book meme

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 56.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next seven sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.

Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett

After all, he was dead. That was supposed to be just like sleeping, only even more so. They said that dying was just like going to sleep, although of course if you weren't careful bits of you could rot and drop off.
What were you supposed to be doing when you slept, anyway? Dreaming...wasn't that all to do with sorting out your memories, or something? How did you go about it? He stared at the ceiling.