Book Game

[NotAMouse]

Find the closest book to your right. Open it up to page 22. Share the second sentence on the page.*

I'll start.

I had a sudden absurd memory of the floral wallpaper treatment that had lined the bathroom of my house when I had shared it with my husband.
—Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

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Adjust as necessary. If there's not a page 22, find a different page. If there are no sentences on page 22, find a different page & different sentence.

[0 Azzy 0]

Use the measuring cup to scoop up the ingredient, letting it come a little bit above the rim.
-How to Cook Everything by Mark Bittman

[stark]

The side with the greater angle at the wrist is the action side; the opposite is the inaction of the straight side.

-- The Human Machine by George Bridgman

[Scarescrow]

That is, they had empathy and lost it, however briefly.

-- The Science of Evil by Simon Baron-Cohen

[GodOfWar]

"So much for campaigning in flat country."
~The Art of War by Sun Tzu

[Emma]

"It's always fun to explore fabrics and notions that can make each project special."
- The Making of a Rag Doll by Jess Brown

[Ejected]

"He had resented music from the day at age four when he realized that it was music that took his parents away so often and for so long."
— The Black Canary by Jane Louise Curry

[prussianblue]

"What did I say with all those words?" -All Rights Reserved by Gregory Scott Catsoulis

[Mae]

"And she questioned him further, and soon he was telling her tales of his home and the Vale of Erl."

- The King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord Dunsany

[whizzball1]

"Then lcm(a, b) = ab/gcd(a, b)."
-An Introduction to Abstract Algebra with Notes to the Future Teacher by Olympia E. Nicodemi, et al.

[Briza]

"He finds no assurance at the outset of the alleged event, and in every way, a truth buried in the centuries is unacceptable to the contemporary spirit interested only in the here and now."

Ages of the Spiritual Life

[@Paul Evdokimov]

[AlteredTundra]

An ensign showed Norman to his room, tiny and grey, more like a prison cell than anything else

Sphere by Micheal Crichton

[Iuniper]

We start the verification of statement (2) by letting θ₁ and θ₂ denote any values of argz₁ and argz₂, respectively.
- Complex Variables AND Applications by James Ward Brown and some other people

[CollectorOfMyst]

"A mental checklist of foster homes left her none the wiser."

-Dead Man's Cove, a Laura Marlin Mystery by Lauren St. John.

[0 Azzy 0]

"To understand who does, you have to know about the Corporate Court, the body the megacorporations created when they realized they were spending too much time solving their disputes by ravaging entire small countries."
-Shadowrun, Catalyst game labs

[Luna_Maria]

"All fighters," said Sector General Yamato's voice in Trevor's headset, "head towards the enemy fleet at maximum drive speed and strike your assigned targets."
Battle of Sol by Lee Guo

[Joegreenbeen]

"There are many bandits prowling the desert," said the man.
-Magic Tree House #34, A Merlin Mission: Season of the Sandstorms by Mary Pope Osborn

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I only read sophisticated literature.

[CollectorOfMyst]

At risk of repeating myself...

"A mental checklist of foster homes left her none the wiser."

-Dead Man's Cove, a Laura Marlin Mystery by Lauren St. John.

[AlteredTundra]

Up on the top of the hill and around the corner, and Maxi's house would be the fourth one on the right.

Broken Time by Maggy Thomas

[Stanifly]

Home wasn't really home without it.

- Claws by Mike and Rachel Grinti