Page 45 Game

[officerripley]

I hear this game is going around on Facebook, sounds kind of fun.  Pick up the closest book to you, turn to page 45; the first sentence on that page describes your life.  Here's mine:

"For 25,000 generations Handy Men scampered and swung through the trees in this little corner of the world, chipping stone tools, grooming each other, and mating."

--from Why the West Rules--For Now by Ian Morris

Hmmm; maybe you guys can come up with something a little better ;-)

[Countryphyl]

I decide to take Hike with me to the jail. Note- Hike is a person. Makes no sense to me. LOL

[tnbopeep]

OK, this game is not shaping up well. Here's mine: Earle was still sitting with Sookie, trying his best to cam her down, but he was having no luck.

That's from Fannie Flagg's newest, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion (which I'm enjoying very much by the way).

[rapa]

From IN THE BLOOD by Lisa Unger:

"When there is a blessed time of silence, we all sit waiting, holding our breaths, keeping our bodies very still."

That pretty well describes me right now!!!

[Carci]

page 45:  DILL WHEAT BREAD...  Make a "dip bowl" by hollowing out the loaf to form a bowl.

from... Best Bread Machine Recipes by Betty Crocker (closest book to me)

...and, yes, it does describe my life this week since I have made 2 loaves of bread in the last 3 days for my 11 yr. old grandson who loves homemade bread and is with us because school has been cancelled due to the sub-zero temps here.

[Mandy Muffin]

You're on to something here.  I am finishing up "Life after Life" by Kate Atkinson and page 45 has a clear description of my life, at least a part of it: "I think I'll read a little longer."  The prior sentence is: "Why don't you come to bed." 

[Flowergram]

The dive ended at 500 feet as Milton fought the wind and leveled off.  From the Testament by John Grisham.  Pretty much says if for my life.  Husband has been in wheelchair 3 years since quadriceps pulled off left knee.  Is learning to walk all over again very slowly due to parkinsons.  Who came up with this - does look like we will get some interesting answers here. LOL

[Ioruach]

I am finishing King and Maxwell, so it was the closest book to me, and the first full sentence on that page was a quote:

"Can't you do something about that crap?"

The more I think about it, that probably does describe my life now during this cold, miserable winter in Minnesota. 

Minus 20 degrees this morning; minus 20 yesterday.  And that doesn't count the wind chill, either.

[Lip Service]

When I lived in snow country, there were two numbers that you watched for, minus 17 and minus 40.

At minus 17 the road salt does not work anymore so driving is a hazard, if there is fresh snow then bicycling with fat tires works nicely plus it got you warm, I lived in small towns so distances were close

At minus 40 the blood freezes so not recommend to stay outdoors for any period of time.

Hang in there spring is around the corner, our dogwood trees have started flowering

[Kathryn K]

The closest book to me is Kate Atkinson's Started Early,Took My Dog.

the first line is"In York he had spent many hours in the great cathedral train shed of the National Railroad Museum,where he paid tribute to the Mallard,Yorkshire-built and the fastest steam train in the world,a record that could never be taken away from her."

Well the first thing I thought of was that I often write long sentences and this is a long sentence. In school one teacher said I have a habit of writing Gilbert and Sullivan sentences. 

I have spent a lot of time in museums and I am very fond of trains.

[Mandy Muffin]

I decided to check another book that was near to me and that I had recently read.  "A Game of Thrones" by George R. R. Martin (I am on the second book of the series, following the HBO telecasts) has this line on page 45: "Ah (Ned), you are still too serious."  Knowing that Ned is going to get his head lopped off by the end of the book, I agree he should lighten up a bit. (I hope this is not a spoiler as just about everybody in the "Game of Thrones" gets their heads lopped off as the plot develops.  The spoiler would be revealing who lives tell the tale.) 

The same fault of taking things too seriously often applies to me. 

[Lip Service]

"She asked if he had an unguent or lotion for dry skin"

From the book The Telling by Ursula LeGuin.

Nice word "unguent" that you don't see every day

[Carci]

Even as he was running, he was envisaging what he could not see...  from Pompeii by Robert Harris.

Certainly true of me... always wondering what is around the next corner.