BFTP: Nearest book meme
Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 06:19AM A weekend Blue Skunk "feature" will be a revision of an old post. I'm calling this BFTP: Blast from the Past. Original post, December 2, 2008. Ah, memes. Remember those, my early blogger pals?
A few other changes were made to the 1855 plate, but this map's primary purpose was to record for posterity the political decision associated with Minnesota taking its place in the Union, an event long predicted by the series of morphing territorial maps. Minnesota on the Map: a Historical Atlas by David A. Lanegran.
Here are the rules to this meme:
- Get the book nearest to you. Right now.
- Go to page 56.
- Find the 5th sentence.
- Write this sentence - either here in the comments or on your own blog.
- Copy these instructions as commentary of your sentence.
- Don't look for your favorite book or your coolest but really the nearest.
It's the book I keep on the coffee table - a beautiful, fascinating history of the state of Minnesota told through maps made of the region. It only sounds boring.
Bloggers, you're it.
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As I repost this in 2013, my nearest book is 50 (no not that 50) Places to Hike Before You Die by Chris Santella. Page 56, fifth sentence:
"The whole time you are there [Columbia's Ciudad Perdida], your mouth is hanging open.
Reader Comments (13)
"Over 350 people have hurtled through space, not all returning to earth."
from the book "Critical Thinking Skills" --developing effective analysis and arguments by Stella Cottrell. I was supposed to use this book to help me write my graduate papers. Still haven't cracked it open (until a few moments ago!)
Hi Vivian,
Nice to know I helped you get moving on your paper ;-)
Good to hear from you. Hope things are going well and that you have a happy holiday season ahead.
Doug
"It was white, spewing out of the mountain at high pressure from somewhere below them."
"The Mayan Secrets" by Clive Cussler.
The main characters where hiking up a mountain when an earthquake started, causing steam to blow out from a crack just opened up. I have read a number of his books, so there always seems to be one near by.
"Mandy, shall we go to the old quarry tomorrow and play?"
I've been reading Mandy by Julie Edwards to my 7-year-old daughter.
"I hold my breath." from The One and Only Stuey Lewis by Jane Schoenberg, nominated for Illinois School Library Media Association 2014 Monarch Award
"Whatever hands they fell into would just throw them in the trash!" countered Willa, but Horace just smiled.
From Eldritch Manor by Kim Thompson... one of the OLA 2014 Silver Birch award nominees I'm reading so I can promote to the readers at my school library.
"Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen." from his novel, every day.
"Kindness connects to who you are, while niceness connects to how you want to be seen." from his novel, every day.
"And I myself," he added, "am only a very imperfect magician and can do only the smallest elements."
Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis.
Had to grab the second book. The first was a picture book without 56 pages.
The quote from the book, "Mandy" made me smile. I remember stumbling upon this book when I was in grade 6. My teacher had a bookshelf with miscellaneous books at the back of the classroom. I was always on the hunt looking for something to read. I was fascinated with the fact that Julie Andrews, the famous actress from Sound of Music, could also write a book! (Her married name is Julie Edwards). It was a good read too. :)
"The homeless guy who always sat on a bucket outside the bodega and begged for change." From GuysRead Thriller ed Jon Sciesszka which just came in today and is sitting on my desk.
"And then Gertrude got real quiet." From Because of Winn Dixie, which is sitting on my desk waiting to be repaired. On top of a heap of things that "Must be Done by the End of the Week". Pile is a month old.
Gwen,
Thanks for the reminder of this meme! I'd forgotten about it!
Doug