Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you. Right now.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find the fifth sentence.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or (if you do not have your own blog) in the comments section of this blog.
*Post a link along with your post back to this blog.
* Don't dig for your favorite book, the coolest, the most intellectual. Use the CLOSEST.
HAPPY FRIDAY!
This week the closest book is Edith Hamilton's Mythology. We had to read through this is junior high and it has remained one of my favorite sources on Greek and Roman myths. A few years ago when one of my roommate lost my original copy, I went out and bought another. I was sad that all my notes from that junior high class were lost but I still have the book and that's what matters!
Zeus was madly in love with her and told her that anything she asked of him he would do; he swore it by the river Styx, the oath that not even he himself could break. She told him that what she wanted above all else was to see him in his full splendor as King of Heaven and Lord of the Thunderbolt.
28 comments:
Wish all men were like that lol
My 56 is here
CMashLovesToRead
Mythology is so much fun to read and Edith Hamilton is a classic. My Friday 56 is here.
Very interesting.
Here's my Friday 56.
Happy Reading!
I like the sound of that book - I might have to try & find a copy :o)
My 56 is here:
http://bookreviewsbysarah.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56-memory-zero.html
Ooh, that sounds wonderful!
Here's mine:
http://seasonsbylaurelrain.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56.html
I'm not big on mythology anymore. Not after seeing Percy Jackson.
http://fredasvoice.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56.html
Coool!
Here is mine:)
Very cool! Sounds like I might want to peruse those pages myself.
My Friday 56 is up as well. Come on over to visit.
Miranda ~ SweetVernal Zephyr
Hi!
Your book sounds really good. I love Mythology. I'll have to check this one out. Mine is posted at my place. Have a great day!
Sherrie
Just Books
Hello there!
Greek Myth has always been a favourite of mine and the lines you include above was definitely amazing.
I featured another book by Dave Pelzer for Friday56 this week. Have a look: Friday 56: The Lost Boy
I love Mythology and definitely loved that book :)
Here is mine for this week...http://robsad79.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56.html
I like how even gods can get goopy and lovesick!
My Friday 56 is here.
This sounds like fun. I enjoyed Greek and Roman mythology when I was a kid. My Friday 56 is here: http://theliterarygato.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56.html
Have a great weekend.
Mine's here.
Poor Semele; what a silly, silly woman she was!
My 56 is here
Julianne
Wow, that sounds so cool! That type of stuff has always interested me.
Here's my Friday 56!
This makes me want to reread my mom's copy of Edith Hamilton!
Here's mine
http://startingfresh-gaby317.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56-week-35-lessons-in-french-by.html
I'll have to check that book out!
My Friday 56: http://bookatopia.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56-girl-in-arena.html
Mythology yeah, never read the book but the subject matter I love!!!
Here is mine it has been awhile: http://jacaburintexas.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56-352010.html
jackie b central texas
I've heard the myth of this - from what I recall it doesn't end well for the woman. *g* Unless it's another version I remember.
My F56 is here from Kresley Cole's Pleasure of a Dark Prince. ;)
Ooh it kind of lures you in doesn't it? Makes me want to see him in all his splendor as well and I don't even know who he is.
you remember correctly, incident!
Love it... Being Greek, I love those Greeks! Here's my short one:
http://lady-books.blogspot.com/2010/03friday-56-start-here-by-alex-and-brett.html
i'm sorry i'm late for this one!
here's mine tonya;
http://darlynandbooks.blogspot.com/2010/03/friday-56-5.html
I only liked mythology when I became an adult. They don't make it attractive to kids when I was in school :(
It's already 12th of Mar over here in my part of the world, and so here is my F56.
Oh, so interested! I love it.
Here's mine!
Not a mythology fan....My Friday 56 is here
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