Meme - grab that book

[reynardo]

from binxcat:
Grab the nearest book.
* Open it to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"I would come, but cruel, wicked Hester holds me very tight."

From The Old Nurse's Story by Elizabeth Gaskell, in The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women.

Comments

[panacea1.livejournal.com]

Er.... the first one was a blank note-book and the second one was a printer manual with only 48 pages.

"The branches, consisting of more or less oval segments, grow from lateral areoles, giving the plant, particularly when it is young, the appearance of a many-armed cross."

(from Simon & Schuster's Guide to Cacti and Succulents, c1985 original & English translation.)

[mr-figgy.livejournal.com]

"The start of good coverage of the next election begins with a thoughtful file on this one."

The Canadian Press Stylebook, 13th edition.

I'm not putting this in my blog today or tomorrow as I've jammed my poor readers with four posts within 24 hours. The only remedy now is to post nothing until I can conveniently forget about the meme, which should be another 24 hours or so.