What I’m reading
April 16, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Uncategorized, blogging, books, networking, writers, John Gray, Esme Raji Codell, Jim RergusI’ve been tagged by Ann of Compensation Force with a new blogging meme.
Les Rules:
- Provide a list of the books you’re currently reading.
- Pick up the nearest book, and open it to page 123.
- Find the fifth sentence, and post the next three sentences.
- Tag 3-5 more people by posting comments on their blogs.
- Link back to the person who tagged you. (It’s nice to leave them a comment, too!)
Les Books:
- One Thousand White Women by Jim Fergus.
“What if” fiction based on a true event, when a prominent Cheyenne chief asked the U.S. government for the gift of one thousand white women in order to help his doomed people assimilate. - Why Mars & Venus Collide by John Gray
Which recently flew across the room, causing John Gray’s Martian head to collide with the wall. And hey, here’s a bit of John Gray intrigue… - Sahara Special by Esmé Raji Codell.
My daughter and I just finished reading this one in our Mother-Daughter Book Club (Esmé is a certified Readiologist. Really. Here is her very cute website. And here’s the quote, p. 123:
I could have cried from feeling scared, and I could have cried for being so terrible, for nearly making the meanest, most special boy in school explode.
But all I could think of was how it would be at least a week before I had a chance to snoop in his journal again. And how Miss Pointy was right: poetry is not for punks.
Les Tags:
- Rachel at Fog to Fire (who uses the same wordpress theme I once did)
- Florinda at The 3 R’s (cause she’s cool)
- Cyn at It’s All On the Table (cause she never reads MY blog, either)
- Stephen at The Photoshop Journal (won’t he be surprised)
- Zita at the Savvy Networker (because I’m NETWORKING, of course)
April 16th, 2008 at 11:33 am
I’m in. I can’t say no, because you called me “cool” (which means we have clearly never met!).
I was kicking around doing this one anyway, so now I definitely will get it up soon.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:33 am
I’m in too. Thank you for the comment on my site and for this fun exercise.
April 17th, 2008 at 12:37 am
What I’m reading - to improve my Business Networking Skills
I’ve been tagged by Almostgotit of AlmostGotIt.com with a new blogging meme. The Rules: Provide a list of the books you’re currently reading. Pick up the nearest book, and open it to page 123. Find the fifth sentence, and post
April 21st, 2008 at 7:41 pm
The very weirdest thing about your tag list is that I know three of these people. Is this a small world, or what???
April 21st, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Wow, WG! Three?? Obviously we travel in the same cool blogging circles, that’s what! :0) — (I’d have tagged you too, but you had already done it, I think.)
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Way cool list - I am so intrigued that I just went and ordered Sahara Special and 1000 White Women. Classes end in 4 weeks and I am going to READ FOR FUN again!!
As for Mars and Venus…don’t get me started…I promised you yesterday that I am going to start talking more about what I am FOR and less about what I am against…
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:51 pm
1000 White Women is a bit salacious… just warning you!! But a very compelling read. Particularly interesting to me was that the author is both male and, in his other life, a sports writer.