this is fun

[maderr]

Stolen from skylark97 and thornsilver

1. Take five books off your bookshelf bedside cabinet.
Well, I have a huge ass bookshelf next to my bed, so I closed my eyes and snatched randomly. This should be fun...

2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:

I may as well start with some of our deep secrets because this account will not be easy to understand without them. Each night the scratches would be worse - one night his side would be chewed up; the next it would be his underbelly, raked with claw marks and bloody to the touch. Alec accepted the praise with a shy grin. By the time they reached the Red Cat, Francesca sensed that the younger woman wanted to be friends, not simply business associates. Then all the people saw it likewise, and chased her away with ridicule and laughter.

1. Deep Secret by Diana Wynne Jones
2. Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gamen
3. Traitor's Moon by Lynn Flewelling
4. The Shadow of the Lion by Mercedes Lackey et al.
5. Grimm's Complete Fairytales