tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post1505045969378492505..comments2024-02-03T17:37:27.803-08:00Comments on Cogitations and Meditations: Tag Friday aka Meme TimeKeira Soleorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-46229051876763111682008-05-19T06:34:00.000-07:002008-05-19T06:34:00.000-07:00Thanks for tagging me, PJ. Sorry I'm a few days l...Thanks for tagging me, PJ. Sorry I'm a few days late getting in the game. Here goes. This is from THE DUKE OF SHADOWS by Meredith Duran....<BR/><BR/> The priest clutched the rifle to his chest, but the anxiety in his wide eyes afforded her no comfort.<BR/><BR/> She felt Julian's hand tugging on her braid. He leaned toward to murmur into her ear, "For your life, trust me."<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is a fabulous debut by this author. Aren't you dying to know what happens next?!Gannon Carrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08636246789013520445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-47147227806524295332008-05-19T05:58:00.000-07:002008-05-19T05:58:00.000-07:00A day late--as usual. :D But I'm here. Maybe I can...A day late--as usual. :D But I'm here. Maybe I can help clean up from the party?!<BR/><BR/>The nearest book: Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward (my favorite of the BDB books). Now then, let's see...<BR/>"Framed Monet poster and a little window with drawn blinds. Desk with pamplets and a computer. Exam table with a piece of white paper stretched over it."<BR/><BR/>My initial reaction was 'can I pick another book?' But this scene is critical to the story - why Mary can't love Rhage.<BR/><BR/>Tracy Garrett<BR/>www.tracygarrett.com<BR/><BR/>P.S.>Thanks for the tag, Suz!TracyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03432297803219920111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-61569994127493625162008-05-18T22:13:00.000-07:002008-05-18T22:13:00.000-07:00Hi Keira -Just learned I was tagged and I'm back o...Hi Keira -<BR/><BR/>Just learned I was tagged and I'm back on the road again tomorrow. So here goes (for a quickie!)<BR/><BR/>From WICKED WOMAN by Denise Eagan<BR/><BR/>"Oh! I'd almost forgotten! I have a gift for you, too!"<BR/><BR/>This is not as interesting as line five which comes from the same dialogue: "You have vast amounts of stamina."<BR/><BR/>Now that's a line worth investigating.Donna MacMeanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10310857800824141312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-83562078829546922362008-05-18T21:12:00.000-07:002008-05-18T21:12:00.000-07:00Hi Keira!! i've been away all weekend so I just di...Hi Keira!! i've been away all weekend so I just discovered I'd been tagged. Fun idea! :-)<BR/><BR/>The nearest book to me right now that has 123 pages (I'm surrounded by picture books, because I'm sitting on the couch and this is where I usually read with the kids) is Draining the Sea, by Micheline Aharonian Marcom. It's not a happy book (about Armenian Genocide) and it has the longest sentences known to man. So there IS no sentences 6-8 on this page. Honestly. Here's the sentence in the middle of the page: <BR/><BR/>"They sit on the walls, circle around in their haphazard unreasoned flight; the patterns so randomly made, it would seem, but no collision in their frenzy, these black birds, smaller than my fingernails -- flying, filling, running up and down my walls, my kidney." <BR/><BR/>It gets a lot crazier after that. <BR/><BR/>I'll be honest with you. There's no chance of me reading this book. I'll be lucky if I get to page 20.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-1622145115033296312008-05-18T13:00:00.000-07:002008-05-18T13:00:00.000-07:00Kim, Santa and Andrea, thanks for coming over to p...Kim, Santa and Andrea, thanks for coming over to play! Santa and Andrea, I adore both of those books by LK. She's a master.<BR/><BR/>I find it fascinating that page 123 of so many different books have given us such interesting snippets.pjpuppymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18234101901405553621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-3151348135047664572008-05-18T12:13:00.000-07:002008-05-18T12:13:00.000-07:00PJ tagged me! What a fun game!The book closest to...PJ tagged me! What a fun game!<BR/><BR/>The book closest to me is Blue-Eyed Devil by LK because my sister just returned it to me.<BR/><BR/><B>But it was too late now. A lifetime too late. A million wishes too late.</B><BR/><BR/>Hmmm, doesn't it make you wonder WHAT was too late and WHY?!?! <BR/><BR/>*sigh* I love this book.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for tagging me, PJ! And what a lovely blog you have, Keira!<BR/><BR/>~AndreaAndreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09653666675287477633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-8184816584695739122008-05-18T12:12:00.000-07:002008-05-18T12:12:00.000-07:00Keira, I notified my "taggers" of thier being tagg...Keira, I notified my "taggers" of thier being tagged. We'll see if they show, the rascals. :>Jeanne (AKA The Duchesse)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03492480881584553111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-69972246004802851542008-05-18T11:17:00.000-07:002008-05-18T11:17:00.000-07:00This is from Lisa Kleypas' 'Secrets of a Summer Ni...This is from Lisa Kleypas' 'Secrets of a Summer Night'...<BR/><BR/>His gaze slid over her, slowly coming to rest on her flushed face.<BR/><BR/>Another moment or two of sufficated silence, and Hunt swallowed hard before speaking in a rusty-sounding voice. "I probably shouldn't ask. But what the hell are you doing?"<BR/><BR/>My first response would be, "Anything you want, darlin'".<BR/><BR/>Naturally, the reader would want to know where they are and though her face is flushed - why would his voice be rusty-sounding?<BR/><BR/>I love this book, the first of the Wallflower series because it features another of Kleypas' delicious unconventional heroes.<BR/><BR/>Great game, friends. Here is the list of taggees for me:<BR/><BR/>J Perry Stone<BR/>Sara Mangel<BR/>Manda<BR/>Janga<BR/>Lindsey<BR/><BR/>I was going to tag Diane Gaston but she's on deadline but wouldn't it be cool for a snippet from pg 123 of her current WIP? :)<BR/><BR/>And YES, Fast and Loose was marvelous. Do let us know when Liz will be on Bandits! Count me in as still missing Squawk Radio and their lovely brand of banter and wit! I love that I can find still find it with so many here.Santahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770231939962704822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-39263318969475774912008-05-18T11:09:00.000-07:002008-05-18T11:09:00.000-07:00The nearest book happens to be the one I finished ...The nearest book happens to be the one I finished last night, <I>The Great Swim</I> by Gavin Mortimer (about Gertrude Ederle and the others trying to swim the Engish Channel in 1926). Page 123, sentence 5 plus next 3 lines: "But despite the Standard-Star's self-indulgent pledge of allegiance to [Clarabelle] Barrett, its edition of August 4 still carried [Lillian] Cannon's latest column from Gris-Nez [France's Cape Gray Nose, where many contenders trained]. Unfortunately for the Baltimore woman, she now sounded precious when she whined that 'one of the most distasteful parts of Channel swimming is the greasing . . . you simply are all mucked up."<BR/><BR/>Along with other fascinating and much more important tidbits, book explains in detail how the greasing, intended as protection from salt water abrasion, actually worked. I've long admired Ederle, who broke the previous (male) record for channel crossings and who was the first woman ever to topple a man's sporting record, according to this book.<BR/><BR/>My tags are already tagged, alas. Keira, this turned up some interesting bits.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13705259501965011703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-54400841931543796322008-05-18T08:07:00.000-07:002008-05-18T08:07:00.000-07:00acckkk! You tagged me and I didn't even respond! I...acckkk! <BR/>You tagged me and I didn't even respond! I don't have a book nearby, except the one that I'm writing, due June 2!!!! <BR/>sorry...Diane Gastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770373530197339170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-63414200937419056852008-05-18T05:27:00.000-07:002008-05-18T05:27:00.000-07:00Ack! Okay, the closest book is "Tom Cruise: An Una...Ack! Okay, the closest book is "Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography."<BR/><BR/>"I couldn't believe it," Cruise recalled. "There were nights when I went home and couldn't help but think that this could be me." He stayed in character for meeting with movie executives and journalists, who were noplussed by the sight of the wild-eyed, wheelchair-bound figure confronting them.<BR/><BR/>This was, of course, about the movie "Born On the Fourth Of July." If you've ever doubted his acting chops, that's the movie to watch. This book was loaned to me by (TI) Claudia Dain and is fairly fascinating, in a trainwreck sort of way. *g*Caren Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12352366686017375279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-85974228244933397922008-05-18T02:15:00.000-07:002008-05-18T02:15:00.000-07:00OK, sorry I'm late! Nearest book. Hmm, the nearest...OK, sorry I'm late! Nearest book. Hmm, the nearest book is probably Giraffes Can't Dance, which doesn't have a p123, so I'll go with Mary Balogh's Simply Magic (the large print version)<BR/><BR/>"You wanted to try mine. You thought you might have better luck than I had had, but actually I do not believe there were any fish in that lake. I never heard of anyone catching anything there."<BR/><BR/>Sorry, I'm a little late to tag anyone!<BR/><BR/>Anna, what great lines from your upcoming opus! Makes me want more;)Christine Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260589566405262159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-27968355677506638462008-05-18T00:23:00.000-07:002008-05-18T00:23:00.000-07:00Oh wow, thanks Anna for the tag and sending me ove...Oh wow, thanks Anna for the tag and sending me over to play :-)<BR/><BR/>I grabbed the nearest book, which is out on my desk because we're using it for a unit study of all things LOL. Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone by JK Rowling.<BR/><BR/>"Thank you!"<BR/>He sat back down. Everybody clapped and cheered. <BR/><BR/>*g* the fifth line is actually the funnest, since its "And here they are: Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak!"Tawnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076851566613018105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-52632036321632603972008-05-17T21:08:00.001-07:002008-05-17T21:08:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-33334818413908266642008-05-17T21:08:00.000-07:002008-05-17T21:08:00.000-07:00Actually, she's apologising for something other th...Actually, she's apologising for something other than that she promises to be a beauty but that was the rules of the game - you had to do the three sentences. I realised when I read it back that it sounds like she's sorry about that! I think this is such a fun game - I like the sound of Cassondra's imposter!Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-56213545188986731122008-05-17T20:57:00.000-07:002008-05-17T20:57:00.000-07:00And...the power had gone out AGAIN. Back up now.Fo...And...the power had gone out AGAIN. Back up now.<BR/><BR/>Foanna: So back to you and dear Raj and GRaj. No, wait, you didn't mean your feathered friends. You meant the <I>asli</I> British Raj.<BR/><BR/>The dew on the first tender leaves of your latest story is still there. I'm so honored that you would choose this forum to share gold with us.<BR/><BR/>And oh, very tit-tit-tit. I meant they needed very little to be perfectly in sync with each other. Being able to understand someone else without the need for words and on not so close an aquaintance (she's Miss Watson after all), is something rare to be treasured and handled very carefully and, er, passionately. :)Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-65451532600501287142008-05-17T19:47:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:47:00.000-07:00Oh, shoot. I went back and re-read the rules--I w...Oh, shoot. I went back and re-read the rules--I was supposed to post after the FIFTh sentence--not FIVE sentences.<BR/><BR/>SORRY.<BR/><BR/>Well, that's what happens when a vampire gets yanked out of her coffin...she's confused.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-85770925751631611112008-05-17T19:45:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:45:00.000-07:00Okay I'll post my sentences though--then I'll tag ...Okay I'll post my sentences though--then I'll tag tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>Here goes...<BR/><BR/>From <I>Dear Imposter</I> by Nicole Byrd (I swear, it was the closest work of fiction). <BR/><BR/><I>"I have called extra footmen to assist me in expelling him"--the elderly servant looked affronted to have to admit his own physical weakness--"but one is off on an errand, and another in bed with a toothache, leaving only Wilson, who's rather small himself. And the madman is so insistent--"<BR/><BR/>"Good heavens." Psyche stared, unable to imagine who this man could be. She had expected the problem to be with Percy.<BR/><BR/>"We'd better not leave him alone, miss. Lord knows he may try to murder the whole household."<BR/><BR/></I><BR/><BR/>So there you go.<BR/><BR/>I love this book so much I used it in a class I taught. I'm just sayin.<BR/><BR/>Sorry if this is too much....<BR/>as late as it is and as tired as I am, I'm having trouble counting sentences.Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-59831854088127658562008-05-17T19:34:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:34:00.000-07:00OMG! I've been tagged! CAn I post tomorrow, when...OMG! I've been tagged! CAn I post tomorrow, when I have brain cells? After two days working and a busy evening I'm not up to the responsibility of tagging and letting the tagged know they've been tagged.<BR/><BR/>I promise I'll play!<BR/><BR/>Keira, what a great idea!Cassondrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420982030156788059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-36175917510961112222008-05-17T19:26:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:26:00.000-07:00Kim: Welcome to my scribblings and thanks for play...Kim: Welcome to my scribblings and thanks for playing tag with us.<BR/><BR/>What a marvelous example. Those simple staccato sentences say <I>so</I> much about the character perceiving these emotions and the character's history/life experiences.<BR/><BR/>((Santa)), a domani, cara. A domani.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-15832845071049709912008-05-17T19:21:00.001-07:002008-05-17T19:21:00.001-07:00What fun examples everyone's coming up with!I sens...What fun examples everyone's coming up with!<BR/><BR/>I sense a collective tiredness at the Lair. Methinks, given that I know you're all party-hardys, that you've spent your Friday night creating a maritinis like this: drank the vodka first, then the vermouth, then chewed olive, then boogie on the dance floor for a song or two. Swallow, Dance, Repeat. <BR/><BR/>Oh, Foanna and PJ: Not a day goes by when I don't miss Squawk. The women themselves and the SR community they'd built. My first online-blog home.<BR/><BR/>PJ: Big Brown is the same horse in the race after which Two Belles had to be put down??<BR/><BR/>Foanna: No blushes needs (the glowing pink kind or the angry rash kind). PJ and I are thrilled even with the possibility of getting to chat with Liz.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I don't think the following ladies read my journal. So the taggers will need to let the taggees know they've been tagged.<BR/><BR/>Leah Grant<BR/>Sophia Nash<BR/>Kathryn Anderson<BR/>Tracy Garrett<BR/>Lisa Tapp<BR/>Sara Reinke<BR/>Andrea<BR/>Gannon<BR/>Marisa<BR/>SantaKeira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-86914831674852557622008-05-17T19:21:00.000-07:002008-05-17T19:21:00.000-07:00I've been tagged by PJ and will return tomorrow to...I've been tagged by PJ and will return tomorrow to post! I promise.<BR/><BR/>So, Liz Bevarly is visiting the Bandits or Anna! Fabulous! I adore Liz and her books! Just finished Fast & Loose and LOVED it! <BR/><BR/>A domani!Santahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770231939962704822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-57260172348546862072008-05-17T18:41:00.000-07:002008-05-17T18:41:00.000-07:00Omigosh!! WOW! Look-it. 22 comments.I'd typed up a...Omigosh!! WOW! Look-it. 22 comments.<BR/><BR/>I'd typed up a brilliant reply to Foanna's first comment, when our power went out (on the first day the mercury hit 90). So I'm going to go in a read everyone's comments and start replying one by one.Keira Soleorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14440213826734580889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-26977930280480069832008-05-17T17:33:00.000-07:002008-05-17T17:33:00.000-07:00Ha, JT! I knew at least we'd mentioned her coming....Ha, JT! I knew at least we'd mentioned her coming. I hope she says yes! Sorry for letting the cat out of the bag when in fact the cat was still wandering the garden completely uncaught. Blushes in sweet Regency way.Anna Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06695579361323275316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34763566.post-63473854065699324812008-05-17T17:32:00.000-07:002008-05-17T17:32:00.000-07:00Still waiting to hear from Liz..... :-)Still waiting to hear from Liz..... :-)Joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12566704374877697300noreply@blogger.com