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 Da Rules: 1. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title. 2. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a", "an", or "the"). 3. The repeated word must be spelled exactly as the word was spelled in the previous title. E.g., "prune" is not the same word as "prunes", and "loyal" is not the same word as "loyalty." 4. The repeated word must be in the title as shown on the title page of the book--not, e.g., part of the series name unless such is part of the title as shown on the title page. 5. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can. 6. Try to use Touchstones. Put brackets around the title and double brackets around the author. If Touchstones don't work, try using an html link.7. A hyphenated word is one word, not two: e.g., "thunder-clouds"; and if used must be repeated in full, not in part only. Here is my play: The American Citizen's Manual by Worthington Chauncey FordMessage edited by its author, Jul 8, 2009, 11:32am. How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything In it by Arthur Herman. Read in 2004. #4 of course you do. chuckle OK, I'm either dense or blind. Somebody please tell me how #7 spins off of #6. I don't see any repeated words. If I am correct, I'm going back to #6 with: The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs. Haven't read it but I gave it as a Christmas gift. If I'm wrong, mea culpa. OK, I'm blind! I went over and over it and never saw the connection. Sorry! I see Schmerguls has played off of Catch-22, so I will erase my word. Message edited by its author, Jul 9, 2009, 7:33am. This message has been deleted by its author. An Equal Music by Vikram Seth. Read for a book club, but not my favourite book. I was wondering how we'd get past "Catch-22" since that, according to the rules, should be treated as one word. Thank you, Schmerguls! Equal RitesI'm sorry about Catch-22, I forgot the rules, glad someone got around it. Voice of Hope by David Feintuch . Try not to get fond of his characters, just like the people on Honor Harrington's ships. But otherwise, very involving stories. Message edited by its author, Jul 9, 2009, 10:59am. This message has been deleted by its author. The State of the Native Nations: Conditions under U.S. Policies of Self-Determination Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman - read a couple of years ago posted too slow, so will change to: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Weis and Hicks. TBR. Message edited by its author, Jul 9, 2009, 3:06pm. #44-Weis & HickMAN-the series is fun and the followup series (Legends) is better I'll pass... Message edited by its author, Jul 9, 2009, 4:43pm. Death at Devil's Bridge by Robin Paige. OMG, it's one I've actually read, and recently, too! >47 Thanks, DirtPriest (interesting user name!), I think I have two trilogies in my TBR pile. I'll move them up the queue. The Devil's Day by James Blish The Dragoonlance books are much more enjoyable to me now than when I first read them years ago. Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 12:12am. By the Sword by Mercedes Lackey. Fantasy with a kick-ass female mercenary as lead character. Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 1:06am. Haroun and the sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie I do not see how #36 correctly responds to #35: "self-determination" is NOT the same word as "self-made" Tsk-tsk. And I admit that I did not note that "Catch-22" did not correctly respond to its predecessor, since I was so eager to see how we would avoid THE END because nothing would respond to Catch-22, I feared. The Postman Always Rings Twice, by James M. Cain (read 2 Oct 1998) 60> I wondered about that. Hyphenated words ARE words in themselves. You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 11:01am. #62 moibib this sounds like a marvelous book. sadly, it's not available in audio that i can find. too tarsome. This message has been deleted by its author. does #67 correctly follow #66? i think it was a response to my #64.
what's the preference for this game? just accept an incorrect response and continue on or go up to the previous correct one? not like the fate of the world depends on it. i'm probably just being overly rule-bound. and I'm pretty much a newbie so. . . we must have posted at the same time! I will step aside...ignore my post (#67). The best thing that happens is that moibiblio or schmerguls sometime find a title that ties all the slip ups togtether! Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 12:40pm. @68, I posted something different to what's in #66 and #67 would've been ok with following on from that. The only problem was that jennieg posted marginally before me so mine was then wrong. I edited my post and chose a title that followed the new post and while I was doing that LynnB posted. (Ahem--hyphenation issue in 78? See #60 & 61.) I had to go to Amazon to find a combination title: Mountain Path by Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 2:50pm. >79 Well, there are no hyphens on the cover of my copy or in the Wikipedia article . . . That's my point. Look above: "Seven-Step" is the word. Your title word is "Seven." My book does not have "Seven Step" hyphenated, on the cover or the title page. Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeur Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 6:11pm. Message edited by its author, Jul 10, 2009, 6:22pm. Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Double Play, by Harold Morrow Sherman read when I was in sixth grade--the touchstone for the title is wrong, but i don't know what I can do about that. i think it is great that this silly game is so active. (Did you notice that #65 played on a one letter word ("I")-no rule against that though one time we talked about banning two-letter words, but did not.... #97 i had no idea that gentile and gentle have the same etymological root from L. gentilis. mahvelous, dahling. Message edited by its author, Jul 11, 2009, 10:14am. The Spring of the Ram by the incomparable Dorothy Dunnett. BTW for #77-83 above. My copy of the book at #77 has "seven-step" on the cover and the title page. Oops, we posted simultaneously. Good thing we both choose "Spring"!
Amazon lists about 10 editions of the book (77-83), and only one old hb title does not have the hyphen. Wife of Moon by Margaret Coel. Nice mystery series set in the US southwest. Fun! How about The Captain's Wife by Douglas Kelley. I haven't had the pleasure of reading it yet. The Hudson River, 1850-1918: A Photographic Portrait by Jeffrey Simpson. Touchstone not working Message edited by its author, Jul 11, 2009, 5:43pm. The River King by Alice Hoffman. Great story! I read it over 4 years ago. Flint the King by Mary Kirchoff - A Dragonlance challenger with a chachi 'The' just in case Wow, I'm glad I found this thread! It helped me remember a book I read not too long ago (a year maybe?): The Night Gardener by George Pelecanos. This message has been deleted by its author. Lord of the Flies by William Golding. First read in high school back in the 1960's. (I'm giving away my ancientness!) These High Green Hills by Jan Karon. I read the series about 10 years ago, and enjoyed them very much even though I'm not religious. The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy; read so long ago I probably forgot to add it to my LT library The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by . One of the best books I've read this year. Going to start on the sequel today. Well, somebody has to do this: #134 does not corectly respond to #133 in that "Pound" is not the same word as "158-pound" The Girl in the House of Hate, by Charles and Louise Samuels (read 4 Jan 1955 - re-read 11 Aug 1962) Maybe we need to add a rule above regarding hyphenation. It seems to me that if you can't add an "s," you shouldn't be able to add or delete a hyphen. Girl in a Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. On my TBR list. Negotiating a Way of Life by Ignatius E. LaRusic. On my wish list. The Merrimack River; its Sources and Tributaries
by J.W. Meader 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff. I have the Virago Modern Classics lovely 30th anniversay edition waiting to be read; I read the book many years ago as well. Cross Bones by Kathy Reichs. I read this a few years ago and wasn't impressed. edited to html the touchstone for author Message edited by its author, Jul 14, 2009, 1:41am. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Praise be to Ford. These days GM would be cast as the Devil! ETA: Yes DirtPriest, good comma matching - take a pat on the back out of petty cash! Message edited by its author, Jul 14, 2009, 2:32am. Little Bee by Chris Cleave. Got as an ER book earlier this year. Little Dorrit, by Charles Dickens (read 20 Jul 2008) Any bets as to whcih word will be responded to? Message edited by its author, Jul 14, 2009, 9:16am. This message has been deleted by its author. Home to Harmony by Philip Gulleyi listened to this with great delight a couple of years ago. tried it again this spring and nahsomuch with the delight. Message edited by its author, Jul 14, 2009, 4:46pm. The Magic Goes Away by Larry Niven-the inspiration of Magic the Gathering's Nevinyrral's Disk, a classic game devastator! This message has been deleted by its author. Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett. One of my favourite Discworld novels. Life of Pi by Yann Martel edited for spelling Message edited by its author, Jul 16, 2009, 12:10pm. #265 hey lynn, great title! book sounds intriguing per amazon.com reviews. Don't Bother Me, I'm Reading by Maureen Corrigan This message has been deleted by its author. This message has been deleted by its author. Sorry, I was composing my post before #269 came through and was playing off #268. The Dogs of Babel by Carolyn Parkhurst. Enjoyed this one on audio a few years back. #266 re: #264 ohmigod!
serious mental drift there. sorry 'bout that. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson. Excellent book that I read in April 2009. The Tattooed Girl by Joyce Carol Oates. Just to be clear: I'm playing off "girl" and not "tattoo"! #275 schmerguls, what you couldn't see was my brain having a senior moment and following some chain of associations comprehensible only to me. embarrassing but not fatal. ;) Message edited by its author, Jul 17, 2009, 12:59pm. The works of Mr. Thomas Brown : serious and comical, in prose and verse. In four volumes. The fifth edition, corrected from the errors of the former im pressions (sic). With the life and character of Mr. Brown, and a key to all his writings. Adorn'd with cuts by Thomas BrownCharles Lamb playing for moibibliomaniac Touchstones not working. The entire title ends with the word "cuts." Here is a link to the book.Message edited by its author, Jul 17, 2009, 1:22pm. Constructive English: Derivation, spelling, pronunciation, grammar, usage, capitalization, punctuation, and letter writing, with exercises by Francis Kingsley BallMessage edited by its author, Jul 17, 2009, 10:58pm. The elements of style : an sic practical encyclopedia of interior architectural details, from 1485 to the present, by Stephen Calloway. Just so moi knows there is more to Elements than Strunk. Message edited by its author, Jul 18, 2009, 9:00am. Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams read in the springtime-great sci-fi series by a great writer Bleak House by Charles Dickens finally read a couple of years ago Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen listened to this last year, iirc. edited to delete comment Message edited by its author, Jul 19, 2009, 7:37pm. This message has been deleted by its author. Making a Change for Good: A Guide to Compassionate Self-Discipline by Cheri Hubertarsome touchstones. To Green Angel Tower: Siege Pt. 1 by Tad Williams (back to top)
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