This is not a book p. 44

Continuing the This is not a book project, we're on to page 44 - "This is a set of Directions"

My task here was to follow a series of drawing based instructions, like 'draw a dotted line on a diagonal, about 2 inches long' using a drawing implement of my choice. I chose the trusty black biro.

The result is here:

To me it looks a bit like a poorly rendered Alexander Calder sculpture (albeit in biro rather than twisted wire......)

This is not a book p.126

Continuing my 'This is Not a Book" adventures by randomly opening the book and doing as I'm told, today I competed page 126 - This is an Underground Organisation.

My task was to go to the "This is Not a Book" webpage, enter the code 'JT25261' and recieve the mission. (You can do it too by clicking here!)

So off I went to my super secret location (I was tempted to imply that I had some sort of secret lair, but sadly I am not a Bond villain from the 1970s). Here is the result!

Mission Acomplished. This post will self destruct in 10 seconds...........

This is not a book

I was my birthday recently, and I was given a book by Keri Smith called 'This is Not a Book'.

Keri Smith has written a series of books (Wreck this Journal, How to be an Explorer of the World) which are meant to be destroyed/altered by writing on, ripping and experimenting with the pages. Despite this being an awesome idea, I just couldn't bring myself to actually damage the books because, you know, its a book. They're somehow sacred and not to be written on.

But the time has come to take the plunge and start doing as the book is asking me. I decided to come at the book randomly, choose a page by flicking the book open and do what the page tells me to do.

So to page 109 - This is an excerpt from another book.

My randomly selected book is Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (a book which I strongly reccommend. Far better than the slightly crappy 90s TV series of the same name.)

I close my eyes and flick onto page 275 and write down the first sentence I see:

"He banged the lump of metal with his hammer, twisting it as he did so with implements Richard assumed, correctly, were tongs."

So there we have it, I have started to complete an interactive book project. Stay tuned for the next thrilling instalment!