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I don't usually do these "going around" things, but saw this on Rommie's and it's too fun an idea to pass up.
Destructions:
1. Take five (random!) books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph
Despite what the church claimed and the people believed, this was still a Kingdom born of younger sons, the land-hungry and the dispossessed. Arris slipped of his last undergarment and began to ease himself into the bath. The trees, freed of their weight of snow, were bowed down by raindrops. "Araxie is waiting for you in the next room," Sivorn said quietly. It was too late in the day to get passage on a caravan, so they spent the night at Arad's house, but by morning they were at the docks, and ready to leave the dust of the city behind them.
It makes sense if you tilt your head a little, I think...and it's cool how the imagery kinda works itself out: the bath, the raindrops, leaving the dust of the city behind. Oooo...and the first sentence comes from a book called "The Devil in the DUST"! Freaky. :) The line about raindrops really ought to be at the end, though.
The books:
1. The Devil in the Dust (Chaz Brenchley)
2. Realm of the Gods (Catherine Cooke)
3. Nine Layers of Sky (Liz Williams)
4. King Kelson's Bride (Katherine Kurtz)
5. City of Bones (Martha Wells)
Destructions:
1. Take five (random!) books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph
Despite what the church claimed and the people believed, this was still a Kingdom born of younger sons, the land-hungry and the dispossessed. Arris slipped of his last undergarment and began to ease himself into the bath. The trees, freed of their weight of snow, were bowed down by raindrops. "Araxie is waiting for you in the next room," Sivorn said quietly. It was too late in the day to get passage on a caravan, so they spent the night at Arad's house, but by morning they were at the docks, and ready to leave the dust of the city behind them.
It makes sense if you tilt your head a little, I think...and it's cool how the imagery kinda works itself out: the bath, the raindrops, leaving the dust of the city behind. Oooo...and the first sentence comes from a book called "The Devil in the DUST"! Freaky. :) The line about raindrops really ought to be at the end, though.
The books:
1. The Devil in the Dust (Chaz Brenchley)
2. Realm of the Gods (Catherine Cooke)
3. Nine Layers of Sky (Liz Williams)
4. King Kelson's Bride (Katherine Kurtz)
5. City of Bones (Martha Wells)
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