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Billie<\/a>
\ntagged me with the book meme, so I figured I may as well get on with
\nproliferating it. It’s the p. 123 meme, the one where you pick up the nearest
\nbook of more than 123 pages, flip to page 123, jump over the first five
\nsentences, and then post the next three. My selection:<\/p>\n

Where’d they come from, sir?
\n\tThose things aren’t wild<\/i> out here, are they?
\n\tNo, not wild.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This comes from
\nPride of Baghdad<\/a><\/i>, a graphic novella based on a true story about a pride
\nof lions freed from the Baghdad zoo on the first night of the air strikes in
\n2003. I borrowed it yesterday and then read it this morning before everyone
\n(other than Is.) was awake. It was written by Brian Vaughn (Y: The Last Man<\/i>
\nand Ex Machina<\/i>) and drawn by Niko Henrichon, and the build-up and
\npresentation are terrific, right in line with Vaughn’s other stuff.<\/p>\n

The last piece of the meme requires that I tag five others (chain-letter
\nstyle, the last person to break the meme, so I hear, spontaneously combusted).
\nBecause I’m curious what they’re reading these days, let me try
\nTricia<\/a>,
\nBrian<\/a>,
\nJulie<\/a>,
\nJeff<\/a>, and
\nMalcolm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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