book meme

[stevekenson]

Borrowed from lonespiritwolf2

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't search around and look for the coolest book you can find. Do what's actually next to you.

"He often found dire threats to humanity—such as his first encounters with the Sub-Terrans and their underground kingdom—or unbelievable wonders like the dinosaur-filled Lost World in South America." (from Freedom City, Second Edition which happens to be on top of the stack of books on my desk right now)

Comments

[queerpaganquill.livejournal.com]

"Somewhat reluctantly Mr Norrell agreed to meet Lort Portishead and Mr Drawlight wrote a letter summoning him to Hanover-square."

From Johnathan Strange and Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke.

A wonderful book.

[princeofcairo.livejournal.com]

"Originally, a parking garage occupied the central portion of each of the first 22 floors." (From Chicago's Famous Buildings, Fourth Edition, edited by Franz Schulze and Kevin Harrington, which was about three inches from my left hand at the moment I read your post.)

[xomec.livejournal.com]

I've heard good things about Johnathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. It was actually on my wish list for the holidays, but nobody got it for me. I may just have to pick it up for myself the next time I'm in a bookstore...

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

It's neat, I think you'll get a kick out of it. (BTW, waddap Mr. Kenson!)

[blacksnail.livejournal.com]

"There is a certain grim humor in the twistings and turnings of unwilling witnesses under the implacable cross-examination of Senator Walsh of Montana, without whose resourceful work the truth might never have been run to ground."

-From Only Yesterday, An Informal History of the 1920's, by Frederick Lewis Allen.

[queerpaganquill.livejournal.com]

Read it and love it.

It's kind of a Jane Austin meets Tolstoy meets Tolkein kinda thing.

[drakematrix.livejournal.com]

I just did this, and the nearest book was either Quicken 2003 for dummies, or Chris' Temple of Shamanic Witchcraft. I opted for Chris' book. The sentence...

They Grow.

Ominous, no?