Grab the book closest

[Clio]

What had been added was metamorphosis animation of a kind that had become a Fleischer specialty and that Disney rarely if ever used; he noted that the Fleischer cartoon "is an entirely different sort of thing than ours."

Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in its Golden Age
~Michael Barrier

[Nadir]

The really black magic requires not just my blood but animal sacrifice.

The Good, The Bad And The Undead by Kim Harrison

[Neferus Andolini]

To have even a chance of conjuring up a living at magic, you probably must convince corporations to hire you for their parties and trade shows.

Cool Careers for Dummies

[Darius]

"He squinted through the dark and could barely make out the topmen as they scampered up the ratlines to pull in the top gallants and control their speed in the darkness."

The Undead: A Zombie Anthology, edited by  DL Snell & Elija Hall

The Diabolical Plan by Derek Gunn

[Dreamweaver]

"Many of these people probably belong to Sushi K's retinue of managers, flacks and lawyers."

Neal Stephenson  -  "Snow Crash"

[BaronS]

"Ahead, so great tasting dinners are never far off, even when you're busy"

This months good taste magazine, specifically the winter food section.  Give me a break, all my books are in the next room.

[kitten]

"There was no overhead light; you had to go into the room and snap on one of the lamps in order to dispel the gloom." ~ Dean R. Koontz, Darkfall

[Dre]

'... ghost should be able to spook a horse. Once, her very ...'

Haunted by Kelley Armstrog

[Nimmy]

... page 56 doesn't have words - it's a map. So I cheated and went to 57.

"Cadastral maps, or maps recording land ownership, represent one of the earliest forms of cartographic enterprise"
Mapping Boston, Edited by Alex Krieger

[Fireeyes]

He knew what it must of cost Mercer to acknowlege such a thing.

~After Dark ~Jayne Castle

[Onica]

"You are no more mad than any of the rest of us."

Knights
Linda Lael Miller

[ShamshielDF]

"Sorry, I just flashed on walking down the street and seeing a troll rappelling down a skyscraper toward me."

Shadowrun, Second Edition, "Fields of Fire" mercenary manual, Runner commentary on climbing gear.

[Valerian]

"In almost every state in the Union, the state capital is not in the largest city, and the reason for that is, the states were all founded by farmers, not businessmen or academics, and farmers don't trust cities."

-Donald E. Westlake, "Walking Around Money"
from the Transgressions novella series.

[Dreamweaver]

"Nous prenons à notre charge l’expédition du composant si vous avez une adresse au Canada."


Dell Computers and Monitors: Product Information Guide

[Tachi]

"There's no one in the bed and no one in the room either," he whispered to his wife.

H.G.Well's The Invisible Man

[sloc]

The theory of greographic speciation is one of the key theories in evolutionary biology.

- The Scars Of Evolution by Elaine Morgan

[Greg MD]

Mr. ____ small like his daddy, his brother stand way taller.

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

[Lady Annabelle]

"But remember who's sent emissaries recently?"

Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn

It is the book I am currently reading at the moment.

[Nadir]

"That looks like a bruise caused by restraints."

For A Few Demons More by Kim Harrison

[Tachi]

"Thank you for not making me ask first," Noah said with a smile.

Discipline of the Deviation series by Chris Owen and Jodi Payne (<---Excellent series.)

[MusicNeverDies]

"BECAUSE ... BECAUSE ... GODS DAMN YOU, BECAUSE ..."

The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and Glass - Stephen King.

The entire book isn't in cap lock, I promise.

[Valerian]

"What was the author leaving out?"

Stone's Fall, by Iain Pears.  Excellent book so far.  :)

[Nimmy]

"Way back when, when Louis the Ninth died during the Crusades, this place was used as a place of worship for him."

Gorgeous Carat vol. 4 (it's a manga) by You Higuri

[ShamshielDF]

"What I like most about the batter ratios, though, is what they have to teach us about the similarities between the extensive variety of preparation, the impact of the proportions of fundamental ingredients."

Ratio: The simple codes behind the craft of every day cooking, by Michael Ruhlman

It is the un-cookbook.  Not a list of recipes, but rather the extremely basic fundamentals of various types of foods, such as the fundamental ratio for bread.  Once you have that, you can modify to your hearts content and never look at a recipe book again.  I am loving this book!

[Skye]

"Clothes...knives...and handcuffs...and shampoo bottles?"
-Lover Awakened: J.R. Ward