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3W4DW book meme
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There are so many posts I want to write, but this one is easy and also about books, so! I think everyone should do it so I can spy on your bookshelves.
Book #1: Friendly City by Sofia Samatar
Book #2: The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, ed. Claire Harman
Book #3: Ready or Not by Mary Stolz
Book #4: The Room Opposite and Other Stories by F.M. Mayor
Book #5: Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale by J.J. Phillips
chestnut_pod.There are so many posts I want to write, but this one is easy and also about books, so! I think everyone should do it so I can spy on your bookshelves.
- Take five books off your bookshelf.
(I pulled everything from my physical TBR bookcase, in hopes that it will encourage me to read it.) - Book #1 -- first sentence: "Anyone can write about a large city--large cities are open to everyone--but small cities can only be portrayed by people who love them."
(Already ambiguities: I skipped the preface because this line is better.) - Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty: "However, I haven't yet read V.W.'s book."
- Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred: "What amazing childishness these old people were content to live in!"
(Unexpected challenge: do I pick the second sentence or the second complete sentence?) - Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty: "'I know.' Verna dropped the packages. A hard, harsh sob pressed at her throat. 'I hate him.' "
(Yes, I am treating one paragraph of dialog plus action as a single sentence for the purposes of the meme. Fight me!) - Book #5 -- final sentence of the book: "Eunice picked up her bag and guitar and closed the door to the storm."
- Make the five sentences into a paragraph:
Anyone can write about a large city--large cities are open to everyone--but small cities can only be portrayed by people who love them. However, I haven't yet read V.W.'s book. What amazing childishness these old people were content to live in! 'I know.' Verna dropped the packages. A hard, harsh sob pressed at her throat. 'I hate him.' Eunice picked up her bag and guitar and closed the door to the storm.
I promise it wouldn't make any more sense if I chose another option for step 5.
Book #1: Friendly City by Sofia Samatar
Book #2: The Diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner, ed. Claire Harman
Book #3: Ready or Not by Mary Stolz
Book #4: The Room Opposite and Other Stories by F.M. Mayor
Book #5: Mojo Hand: An Orphic Tale by J.J. Phillips
