Tune in and Teaser Tuesday (4-3-2012)

Tune-in Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by Ginger from GReads. The idea is to share a song that you love, new or old, in order to spread some music around the blogosphere! 

Here's my pick this week:

"Skinny Love" by Birdy

This is a cover of a Bon Iver song that I CAN'T STOP LISTENING TO. Seriously. I've lost count of how many times I've listened to this song. Her voice is so beautifully haunting! I just can't get enough of it! Did I mention her song "Just a Game" made it onto The Hunger Games soundtrack? I can't wait to hear more from this girl. She's only fifteen and her voice is phenomenal!!!

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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!

Here's what I'm reading this week:

Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen

Synopsis

Many readers know the tale of Robin Hood, but they will be swept away by this new version full of action, secrets, and romance. 

Posing as one of Robin Hood’s thieves to avoid the wrath of the evil Thief Taker Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only the Hood and his band know the truth: the agile thief posing as a whip of a boy is actually a fearless young woman with a secret past. Helping the people of Nottingham outwit the corrupt Sheriff of Nottingham could cost Scarlet her life as Gisbourne closes in. 

It’s only her fierce loyalty to Robin—whose quick smiles and sharp temper have the rare power to unsettle her—that keeps Scarlet going and makes this fight worth dying for

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I literally JUST started this one. I'm only a couple of pages into the book, but I've heard quite a few good things! Here's my teaser:
"The smoke stung my eyes like a whip and I covered my mouth with my sleeve, coughing hard. I went by our little fire pit, and my stomach wrung out like the washing. The chest--and everything in it--the baubles and riches that were to buy a bare slice of time for the people of Nottinghamshire--were gone" (81).
Have I told you guys how much I love Robin Hood mythology? I can't WAIT until I get a little extra time so I can fully dive into this book!