Friday 56 (06/27/09 edition)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

It was then that he noticed an alcove hidden behind the cabinet.

The 6th Seal by J.M. Emanuel

Friday 56 (06-19-09 edition)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

For a moment a mad terror engulfed me. Had he seen me running down the hill? Would he now seek to kill me to cover up his crime?

Mother of the Believers by Kamran Pasha (I chose to do the first sentences on page 56 instead of the fifth)

Friday 56 (06-05-09 edition)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"A coffin. A child's, from the size of it. How in the world did it ever get to sea?"

Bees and Mist by Erick Setiawan

Friday 56 (05/22/09 edition)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

"The whole damned town heard about the caller, for Christ's sake. It was on the radio! Remember? Who was he, and how in the hell did he get past screening?"

(Hot Blooded by Lisa Jackson)

Friday 56 (05/15/09 edition)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
"We will only be there for as long as it takes to get the men to come," she continued. "The Americanos will be happy we're there! Even if we're caught!"

(Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea, page 56)

Due to be released in hardcover May 2009

Friday 56 (05/08/09)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

The third time I went to choose a book, the guy in the ball cap said, "Hey, since we're getting to be book friends, I should tell you who I am." He stuck his hand at me. For a moment I didn't even move.

Men and women never shake hands in the Compound.

"I'm Patrick," he said.

The Chosen One by Carol Lynch Williams

The Friday 56 (4/24/09)

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
*Post a link along with your post back to Storytime with Tonya and Friends.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.

I'll bet I cried for twenty minutes. In the middle of it, I got my daughter a graham cracker. She didn't notice a thing.