Random bookish meme!

[daemonluna]

Gakked from dine:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.

Nearest book:

"They are just as suitable for teenagers looking ahead as are picture books, fairy tales, and trading-card reference diagrams are for those looking back--teenage is a Venn diagram of intersection experiences and literatures."

From Exploding the Myths: The Truth About Teenagers and Reading by Marc Aronson.

Nearest fiction book:

"As dusk comes and the temperature drops, she drags two rocking chairs over to the fireplace and lights a fire."

From Tending to Grace by Kimberly Newton Fusco. New YA fiction, haven't had time to read it yet.

Nearest fiction book I've finished:

*snerk* Okay, I'm going to have to excerpt instead.

Mrs. did some deep breathing.
"Please, children. Please. Did anyone in Room Nine draw a picture of a regular farm animal? Anyone at all. That's all I'm looking for. Just a regular old farm animal."
"I did! I did, Mrs.!" I yelled real excited. "I drew a picture of a rooster under a tree!"
"Oh, Junie B.! Thank you! That's perfect!" she said.
I holded it up so she could see it.
"See it, Mrs.? See how pretty it is?"
Mrs. looked at my picture.
"Oh yes. That's a very nice tree, Junie B.," she said. "But why is it lying on its side?"
"It crashed over in a rainstorm," I said.
"Oh," said Mrs. "Oh, dear."
She looked even closer.
"But I'm afraid I don't see the rooster, honey."
I pointed.
"There," I said. "See his foot under the branch? He did not get out in time, apparently."

From Junie B. Jones Has a Peep in Her Pocket by Barbara Park.

What am I reading that can't be lumped under the vague "professional development" heading? Hmm. Just finished rereading To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis.

Continue to need to post about some of the stuff I've read lately. But I've got half an hour until we're meeting Barb's sister for lunch, eep.

Comments

[alessar.livejournal.com]

Awful.

Unless you would interpret this as a sentence:

"Awful. Terrible. And yet quite beautiful."

Chung Kuo: The Middle Kingdom by David Wingrove

[jestyna.livejournal.com]

"Beauty, who had half expected that he would be angry with her, was reassured by his gentle voice, and went back to teh palace, where supper was awaiting for her; and afterward the Beast came in as usual, and talked about the time she had spent with her father, asking if she had enjoyed herself, and if they had all been very glad to see her."
Beauty and the Beast-- from "Best Loved Fairy Tales of the World" by Joanna Cole.

*resisting urge to edit, edit, edit!!!*

This was actually the second closest book, if you include the copy of ConTales that Linda had given me for Andrew that I must rememberot give him. But since I didn't consider it a real book, and that the story on page 23 was by the American fellow....

And, well, the only reason that was the closest book was because there are piles of them all over my desk that need reshelving.

ARGH!