Fiber Dreams

I haven’t done this one for a while. It’s always fun. This time I picked it up from Deb.

1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123, look down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of the next three sentences on your blog.
4. Include the title and the author’s name.

Like Deb, I have a number of books within easy reach, so I thought it would be fun to give you an assortment, instead of just one book as the meme is written for. Here goes.

• From Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings (um, four sentences for this one, to finish the thought):
  

  His pearl-gray doublet was formally elegant, and he once again dripped jewels. His short, scraggly beard had been neatly crimmed [sic], and there was a faint air of exotic perfume lingering about him. “Appearances,” he responded to Garion’s quizzical look. “One always wants to put one’s best foot forward in a new situation.”

  Have you ever noticed that the typos in books have changed? Back before personal computers were so prevalent in the printing industry, typos were created (usually) by the typesetter grabbing the wrong letter, like the one above—which should read, “trimmed.” These days words are almost always spelled right, it’s just that the wrong one is in there (to, two, too; which, witch; there, their, they’re; assure, ensure; etc.).

• From Crewel World by Monica Ferris:
  

  “I don’t think anyone knows what Joe plans to put on this site,” said Jill.
  “Well, that’s true,” Godwin conceded. “It could be a business block. …”

• From Knitting on the Edge by Nicky Epstein. Except for written knitting instructions, there are only four sentences on the whole page. Here are three of them:
  

  Work as for Falling Leaves I.
  Make Bobbles (page 164) and sew to lower points. …
  Continue as desired.

• From Victorian Lace Today by Jane Sowerby:
  

  4. Pick up stitches along top of center panel.
  5. Cable cast on stitches for ties.
  6. Work neckband and ties, then bind off loosely.

• From Aunt Judy’s Annual Volume, 1880. I picked up this gem a number of years ago in a used book store. It’s filled with poems, short stories, essays, things to do, parts of serials, that sort of thing, for 761 pages. I pick it up now and again, and read something at random. Here’s page 123, book notices, though I’m starting this time with sentence six as it makes more sense this way:
  

  ‘Bunchy’ by E. C. Phillips (2s. 6d.). Bunchy is a tom-boy daughter in an otherwise quiet family of children. She tells her own history in bright and readable fashion, and is an amusing character; but we should have been more influenced in her favour if the ups and downs of her childish feelings had been recorded by another person, and not in autobiographical form.

Also like Deb, I’m not going to tag anyone. If you do this one, please leave me a comment on this post so I can see what you have.

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