Taken from Walter Jon Williams' blog although he openly admits to taking it from somewhere else. (I've been rereading "Ten Points For Style" and decided to do my homework on him...

Here are your instructions:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t search around and look for the “coolest” book you can find. Do what’s actually next to you.

For me, it's a tossup between a handful of books as to "which is nearest" so I'll post them all for your amusement...

"The hood was up, and both Barris and Arctor stood together with a pile of car tools."

and

"Someone should have been hit--but we were all whole and unperforated."

and

"She found a new roll of Life Savers in a pocket, tore off the top with her teeth, and pulled one into her mouth."

There are actually about 6 other books within immediate reaching distance, but that should be enough for the exercise.