Okay folks, I finally got tagged with my first Me-Me. This one is a bit different from some of the ones I have seen. Janna Scharf tagged me today for the what-the-heck-are-you-reading Bookworm/Book Club Meme. Here are the rules:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next two to five sentences.
5. Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book or the intellectual one. Pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five people to do the same
*The one book that this cannot be is the Bible*
Okay, I have two books close to me right now. Shall I choose the novel? Or should it be the success book? Hmmmm. Well, short of taking out a tape measure to determine which is closest to my chair, I guess I'll pick the one I was reading just before I dropped off to sleep last night (I hate when that happens - makes me wonder how many pages I read in a semi-stupor without even knowing what I read). Anyway, it is At Risk by Patricia Cornwell. Not her latest work, but one I somehow missed. I've read all her others. 
Let's see.... Page 56 is a blank page between chapters and page 57 is a short page and doesn't have 5 sentences, so here is an excerpt from page 58:
"He won't be surprised if she sells her house.
‘What do we know about him?' she asks again, the prosecutor who seems to have no feelings about what just happened.
Her attacker is in critical condition. Win is careful what he tells her. It is, to say the least, a highly unusual situation. She is accustomed to asking the state police anything she wants and having nothing withheld from her."
Well, there it is. Maybe I should have chosen the John Maxwell book, but ...
So now for Rule 6. This is the hardest part. I've heard some of my AR friends complain about being tagged, while others enjoy it. Trouble is, I can't remember which is which. So here goes.
Paul Henderson (RE/MAX Professionals)
Russel Ray, San Diego home inspector (Property Consultant)
Celeste "SALLY" Cheeseman (RA), e-PRO HAWAII Relocations & HAWAII Real Estate
Are all of you smiling? Please say yes.
Thanks susan, for being a good sport. I liked your exerpt, makes me realize ho long it's been since I've read a good novel! Have a great weekend!
Hi Susan-I did get tagged once already but I will do this one as well. It will however be a little different like my first one. I'm a person who marches to the beat of their drum but hope you enjoy it anyways. :-)
Oh, goodness...this one is traveling around again and again!
I used to love mysteries...now my whole life is one so I just write hhahahaa.
Loved the tape measure to decide...and wondering how much you read in a stupor. I'm like that while watching tv...and my husband has to tell me how it ended LOL.
Susan-It's done. My way! :-)
I've still got several of these to do, including the one you gave me. I'm going to try to finish them up this weekend.
I've always liked Patricia Cornwell. I have some of her books in pre-published proof editions from when I worked at Borders Books and Music.
Jim, How in the world did you get pre-published proof editions? That is exciting. Cornwell is a very impressive lady. She has done a lot for the science of pathology and forensics. Check out her website.