I'm in the airport, and no, I'm not figuring on joining the Mile High Club.
Just hanging out and figured I'd do a quick Meme. This one's from Travis over at One Word, One Rung, One Day and it's a simple one: grab the book you are currently reading, flip to page 56, and give us 2 - 5 lines. Since page 56 isn't the best for quotes, I am going out of bounds here and going from page 51. This is an excerpt from Dearly Devoted Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay:
(Dexter is meeting his sister, a police officer, for lunch)
'Because I am an inhuman monster, I tend to be logical, and I had thought that her new assignment would end her martyrdom as Our Lady of Perpetual Grumpiness. Alas, even her transfer to homicide had failed to bring a smile to her face. Somewhere along the way she had decided that serious law enforcement personnel must reshape their faces until they look like large, mean-spirited fish, and she was still working very hard to accomplish this....'
'...She called in her location and status and then sat across from me with a frown.
"Well, Sergeant Grouper," I said as we picked up our menus.
"Is that funny Dexter?"
"Yes," I said, "Very funny. And a little sad, too. Like life itself. Especially your life, Deborah." '
If you haven't read the Dexter novels, I would enthusiastically recommend them. The writing is as enjoyable, if not more so, than the story. Now that's my kind of book!
I still owe JaneyV a meme. Hopefully soon, Janey!
Just hanging out and figured I'd do a quick Meme. This one's from Travis over at One Word, One Rung, One Day and it's a simple one: grab the book you are currently reading, flip to page 56, and give us 2 - 5 lines. Since page 56 isn't the best for quotes, I am going out of bounds here and going from page 51. This is an excerpt from Dearly Devoted Dexter, by Jeff Lindsay:
(Dexter is meeting his sister, a police officer, for lunch)
'Because I am an inhuman monster, I tend to be logical, and I had thought that her new assignment would end her martyrdom as Our Lady of Perpetual Grumpiness. Alas, even her transfer to homicide had failed to bring a smile to her face. Somewhere along the way she had decided that serious law enforcement personnel must reshape their faces until they look like large, mean-spirited fish, and she was still working very hard to accomplish this....'
'...She called in her location and status and then sat across from me with a frown.
"Well, Sergeant Grouper," I said as we picked up our menus.
"Is that funny Dexter?"
"Yes," I said, "Very funny. And a little sad, too. Like life itself. Especially your life, Deborah." '
If you haven't read the Dexter novels, I would enthusiastically recommend them. The writing is as enjoyable, if not more so, than the story. Now that's my kind of book!
I still owe JaneyV a meme. Hopefully soon, Janey!
6 comments:
Awesome. Can I steal this meme?
I'm always looking for something cool to read, I'll definitley add this to the list! :) Have a GREAT flight!!
I did a version of this meme before but it was the 123 meme. The Dexter books sound riveting. I assume they are what the show is based on?
I look forward to the other thing whenever you get round to it. Meme's are fun!
I also enthusiastically recommend the Dexter books! Unfortunately the fourth book doesn't come out until next year - but at least the show is back on.
I'm glad you joined in, but a meme is no replacement for the other kind of quickie.
The Dexter books are excellent, indeed.
BTW I decided to do this meme and linked back to you and Travis. I added a twist in that I suggested people post 2-5 lines from the first thing they wrote with 56 pages to excerpt from.
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