"Bookin' it" [Thanks, Jimmy. Better than "The Book Game"] :D

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Grab the nearest book, and turn to page 51. Identify the fifth sentence and post it here. If the nearest book that you have has been used before or there is no text on page 51, you may double or halve the page number, as necessary.

[u]The Godfather[/u], Mario Puzo

At forty-eight he had been the most powerful movie magnate in Hollywood, still rough-spoken, rapaciously amorous, a raging wolf ravaging helpless flocks of young starlets.

That is all.

Unless you can come up with a better name... Let me know.  

[YunieCookie]

Quote:

You could do with a bit of fat on you."

-The Earth Hums in B Flat, Mari Strachan  

[xDarkPisces]

Quote:

"I didn't, or she'd be running for all the emergency gear they carry."

The Drawing of the Three, Stephen King  

[infinite_personalities101]

"In my youth", said his father, "I took to the law,
And argued each case with my wife;
And the muscular strength, which it gave to my jaw
Has lasted the rest of my life."

The complete works of Lewis Carroll, Part-Alice and Wonderland

 

[pickle relish]

Quote:

Ready.

A Midsummer Night's Dream, William Shakespeare.

That was lame. I'll try again.

Quote:

A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury.  

[Elcia]

[u]Around the World in 80 Days[/u], Jules Verne

This was a gain to Phileas Fogg of two days since his departure from London, and he calmly entered the fact in the itinerary, in the column of gains.

 

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pickle relish

Quote:

A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury.

I'm so glad that I've now encountered another person that's read that... >_>

[u]Anthem[/u], Ayn Rand

There was only joy in them, and pride, a pride holier than it is fit for human pride to be.

 

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pickle relish

Quote:

A race builds itself up for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

The Martian Chronicles, Ray Bradbury.

I'm so glad that I've now encountered another person that's read that... >_>

My dad gave it to me a couple years ago, and it's been one of my favorites ever since. ^^

[u]A Wizard of Earthsea[/u], Ursula K. Le Guin

Its branches touched the high roofbeams of the hall, and on every twig of every branch a golden apple shone, each a sun, for it was the Year-Tree

 

[Valtielle]

Nearest book?

Quote:

Thus light does not get old; a photon that emerged from the big bang is the same age today as it was then.

- The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene

Wow, don't I feel like quite the nerd. o.O
My psychology text was actually closer, but that was no fair since 51 was just a picture. =.=

Also, The Martian Chronicles sounds really good * w* -googles-  

[Kire Kaysan]

Quote:

Very soon he would not be an Eleven but a Twelve, and age would no longer matter.

The Giver, Lois Lowry  

[pickle relish]

I love The Giver. ^^

[u]Deerskin[/u], Robin McKinley

But then Ash, re-emerging from the quieting froth of petticoats, put her nose under her mistress's hand, and Lissar's gaze came back into ordinary focus.

 

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The Martian Chronicles is worth a read given its peculiar delivery, but I guess I wouldn't rank it quite as high as other people seem to... Then again, I didn't really care for The Giver, either...

I updated the rules slightly, not that the rules are very important in this anyway... Had page 51 been a full page picture I probably would have just ignored it and used page 52. xd  

[PendragonX9]

Robert Jordan

Quite aside from all the sunken ships and dead, freeing damane was another death-penalty charge, and disgusting besides, in the Seanchan view, as bad as rape or molesting children.

- Crossroads of Twilight  

[Taeryyn]

Mona Mayfair

She realized suddenly that he was smiling - for her sake, of course - and now he gave her a little philosophical shrug.

Taltos by Anne Rice

PendragonX9

Robert Jordan

Quite aside from all the sunken ships and dead, freeing damane was another death-penalty charge, and disgusting besides, in the Seanchan view, as bad as rape or molesting children.

- Crossroads of Twilight

I remember that line vividly, for some reason. sweatdrop