Book meme

Discovered from myntti's page.
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

'I still can't believe I've put the bastard away for good!' Petronius muttered. In the course of these remarks, delivered with great majesty and grandeur, Mr. Dombey had truly revealed the secret feelings of his breast. I would like to ask Tom if normal people do this often, and if he does it, but I do not want to upset him. You couldn't fart without exhorting, in the most boastful terms imaginable, the glory of these gods, the Revolutionary Order of New Dellah and its glorious Leaders, both coming and going, whose unstinting efforts for the betterment of humankind had made the fart in question such a triumph for New Dellahan Order. And what a sad, sad loss that would be.

Bother. Couldn't figure out how to hide the list of books, so will have to just show them here.
Mostly on the computer table, some on the next table over
1. Time to Depart, Lindsey Davis (currently reading)
2. Dombey and Son, Dickens (out to get reference for someone)
3. Speed of Dark, Elizabeth Moon (TBR)
4. The Mary-Sue Extrusion, Dave Stone (hadn't put away after doing BC JE)
5. Mother Tongue, Bill Bryson (now partially discredited, but still fun!)