Because it's like stichomancy...
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favourite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same. (Do it if you want)
The book nearest to me is Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje. The fifth complete sentence is the last in a chapter, so I'll include two from the next page:
And then another wave of the party swirled me away.
2:15 in the afternoon. I sit in the huge living room of the old governor's home in Jaffna.
Off to do laundry!
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favourite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same. (Do it if you want)
The book nearest to me is Running in the Family by Michael Ondaatje. The fifth complete sentence is the last in a chapter, so I'll include two from the next page:
And then another wave of the party swirled me away.
2:15 in the afternoon. I sit in the huge living room of the old governor's home in Jaffna.
Off to do laundry!