Book meme

Memed from [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] and esmeraldus_neo

* Grab the nearest book.
* Open the book to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post the text of the next two to five sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

"Preheat a large browning dish on FULL (100%) for 5 minutes (or according to the manufacturer's instructions). Quickly add the butter and sausages, turning the sausages over once to brown on both sides. Cook on FULL (100%) for 2 minutes, then add the bacon and cook on FULL (100%) for 1 minute."

The computer's in the kitchen, the only books nearby are the shelf of cookbooks. That was from "1000 Microwave Recipes" by Carol Bowen.

Book quiz

Inspired by both the "turn to page x" meme and the lyrics quiz meme. I've invented my own quiz. I selected 10 books using a pseudo-random number generator involving tossing a coin. Below are the first sentences of these books. Your task is to guess what they are. Nine of them are sf&f related, three of them are non-fiction, and none of them are Discworld because, as I realised afterwards, that would have required five tails in a row.

( Click here for the sentences )