{"id":1323,"date":"2008-02-25T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-25T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janaremy.com\/?p=1323"},"modified":"2008-02-25T16:01:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-25T16:01:00","slug":"book-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2008\/02\/25\/book-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

From John, a Book Meme<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. No cheating!
2. Find page 123
3. Find the first 5 sentences
4. Post the next 3 sentences
5. Tag 5 people<\/p>\n

My nearest book at hand is James Goodman’s Blackout<\/a>\"\". This is a wickedly good history book, the kind of history that I want to write someday. But honestly this passage just sucks.<\/p>\n

“I’m almost 70 years old and I have no place to go,” cried a woman standing across the street from the charred remains of her $57 rental.
“I wish I had died.”<\/p>\n

“I’m no bleeding heart,” said the head of the Legal Aid Society’s criminal-defense staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The teaser from the dustjacket offers a more provocative glimpse into the book’s topic:<\/p>\n

The summer of 1977 seethed.
Unemployment was up.
Crime was through the roof.
Son of Sam was on the loose.
Things couldn’t get much worse.
Then the lights went out.
When they came back on, nothing was quite the same.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I now tag:
All of my female readers, including…Brooke, Barbara, Bonny, Alison, Allison, Alise, Alisa, Allyson, Christi, Kirsten, Deborah, Darlene, Amy, Alberta, Bekah, Lorell, Lucy, Sara, Sarah, Susan, Shana, Sandra, Rebecca, Caroline, JaneAnne, Janice, Emily, Maria, Margy, Jessica, Penny, Angela, Emma, Nicole, Tanya, Elise, Elisabeth, Lisa, Reg, C.L., Wen, Holly, Elaine, Cheryl, Kara, Kate, Kay, and so forth (and dang it, if I forgot to name you in my list, let me know and I’ll fix it ASAP)! And if you’ve already played along once, feel free to join in the fun again. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

You can answer in the comments or on your own blog… \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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