In the Mood for Memes

[oloriel]

Because I can, and because I have nothing better to do, what with my dearest still off on his own.

Gacked from elenbarathi.

1. Take five books off your bookshelf.
2. Book #1 -- first sentence
3. Book #2 -- last sentence on page fifty
4. Book #3 -- second sentence on page one hundred
5. Book #4 -- next to the last sentence on page one hundred fifty
6. Book #5 -- final sentence of the book
7. Make the five sentences into a paragraph:

It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. "How're we getting - wherever we're going?" Harry asked. Externals have a great effect on the young. But Beren searched all the lands of Hithlum and Artanor ranging after her; and never has any of the Elves had more loneliness than his, or ever he too faded from life... There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind.

And the reference, for those who want to know:
#1 -- George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four
#2 -- Joanne K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
#3 -- Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre
#4 -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lays of Beleriand
#5 -- Douglas Adams, So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish

Am forced to admit that maybe my reading habits are somewhat nerdy.