Book Meme

I've been tagged by Rosebud with the 123 book meme. According to her, you grab the nearest book, turn to page 123, write down the first five sentences, then tag 5 other people.

OK then, ,here goes.

At the moment I'm re-reading Ursula Le Guin's "Earthsea" books. I know they're children's books, but I like them a lot.

The book to hand is "The Tombs of Atuan"
Page 123 is the start of Chapter 10 - The Anger of the Dark

When she said that, the man named Ged put his hand over hers that held the broken talisman. She looked up startled, and saw him flushed with life and triumph, smiling. She was dismayed and frightened of him. "You have set us both free," he said. "Alone, no one wins freedom.

And that's the end of five sentences!

Now I have no idea what idea any of you will make of that! It stops in mid-conversation, and you don't know what went before or what happens next.

I don't want to pressure anyone, so I'm not tagging. I'll just leave it for you to pick up if you're interested.

Thanks Rosebud for thinking of me.

Crazy Eights!

Siani tagged me with this a while ago, and it's taken me ages to complete it. It's not easy, as I'm not used to telling people how I feel. Still, for what it's worth, here I go . . . . .

1. Eight things I'm passionate about:
1. My family
2. My animals
3. My friends
4. Plants and trees
5. Wildlife
6. Open air
7. Singing
8. Life!
   


2. Eight things I say often:
1. The thing about that is . . .
2. But I told you!
3. I'm tired!
4. I'm hungry!
5. Coffee!!!
6. What do you want for dinner? (3 people, usually 3 meals!)
7. This place is a mess.
8. Good dog.


3. Eight books I've read recently:
1. Temeraire : Naomi Novik
2. Knife of Dreams : Robert Jordan
3. The Innocent Mage : Karen Miller
4. Watchman : Ian Rankin
5. Thud! : Terry Pratchett
6. Forest Mage : Robin Hobb
7. Time to Depart : Lindsey Davis
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows : J. K. Rowling


4. Eight things to do before I die:
1. Hold my grandchild
2. See all my children settled
3. Become an Irish citizen
4. Meet some of my on-line friends
5. Visit some of the fascinating places I read about
6. Learn (and speak) some other languages
7. Sing in Beethoven's Choral Symphony
8. Just SING!


5. Eight songs I could listen to over and over again: (How on earth do I choose just 8?)
1. The House of the Rising Sun - The Animals
2. A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum
3. Tears of the Dragon - Bruce Dickinson
4. Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins
5. Space Oddity - David Bowie
6. Beethoven's Ode to Joy
7. What is Life to me Without Thee? - Kathleen Ferrier
8. Handel's Messiah (OK, that's cheating - it's many more than one song!)


6. Eight things that attract me to my friends:
1. An ability to make me laugh
2. An ability to talk intelligently about anything
3. A good sense of the ridiculous
4. Understanding
5. Gentle tact
6. Truthfulness
7. Trustworthiness
8. An ability to put up with me!


7. Eight things I learned in the last year:
1. The world is full of caring people
2. I have a wonderful family (I learn this anew frequently!)
3. I can lose weight, but keeping it off is hard
4. I prefer to shop on my own, but I must write a complete shopping list first
5. I like window shopping (with coffee breaks!) but it's more fun with a friend
6. Now I've lost weight I love buying clothes, particularly in sales
7. I've developed a certain amount of vanity
8. Blogging is easy - except when tagged with difficult memes!


8. Eight people I appreciate enough to tag:
   Searching my soul for the answers to these questions has been difficult to me. I know I could have answered off the top of my head, and I did think of that, but I wanted to be as honest with you all as possible.
   I don't want to pressure anyone, so I'm chickening out of this part. If you feel you'd like to do this one yourself, please feel free to consider yourself tagged!