NT Times: With Books as a Catalyst, Minneapolis Neighborhood Revives Washington Ave, between the University and Downtown. (via)
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Silly meme, but I’ll do it anyway since they can be fun. (via Erica and Ed)
1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.
The book that was sitting on my desk here at home was “Cannery Row”, by John Steinbeck (and a gift from my friend Chris)
The blood spurted from Mack’s lips and ran down his chin. He tried to lick his lips. “Put up your hands, fight you son of a bitch,” Doc cried, and he hit him again and heard the crunch of breaking teeth.
Sweet. Add your own if you’d like.
I just finished reading my first book in almost two years! Essex County (Vol 2): Ghost Stories is a graphic novel about Lou Lebeuf, an old man in Toronto, as he looks back at his life of being alone - both in the big city and back home in Essex County on the family farm. He looks back at nearly seven decades of his life, from playing hockey in the Toronto minor system with his younger brother Vince to his life after hockey where his depression kept him from talking to his mother and family. This was part 2 of a trilogy so I’m looking forward to reading the other two. And the best part about graphic novels, is that you can read them in about an hour!
100 books every child should read: Great list, would love to go back and read quite a few on this list. (via Kottke)
