Bookworm stuff
Bookworm on Nov 18 2008 at 10:48 am | Filed under: Uncategorized
Lissa tagged me for a meme that hit too close to home for me even to think of failing to participate. It is, after all, about books. Here are the rules:
Pass it on to five other bloggers, and tell them to open the nearest book to page 56. Write out the fifth sentence on that page, and also the next two to five sentences. The CLOSEST BOOK, NOT YOUR FAVORITE, OR MOST INTELLECTUAL!
As it happened, the closest book was the school directory and, given the private information contained in that one, I had to pass, so I chose the next closest book: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. So, for your enjoyment and edification:
an-te-pe-nul-ti-mate [I'll skip the phonetic bit 'cause of all the little code things] adj. Second from the last; third from the end in a series. –n. An antepenult. [Late Latin antepaenultimus : Latin ANTE- + paenultimus, PENULT.]
Whew! Glad that’s done. And now to decide which of my blog friends will enjoy an equally silly moment with a book at their sides. I’m going to skip the usual suspects (meaning, I’m going to skip the people I chose for the last meme in which I participated about a year or two ago) and go for an entirely new group of friends. How about:
1. Ymarsakar
Go to it, guys and gals. And have fun.
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Thanks, Bookworm–for what it’s worth. My computer space is filled with books, but the closest one was rather a dud.
Thanks for the shout out. I think.
=sniff= Had Book seen fit to invite me in on this, my passage would have read:
Charles finished the soft kiss, pulled back slightly and gently lifted her chin. “Oh, Pamela, I don’t think I’ve ever felt quite like this. There’s a stirring in me. . .”
“Soothe me, Charles,” she implored. “Soothe me to my very depths!”
The next morning, as sunlight fell on two figures, entwined in each other’s arms under crumpled sheets. . .
Now now Charles…
You slipped…that was supposed to be in the “Abortion and Society thread….”
This appears to me a variation on the “It was a dark and stormy night….” round robin story writing contest — which is wonderful. In that one, each successive author writes one parapgraph and passes it on.
This one stikes me as more like the “mad Libs” the kids play on long car rides. Whatever, have fun with it!
Here’s mine… strangely revealing I must say!
OK, Bookwormites (err… Bookwormers, ummmm… Bookies?) – Author and title, please…
“Alex, I’ll take Nerdy Literature for $800″.
Narnia?
You’re right on track, CM. It’s from The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
Spot on!
The really revealing thing about it, in my opinion, is that the computer I was posting from is in my kitchen… Strange place for a Narnia book, strange family of Narniacs.
In my house, there are books everywhere. The children and I read them and abandon them all over the house. Since I usually have several books going at once, I like it that any given room has something to read. It’s only in my office that I try to create a book-free zone, since I find the computer enough of a distraction!
Glad you had fun with it, and thanks for playing!
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