Brian just tagged me with another blogmeme, and seeing as how I haven’t posted for a while… what the hell?

The meme in question:

1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages).
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people.

What Brian didn’t realize is that he tagged me twice, so here are the top two books in the stack.

Ken Follett, Jackdaws: “The last thing Monty had said to Paul Chancellor, late on Monday night, had been: ‘If you do only one thing in this war, make sure that telephone exchange is destroyed.’ Paul had woken this morning with those words echoing in his mind. It was a simple instruction.”

Dan Harrington & Bill Robertie, Harrington on Hold ‘Em, Volume III: “The big blind has been active throughout this session, and likes to stick in a lot of small raises during a pot. The small raises don’t indicate anything about the strength of his hand. Your hand: Aâ™  A♣.”