Strangely Ironic Book Meme

Here’s a fun little meme. I found this at The Atheist Blogger. Odd blog for me to be reading, but an interesting little meme idea.

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST

Well, the closest book was one I had just placed on my desk for reading. Mama Gena’s School of Womanly Arts by Regena Thomashauer.

“You want glow – you gotta have fun. That’s the simple equation, my beauties. While working hard is great, hard work without fun is empty and meaningless. And fun is not all “Ha-ha, whee!” It is whatever experience entertains and grabs you. Sometimes fun is going to a movie that is so sad it makes you sob like a baby. I rent Il Postino or Once Around when I want that kind of fun.”

Well, that’s seven sentences. I really like that. It’s a great book, by the way.

I’m going to do the same thing as the Atheist Blogger did and tag YOU. That’s right. If you’re reading this, and you have a blog, take five minutes and give us seven sentences from page 56 of the closest book. Go on. Make sure you link to me so that I can come find it and comment.