meme

From jazzqueen

1. Take five 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:

He is waiting at the gate when her flight comes in. She tried to move in her panic, but there was nothing to move. 'If you just step this way -' and Rowena followed the guy through three studios to the main office, where he held open the door for her with a beaming smile. They had hoisted it from a beam and the buckets were waiting below to collect the blood. This thought both terrified and excited him as he contemplated life in Amsterdam.

The Books
#1 The Lives of Animals by J. M. Coetzee
#2 A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L'Engle
#3 Career Girls by Louise Bagshawe
#4 At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
#5 Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh