On a side note.
1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. After the water has been suffered to have its will, for a time, like a headstrong man, it is gathered together by the hand that made it, and a few rods below you may see it all, flowing on steadily towards the sea, as was foreordained from the first foundation of the 'arth! The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. I thought you were desperately ill with smallpox and everybody deserted you, but I went boldly to your bedside and nursed you back to life; and then I took the smallpox and died and I was buried under those poplar trees in the graveyard and you planted a rosebush by my grave and watered it with your tears; and you never, never forgot the friend of your youth who sacrificed her life for you. I'm going to have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer.
1. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
2. The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
3. The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan
4. Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
In the Hour before time began, Meerclar Allmother came out of the darkness to the cold earth. I think so. And then he busted into tears, and so did everybody. Sweeps were sent up and down the chimneys. And went home.
(That one is either really comedic or really poetic depending on how you look at it)
1. Tailchaser's Song, Tad Williams
2. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
4. Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
5. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Agatha Christie
To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. He always reminded Hank of a ventriloquist's dummy, exaggerated puppet features peppered with freckles and topped by a shock of curly red hair combed up and back in an impressive ducktail. Then, after a while, he gave command that Merlin, and Sir Ulfius, and Sir Kay should come to him at that place where he was. The hair rope was nearly finished. Frodo was alive but taken by the enemy.
1. Ordinary People, Judith Guest
2. Someplace to be Flying, Charles deLint
3. The story of King Arthur and his Knights, Howard Pyle
4. The Long Valley, John Steinbeck
5. The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien
Three lanterns cast a flickering light, more than enough to illuminate the small room with its stark white walls and ceiling, but Seaine kept her eyes fixed on the heavy wooden door. But the thing that tested Harry's resolution most appeared in his favorite shop, Quality Quidditch Supplies, a week after he'd arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. He said to himself: "This is Matt's last day," and tried to think what the place would be without her. Togo has very pronounced likes and dislikes, and hates any kind of restrictions. His wife, the Lady Alexandrina, is to be seen in the one-horse carriage with her mother at Baden-Baden.
1. Wnter's Heart, Robert Jordan
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling
3. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
4. The Whispering Statue, Carolyn Keene
5. The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope
Yep, I was pretty damned bored.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. After the water has been suffered to have its will, for a time, like a headstrong man, it is gathered together by the hand that made it, and a few rods below you may see it all, flowing on steadily towards the sea, as was foreordained from the first foundation of the 'arth! The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. I thought you were desperately ill with smallpox and everybody deserted you, but I went boldly to your bedside and nursed you back to life; and then I took the smallpox and died and I was buried under those poplar trees in the graveyard and you planted a rosebush by my grave and watered it with your tears; and you never, never forgot the friend of your youth who sacrificed her life for you. I'm going to have a lot of fun with Dudley this summer.
1. The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
2. The Last of the Mohicans, James Fenimore Cooper
3. The Dragon Reborn, Robert Jordan
4. Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, J. K. Rowling
In the Hour before time began, Meerclar Allmother came out of the darkness to the cold earth. I think so. And then he busted into tears, and so did everybody. Sweeps were sent up and down the chimneys. And went home.
(That one is either really comedic or really poetic depending on how you look at it)
1. Tailchaser's Song, Tad Williams
2. Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand
3. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
4. Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
5. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, Agatha Christie
To have a reason to get up in the morning, it is necessary to possess a guiding principle. He always reminded Hank of a ventriloquist's dummy, exaggerated puppet features peppered with freckles and topped by a shock of curly red hair combed up and back in an impressive ducktail. Then, after a while, he gave command that Merlin, and Sir Ulfius, and Sir Kay should come to him at that place where he was. The hair rope was nearly finished. Frodo was alive but taken by the enemy.
1. Ordinary People, Judith Guest
2. Someplace to be Flying, Charles deLint
3. The story of King Arthur and his Knights, Howard Pyle
4. The Long Valley, John Steinbeck
5. The Two Towers, J. R. R. Tolkien
Three lanterns cast a flickering light, more than enough to illuminate the small room with its stark white walls and ceiling, but Seaine kept her eyes fixed on the heavy wooden door. But the thing that tested Harry's resolution most appeared in his favorite shop, Quality Quidditch Supplies, a week after he'd arrived at the Leaky Cauldron. He said to himself: "This is Matt's last day," and tried to think what the place would be without her. Togo has very pronounced likes and dislikes, and hates any kind of restrictions. His wife, the Lady Alexandrina, is to be seen in the one-horse carriage with her mother at Baden-Baden.
1. Wnter's Heart, Robert Jordan
2. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, J. K. Rowling
3. Ethan Frome, Edith Wharton
4. The Whispering Statue, Carolyn Keene
5. The Small House at Allington, Anthony Trollope
Yep, I was pretty damned bored.