Meme!!

Tagged by Amra (who has a fabulous book due out later this year--perfect Christmas present for everyone on your list!). Here's how it works:

1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open it to page 123
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people, and acknowledge who tagged you (and I understand that etiquette calls for you to avoid "tagging" someone else who has already been sent the meme, if possible).

My book is The Book of Joe by Jonathan Tropper, which is still rocking my world. And here's page 123:

"I knew it!" he exclaims gleefully. "Do tell, do tell."

I quickly relate all the events of the past day, listening to Owen's delighted gasps while Jared watches me, listening raptly, smirking when I include the incident of his coitus interruptus. "So let's review," Owen says when I'm done, not even trying to conceal his merriment. "In the last twenty-four hours, you've returned to your hometown, where essentially everybody hates you, you've been reunited, however awkwardly, with your estranged family, you've walked in on a sexual liasion, gotten into trouble with the law, been assulted on two separate occasion, and met up with an ailing friend and gotten drunk with him. Am I leaving anything out?"

Ok, yeah, so technically more than 3 sentences but it tells you just how badly things are going for Joe. Owen completely reminds me of Evan Handler's character in Californication, he's an excellent kick-in-the-ass for Joe. Not like Joe doesn't get enough of those. I especially love the ex who calls him every few days to spew bile then hang up, while he just listens and nods along.

So, the lucky folks tagged are: Rosie, Kathy Holmes, Robyn, Keris, and Ms. Mac. Knock yourselves out, chicas!