mothwing | Book Meme

Tagged by [Bad username or unknown identity: Lordhellebore. ]

The rules are thus:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag three people.

The book is The Life of Pi by Yann Martel, which is not even mine. It's Crocky's, and it's an awesome book.

There was a bumping and scraping sound against the hull of the lifeboat. A few seconds later, so close to the lifeboat I could have leant donw and grabbed it, a large sea turtle appeared, a hawksbill, flippers lazily turning, head sticking out of the water. It was striking-looking in an ugly sort of way, with a rugged, yellowish brown shell about three feet long and spotted with patches of algae, and a dark green face with a sharp beak, no lips, two solid holes for nostrils, and black eyes that stared at me intently.

Oh, tagging. Hmm. I tag

bronnyelsp,

firenightingale and

fourthage.