- Grab the nearest book.
- Open the book to page 56.
- Find the fifth sentence.
- Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
- Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST
Posts Tagged ‘John Hodgman’
Movie Review – Coraline
Coraline is the second Neil Gaiman book I’ve had the pleasure of reading (the first being The Graveyard Book). I loved the story, the atmosphere, the style, the heroine… it’s a very good little book.
So I went to the theater to see Coraline last night with great expectations. I’d read some spoilerless reviews, and already had a general idea of some of the things certain people didn’t like about it. Some complained that the animation and art direction was lifeless and/or cold. Others said the plot and pacing was boring and uninspired. But for every one of these negative reviews I read nine that had generally high praise for the movie. Having seen the movie, I definitely fall in to the praise section.
Beyond here be spoilers…
Book Meme: Grab the nearest book
I went to my first book discussion group meeting last night (what a great time; I wish I had known about it sooner). While poking around the group’s parent organization’s website, I’ve inadvertently stumbled upon the excellent blogs of two of the group’s members. One such blog had the following book meme:
My nearest book doesn’t have a page 56. John Hodgman’s MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE starts at page 237, where the last book left off. Looking at page 292 however…
“It took Taylor five days and an intense amount of concentration to convince his spiteful body to die of delicious, wholesome things.”
