I was tagged by Tanaqui

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 23.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next three sentences in your journal along with these instructions.
5. Don't dig for your favourite book, or the intellectual one : pick the CLOSEST.
6. Tag five other people to do the same.

There's plenty of scholars there, if that that's what you want."
"Oxford?" she cried. "That's where I come from!"

Those three incredibly enlightening sentences come from The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman (very definitely American edition).

Tag anyone who wants to do this. Again.