May 31, 2004 10:40
Directions:
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.
My daughter has been lost to me in a world I do not understand. My vagina, my vagina, me. Then we were off in a blur of taxis and clubs and more kissing and martinis and my hand rubbing on Luca's hairy tummy, getting lower each time but never wanting to spoil what I knew was to come by exposing the treasure below. "Don't push it, Josh. If you don't want to get burned," before bending his head into the car, "then you shouldn't play with fire." Then she went up to Charles Wallace.
Book #1- a journey with elsa cloud by Leila Hadley
Book #2- The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Book #3- Tommy's Tale by Alan Cumming
Book #4- Paperback Original by Will Rhode
Book #5- A wind in the door by Madeleine L'Engle