Book Meme

Great idea this - taken from and contributed to on Dina's site. So good I thought I would share it here too.

1. Take five books off your bookshelf (or in my case the coffee table).
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:

"Precious Ramotswe was sitting at her desk at the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency in Gaborone. 'I could make a stew at the start of the week,' the wife was saying, 'and it would keep. Do you like stews?' As you read this book 2.5 million red blood cells are being made every second within your bone marrow, in order to keep your body cells supplied with oxygen. If they are saying this thing, announcing it, then they feel that logically they have to present it in speech marks, because it's all them talking. And if you are wondering why this piece is at the end of the book instead of appearing as the usual foreward, preface or introduction, well, it is called Inside Out..."

The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
The Blackpool Highflyer - Andrew Martin
The Optimum Nutrition Bible - Patrick Holford
Eats Shoots & Leaves - Lynne Truss
Inside Out: a personal history of Pink Floyd - Nick Mason