Book Meme

Gakked from madders:
1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don’t you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.
6. Tag five people.

"Now what would suit me best would be a general spell cast over Lincolnshire so that three or four thousand young men would all at once be filled with a lively desire to become soldiers and fight the French." He looked at Sir Walter rather wistfully. "Would your friend know of such a spell, Sir Walter, do you think?"

- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke.

T'is a good book if you like tales of magic. Very long and at first deceptively light and funny, but it gets darker as it goes along. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

I'm not going to tag anyone, but feel free to enlighten me with your currents reads if you feel like it!