Book Meme

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Shamelessly stolen from iwantasoda 

- Take four books off your bookshelf.
- Write the first sentence
- Write the last sentence on page fifty
- Write the second sentence on page one hundred
- Write the next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
- Write the final sentence of the book
- Let your friends guess what book it is.

Book 1: 

The great fish moved silently through the night water, propelled by short sweeps of its crescent tail.

"They're not here. Nobody's here. I sure am bored."

The officer said he would dispatch a patrol boat at first light to search for the body.

"What would you tell your father?"

Then he began to kick toward shore.


Book 2:

There was once a young man who wished to gain his Heart's Desire.

But here even Victoria was surprised, for her father agreed with her mother, saying that working in the bar at the Seventh Magpie was something that a well-brought-up young-lady would not do.

The little hairy man vanished behind an oak tree; Tristran heard a few grunts, and then his new friend reappeared, saying, "There."

It charged into the middle of the clearing,  and then it turned, and lowered its head, and faced its pursurer--which bounded into the clearing with a growl that made Tristran's flesh prickle.

She says nothing at all, but simply stares upward into the dark sky and watches, with sad eyes, the slow dance of the infinie stars.

Book 3:

It was a nice day.

The lengthy compositor's error, if such it may be called, occurs in the Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 48, verse 5.

Do Unto others Before they Do Unto You.

(page 150 is blank)

Slouching hopefully towards Tadfield...for ever.


And lastly an easy one, Book 4:

Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.

"It's lying you are, and I'm proud of it."

"He must be dismissed, immediately, tomorrow  morning."

She must hear what they said.

After all, tomorrow is another day.