The book meme
Jul. 25th, 2005 10:30 pmFrom various people on my f-list... Pick passages from five of your favorite books. The first book’s passage should come from the fifth page, the second from the tenth, the third from the fifteenth, the fourth from the twentieth, and the fifth from the twenty-fifth. Do not give the titles and see if your flist guesses the books.
1.) There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when (let's not make it TOO easy) had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, guessed by
marilla82
2.) I'll bet he's in there making a bomb. Maybe he'll blow up Albert Einstein High School as a senior prank. The Princess Diaries, guessed by
happyreaper
3.) "Yes, and Mr. Spriggins the butler is in bed with his trouble again," said Shawn. "There's only me, miss. And I've got to get the dinner started before I'm off 'ome because Mrs. Scorbic is poorly." Lords and Ladies, guessed by
katilara
4.) "Forgive my ignorance," said the shaky voice of the old Precentor, "but if I ever knew what the Aurora was, I have forgotten. Is it what they call the Northern Lights?" The Golden Compass, guessed by
marilla82 and
krislaughs
5.) The Dean wondered why he had promised the professor of mathematis to do all he could for this boy. Merely because the professor had said: "This," and pointed to (blank)'s project; "is a great man." A great man, thought the Dean, or a criminal. The Dean winced. He did not approve of either. The Fountainhead, guessed by
ignipes
1.) There were doors all round the hall, but they were all locked; and when (let's not make it TOO easy) had been all the way down one side and up the other, trying every door, she walked sadly down the middle, wondering how she was ever to get out again. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, guessed by
2.) I'll bet he's in there making a bomb. Maybe he'll blow up Albert Einstein High School as a senior prank. The Princess Diaries, guessed by
3.) "Yes, and Mr. Spriggins the butler is in bed with his trouble again," said Shawn. "There's only me, miss. And I've got to get the dinner started before I'm off 'ome because Mrs. Scorbic is poorly." Lords and Ladies, guessed by
4.) "Forgive my ignorance," said the shaky voice of the old Precentor, "but if I ever knew what the Aurora was, I have forgotten. Is it what they call the Northern Lights?" The Golden Compass, guessed by
5.) The Dean wondered why he had promised the professor of mathematis to do all he could for this boy. Merely because the professor had said: "This," and pointed to (blank)'s project; "is a great man." A great man, thought the Dean, or a criminal. The Dean winced. He did not approve of either. The Fountainhead, guessed by
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Date: 2005-07-26 02:16 pm (UTC)