Take It or Leave It Challenge - April 2019 - Page 1

For those new to this challenge: More info and monthly index can be found in post #1 of this thread or this TIOLI FAQS wiki.


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Your challenge for April, 2019, is to

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Read a book whose first sentence contains a phrase with a word that rhymes with the word "all"

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Rules
1. Spelling is irrelevant. You can use words such as crawl or maul.
2. Pronunciation is relevant.
3. List the phrase in which the rhyming word is found.
4. Your word may have more than one syllable (e.g. baseball, enthrall).

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Other Fun Stuff (not part of the TIOLI challenge):

1. The April 2019 TIOLI Meter - Optional page on which you may track your TIOLI reading. FYI: This is not meant to be competitive - only fun!
2. Morphidae's List of Previous TIOLI Challenges - You may use this reference (Do a control-F scan) to avoid repeating a previous challenge. If your idea is similar to a previous challenge, just make it unique by adding a new "twist" to it.
3. FAMeulstee's 2109 TIOLI Sweeplette Meter - Use this page if you want to complete a sweeplette (all of the challenges on only one wiki page). I’ll

Wiki Index of Challenges:

Challenges #1-6
1. Read a book whose first sentence contains a phrase with a word that rhymes with the word "all" - msg #1
2, Read a book in which the author's name has a Scrabble point value of 22 or more - msg #3
3. Either read 2 books with the same title or list a book with one title and get someone to read another book with the same title within 3 days - msg #4
4. Read a book with a description of the weather in the first paragraph - msg #10
5. Read a book relating to lindapanzo's parents' 60th wedding anniversary - msg #13
6. Read a book where the authors last name has 2 vowels or less - msg #21

Challenges #7-12
7. Read a book by a woman about a woman - msg #23
8. Read a book with a feminised noun in the title or the author's name - msg #25
9. Read a book you meant to read during Jan-March 2019 - msg #30
10. Read a book with a three word title - "The" (adjective) (noun)
11. Read a book with a fictional setting - msg #36
12. Read a book with flowers, water or a temple in the title or on the cover - msg #41

Challenges #13-17
13. Read a book where the title and the author's name share at least three consecutive letters - msg #53
14. Read a book from, or related to, the Tournament of Books - msg #63
15. Read a book in which the final paragraph is one sentence - msg #67
16. Read a book published by a four-digit-publisher - msg #102
17. Read a book where the author's first name starts with the same letter as your first name and whose last name starts with the same letter as your last name or middle name (if you have one) - msg #104

Hold your challenge until the May 2019 TIOLI challenges are posted. Thank you!

Whoo Hoo! Look what I stumbled on!

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Challenge #2: Read a book in which the author's name has a Scrabble point value of 22 or more

April 13th is Scrabble Day so my challenge is based on the word game Scrabble. Using the point value system of Scrabble, assign a number value to each letter in the author’s name. If the author’s name has a point value of 22 or more then it qualifies for the challenge. (This is a repeat of a previous challenge from 2012, but I have upped the point value that is needed to qualify)

Point value is as follows:

• (1 point)-A, E, I, O, U, L, N, S, T, R
• (2 points)-D, G
• (3 points)-B, C, M, P
• (4 points)-F, H, V, W, Y
• (5 points)-K
• (8 points)- J, X
• (10 points)-Q, Z

Example:

Charles Dickens has a total point value of 26 so he can be used in this challenge
Stephen King has a total point value of 21 so he could not be used in this challenge

Please note that the points must be taken from the author’s name as it appears on the cover of the book. Middle names and initials can only be counted if they are used on the book’s cover.

Omigosh, I didn't expect this to be here. I don't usually list complicated challenges, but I will this month.
Challenge #3: Either read 2 books with the same title or list a book with one title and get someone to read another book with the same title within 3 days. Date your listing
this is how it works. There are two books Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick by Maya Dusenbery and Doing Harm by Kelly Parsons. The Kelly Parsons book is the only one that has come in so far to the library, so I'm going to list both but put only my name and date by the Parsons book. I know I'll read that one. I'll also list the Dusenbery book without the name of the reader. If no one puts their name by it within 3 days, both books are marked expired , or I have to commit to reading both. Does this make sense? You can add or subtract an article and still match the title.
You cannot share a book until both books have been committed to, then you can share either.
If you find a book that matches a previously listed title you can substitute the book you want to read for the book that’s listed and not committed to.

>1 SqueakyChu: Maybe a silly question but would a first line containing the word 'all' count or does it have to be a word that rhymes with 'all' but isn't 'all'?

>5 souloftherose: I would accept “all”. After all (Haha!), it rhymes with itself!

>4 Citizenjoyce: What happens after three days? Are both books removed from the wiki, or are they both marked EXPIRED?

>7 SqueakyChu: hmm, I guess both can be marked expired so someone can revive them if they want.

>8 Citizenjoyce: Okay.

*****Challenge #4: Read a book with a description of the weather in the first paragraph*****

List the description in the wiki.

>6 SqueakyChu: Thank you - just wanted to check before I went ahead and added something.

>11 souloftherose:. You know me, though. I never hesitate to remove an entry that doesn’t qualify! :D

Challenge #5: Read a book relating to parents' 60th wedding anniversary

In honor of Mom and Dad Panzo celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary on April 25th, please read a book that would somehow be connected to this.

Dorothy and Ed got married on April 25, 1959, in Chicago. The wedding was at a large Catholic church and the reception was in an Italian restaurant and both of my parents are first generation Americans of Polish descent. They have two daughters--I'm the oldest and I have a younger sister named Laura.

Like me, Dad likes baseball and hockey. Mom likes crafts, like cardmaking and cross-stitching. Mom likes to watch mysteries and Dad likes to watch movies/shows about World War 2. Mom also likes to read World War 2 fiction.

They are both 82 years old.

Anything involving weddings, anniversaries, 60, 1959, etc is fine with me but please indicate how the book fits.

>13 lindapanzo: What a lovely milestone, Linda! Congratulations to your parents!

>14 SqueakyChu: It does seem rare these days, doesn't it? We are throwing a big bash on April 28th. We've been having something every 5 years, going back to their 40th anniversary. Somehow, this feels like it could be the last big bash. Mom is hanging in but Dad seems to be declining now. They're both 82.

>3 DeltaQueen50: Judy, speaking as someone whose Scrabble score name would be 44, as many Polish names are, I love that challenge.

>15 lindapanzo: What a blessing to have your family’s big bash. Enjoy it! Keep us posted about celebration happenings!

>15 lindapanzo: Congratulations to your parents, Linda. As for Scrabble, I notice that many of us have used the 8 points that J brings, of course, having a Z in your name definitely gives you a great Scrabble score!

>17 DeltaQueen50: TWO Z's for me!!

>1 SqueakyChu: You'd think that, with all the baseball books I own, one of them would have the word "ball" in the first sentence. Still looking...

>18 lindapanzo: I would think so!

>13 lindapanzo: Congratulations to the whole family. What a great way to get you all together.

Challenge #6: Read a book where the authors last name has 2 vowels or less

Any author who has a last name containing 0, 1 or 2 vowels.

>4 Citizenjoyce: ohh, nicely done. I've been thinking this would make a challenge, but could never quite work out how to word it.

How do you feel about punctuation? I have And then there were n-one by Sarah Parker to read, that could be pared with And then there were none by Agatha Christie, if anyone felt like taking on the other part of the equation. It is the same letters, but does have a bit of alternative puntuation.

>13 lindapanzo: congratulations to the Panzo parents.

Challenge #7: Read a book by a woman about a woman

Fairly self explanatory, I think. It can be about one woman or a group of women, but the male(s) should be secondary to the lead female character or characters. Can be fiction or non-fiction.

>13 lindapanzo: Can it be a book related to the lovely write up about your parents? For example, could I read a mystery - since your father likes those, or a fiction book about WW2 for your mother? or a book about 2 sisters like you and your sister? Or do you want it related more specifically to their anniversary?

Challenge #8: Read a book with a feminised noun in the title or the author's name

For this one I am looking for those words that distinguish between a man and a woman, even though they are doing the same task or occupying the same position.

Some examples are heroine, actress, comedienne, aviatrix, fiancée.

I will also accept infuriating variants such as "lady doctor".

However, words such as "queen", where historically the function has been different, even if it isn't always, would not count. Basically I'm looking for those words or terms where there is no real need to make a distinction...but they do anyway.

Afterthought: I haven't really thought through non-English-language examples where the language itself makes the distinction. Ask if you're not sure, I'll probably allow it. :)

With apologies for being difficult:

>3 DeltaQueen50:

Judy, would you accept an editor or must it be an author?

>4 Citizenjoyce:

Joyce, would you allow a short story as the second work, or must it be a full-length book?

>24 raidergirl3: By all means, please go ahead. I threw in the extra info for that very reason.

>26 lyzard: Liz, do you mean an editor of an anthology like, "Stephen King Presents The Best Horror Stories of 2018"? I would accept that, but if it's a full novel, then only the author would qualify.

>28 DeltaQueen50:

Yes, it's an anthology of short fiction; thanks!

The question is only precautionary: there's a particular item I'll be reading this month, and don't know yet if it'll fit anywhere else. I already have a nice high-scoring novelist in mind. :)

Challenge #9: Read a book you meant to read during Jan-March 2019

A DNF from this years TIOLI Challenges, a book you checked out but had to return unread, or really anything you meant to read but is still in the TBR pile.

>1 SqueakyChu: What do you know. I opened the first book on my table and there in the first sentence was "wall". I just picked it up at the library today. Let's see if my luck holds.....

>13 lindapanzo: Does someone recognize the fictional Dot (Dorothy) and Ted (Edward) who introduced themselves as Dotted? Probably a movie, but #5 put it into my head and it's driving me crazy

>31 quondame: no, sorry, it rings a bell but that's all. Dot & Ted were my (not at all famous) grandparents, Dorothy & Edwin, in their case.

>22 Helenliz: That looks good to me.
>26 lyzard: Yes a short story would work. I think we've been counting them when we add them to the works part of the wiki.

My planned reads so far:
Challenge #1: Read a book whose first sentence contains a phrase with a word that rhymes with the word "all" (List the phrase) - started by SqueakyChu
✔Too Like the Lightning - Ada Palmer (1.5)
Murder in Retribution - Anne Cleeland
Challenge #2: Read a book in which the author's name has a Scrabble point value of 22 or more - started by DeltaQueen
✔The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland - Jim Defede (4.5)
*✔First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones (2.5)
✔Lethal White - Robert Galbraith (3.5)
Challenge #3: Either read 2 books with the same title or list a book with one title and get someone to read another book with the same title within 3 days. Date your listing - Started by Citizenjoyce
✔Doing Harm - Kelly Parsons (3.5)
✔Doing Harm: The Truth About How Bad Medicine and Lazy Science Leave Women Dismissed, Misdiagnosed, and Sick - Maya Dusenbery (4)
✔Promised Land - Martin Fletcher (3.5)
Challenge #4: Read a book with a description of the weather in the first paragraph - started by JeanneD
✔The Great Alone: A Novel by Kristin Hannah (3.5)
✔The Hunger - Alma Katsu (3.5)
✔The Island of Sea Women: A Novel - Lisa See (5)
Challenge #5: Read a book relating to parents' 60th wedding anniversary - started by lindapanzo
✔Wedding Toasts I'll Never Give - Ada Calhoun (4)
Challenge #6: Read a book where the authors last name has 2 vowels or less - started by FAMeulstee
*✔The Alice Network - Kate Quinn (4)
Challenge #7: Read a book by a woman about a woman - started by helenliz
Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys' Club of Silicon Valley -Emily Chang
*Ever After Kim Harrison
*The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore - Kim Fu
*✔Unsheltered - Barbara Kingsolver (3.5)
Challenge #8: Read a book with a feminised noun in the title or the author's name - started by lyzard
✔ European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman - Theodora Goss (3)
Challenge #9: Read a book you meant to read during Jan-March 2019 - started by quondame
*Report on the Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election - Robert S. Mueller III -
✔Shadows in Bronze - Lindsey Davis (3)
Challenge #10: Read a book with a three word title - "The" (adjective) (noun) - started by Morphidae
*The Glorious Heresies - Lisa McInerney abandoned
✔The Winter Sister -Megan Collins (2.5)
Challenge #11: Read a book with a fictional setting - started by owlie13
*✔Semiosis - Sue Burke (4)
Challenge #12 - read a book with flowers, water or a temple in the title or on the cover - started by wandering_star
Burying Water - K. A. Tucker ABANDONED
Challenge #14: Read a book from, or related to, t (2)he Tournament of Books - started by raidergirl3
*✔Dear Cyborgs: A Novel - Eugene Lim
✔The Friend - Sigrid Nunez (4)
Challenge #15: Read a book in which the final paragraph is one sentence - started by Carmenere
*✔This Is Our Constitution: Discover America with a Gold Star Father - Khizr Khan with Anne Quirk (5)
*Tokyo Vice - Jake Adelstein

Challenge #10: Read a book with a three word title - "The" (adjective) (noun)

Examples:

The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
The Bride Test by Helen Hoang
The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
The Paper Menagerie by Ken Liu
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks
The Witch Elm by Tana French

(P.S. Oh my! A challenge I don't need a page length explanation for! Whoo hoo!)

Challenge #11: Read a book with a fictional setting

Pretty straight-forward, but here's some explanation. This can be an entirely fictional place (like a city on a distant planet) or a fictional town/city in a real place (like Three Pines in the Louise Penny novels). Canada is real, but the village of Three Pines is fictional. What would not count is a real place that has different attributes, like London but with magic, or New York City in an alternate time-line.

I will let individuals decide if Heaven and Hell are fictional or real. I could go either way.

>36 owlie13: I will let individuals decide if Heaven and Hell are fictional or real. I could go either way.

:)

>33 Citizenjoyce:

Yup, just wanted to be sure it was okay for this particular challenge; thanks!

>35 Morphidae:

Again with questions!---

Morphy, is it okay to ignore a book's subtitle?

>39 lyzard: Perfectly fine to ignore a subtitle.

Challenge 12 - read a book with flowers, water or a temple in the title or on the cover

I live in Thailand and the Thai New Year, or 'Songkran', is celebrated in mid-April. Among visitors to Thailand it's best known for crazy water fight parties, but the traditional way to celebrate is to go to the temple and pour blossom-filled water over images of the Buddha. Another thing to do is to take some sand to the temple and create sand pagodas, which symbolises returning the earth which you have carried out of the temple on your shoes over the course of the year.

>40 Morphidae:

Thanks, Morphy!

>41 wandering_star:

Ooh, nice! :)

I just finished reading Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup for the March TIOLI, and as I tried to get the touchstone right on my reading list post, it occurred to me that it would make a great entry for Citizenjoyce's challenge, as there are a ton of books titled Bad Blood. I can definitely recommend the one I read, which was about the Theranos scandal. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it.

>4 Citizenjoyce: I have two books that I ordered before seeing your challenge. Would they work?

Dangerous Crossing and A Dangerous Crossing I was planning on reading both.

>43 Crazymamie:. Find another one to match and put it on the wiki. I’m going to make a new rule. If you find a book that matches a previously listed title you can substitute the book you want to read for the book that’s listed. So you can list any old Bad Blood book.
>44 dallenbaugh: Yup, that looks good.

>10 jeanned: will you accept a vague term like “bad winter?”

>46 Citizenjoyce: Works for me.

>45 Citizenjoyce: So would The Promised Land be acceptable for Promised Land? There seem to be a number of acceptable books with one title or the other,

Anyone interested to read The Idiot by Elif Batuman for Challenge #3?
I consider to read The Idiot by Dostoevsky, but don't want to commit to both.

>48 quondame: yes, you can add or subtract article.
> 49 shoot, I already read it.

Challenge #3:
I'm reading Innocence by David Hosp. Would anyone read Innocence by Dean Koontz If not, I'll read it myself. I would be glad, if someone would join me.

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Challenge #13: Read a book where the title and the author's name share at least three consecutive letters - started by susanna.fraser

Example: One Person, No Vote by Carol Anderson.

The three consecutive letters can be in any part of the title or subtitle, and in any part of the author's name as listed on the cover. The letters can cross over multiple words as long as they are consecutive.

>52 Carmenere: ?

Oh so close, for Challenge #1. I was about to add my book, after confirming that "all" was an acceptable word (as SqueakyChu said, it rhymes with itself)... and then realized that the word appeared in the 2nd sentence (and not the first) of The No Spend Year, which begins with 'You're not buying anything? At all? For a whole year?'

Off to see if it fits into another challenge...

UPDATE: didn't have to search very far. It fit into challenge #2 for the author's name - Michelle McGagh adding up to well over what is required for the Scrabble challenge : )

>55 Deesirings: Phew! At least it wasn't a total loss! :D

I must say that I really like challenge 19 as it stands now - Read a book. I think I can do that.

>57 LizzieD: I always think that when I see unfilled challenges.

>51 Ameise1: I can read Innocence by Penelope Fitzgerald!

>59 wandering_star: Wonderful! Do I have to change the entry on the wiki now?

>60 Ameise1: I have added my one to the wiki.

>61 wandering_star: Perfect! Do you know if I could put the Koontz book to another challenge because I haven't put my name behind it?

Challenge #14: Read a book from, or related to, the Tournament of Books

The Rooster hosts a Tournament of Books each year for their own version of March Madness. (My home is equally obsessed with the basketball version.) Here's the link: https://themorningnews.org/tob/2019/books.php to this years' books, but the competition has been going on for over ten years. You can pick any of the books in competition, from the longlisted books, or even from a book written by an author who had a book in the competition.

Here's some links to the longlisted books:
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-year-in-fiction-2018
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-year-in-fiction-2017
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-year-in-fiction-2016
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-year-in-fiction-2015
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-2011-tournament-of-books-long-list
https://themorningnews.org/article/the-2010-tournament-of-books-long-list

>63 raidergirl3: Here is the LibraryThing Awards list for the Tournament of Books;

http://www.librarything.com/bookaward/The+Morning+News+Tournament+of+Books

The 2019 books haven't been entered yet, though ...

>62 Ameise1: Yes, you can always move your book to a different challenge.

>4 Citizenjoyce: >48 quondame: Did you have a copy of Promised Land? I only found one non-circulating copy in the three libraries I use.

>52 Carmenere: >54 SqueakyChu: Ok, a little technical difficulty but now I'm ready:

Challenge #15: Read a book in which the final paragraph is one sentence.

>67 Carmenere: - Don't most books end with one sentence? Or is this a "gimme" challenge? I fear I am missing something...

>67 Carmenere:, >68 katiekrug:

A single-sentence last paragraph?

>67 Carmenere: wow, you can check to see how a book begins, but I’m not about to check to see how it ends,

>67 Carmenere: What?!

>70 Citizenjoyce: If that's the case, a good way to do this would be with a nonfiction book so that you don't get into spoilers.

>68 katiekrug:, >69 lyzard: is spot on. For example, the final paragraph in the book I'm using is "But, of course, they are not."

>70 Citizenjoyce: You could enlist someone to read the line silently to themselves and if it's not a spoiler, tell you it's safe for you to use.

>67 Carmenere: I changed the wording of my challenge to make it a little clearer.

>70 Citizenjoyce: Or we can recommend books that fit? I have just checked my shelves and my suggestion is Go Went Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck.

>75 wandering_star: good idea. My library doesn't have Go Went Gone on audio, but I imagine something will come up, or not. No more sweeps for me, so I don't mind skipping challenges.

>57 LizzieD: Hah! Now, if only I can finish a book tonight and enter it in challenge 19, that'll be a sweeplette, too :0)

Challenge #16: Read a book written by SqueakyChu

That's an easy and self explorating challenge for today. I hope many will take part :)

# https://www.librarything.com/work/23090596 My visit to the Froggy Museum in Switzerland - SqueakyChu
# https://www.librarything.com/work/23090570 SqueakyChu's Riding Journal : a hilarious ride through books - SqueakyChu

>78 paulstalder: !!!!

>78 paulstalder: LOL!!! Today is called April Fools, isn't it? ;-)

>78 paulstalder: Don't forget my personal favorite, Take This Book and Leave It Somewhere Else: BookCrossing for Beginners. ;-)

>78 paulstalder: LOL! I am ALWAYS fooled by April Fool's Day!

I was starting to get annoyed that yet another person had taken my very unique screen name. It's been done before, but not by an author.

I did write a book once, but that was when I was Madeline and before I was SqueakyChu so I guess it doesn't count. It was also unpublished because it was a notebook of drawings for my oldest son to tell him the story of his new baby brother (who now has two kids of his own)! I'll go see if I can find and post a picture from that book!

I WOULD definitely visit a Froggy Museum in Switzerland if there were one.

That thing for frogs I have. Here's the background story. It started with Passover years ago. I thought it would be fun to give frog favors to the kids since frogs were one of the plagues when the Jews escaped from slavery in Egypt back in the time of Moses. Every year I'd bring more frogs to the seder. Then my friend Glorie started collecting them and bringing them back every year. I think she has amassed hundred of frogs which she brings to two seders every year. It is really a plague of frogs. I've decided this year to start collecting frog books during the year to give away to the kids at the seder (of which there will be four this year and five next year - ranging in ages from unborn to five years).

Happy April Fools' Day!

>78 paulstalder: welcome to Froggy http://www.froggy.ch let me know, when you come

>78 paulstalder: >:-D Love it!

>82 SqueakyChu: >83 paulstalder: I would join that meet-up too.

>79 humouress: ah, yes ???

>80 FAMeulstee: next time use {spoiler} :)

>81 cbl_tn: Thanks for the hint, I was a bit slow in writing her books today (well, I am sitting at the desk in the library and should actually do some work). Please add the book to the wiki

>82 SqueakyChu: It's my first April's fooling I've ever done in writing, and I haven't seen such a challenge so far (since 2008), so ALWAYS is not the right word

>83 paulstalder: I can't open that website as it's not secure. However, here's a picture from my "book". Haha!



>81 cbl_tn: Hahaha!

This was also before BookCrossing!

>86 paulstalder: shame that is is not safe. I did a search for 'frog museum switzerland' and found it like that. But there is a wikipedia site https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_Museum_(M%C3%BCnchenstein)

That book looks good. Do you tell us the story? Please, please :)

I'll post it on a separate thread later this month (page by page) so others can read it. It's very cute. Some of the pages do not have illustrations, but most of the pages do. :)

>89 SqueakyChu: okay I am looking toward to meeting my challenge with your book :)

>88 paulstalder: So I found pictures of the Frog museum in Basel on other websites. Have you ever been there? What fun it must be to see those frogs!

>90 paulstalder: Hahahahahahaha!

>87 SqueakyChu: that's fabulous!
When my brother was born, I was 4 & 1/2 and I was not terribly well prepared to be an older sister. Partly my grandfather's fault. He was a terrible joker. He offered me a choice of 3.
It might be a little girl, in which case I'd have a baby sister.
Or it might be a little boy, in whch case I'd have a baby brother.
Or it might be a donkey, which I could take for rides along the sea shore.

Anyone like to guess which one I wanted??? I've been mildly disappointed ever since >;-)

>78 paulstalder: LOL Good one, Paul!!

>82 SqueakyChu: Aaaaah! So that's how the TIOLI frogs came into existence! Great story!

>93 Helenliz: And my older sister wanted a baby brother and was disappointed with me. She was 3 1/2 when I came along so she decided to ignore the fact that I was a girl and introduced me to everyone as Tommy, her new little brother!

>92 SqueakyChu: That's froggy now: The links from LT seem to go into a froggy nirwana

That's what I see:
Frog Museum (Münchenstein)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Frog Museum is in Newmünchenstein, a sub-district of Münchenstein, in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland.
History

The Frog Museum was privately founded in Basel in 1981/82 by Elfi and Rolf Rindlisbacher with about 500 exhibits.

In 1992 the museum moved from Basel to Münchenstein with 5000 frog objects and installed a modern and larger museum (100 m2) in the building of the Handwerkstadt, a commercial centre for craft works. In 1993 the collection had grown so big that it was rewarded with an inclusion in Guinness World Records. In 1994 the museum was enlarged again (150 m2)

The Frog Museum now has more than 13,600 exhibits of different shapes, sizes, and materials.1
References

Objects & Figures, Frog Museum, retrieved 29 January 2011

External links

Froschmuseum Münchenstein
Museen Baselland

and here the German site https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Froschmuseum_(M%C3%BCnchenstein)

>95 DeltaQueen50: That's excellent. I will take comfort in the fact that at least I wasn't quite that bad. Tommy. *snigger*

There is another frog museum in Switzerland.
http://www.museedesgrenouilles.ch/en

>91 SqueakyChu: Now, I haven't been there. But my aunt does collect frogs as well. She has over thousand frogs in her apartment. She told me once that she called the Froggy in order to offer them her collection - but she is somehow disappointed that they were not so enthusaistic about her offer ... Maybe I should ask her again what her intensions are now with these froggy assets

>98 Ameise1: Thanks Barbara, that's a good hint

>99 paulstalder: I actually inherited a couple frog statues from a deceased neighbor! They're small, though, and the sit near my Little Free Library (of course!).

>96 paulstalder: >98 Ameise1: What interesting information about the frog museums! Who would have ever guessed there were such things?!

challenge 16 (proper) Read a book published by a four-digit-publisher

The ISBN gives the publisher away 978-0-7136-1400-8 (978 EAN prefix - 0 language or region - 7136 publisher - 1400 book - 8 check digit). Now, I challenge you to read a book by a medium sized publisher with 4 digits. Please list the publisher's ISBN part in the wiki

- A commentary on the second epistle to the Corinthians - 0-7136 - Charles K. Barrett

Here you may find some publishers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_group-0_ISBN_publisher_codes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_group-1_ISBN_publisher_codes
(language group 2 would be French, 3 German, 90 would be Dutch etc.)

ISBN converter, which converts the non-hyphenated ISBNs into hyphenated ones
http://pcn.loc.gov/isbncnvt.html
Thank you Morphidae for bringing that to our attention

>102 paulstalder: *wails* No - wait! Challenge 16 was going to be >78 paulstalder: 'Read a book by SqueakyChu' and I was going to read her book which >89 SqueakyChu: she promised to post on another thread. That way, I'd actually get a book and a challenge under my belt this month.

Challenge 17: Read a book where the author's first name starts with the same letter as your first name and whose last name starts with the same letter as your last name or middle name (if you have one).

>104 firelion: Welcome to the TIOLI Challenges!

Add your challenge to this wiki page. That makes your challenge "official" and reserves its challenge number for you alone. Once it's listed on the wiki, I will add it to the wiki index in message #2. Have lots of fun with this! Let us know if you have any questions.

>30 quondame: Ah - a chance to redeem myself! Everything currently on my April TBR list would fit into this challenge (though I'll try to spread them out. :)

>36 owlie13: - I was planning to read Mansfield Park by Jane Austen and think it qualifies for your challenge. It is primarily set at a fictional country estate, though in a real county in England. Is that acceptable?

>107 katiekrug: Hmm. That's borderline, but I'll allow it.

>108 owlie13: - Thank you.

I'm determined to finish a sweeplette this month. So far, 2.5 completed, out of the 6. (The .5 comes from finishing one of the two books I need to read for Joyce's challenge.

Speaking of Joyce's challenge, I want to read both of the new Ernie Banks' biographies with the same title, Let's Play Two, one by Doug Wilson, one by Ron Rappoport. Seems strange that they came out within a month or two of each other and have the same title. However, two Ernie Banks bios in a single month is probably too much, even for me.

>102 paulstalder: This helped me IMMENSELY with Challenge #16. It's an ISBN converter that will add the hyphens so you can tell if it's a three, four, or five digit publisher. Click on Hyphenate ISBNs, paste the 13 or 10 digit code in, then click on Convert ISBN.

http://pcn.loc.gov/isbncnvt.html

>110 lindapanzo: Regarding the two books titled Let's Play Two that came out in a month, it always amazes me when something like that happens. Sometimes there will be two movies about a particular topic or person that come out close to each other, and I always wonder if someone was listening in on a conversation or if it really could be just a coincidence that two separate parties all of a sudden decided to write about the same thing at the same time.
Anyway, all this comes down to the fact that I'll read the Ron Rapoport one.

>111 Morphidae: Great, thanks for the link. I didn't know that one. I added it here >102 paulstalder:

>112 Citizenjoyce: OK, I’ll read the other Ernie Banks bio first.

>113 paulstalder: You should get more signups now. I was finding it near impossible to figure out which books had four digit publishers until I found that link.

My brother's new book is about to be released. He does know his stuff, so this should be interesting, even if he had to leave out some juicy bits...

The Spy in Moscow Station

>116 quondame: I've recommended my library buy it. They're usually pretty good at responding to requests, fingers crossed.

>25 lyzard: And here's a list for challenge #8:

abbess, actress, administratrix, adulteress (also adultress), adventuress, ambassadress, deaconess, duchess, enchantress, executrix, giantess, goddess, governess, horsewoman, hostess, huntress, Jewess, lioness, murderess, priestess, princess, procuress, prophetess, quakeress, shepherdess, songstress, sorceress, stewardess, votaress, waitress, wardress

From A Dictionary of Modern Usage

ETA: I thought about doing Lumberjanes but the queue was too long at the library.

ETA: That reminds me. The Monstress graphic novels would work, too.

1. rhyme with all
Tunnel in the Sky by Robert Heinlein
2. Scrabble over 22/shared
First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones
3. Same title
Remember When by Nora Roberts ???
4. weather 1st/paragraph
Flight into Danger by Alet Schouten
5. wedding anniversay
Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
6. author less than or equal to 2 vowels
Amber Fang: Hunted by Arthur Slade
7. by woman/about woman
Divided in Death by J. D. Robb
8. feminized noun
Accidental Sorceress by Dana Marton
9. meant to read
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
10. "The" "Adjective" "Noun"
The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
11. fictional setting
The Battle for Skandia by John Flanagan
12. flowers on cover
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol 4: Rising Action by Kieron Gillen
13. consecutive letters title/author
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
14. Tournament of Books - 2019 long list
The Witch Elm by Tana French
15. final paragraph/one sentence
Optical Delusions in Deadwood by Ann Charles
16. four digit publisher
A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole
17. my initials
Cider with Rose by Laurie Lee

>117 Citizenjoyce: Oh, that's why it didn't show up on my thread! I thought I was posting on my current thread. I'll remove it from here if you think best.

Thanks for the library recommend! I guess I can do the same, just never thought of it.

>111 Morphidae: thank you! I was about to ask how you could know if there were 4 digit publisher. Solves my problem.

>120 quondame: I don't think you should remove it. I'm looking forward to reading it.

>116 quondame: That actually looks pretty good.....off to check availability at my library.

ETA: I've reserved it!

>122 Citizenjoyce: >123 Carmenere: I'll have to let Eric know I'm spreading the word. He had to wait a long time for NSA to review this book and there were cuts, leading to a bizarre story.

I have a sweep! I wanted to do one by mid month to see if I could then relax and maybe tackle A Suitable Boy without feeling pressure.

>125 quondame: Congratulations.

>125 quondame: Congratulations!

Congratulations, Susan!

>125 quondame: Congratulations, Susan.

I'm still hoping for a sweeplette this month (for 1-6).

>125 quondame: Congratulations on your sweep, I hope you enjoy A Suitable Boy, I loved it when I read it a couple of years ago.

>125 quondame: Congrats on your sweep, Susan!

TIOLI Question of the Month:

Which book that you've read or are reading so far this month had you been influenced to read by someone else? Who was the person who inspired you to read that book and why?

>126 Citizenjoyce: >127 FAMeulstee: >128 Crazymamie: >129 lindapanzo: >130 DeltaQueen50: >131 SqueakyChu: Thanks!

>132 SqueakyChu: I learned about these from other LT users:
Alice Payne Arrives richardderus
The Sacred Book of the Werewolf -pilgrim-
Truthwitch Narilka
The Trials of Morrigan Crow foggidawn

And in progress

A Suitable Boy karenmarie

>132 SqueakyChu: I read (and re read) The Friend by Sigrid Nunez for the tournament of books challenge because it is my real life book club pick this month
I read Lisa See's newest, The Island of Sea Women: A Novel (which is her best book since Snowflower and the Secret Fan) because I found out about it on a Facebook group, Books, Books and more Books.
and the book I'm reading now, European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman because it's the second in a series by Theodora Goss, also recommended by the Facebook group. It's a feminist take on various classic horror and mystery stories including Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Sherlock Holmes.

>132 SqueakyChu: I haven’t started it yet, but my next audiobook will be The Island of Sea Women because I saw citizenjoyce rated it 5 stars. We often read and like the same books so I was excited to see the excellent ratings she gave it. Can’t wait to get started on it.

>135 raidergirl3: I hope you like it. I’ve been waiting a long time for her to write another good book about friendship mixed with all the history she illustrates so well.

>132 SqueakyChu: I just finished The Hangwoman by Pavel Kohout. My husband recommemded it long time ago. I was sure I had read it, but found a bookmark at about 1/3rd and the story wasn't familiar after that. So now I finally read it, over 30 years after it was recommended ;-)

I also haven't started it yet, but Logan's Run was a book bullet from Mamie (Crazymamie). I have a category this year for book bullets collected but honestly, most of the books I read these days came from recommendations from other LTers.

>132 SqueakyChu: My answer to my own question is quite cute! My five-year-old grandson wanted to hear the story of Moby Dick (the adult version) so I read him the first two chapters of Melville's tome while babysitting. He’s now having my son read him more, but that made me want to read it as well. Who’d have ever thought I’d want to read this book?! My son and grandson have actually covered about 100 pages until now, sometimes reading just one paragraph a night. I finally met Moby Dick on page 264 (and I still have more than half of this book to read yet). I love it!!

>139 SqueakyChu: Wow, a 5-year-old Moby Dick reader. You make me feel like a slacker. I guess fear of the book has not been instilled, so he can just enjoy it.

>140 Citizenjoyce: He’s still waiting for any old whale to show up. That doesn’t happen until page 222. :D

>139 SqueakyChu: My husband and I are watching the fifth and final season of "The Last Ship" and they are using "Moby Dick" to send encrypted messages (page, paragraph, word). Characters on the show either really loved the book or not...

Karen O.

>142 klobrien2: I totally love this book. However, I think that happened because of how I got started reading it. I can’t imagine just picking up this book at any other time in my life with the thought of actually reading the whole novel. Tonight I reached the midpoint! I’m 50% through all of its 589 pages. Finally the whalers caught their first sperm-whale! That made me sad, though. I love animal life. It’s sad when a creature dies...even if the creature was killed for a reason.

>132 SqueakyChu: I'm starting The Crossing Places which is a book bullet I took from Elkiedee, based on it's Norfolk setting. I think they're a lot further down the series than I am; I'm starting, as is proper, at book 1.

I finished my sweep today :-)

>145 FAMeulstee: Congratulations!

>145 FAMeulstee: Hey, Anita! Congratulations!

>Congratulations

>144 Helenliz: OOh, I hope you like Elly Griffiths - I'm a bit jealous of you having the whole series to look forward to. It's one of a very small number of series that I'm completely up to date on (11 books so far), and I have to wait until next year for another one. I've also read the 4 books in her historical series - #5 in the autumn - and a new one which may be a standalone or may become #1 in a new series. I do have a couple of non crime novels she wrote under her real name to go.

The only other one I can think of that is still having new books added is Ian Rankin's Rebus series. I have an outstanding VI book by Sara Paretsky, and although I've read all Peter Robinson's Alan Banks books since #10 I still have a couple of earlier ones to go back to.

I'm trying to fit the Mueller Report into one of this month's challenges, but so far unsuccessful. I would appreciate any ideas.

>150 jeanned:
#13 3 letters in common of author and title
#10 three word title
#2 scrabble letters ( I didn’t check the total though)

>151 raidergirl3: Sadly, it has an official title that makes it not fit 10 or 13, and the Scrabble value isn't high enough.

>150 jeanned: how about
9. Read a book you meant to read during Jan-March 2019 -
Because we expected to read it in March

I need someone to help read a book for challenge #3 - two books with the same title.

Some options with one or more duplicates:

Tooth and Claw by Jo Walton (me) and others
The Thief by many authors (preference for Turner)
Brightly Burning by Lackey (me) and Alexa Donne
The Changeling by LaValle (me) and many others
Saving Grace by Garwood (me) and many others
Poison by Bridget Zinn (me) and a gadzillion others
Nemesis by many authors (preference for Asimov or Christie)

Pretty please with sugar on top? And a cherry even?

>153 Citizenjoyce:: I was wondering if that would work.

>30 quondame:: What do you think, Susan?

This may all be immaterial because first I have to start and finish the hefty Lord of Emperors for Challenge #2 before it's due back at the library.

>155 jeanned: Go for it!

>146 quondame: >147 SqueakyChu: >148 Citizenjoyce: Thanks Susan. Madeline and Joyce.

>154 Morphidae: I have two options for you, Morphy
1. We own Nemesis by Philip Roth in Dutch translation. I can start reading tomorrow, or later if you prefer.
If I can't get trough Philip Roth, I have an alternative Nemesis by Simon de Waal, available at the e-library.
2. At my library there is a copy of The Thief by Clive Cussler in Dutch translation. I can't get it before Wednesday, with a minor chance someone else takes it before I get there.
ETA: Also have an alternative for the last one The Thief by Ruth Rendell, a short (and cheap) e-book.

ETA2: You DO know you can read both same title books yourself? #3: Either read 2 books with the same title or ...

>157 FAMeulstee: I'm up for either Nemesis or The Thief. Just let me know which one you are most likely to enjoy and get finished.

re: ETA2: Yes, I do. I simply don't have the time. I don't read as fast as you and want to do a sweep!

>158 Morphidae: I will put Nemesis in the wiki, and start tomorrow.

>149 elkiedee: I need yet another series like a hole in the head... but... that was quite good. I know the area quite well, so have spent quite a long time wondering where you'd build a university in King's Lynn. The choice of the present tense was an interesting stylistic choice. I like Ruth, she's got all those hang ups I can relate to, but is brainy and sparky as well. I did find myself rolling my eyes when they ended up in bed.

>154 Morphidae: surprisingly my request for The Thief just came in (I forgot I’d made one), so I’ll add that just in case anyone wants to join.

>154 Morphidae: >161 Citizenjoyce: Morphy, I won't mind if you prefer to read The Thief, I can put Nemesis in an other challenge.

>161 Citizenjoyce: >162 FAMeulstee: Thanks! I'm going to stick with Nemesis.

>163 Morphidae: Joined you with the Agatha Christie Nemesis, I found a copy at the e-library :-)

>164 FAMeulstee: LOL! You had me in a total panic. I was like, "WAIT! WAIT! You have to read a DIFFERENT book!" Then I saw you had. Whew!

>165 Morphidae: Honestly! And after she went all the way to the e-library for you.

You'd better give her that cherry.

>166 humouress: Oh, yes, she definitely gets a cherry for reading both books!

Weird:

I've really struggled to find an appropriate work for challenge #17, but I've finally put together a shortlist of possibilities. Of the four authors whose works qualify, all of them are female and three share my first name, Elizabeth.

Meanwhile, I'm confronting that most aggravating of situations, the book for my own challenge not showing up in time---gahhh!!!

>168 lyzard: I was sure SH would be so easy. It turns out that Sam Hill is not a prolific writer in my preferred genres.

Heh!

I have a million K-s but surprisingly few of them come with an E. (M seems most popular; and those were my father's and my grandmother's initials.)

>165 Morphidae: I thought it would be easier for you, I finished it today. Now there is no other time pressure than the end of the month.

>166 humouress: >167 Morphidae: :-)

>169 quondame: Susan Hill?

Thanks to all who've participated in the TIOLI challenge honoring Mom and Dad's Panzo's 60th wedding anniversary, which is today (and the big bash is, thankfully, on Sunday). I say thankfully because the northern environs of Chicagoland may have 6 inches of snow on Saturday, so I'm glad we didn't pick it. Lots of Wisconsin relatives coming to the party.

As for me, reading is getting back on track and I've got maybe 2/3 of a book (about Hurricane Harvey and the Houston Astros championship season) in order to finish my first sweeplette in a long, long time. What could be better than a book about baseball and disasters, two of my favorite subjects?

>172 wandering_star: While the authors of my TBRs are thick with Susans, I somehow missed all of those!

>173 lindapanzo: I’m glad your life is on track again. It’s 98 degrees here today. I could take a little of that Chicagoland snow.

TIOLI Stats for March, 2019

All stats are pretty much holding steady.

For the month of March, 2019, we had 14 challenges in which we read a total of 361 books of which 82 or 23% were shared reads. Our total YTD TIOLI point count was 131.

The most popular book was Forfeit by Dick Francis with 8 readers.
Our most popular challenge was FAMeulstee's challenge to read a book by a woman who is born in the 20th century with 61 readers!
Our challenges with the most TIOLI points was the one by helenliz to read a book somebody else picked for you with 8 TIOLI points.

March 2019 TIOLI Awards will be coming up soon!

Just pulled off a sweeplette on page 2!

>177 susanna.fraser: Congratulations.

>177 susanna.fraser: Congratulations!

>177 susanna.fraser: well done. I just can't get my reads to play ball this month.

>177 susanna.fraser: Excellent! Congratulations!

>180 Helenliz: I cut it pretty close--I had to try several books before I found one that worked for me for #12.

Presenting...The March 2019 TIOLI Awards!

The Odd Occupations Award goes to susanna.fraser for reading The Ravenmaster and to DeltaQueen50 for reading The Witchfinder's Sister for lindapanzo's challenge to read a book with a job/occupation in the title or author's name. I can't say I've ever met a ravenmaster or a witchfinder, but who says I won't in the future! :)

The Traveler's Advice Award goes to Crazymamie for reading Packing for Mars for Carmenere's challenge to read a book that completes this sentence: (Title of Book) is/are complete madness! Can you imagine what you'd pack to go to Mars? I can barely figure out what to pack for an overnight trip!

The Better Late Than Never Award goes to two challengers for quondame's challenge to read a book you had to wait for. FAMeulstee read Dolende ridders op Verda which came out in December, 2018. This challenger waited to borrow this book from her father who got a copy from the author. Pretty interesting! Dejah_Thoris read Rogue Protocol after waiting for the library copy. The clincher was that this challenger had donated this book to the library in the first place! Hahaha!

The Complexity of Dressing Award goes to (You know who!) paulstalder for having challengers dress their way through their reading. Amazing! I can't believe this challenge worked, but it did!

Congrats to our award winners! Feel free to add awards of your own at this time.

>183 SqueakyChu: Why thank you for the Better Late Than Never Award! I feel honored to share it with Anita.

And congratulations to all the winners!

I'd like to award the A lifetime apart award to Susanna.fraser for reading On the Come Up for FAMeulstee's challenge to Read a book by a woman who is born in the 20th century. I read a book by Georgette Heyer, who was born in 1902 and was the earliest birthdate listed. Susanna read a book by Angie Thomas who was born in 1988 and was the youngest author listed. I like the fact that that's a whole lifetime between the earliest and latest entries. How different must those two lives be.

>183 SqueakyChu: Thank you for the award, Madeline.
And above all thank you for all you do to keep the TIOLI challenges going!

>184 Dejah_Thoris: Ditto

>185 Helenliz: A lot has changed in those 86 years apart...

>183 SqueakyChu: Thank you very much for the award, Madeline. Dressing is a complex and perplexing action. So I am very thankful about all those to took on the challenge. Thanks everybody

My first ever sweeplette! Page 3.
13. Read a book where the title and the author's name share at least three consecutive letters - Killer
14. Read a book from, or related to, the Tournament of Books - Warlight
15. Read a book in which the final paragraph is one sentence - Dying Light
16. Read a book published by a four-digit-publisher - One Word Kill
17. Read a book where the author's first name starts with the same letter as your first name and whose last name starts with the same letter as your last name or middle name (if you have one) - The Falconer

>185 Helenliz: Congratulations, Susanna.fraser !

>187 paulstalder: Dressing is a complex and perplexing action.

LOL!

>188 owlie13: Congratulations on your first ever sweeplette, owlie13! They're fun, aren't they?

Last night, I finished my first sweeplette of the year (and second ever), for challenges 1-6. I read both books for Joyce's challenge.

>190 lindapanzo: Cool! Congratulations!

Congrats to all the sweepers this month. And thanks to Madeline for the Odd Occupation Award. I suspect one wouldn't make a lot of money being a Witchfinder today!

>190 lindapanzo: hot diggity
>188 owlie13: congratulations.

I think quondame deserves The Shoes First! Award for putting on shoes before a dress. This challenger read the book How to teach your child to tie shoelaces (Shoes are my friends....) for my challenge to Read a book where you find an article of clothing in the first sentence and so get fully dressed - quondame put on shoes after a string, a tee and socks - before the dress. In my home we don't wear shoes in the house, so, in order to put on shoes someone has to run down the stairs to put on shoes and climb the stairs again in order to finish dressing - I imagined going down in my string and tee to get shoes and then come up again - I couldn't help laughing (my children would have made some very interesting remarks). So, thanks for this side effect of dressing.

Yay for sweeplettes :-)
>188 owlie13: Congratulations!
>190 lindapanzo: Congratulations!

>194 paulstalder: I told you that dressing was a very complex issue. Congrats to quondame!

I am thrilled with my award, Madeline - thank you!

Housekeeping Day!

Please remove any books from the wiki that you do not finish by 12 midnight tonight...or mark them DNF if they are part of a rolling challenge. Then...onward to the May 2019 TIOLI challenges!

quondame Susan, I tried to join you for a last minute shared read of The True Queen, but it wasn't to be; I was almost half way through before I bailed. Then I checked your review and saw you hadn't liked it much either, so I feel a little better.

raidergirl3 I was hoping to join you for P.S. I Still Love You, but I won't be able to get it from the library until later today. Are you interested in reading Always and Forever, Lara Jean in May?

>199 Dejah_Thoris: if I can get it I’d love to read it. My library says it is not yet available.

>200 raidergirl3: I'll hold off until you can read it. I'm determined to get more shared reads!

>199 Dejah_Thoris: I still sometimes start a book before I check its overall LT rating, but I'm trying to be more proactive about filtering. But sometimes I just don't go for what has enjoyed or is enjoying a run of popularity.

>201 Dejah_Thoris: Got it! My school (I teach at a high school) has the book, so I'll get it this week to read in May. I can usually find YA books pretty easily if I look there. I had read the first two on ebook through Overdrive, so I was only thinking of getting the book that way.

>203 raidergirl3: Woohoo! It can go in whatever Challenge you prefer - I'm flexible.

>202 quondame: Truth be told, Susan, I thought the first book was ok, but not much more. I was hoping for better things from the second, but it wasn't to be. There are plenty of other books to be read, though!

As for checking out reviews before I read, I do it occasionally, but mostly only for new to me authors. I don't like prejudicing myself one way or another before I've picked the book up.

So!

Taking a 'glass half full' approach, I guess I can say that I completed two sweeplettes this month, #1 - #6 and #7 - #12.

In fact I managed to complete 16/17 challenges.

Stupid Tournament of Books. :D

>205 lyzard: good for you.

>205 lyzard: Congratulations Liz!

>205 lyzard: Sounds great! Congrats!

>206 Citizenjoyce:, >207 FAMeulstee:, >208 SqueakyChu:

Thank you! It was both exciting and very frustrating. :)

>209 lyzard: Sounds like TIOLI to me.

>210 Citizenjoyce:

Ha! - yes indeed. :)

Completed a sweep (fourth this year) with 3 shared reads.

>212 Morphidae: Congratulations, Morphy!

>212 Morphidae: Congratulations!

>212 Morphidae: hurrah! Well done!!

>212 Morphidae: Wonderful, Morphy! Congratulations!

>212 Morphidae: Congratulations.

Paul, was the book you read for Challenge 17 written by you or by another Paul Stalder?

>218 humouress: That is another Paul Stalder :)

Ah; no claim to fame for me then. Or rather, knowing someone famous.

>220 humouress: that depends on your definition of 'famous'. If you'd ask people in theological libraries in Switzerland, or in the archives of Christ Church in Jerusalem, people do know me :) But you know SqueakyChu, so that's fame enough for us :)

Cool! That'll do for me.

>221 paulstalder: But you know SqueakyChu, so that's fame enough for us

LOL!