Lately, there’s been something on Facebook about “International Book Week”. Evidently, it comes up once every few months. The actual rule says something about grabbing the nearest book and posting a random sentence from a very specific part of the book. Then, I guess people are supposed to guess what book it is (which, from the looks of Facebook, no one ever does).
I still haven’t gotten around to playing/participating. Mostly, because every time I play, there’s no “nearest book”. My computer is next to a bookshelf, and choosing a book on my own seems like it’s cheating the spontaneous nature of the game. Then again, rolling dice or something to randomize how I grab a book just seems silly.
Wouldn’t it be funny if those religious extremists that support book burning gave Chester a medal for all his efforts? I can almost imagine his confused look as he’s getting that medal.
That’s a brilliant idea, Sareen! I wish I would’ve thought of it myself.
I love the sublety of the title of the book that gets to blow out the candle. As for your participation in International Book week, might I suggest that that the random sentence satisfies your criteria that it be spontaneous…unless you have taken to memorizing all of your books, in whcih case you’re just weird and we cannot help you.
I think I’m just overthinking this one, Gary. Plus I’m weird, and probably beyond help at this point.
Good eye, by the way. I like hiding subtle stuff like that when I can. I think I’ll be doing it more often in the future.
“Events” like these always make me feel like such a literature snob, because I catch myself thinking: Isn’t this actually “International Happen to Have a Book by Your Computer Week?” Wouldn’t International Book Week be better celebrated by, I don’t know, reading an actual book? And then I feel bad, because the kids are having fun with books on their internets, and here I am grousing about it all like “Get off my e-lawn you punks.”
“Back in my day, we had to read a book to figure out what Literature Week was… and we didn’t tell anyone diddly-squat!”
I kind of like the idea of curmudgeonly reading.
My friends get upset when I leave sharks in their bathtub for Shark Week too.
I think I’d be ok with it if I had a larger bathtub.
I this guys looking on the bright side attitude.