funny are always a winning combination- and the teaser is great!
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I can be a bit funny about sci fi if it’s too techie but while there is quite a lot it’s worked in quite naturally and is very readable.
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