Teaser Tuesday: Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can join. Here are the rules
(1) Grab your current read
(2) Open to a random page
(3) Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
(4) 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!
(5) Share the title & author, too, so that other other participants can add the book to their TBR lists if they like your teasers!

And this week I'm reading the very awesome, much awaited and pined for Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins. The Hunger Games was one of my very favorite reads of last year and, as you can imagine, I was thrilled - really thrilled to get my hands on this title. Yes, it's been very hard to find a teaser that includes no spoilers! And yes, this is longer than two sentences (and I took out potential spoilers!)

When I hear the scream of the crowd, I think it's because I must look stunning. Then I notice something is rising up around me. Smoke. From fire. Not the flickery stuff I wore last year in the chariot, but something much more real that devours my dress I begin to panic as the smoke thickens. Charred bits of black silk swirl into the air, and pearls clatter to the stage. Somehow I'm afraid to stop because my flesh doesn't seem to be burning...Then all at once, the fire is gone. I slowly come to a stop, wondering if I'm naked. But I'm not naked...I'm clothed in black except for the white patches on my sleeve. or should I say my wings. Cinna has turned me into a mockingjay.

I'll review this book later this week but all I want to say now is that if you're worried that catching Fire can't possibly live up to all the hype, don't worry. It's fantastic. And will keep you on the edge of your seats throughout.