Page 123 Meme

[rj_anderson]

I always did like this meme, and now I've been double-tagged so I'm going to do it twice.

Grab the nearest book, open to page 123, find the fifth sentence. Then post the next three sentences. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you (your taggees will post to you).


For megancrewe, this is from A Posse of Princesses by Sherwood Smith a.k.a. sartorias, which has the worst cover art and design ever*, but is a quite charming book if you can get past that:

A quick shadow flitted across the other side of the window. What had to be the other parent bird darting at a third bird, larger, with bright red and yellow feathers. Again and again it darted, warbling a loud, excited fall of notes, until the strange bird flew off, skimming over the treetops.

And for anywherebeyond, from Sarah Beth Durst's Into the Wild:

"Thanks for saving my life and all that. Can we leave now? Please?"

I tag:
kerravonsen
megburden
reveilles
lizbee
cesario

Though you may of course feel free to ignore the tag if you like.

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* I'm sorry, sartorias! But it really is awful, and doesn't do your delightful story and diverse cast of characters justice.

Comments

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Sorry the cover didn't work for you, but I'm glad you find the story better.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

I'm sure many people don't have the same cover hangups I do -- but with me it's so bad it sometimes prevents me from reading things I would really like. It took me years to get around to reading Bujold, because the covers were so dreadful that I kept picking them up in the bookstore, wincing and putting them down again. It wasn't until callyperry took matters into her own hands and sent me the entire series that I finally succumbed (and I'm very glad I did!).

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

I don't think of myself as all that cover conscious, but I had the same exact reaction to the Bujolds--those covers repelled me so much--seemed to signal types of books I don't like--that it was many years before i tried one, and only because I promised someone. After I was done I looked at that horrible cover and just shook my head.

[pbristow.livejournal.com]

"Maybe it was better this way".

Lois McMaster Bujold, "Komarr".

[kerravonsen]

Here: http://kerravonsen.livejournal.com/473582.html

That quote from "Into the Wild" makes me want to read it.

[harriet-wimsey.livejournal.com]

Oh, I loved Into the Wild! One of the things I like best about being a librarian is that it's part of my job to read all these great new books. I can always justify it as "familiarizing myself with the collection."