Book Snippet Meme

[rosieknight]

I was tagged by immora

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences on your LJ 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 (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.

From I, Jedi by Michael A. Stackpole:

"What do you mean?"

I glanced down at Gantoris' body. "You said that if I wanted to kill Gantoris, I'd have been subtle. This death is anything but subtle. We have someone dead by means that are impossible, and he was killed right here in the heart of the academy. You can see by that one diagonal cut on the wall there that Gantoris apparently tried to strike at his attacker, but that did no good.
"In my time with CorSec I helped track a sociopathic killer or two."

Yes, this segment is all murder mystery-esque.

Hmmm... who to tag...

drharper, if you don't mind.
squeaksland, you need to get on your journal more!
I realize this is probably very rude, but I'm tagging you back, immora (Pick another book!)
Sorry to tag you after Immora already did so, but could you please do another book, duchessingmar?
And... *shrugs* first person from either manycases1truth or tf2007fun to post it.

Comments

[drharper.livejournal.com]

Given I'm at work, the nearest book is _The Harriet Lane Handbook_ (a quick reference for pediatrics). Unfortunately, page 123 is a table of lab values. :)

Shall I grab the next text or go with the closest fiction book _Exile's Honor_ (which is out in my car)?

[rosieknight.livejournal.com]

As the two closest books to me were a dictionary and a book of Sudoku, I'm not going to blame you for chosing the closest non-medical text.

[immora.livejournal.com]

Whoops, didn't think about the size of people's flists when I tagged them, sorry!

[rosieknight.livejournal.com]

'Sok. I'm actually kind of glad you tagged me. I got to do my first meme!