This one is pretty cool......

My friend Wendy tagged me for this really cool meme. She is very sweet to tag me for these things cause she knows it makes me feel special and loved. This one is about books and ya'll know that I am really all about the book thing! Here goes.....

Here are the rules:
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.

This is from the book I am currently reading for the 888 Challenge, "Double Shot" by Diane Mott Davidson.

I kicked the parking meter again. "Will you stop?" Marla Hollered. "Pay attention. I need you to tell me what to say to the cops. Quickly."

Ok, so technically that was more than three sentences but I thought it would be rude to cut Marla off in the middle of her desperation.

I really do like these novels by Davidson. They are listed as murder mysteries but they have humor and RECIPES!!!!! Yeah food! The main character happens to be a caterer that just stumbles into trouble and sticks her nose where it doesn't belong. These books are usually pretty quick reads for me. They catch my interest in the first chapter and I don't normally have to get up and log on the computer to look up a word I don't understand.

I am tagging the following peeps:

Tina M.

Debby V.

April

Pat

Robyn

The first two tagged can do it by e-mail and get some others to join in that way! I am kinda hoping that they will join the blog world someday soon. Come on ya'll, it's fun! (peer pressure!)

I DID IT!!!!!

You Scored an A

You got 10/10 questions correct. It's pretty obvious that you don't make basic grammatical errors.If anything, you're annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs.As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they're only human.And it's humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes.

The It's Its There Their They're Quiz

I beat Wendy....I beat Wendy..... (to be said in a childlike sing songy manner)

Please believe me folks when I say that this was a fluke! Wendy is WAY smarter than me. She home schools her youngins and has an understanding of literature that I will never in a million years "get"! If you don't believe me, just compare her reading list to mine......go ahead.....I'll wait........SEE! told ya! nuff said.

Progress.....

WoooHoooo. I'm on the 13th chapter of John. Finished Salem Falls and on pg 90 something of The Tenth Circle.
Everyone has been fed the appropriate number of meals. The animals fed, watered and exercised. Everyone has clean clothes. So far I have not neglected anyone that I know of and I have fulfilled all obligations and public appearances.

Yippee!

So Far So Good.......

I am on the last chapter of Salem Falls, my first 2008 book for the 888 challenge. It has been a good one but then I really have liked all of Jodi Picoult's books.

I have also completed the first 5 chapters of John. In the past I have found understanding the Bible kind of hard. I mean, I know that sometimes the words that are written can mean so much more than just face value but I just was never able to get some of it to really sink in. I find it wonderful when my dh (Gene) or our pastors explain scripture. It's like a picture has been painted or a light has brightened. For that reason, I have FINALLY realized (after being told 1,000,063 times) that all I have to do is pray about it BEFORE I start reading and God paints that picture and brightens that light and I GET IT!!!!! I am enjoying the Bible as never before. I am reading a couple chapters at night and a couple in the a.m. during quiet time. See there....you really can teach an old dog new tricks!

I hope both of you have had a wonderful start to 2008!

Finally! A contest I can do.....

I have decided to join a book reading challenge called the 888. Basically it's read 8 books each in 8 self chosen categories during 2008. Since I read a heck of a lot anyway, why not make it official right? I found out about it while lurking around, ahem, I mean um... reading Wendy's blog. She is always doing something clever like this so I decided to crash um or er uh...join her party. yeah, that's it. Maybe, just maybe all this reading will make me a little more clever too and maybe I will be able to carry on some really interesting conversations during the year....for a change... sigh. So without further ado.......here is my list:

The next in the series:
1. Bryson City Secrets by Walt Larimore M.D.
2. Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich
3. Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich
4. The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
5. Stalemate by Iris Johansen
6. Absolute Fear by Lisa Jackson
7. Hide by Lisa Gardner
8. The Hollow by Nora Roberts
Alternate: Phantom Prey by John Sandford

Old Favorite Gal Authors:
1. Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
2. Trace by Patricia Cornwell
3. Predator by Patricia Cornwell
4. Book of the Dead by Patricia Cornwell
5. Pandora's Daughter by Iris Johansen
6. Killer Dreams by Iris Johansen
7. Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts
8. The Key Trilogy by Nora Roberts

Old Favorite Dude Authors:
1. Third Degree by Greg Iles
2. Invisible Prey by John Sandford
3. Dark of the Moon by John Sandford
4. The Stone Monkey by Jefferey Deaver
5. The Twelfth Card by Jeffery Deaver
6. The Cold Moon by Jeffery Deaver
7. Gone by Jonathan Kellerman
8. Rage by Jonathan Kellerman

Authors that are new to me:
1. Through Thick And Thin by Alison Pace
2. Locked Rooms by John Dikson Carr
3. Little Bitty Lies by Mary Kay Andrews
4. Best Friends by Martha Moody
5. Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot
6. Size 12 Is Not Fat by Meg Cabot
7. Where The Heart Is by Billie Letts
8. Peace Like A River by Leif Engerl
Alternate: In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner

Light and Quick Reads:
1. The Cat Who Robbed A Bank by Lilian Jackson Braun
2. The Cat Who Smelled A Rat by Lilian Jackson Braun
3. Cats Eyewitness by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
4. Sour Puss by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown
5. Double Shot by Diane Mott Davidson
6. Dark Tort by Diane Mott Davidson
7. Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson
8. Plum Lovin by Janet Evanovich

Books by Jodi Picoult:
1. Harvesting The Heart
2. Picture Perfect
3. Keeping Faith
4. Salem Falls
5. The Tenth Circle
6. Change Of Heart
7. Songs Of The Humpback Whale
8. Love And Murder

Books by Terri Blackstock:
1. Private Justice
2. Shadow Of Doubt
3. Cape Refuge
4. Southern Storm
5. Rivers Edge
6. Breaker's Reef
7. Night Light
8. True Light
Alternate: Dawn's Light

Christian Authors:
1. Sugar And Grits by DiAnn Mills,Martha Rogers, Janice Thompson, Kathleen Y'borbo
2. Light From Heaven by Jan Karon
3. A Song I Know By Heart by Bret Lott
4. Presumed Guilty by James Scott Bell
5. Sins of the Fathers by James Scott Bell
6. The Postcard by Beverly Lewis
7. The Crossroad by Beverly Lewis
8. Christmas in My Heart by Joe L Wheeler

OK y'all. That's it. Oh, by the way, I am also re-reading the Bible this year. If I complete the challenge (which I hope to) and the Bible (which I am determined to) I will have completed my 64 books times 2 plus some!! That would be cool.......

Anyway, wish me luck. I will keep both of you posted on my progress. (I'm kinda pretending like you really care.....)

Happy New Year!