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Tagged by Yummy Sushi Pajamas

1. Grab the book closest to you.
2. Open to page 123, go down to the fifth sentence.
3. Post the text of next 3 sentences on your blog.
4. Name of the book and the author.
5. Tag three people.

"And when we did see it, on the north side of the ship, it was all rocks and trees, and looked dark and forbidding, and not fit for human habitation at all; and there were clouds of birds that screamed like lost souls, and I hoped that we would not be compelled to live in such a place.

But after a time there were farms and houses visible on the shore, and the land had the appearance of being more placid, or tamer as you might say. We were required to stop at an island and undergo an inspection for cholera, as many before us had brought it into the country on the ships; but as the dead people on our ship had died of other things - four beside my mother, two from consumption and one from apoplexy, and one jumped overboard - we were allowed to proceed." - Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

TAG: Chica, Medieval Girl, Shocking Fish

For the record, this book is bloody marvellous!