Writing Challenge – Booking Through Thursday
**Edited to add: It appears as if I don’t have two brain cells to rub together, because this was not a Go find a book grab the two sentences and be done. This was a WRITING CHALLENGE. I see my lame-ness, but I’ve spent way too much time on my blog already preparing some other posts, so I’ll leave it as-is. I apologize that more thought and effort didn’t go into this, but what do you expect from a natural blonde?
This week’s Booking Through Thursday question is:
- Pick up the nearest book. (I’m sure you must have one nearby.)
- Turn to page 123.
- What is the first sentence on the page?
- The last sentence on the page?
- Now . . . connect them together….
(And no, you may not transcribe the entire page of the book–that’s cheating!)
I’m currently reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck, so here’s my answer:
“I don’t want to go to California.” His eyes closed and he slept.
If you don’t have a blog, feel free to do this and post your answer in the comments. I might even edit the post to include yours! Those of you with blogs, please be sure to leave a link…sometimes I need a little inspiration! 
| Tags: booking through thursday, Books, btt 22 comments »
April 9th, 2008 at 11:37 pm
Wow, that’s a fast one, Trish!
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April 10th, 2008 at 12:50 am
Short but sweet. Happy BTT!
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April 10th, 2008 at 12:57 am
Those lines conect!
And I loved Reading East of Eden.
Booking Through Writing Challenge
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April 10th, 2008 at 2:08 am
I haven’t read East of Eden, but just by those two lines I can tell it has similar themes to The Grapes of Wrath and Cannery Row, which I have read.
Have you read other Steinbeck novels? More importantly, how do you find the tone and subject matter?
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April 10th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Perfect fit! Ü
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April 10th, 2008 at 2:30 am
That’s very short. I didn’t think of connecting mine like that. But then I don’t think it would have worked as well either. Happy thursday.
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April 10th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Well, that was easy! LOL…
Happy BTT.
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April 10th, 2008 at 3:26 am
That’s a good connection. I had to make mine up; because the two sentences didn’t seem to relate at all, at first glance.
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April 10th, 2008 at 4:29 am
That was easy.
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April 10th, 2008 at 4:40 am
I’m glad I had another book because East of Eden is nearby. We would have had the same answer (assuming we had the same edition)!
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April 10th, 2008 at 7:31 am
Well, yours didn’t take much.
My connection ended up being quite a bit longer:
http://shereadsbooks.wordpress.com/2008/04/10/btt-writing-challenge/
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April 10th, 2008 at 7:55 am
I can’t wait to try this! thank YOU for the inspiration.
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April 10th, 2008 at 8:12 am
[...] In the meantime, until there is some traffic from which I can recruit some visitors, I will participate in the BTT, specifically Trish’s request to join in: http://trishsdiary.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/booking-through-thursday-3/ [...]
April 10th, 2008 at 8:52 am
oh, I thought we were supposed to type out a story….I think I did it wrong.
I dunno.
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April 10th, 2008 at 1:44 pm
Here’s a link to my attempt at today’s BTT:
http://thebluestockingsociety.blogspot.com/2008/04/book-through-thursday.html
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April 10th, 2008 at 2:46 pm
It’s almost like a mini poem!
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April 10th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
I love East of Eden… It has been interesting seeing the different sentences selected / how well they connected / what people did with them… I ended up getting rather introspective on my own (www.bookclubclassics.com). I was afraid we were supposed to write our own story connecting the two, but I wasn’t sure whether readers would enjoy my feeble attempt at fiction so I passed on that idea!
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April 10th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I skipped this one. Too busy. Now I feel guilty! Maybe I’ll save it for later…
Yours is great, though!
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April 10th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I read yours this morning before I did mine, and I just put the two sentences together thinking that’s what we were supposed to do. Later in the day I read a few others and noticed that they were done much differently (they actually WROTE something, since it’s a WRITING challenge, to connect the sentences-brilliant! Why didn’t I think of that??). So I re-did mine. Not sure if it’s right, but I ‘spose it doesn’t matter!
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April 10th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Wow! That worked well! Reminds me of a joke about a contest where students had to write a short story that involved nobility, religion, sex, and mystery. The winner:
“Oh, my God! I’m pregnant,” said the Queen. “I wonder who did it.”
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April 11th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Even after figuring out that I was supposed to add something of my own to the two sentences, I still wasn’t up to the task.
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April 12th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
In your defence (and mine), the BTT challenge was a little ambiguous, so I don’t think there’s a right and wrong, just different interpretations!
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