Bookwormed!

I’ve been bookwormed by my good buddy Linda Gerber who was bookwormed by mutual friend, Julie Weathers.

Here’s what I’m supposed to do:

1) Open the closest book- not a favorite or most intellectual book- but the book closest at the moment, to page 56
2) Write out the fifth sentence, as well as two to five sentences following
3) tag five innocents [or more]
4)Julie takes it a step further and suggests doing the same for your manuscript

The book closest at hand is Running With Scissors by Augusten B. Burroughs.

2): And on page 56 it says:

She was snoring. The television was blaring and rolling its screen like it was frustrated that nobody would watch it. And I was sitting on the sofa alone because Hope had gone into the kitchen. I was sitting there watching Agnes snore when all of a sudden I heard the sound coming from somewhere upstairs.

3): My five innocents are Gillian Chan, Gabe Goldstone, Karen Willsey Bass, Maggie Wood and Helene Boudreau.

You guys now must do the same. Ha!

4): Here’s the excerpt from my work-in-progress, Stolen Child:

The windows were uncovered, so when a car passed, strange shapes played across the bare walls. I closed my eyes and breathed deeply, hoping for sleep.

I was back in the bedroom with the high ceilings, snuggled in the soft mattress of a four-poster bed. I should have felt cosy, but instead I was anxious. I clutched a down-filled duvet to my chin and listened to my heart pounding in my chest. The high toy shelf with its array of perfect blonde dolls loomed above me, but I forced myself not to look at them. Raindrops trickled outside the pink curtained windows and I could see the beginning of daylight peeking around the edges.

Author: Marsha

I write historical fiction, mostly from the perspective of young people who are thrust in the midst of war. View all posts by Marsha