{"id":991,"date":"2008-02-27T04:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-27T04:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2008-02-27T04:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-27T04:11:00","slug":"book-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=991","title":{"rendered":"Book Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally do these meme-post-thingies, but I was tagged by the inimitable Steve Bodio at Querencia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is the challenge:<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Mine reads as follows (the ellipses were in the original, which included the block quotation):<\/p>\n

Osbert Sitwell was well acquainted with the story. He says that the deserters included French, Italians, Germans, Austrians, Australians, Englishmen, and Canadians; they lived <\/p>\n

–at least they lived–in caves and grottoes under certain parts of the front line…They would issue forth, it was said, from their secret lairs, after each of the interminable checkmate battles, to rob the dying of their few possessions…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I tag Jason<\/a>, Peg<\/a>, Caroline<\/a>, Anne<\/a>, and Jordan<\/a>. Pass it on.<\/p>\n

My book? Paul Fussell’s<\/a> The Great War and Modern Memory<\/a>\"\"
<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don’t normally do these meme-post-thingies, but I was tagged by the inimitable Steve Bodio at Querencia. Here is the challenge: 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. 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