Book Meme- Just for fun!

[SweetPea]

Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
Open the book to page 123.
Find the fifth sentence.
Post the next three sentences.


Mine is from Kiss of the Highlander:

"A few simple questions."
"I will answer them to the best of my ability," he replied.
"How much dirt is in a hole a foot wide, nine inches long, and three and a half foot deep?"

[homesteadmamma]

Mine is from Plain Secrets

It is clearly an understatment to say Sarah had had bad luck in her precious attemts at marriage.

She has married and buried seven husbands.

All of her husbands died on the night of their marriage, just before the couple were to consummate their nuptials.

[Kitten20]

Slowly add water while continuing to stir, to desired consistency.

Add all spices and seasonings. Bring to a slow easy boil over medium heat, stirring almost constantly.

From A Cup of Comfort Cookbook. Pretty boring, huh?

[nuisance26]

~The nearest book to me was Roget's Thesaurus. Page 123, lines 6-8:
scornful, sneering, withering, contumelious, snobbish, snobby, clannish, cliquish, exclusive, stuck-up, conceited~

[JerryG]

"I just had her on the ways," Freddy said, "She's in fine shape"
"Do you want to charter her?"
"What for?"
"A trip across"


To Have and Have Not by Hemingway

[justpeachy92]

"But in Jain belief, karma is actually subtle matter-minute particles that we accumulate as we act and think."
"Until it frees itself from karmas, the mundane soul wanders about through the universe in an endless cycle of deaths and rebirths, instantly transmigrating into another kind of being upon the death of its previous body."
" Acharya Shri Kund asserts, "Nowhere throughout the space in the entire universe is there any place in its course where the mundane soul has not take birth in many forms, big and small."

Mine is from my Living Religions textbook.

[Katybird]

From An Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky.

"For a minute Poppy thought she was alone. When she saw Star behind, she fought back tears of relief. She lost the battle when Star reached her."

[Moor]

Mine is from "People of the Earth" by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear

"We call to the elk or to the mountain sheep and they share themselves. To repay them, we sing their souls to the Starweb. You think you have to give something first,that the Spirits are selfish-sort of like people."

[iida]

from Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, in Finnish ofcourse

Niin aloin minäkin kysellä, voisiko Jumala muka pelastaa minut tästä paikasta. Ja se ajatus oli mielessäni monet kerrat, sillä moneen monituiseen vuoteen ei toivonkipinääkään ollut. Siitä huolimatta sanat painuivat syvälle mieleeni ja mietiskelin niitä usein.

[dcompton]

From The Toss of a Lemon

He is shirtless following his bath, as prescribed, and wearing a fresh dhoti. She comes closer, thinking he must have spilt some holy ash, though ti seems a strange place to manage to spill it. There is none on his neck or shoulder.

[AmyBoz]

The nearest book belongs to Dd and is "The Incredibles."

"And Mom," Dash went on, "that was sweet when you snagged that bad guy with your amr and kinda, like, whiplashed him into the other guy."
Helen smiled. "I'm trying to listen to messages, honey."
Dash fell back in his seat, exclaiming, "That was the best vacation ever! I love our family!"

And, SweetPea...I've just gotten into Karen Marie Moning books and LOVE them! I remember the lines you quoted!

[Michelle]

"He had never felt this way before, this sense of urgency, so he didn't dare stop the car. He knew he wasn't there yet. Nebraska was a lot flatter than Wyoming."

from Dream Country by Luanne Rice

[SandNOceanGirl]

Paula and Jessica were up in Paula's room creating a Barbie dynasty, and all felt right with the world. It was one of those glorious fall days, the kind that made you want to don a sweatshirt and sneakers, kick back in your deck chair, and wish Monday would never come.
"I swear Mike's grown half a foot since school started," said Kate, laughing at a wild jump shot from one of the boys as they watched through the kitchen windows.

From Bad Heiress Day by Allie Pleiter

[onencgirl]

"I see dark things ahead for all of us."
The Undertaker was very grave, shaking her head.
"And I see danger all around you.

Taken from May-Bird

[Darlene]

Victim:"You can stop right there. I don't want to hear anymore of this."

Captor: "When I'm inside their chests, that's when I crush their heart"

From Rough Draft James W. Hall
Oh my, this guy isn't a nice guy.