coming from Jan at Yearning for God.
Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more. (No cheating!)
Okay, on the pile of books waiting to be returned to the library, on the floor, behind my chair . . . Tortilla Curtain, by T.C. Boyle.
Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Continuing description of a poor illegal immigrant from Mexico searching for his wife, América, in a grocery store.
Post the next 3 sentences.
“He didn’t see América. She must be down one of the aisles pushing a basket. He tried to look nonchalant as he passed by the checkers and entered the vast cornucopia of the place.”
Tag 5 people.
Tagged: YogaMum, Kirsten, Charlotte, 4urpets and Diane (or Scout)
10 Comments
9 February, 2008 at 6:46 pm
I will do this Meme next week. Thanks for the tag!
10 February, 2008 at 2:41 pm
[...] now, for our next meme! Wyrdbyrd tagged me for this book [...]
10 February, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Tagged you back:
http://yogamum.wordpress.com/2008/02/10/lots-of-memey-excellence/
10 February, 2008 at 3:52 pm
That was intriguing. Thanks for playing.
10 February, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Jan, It’s a great book, though hard to read.
11 February, 2008 at 9:09 am
[...] 11, 2008 by Kirsten Got tagged over the weekend by wyrdbyrd, so here [...]
11 February, 2008 at 11:24 am
Thought I’d qualify my “hard to read” statement, above, realizing that it could be taken to mean that it’s challenging intellectually, which it is not, in my opinion. It is, however, difficult to read because of the misunderstandings between the protagonists (one of which, you could argue, becomes an antagonist by the end), and because of the plight of the Mexican characters.
11 February, 2008 at 8:24 pm
when I get my bearings I’ll do both of your memes, (someone else tagged me for the book one too…) and maybe Scout will do it, too… depends on the length of the books she’s reading right now!
20 February, 2008 at 4:38 pm
aaaaaaaaaaarghhhhhh! Just found this. Will post, I promise!
20 February, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Charlotte, no worries!! (I didn’t think memes were your favorite thing, anyway.)