Inigo, at the age of twenty-seven, began having a few extra glasses of wine at night, to help him get to sleep. At twenty-eight, he was having a few extra glasses to help him digest his lunch. At twenty-nine, the wine was essential to wake him up in the morning.

As tagged by the wonderful Mallory.

The rules are:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you.

I officially tag Catherine, Diana, Bryan, Bronwyn, and CJ- but I would love to hear from everyone.
If you don’t want to post this in your blog, or you don’t have one, OR I didn’t “officially” tag you, go ahead and leave the comment so I can see what you’re reading!

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So apparently this restaurant downtown that’s extremely overpriced offers 焼きそば (Yakisoba) on their menu. I’m kind of having a hard time breathing about it. The problem is, my mom makes it really well already and I’m not sure if the restaurant will make it properly or American style. I think I’ll just have to make it myself, to be honest. It will be cheaper and probably better in the long run. I just wish I had the ingrediants to make ソーキそば (Okinawan sōki soba) but there’s no way I can get my hands on the Awamori without paying out the nose.

I’m trying to read 52 books this year. (That’s a book a week.) But I just started this morning though and so I want to have five books read by February 5th. I’ve read Coraline, Getthing the Girl, and now I’m on The Alchemist. I really, really loved Coraline. Any good book recommendations? I’ve already read the Jonathan Safran Foer and Chuck Palahniuk books, and those that I haven’t read are already on my list. I’m only saying that because they seem to be a popular LJ recommandations. Sorry if this post was boring, I’m just sort of filling you all in.

I will try to do my vlog today. I already did it once, but part of it is ruined so I have to redo it. And I’m lazy. But I will try. After my bath.

Also, I wanted to say a quick thank you to those of you that write. Honestly, reading your words really helps pull my day together. My entire friends list and those with your own domains- Thank you. I check my list twice a day for updates.

That is all.
Cheers, cats.

Well that was quick! No one is a swifter detector of false prose than a young adult, and no one less patient with anything that doesn’t strike him or her as true. Young adult and children’s literature has always been under extreme stress to be written with an ear for language. This entire book, like, “A Step From Heaven” is written in free verse; the entire novel is in extended narrative poetry. And Virginia Euwer Wolff won the 2001 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature with that verse. It’s apparently the second book in a trilogy, the Make Lemonade trilogy to be exact, which I didn’t realize until after I had finished the book. But, “True Believer” can certainly stand alone. I enjoyed it, but I think I’m going to take a break now from this style of realistic fiction and splurge on some fantasy or some stronger fiction. Perhaps I’ll finally force myself to finish Forever Odd, the sequel to one of my favorite books, or perhaps I’ll finally get a chance to finish The Book Thief. Cheerio, readers!