meme (as procrastination)

[gwynnega]

While I cower at the thought of schoolwork...

From moosesal and redredshoes and others:

1. Choose five of your all time favorite books.
2. Take the first sentence of the first chapter and make a list in your journal.
3. Don't reveal the author or the title of the book.
4. Now everyone try and guess.


1. Henri found himself looking at the sky again--a clear, black crystal dome overhead. The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir -- redredshoes

2. My father had been sick almost a year.

3. The day before yesterday was my birthday and Josh boiled two lobsters in seawater and then baked a chocolate cake for the party later, so rich I wanted to eat it in tissue-paper slices.

4. When she was home from her boarding-school I used to see her almost every day sometimes, because their house was right opposite the Town Hall Annexe. The Collector by John Fowles -- redredshoes

5. My case is not unique: I am afraid of dying and distressed at being in this world. La Batarde by Violette Leduc -- erinbow