Start 2009 on Page 56
Writing the first blog entry of the year is a lot of pressure. I've been trying to come up with THE perfect book for a review, or THE perfect character for 3 Questions, or THE perfect topic for a FIVE list -- but I've been paralyzed by the fear of ringing in 2009 on the wrong note. After all, they say that the way you spend New Year's is a sign of what the next 364 days will be like. What if I were to set off an unforeseen chain reaction in Ink Splot readers' lives just because of my choice -- damaging your chances of school survival by writing about Diary of a Wimpy Kid? Or causing you to have a massive identity crisis by selecting Percy Jackson & The Olympians? Or -- my gosh -- I don't even want to think about what would happen if I were to focus on The Hunger Games?! (After all, there's a reason the series is billed as YA . . . )
So, to sidestep all of the responsibility, I've decided to go completely random:
You may be familiar with this game from other blogs, community sites, or even your friends' mass emails. The way it works is this:
- Grab the book closest to you. Now!
- Go to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Write that sentence as your comment, and say what book it's from.
The most important thing is that you DO NOT go looking for your favorite book or the coolest one you have — just grab the closest one!
Here's my contribution:
"I was painting one of the new dwarfs that one of Mum's friends had bought me."
From Ways to Live Forever by Sally Nicholls
(Nice sentence. Talk about random!)
So leave a comment and let's see what you come up with! And now if you get involved in some sort of dangerous chase because you're reading The 39 Clues, you'll have no one to blame but yourself . . .
— Karen, STACKS Staffer
Okay, here is the book that I have....(It's so good that I have a copy close to me ALL the time! *I know, I'm a book hoard*)
It's "Alcatraz Versus the Scrivener's Bones" by Brandon Sanderson. (Supposedly)
Here's the quote: "But...I don't know why I'm talking to you about this--go take a nap, Smedry."
*And there it is! I highly suggest this book, but I also suggest reading the first one first, "Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians." The narrator will get quite tempermental if you read the second book first. Ah, yes--remmember to always read the end of these books first...*
Comment #1 | Posted by: Taryn on January 01, 2009 at 06:56 PM
Here's my fifth sentence from a book called EVIL GENIUS by Catherine Jinks (awesome book by the way): The rest telephoned with various excuses mostly to do with being ill, though one had to wait for a plumber to mend a burst pipe and one didn't even telephone at all until the next day: He had been lost on a weekend hiking trip.
Talk about one long sentence :)! Well HAPPY NEW YEAR'S everyone and all the best!
_ERAGON_
Comment #2 | Posted by: _ERAGON_ on January 01, 2009 at 06:56 PM
"Falada flicked his tail at it and walked a little faster."
-The Goose Girl, by Shannon Hale
Comment #3 | Posted by: warriorgurl on January 01, 2009 at 06:57 PM
"You know, we're in a lot of the same classes and I see you in the cafeteria.
Main Street September Surprises by Ann M Martin.
Comment #4 | Posted by: Twilight#1fan on January 01, 2009 at 06:57 PM
"Dotti stood up, wielding her paddle warningly."
From "Lord Brocktree" by Brian Jacques
Comment #5 | Posted by: Andy on January 01, 2009 at 06:58 PM
"Where are you going?" said Jack.
--The Magic Tree House #2: The Knight at Dawn
(P.S.- It's my little brother's book, not mine!)
Comment #6 | Posted by: imbozimo on January 01, 2009 at 06:58 PM
"Somebody my dad didn't like."
from Who Has Seen the Wind, by W.O. MItchell
Comment #7 | Posted by: girl_hockey_player on January 01, 2009 at 06:58 PM
The smoke was getting thicker.-The 39 Clues
Comment #8 | Posted by: alexis (hunger games freak) on January 01, 2009 at 06:58 PM
This is from the Hobbit(it was the closest book to me):
" ...gave a very loud yell, as loud a yell as a hobbit can give, which is..."
So does this mean I'm gonna yell a lot in 2009?
And does this mean I'm gonna turn into a hobbit?
Comment #9 | Posted by: Livia on January 01, 2009 at 06:58 PM
"right hand. 'Which hand were you writing with?'"
-The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume I
Comment #10 | Posted by: PugHugs on January 01, 2009 at 06:59 PM
walking and collecting leaves!boring.-the new kid
Comment #11 | Posted by: jodyheart123 on January 01, 2009 at 07:01 PM
im in fourth grade too!!! from: ALLIE FINKLE'S RULES -FOR- GIRLS.
Comment #12 | Posted by: ashley on January 01, 2009 at 09:24 PM
"Not about meeting someone in the rusty ruins."
-the pretties by scott westerfield
(really good book by the way!)
Comment #13 | Posted by: ???????????????lol on January 02, 2009 at 09:11 AM
"The only time he'd seen Lauren in the three weeks since his mum died had been at the funeral."
-CHERUB:Mission One
By:Robert Muchamore
Comment #14 | Posted by: bankshot5 on January 02, 2009 at 09:12 AM
"When Captain Steele stepped to the microphone, he admitted his story was about a man he did not even remember."
-Left Behind: Through the Flames, By: Jerry B. Jenkins and Tim LaHaye
Comment #15 | Posted by: awesomegurl on January 02, 2009 at 09:15 AM
"Are you afraid of everything and everyone?"
-Maximum Ride: The Final Warning
Comment #16 | Posted by: ilove-iplay-iwin-sftbll on January 02, 2009 at 09:16 AM
I'm reading Twilght for the third time so I always have it next to me and it just happens to be one of my favorite books.
"I didn't even have time to close my eyes."
By:Stepenie Meyer,
Book:Twilght
Comment #17 | Posted by: Amber on January 02, 2009 at 09:16 AM
It hadn't been such a great idea anyway.
"Let the Circle Be Unbroken", by Mildred D. Taylor
Comment #18 | Posted by: Sheerah on January 02, 2009 at 09:17 AM
Quickly the pushcarts were lowered through the hole in the floor.
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl. It was the only book I could find on my little brothers bookshelf that had 56 pages!
Comment #19 | Posted by: BeccaMonkey987 on January 03, 2009 at 11:45 AM
I found the extremely good book 'Bagthorpes Unlimited' on my bed, so here is my quote:
To her, if things were not clean, they were unclean, as they would have been in the Old Testament.
You probably haven't heard of this book, but it's by Helen Cresswell and it's part of a really great series. Try it!
Comment #20 | Posted by: magic*esi on January 03, 2009 at 11:46 AM
"Her forhead was so hot the day we left."
-BLISS by Lauren Myracle
Comment #21 | Posted by: dogirlove on January 03, 2009 at 11:47 AM
The products are carbon dioxide and water.
From Cliffs Advanced Placement Chemistry Preparation Guide. (my brother's by the way).
Comment #22 | Posted by: Emma on January 03, 2009 at 11:48 AM
He'll be incoherent by the time we reach the capitol.
the hunger games
suzanne collins
i relly recommend the book! it was awesome but ya 12years or older! lol by!
Comment #23 | Posted by: winterlily94 on January 04, 2009 at 10:08 AM
"...behind them.She'd seen Mrs.Sharpe stumble and..." from Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett.
Comment #24 | Posted by: Sylvia on January 04, 2009 at 10:12 AM
This is my younger sisters book that she never reads, but there actully is a lot of pages for a second grade book.(Well I think its for second graders) HERE IT IS:"I hope, I pray, I don't get another pirate pencil sharpner!" said Franky. I just closed my eyes and grabed one book out of, like 100 books off the bookshelf.
Title:Second-grade Friends By:Miriam Cohen. (Just in case you want it for a younger sibling)
Comment #25 | Posted by: Cheyanne on January 04, 2009 at 10:12 AM