a bookish meme

Thank god for memes. When you're trying to blog everyday, and it's the work week, these little things come in handy.

This one has been around for quite awhile, but it's currently making the rounds again. I saw it over at Care's blog. Thank you Care!

Rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

From Three Junes, by Julia Glass:

It took a few evenings for me to learn how to ride these conversations, how not to be left in the starting gate, my horse bolted out from under me.

Mal never mentioned his health, yet the reason for our artificial friendship was rarely far from my mind. One evening the following spring, I noticed a mark on his forearm, a purple amoeba, when he rolled up his sleeves to begin a risotto.

Darn...it starts to get good after that.

I'm not tagging anyone in particular, but for all you Slow Travelers who like to read and need a blogging subject...have at it! And tomorrow is Booking Through Thursday, so there's another topic for you, too.