The Book Meme

Kievas tagged me for this book meme that's been around and around. But I don't think I've done it before. Here are 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.

This wasn't as simple as I expected.

First I glanced at the desk shelf behind my computer monitor. Then I realized that The Hallelujah Diet by George Malkmus was much closer to my knee. Before I reached for it, I remembered the bag of books from the library in my chair (I tend to sit forward on my chair. This makes the spot behind me a perfect drop spot for books, sweaters, or stuffed animals.

So I was literally sitting on this book & you probably can't get much closer than that.

I want to add the disclaimer that this is definitely not my book:

Odyssey by Jack McDevitt

"Doesn't it seem to you," MacAllister continued, "that if there's a potential for a catastrophe on that scale, we should stay clear of the experiment, no matter what?"

"Mac." She looked up at him. "Don't lose any sleep over it."

I won't tag anyone. Well, because everyone I know has already been tagged at least once.