I got it from Amira. It’s too much fun to resist.
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
Then suddenly he remembered a story which Christopher Robin had told him about a man on a desert island who had written something in a bottle and thrown it in the sea; and Piglet thought that if he wrote something in a bottle and threw it in the water, perhaps somebody would come and rescue him!
That was nearly the entire 123rd page; the rest is taken up by a very lovely drawing. And yes, it was the closest book; hubby was reading it to C last night before bed. 🙂
The Book Nut 
I like your book best.
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I’m going to wait to do this until I get home. Cos right now the closest book to me is Biometry-on statistics for biologists- and that woule BORE everyone to absolute tears!!!
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That was so fun!! Here’s my 4 sentences:
David had no specific plan, but he knew vaguely what he had to do, for there was no other way of doing it. He walked down the corridor rapidly past the elevators, and ran the remaining distance to his room. He let himself inside and picked up the beside telephone, pressing the digits he had committed to memory. “Concierge’s desk,” said a pleasant voice which did not sound Oriental; it was probably Indian.”
(“The Bourne Supremacy” my dh’s book)
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Closest book: Man are From Mars, Women are From Venus
4 lines: By not fully trusting and opening up, Cathy had spent years protecting herself from being hurt. But during their two weeks of living in love she started to open up more than she ever had in her adult life. Harris’s support had made it safe for her to get in touch with her old feelings.
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