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 Here Are The Suggested Rules of the Game: 1. Please play on the most recent correct post. 2 Please verify that no one else has posted while you were preparing your post. 3. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title. 4. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a", "an", or "the"). 5. 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." 6. 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. 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. 8. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can. 9. 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. My Play: Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; or, the Happy Valley. An extravaganza, founded on Dr. Johnson’s well-known tale by William BroughMessage edited by its author, Nov 9, 2009, 11:42pm. Frank Leahy and the Fighting Irish: the Story of Notre Dame Football by Arch WardRoosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, by James MacGregor Burns (read 21 May 2006) (Pulitzer History prize in 1971)(National Book Award for history and biography in 1971) The Good Soldier Sveik* by Jaroslav Hasek*this surname is also spelled "Schweik" in some editions/ The Third Man by Graham Greene The American Indian as a sea-fighter in Colonial times by Horace Palmer Beck. The Pazzi Conspiracy: the Plot against the Medici by Harold ActonI read this some weeks ago. The Story of Forgetting by Stephen Merrill Last Child In The Woods: Saving Our Children From Nature-Deficit Disorder - Richard Louv (read 2009) Message edited by its author, Nov 11, 2009, 10:27am. The Tender Bar by J.R. Moeringer This message has been deleted by its author. Black water by Joyce Carol Oates* *written perhaps 1-2 decades after the Chappaquidick tragedy of 1969, and loosely based on that. Not at all favorable to the late Sen.Kennedy, if I remember it rightly. An impressive read, at the time, but one of those that doesnʻt stick with me. A complete collection of English Proverbs : also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages. The whole methodically digested and illustrated with Annotations and proper Replications. (to which is added, by the same author) A collection of English Words not generally known. by John Ray.
Couldn't find another book with anonyponymous. "Frankly, My Dear-- ": The World's Greatest Comebacks, Snubs, Insults, One-Liners, and Last Words by Katherine Greene(no touchstones) Message edited by its author, Nov 11, 2009, 11:28pm. The anatomy of melancholy : what it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & seuerall cures of it : in three partitions, with their severall sections, members & subsections, philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened & cut vp by Robert Burton Hester Thrale's copy (Mrs. Piozzi) Message edited by its author, Nov 12, 2009, 12:23pm. The Eden Express; a personal account of Schizophrenia by Mark VonnegutLife in the Connecticut River Valley, 1800-1840 : from the Recollections of John Howard Redfield by John Howard Redfield. To Mirrordrum:
To answer your question of #118 yesterday:
Iʻm not the referee, but To my mind, you can play on anything given, except *footnotes and "the" and "and" --in this case anything in the top line.
You are right that "The Wife of Bathʻs Tale" is probably a title in its own right; as I thought this was probable but not sure, I just added "Canterbury Tales to it, to make an indisputable title. The Wide Window by Lemony Snicket - my daughters and I read this in the late 90's. "The Open Window" (short story) by SakiA Watch in the Night, by Helen C. White (read 27 Oct 1946) Re #118, The word "Tales" in the Canterbury Tales did not correctly respond to #117, so adding that title was no help in responding to #117, in my view. Is there really a book entitled The Wife of Bath's Tale? It would be a slender volume, but of course Where the Wild Things Are is a slender volume readable in a minute or two but is indisputably a book title. Message edited by its author, Nov 14, 2009, 11:24am. A pleasaunt comedie of the life of Will Shakspeare, player of the Globe Theater on the Bankside
wherein may be found sundrie variable and diverting humours, together with a setting fourthe of the many follies of stage players in generall, and also certaine songs sette to airs newly invented, as it hath not beene divers times enacted by the Righte Honourable the Lord Chamberlayne his servants, nor yet by any others, to the present regret of the author, Harry B. Smith. by Harry Bache SmithMessage edited by its author, Nov 14, 2009, 3:02pm. The Great Globe itself by William Bullitt* Playing on the 13th word of line 1 in #172. This title is of Shakespearean origin (end of The Tempest, but is on international relations, not literature; Bullitt is also co-author, with Sigmund Freud of Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th (sic) President of the United States This message has been deleted by its author. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald God Is Not Great - Christopher Hitchens (read 2008) Message edited by its author, Nov 14, 2009, 3:59pm. This message has been deleted by its author. LynnB you play. I'll wait a few. Message edited by its author, Nov 14, 2009, 4:16pm. Chasing the Flame: One Man's Fight to Save the World by Samantha PowerThe Gamester Wars, Book 3: The Napoleon Wager by Charles Forstchen The Called and the Chosen The Diary of Sister Ursula Auberon Enclosed Nun at the Abbaye De La Sainte Croix, Framleghen, by Monica Baldwin (read 12 Jan 2009) T-Group Theory and Laboratory Method: Innovations in Re-education by Leland P. Bradfordread in, oh, about 1964. :D A Voyage to Arcturus by David LindsayI read this in 1981; I was reading SF only sporadically. I thought this better than average, especially for its dignified diction; but I thought, if you must read Scottish downbeat why not read RL Stevenson, or, in a pinch, even Thomas Carlyle? Notable American Women: A Biographical Dictionary Complete the Twentieth Century by Susan WareMessage edited by its author, Nov 16, 2009, 6:21pm. The Children of Men by P. D. James - read in 1992 Message edited by its author, Nov 16, 2009, 7:42pm. This message has been deleted by its author. >243 tropics, you can't do that! Now my answer makes no sense! Jennieg: It was a very long title - The Life Of William Dampier: Explorer, Naturalist, And Buccaneer by Diane & Michael Preston - and by the time I finished adding it, the rules of the game had changed. so I deleted it. Sorry. Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram Hough by Joseph Sheridan LeFanu Message edited by its author, Nov 17, 2009, 2:49pm. The Zinn Reader; wriitngs on disobedience and democracy by Howard ZinnA Man in Full by Tom WolfeOne of the few things Iʻve ever read about Glanvill was that Edgar Allan Poe was interested in his writings. Iʻm surprised that he used "Saducismus" as his designation of "witches AND APPARITIONS . . .", because the Saducees are almost synonymous with skepticism; they didnʻt believe in "angel, spirit, or after-life" (N.T. Book of Acts) Henrietta's War by Joyce Dennis Living History by Hilary R. CLinton A History of Reading by Alberto Manguel I'm reading this as part of a "I'll Read Yours if You'll Read Mine" challenge. Game Plan: A Geostrategic Framework for the Conduct of the U.S.-Soviet Contest by Zbigniew Brzezinski - read in 1986.
touchstones not loading The Old Ball Game by Tristram Potter Coffin To Schmerguls:
"Does anybody read those books?" -- #278
Browsing the posts, I just saw a 21 word title by Charles Lamb in which the poster (presumably) not only read the book, but WROTE it!* It was posted by, of all people, Charles Lamb.
Well,do I read those multiword titles? No, not in the past few decades, anyway. But I donʻt recall positing one,either. Read one? Iʻm lucky if I even see one, as Iʻm not likely to in a public library, and my visits to a university library or getting rarer and rarer.
*Its short title is "Satan in Search of a wife..." To Schmerguls: I try to only respond with book titles from my library, and try to indicate whether I've read it or not. Sometimes I'm in too much of a hurry to indicate if I've read it. Of course, I rarely post books with long titles like Charles Lambs', who by the way was a real person, so I'm assuming someone is posting from his legacy library. American Foreign Policy: Theoretical Essays by G. John Ikenberry - read in 1993 Mary Hyde Eccles: A miscellany of her essays and addresses by Mary Hyde Eccles To Schmerguls et al. I have been playing Another Silly Game forever it seems, and have played many of the titles in my own library at least once. I am the one who plays the long titles from the libraries of Samuel Johnson, James Boswell, Donald and Mary Hyde, and Charles Lamb. I helped catalog their libraries on Library Thing. I use titles from their libraries to enliven my own play, provide way more words for the next person to choose from, and to show some of the books which were published in earlier times: e.g The compleat gamester: or, Instructions how to play at billiards, trucks, bowls, and chess, which was published in 1680. People have read these very books, though not many in our lifetime. In quite a few of the listings, we have provided reviews of the works. Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2009, 3:04pm. To janoorani: I was kidding, of course, in #282. Rather a feeble attempt at humor, with no disparagement of anyoneʻs post. I,too was assuming that, outside of the joke, "someone was posting from (Charles Lambʻs) legacy library." I did know he was a real person (pen name: Elia) who died something short of 2 centuries ago,and quite a writer, too, although I had never heard of this "Satan in Search..." title. Itʻs all right if you want to hold yourself to a rule of responding only with book titles from your library, but I donʻt think weʻre held to that by the rules. I try to respond with a book that might well become a "Wishlist" item in my cataloging, even though I have never read it, or even seen it. I would avoid posting something like "How to Make Origami" or "The rhythms of the 18th century minuet" --that is, avoid posting any works that I would never give a second look to. Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2009, 3:16pm. Roland, That's the problem with emails, I really did imagine that you had heard of Charles Lamb! I'm very glad that #284 explained who has been posting from the Legacy Libraries...I've wondered about that. I try to only post from my library as a challenge to myself. I don't expect it of anyone else. It's fun to see if I have a book to match the previous title, if I don't, I just wait until someone posts something that I can match. I do frequently end up posting a book that really belongs to my husband or my kids, but they are in my house, so I guess that counts for my little personal challenge. The Secrets of Mariko: A Year in the Life of a Japanese Woman and Her Family by Elisabeth Bumiller - in my TBR pile To janoorani and moibibliomaniac:
Good explanations of what goes into your search for a match to the previous post.
What I said about the rules in #285 applies to my idea of both your procedures -- both okay -- although one of you is holding herself to primarily a search of her own library, and the other isnʻt. Larousse French English Dictionary by LarousseDoes it have to be nonfiction? Of course, I have not read every word in this dictionary but have used it for reference. Second edit: I have not read every word in mathematics books, either but have entered them here. Should I stop doing that? Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2009, 4:51pm. The French Lieutenantʻs Woman by John FowlesHavenʻt read this, but it might be considered a long term TBR item. I have a sort of prejudice against Fowles, mainly as a result of having scanned his The Aristos. I used to use the title as one of the "decoys" in a multiplechoice trivia question, like "Only one of these really has anything to do with the nationality implied by the title; the other 2 decoys were Mailerʻs Why are we in Viet Nam? and the (film) The Spanish Prisoner#293 - I use a lot of fiction books, and also a lot of reference books that I haven't read, not to mention the fact the my TBR pile is enormous. You can post whatever you want as long as one word in the official title (the one on the title page of the book) exactly matches a word in the previous post (others can correct me here if I've misinterpreted the rules). The Larousse Book of Country Cooking by Marguerite Patten. The terrines are challenging, but good.The White Cottage Mystery by Margery Allingham - read sometime in the mid-90's Message edited by its author, Nov 18, 2009, 5:00pm. Almost White by Brewton Berry* "Search" (but not Touchstones) says I have this name in reverse order, but this is the way I remember it, having read this title (but not from cover to c over) some decades ago. The main stream of sociology has since "discredited" the sociological approach of "Almost white". White Horses by Alice Hoffman - read last year. It was kinda weird. Blighty British Society in the Era of the Great War, by Gerard J. DeGroot (read 24 Nov 2003) I think it of interest to see how folk pick out what they post. As you may suspect, I except in about two instances have always used a book I have read--and usually prefer to not use a book I did not like. If I can't play on an entry I wait till I can, but nearly always I can play without waiting... This message has been deleted by its author. Requiem for the Heartland: The Oklahoma City Bombing by David Cohen Wham! Itʻs a Poetry Jam; discoveing performance poetry by Sara HolbrookMessage edited by its author, Nov 20, 2009, 8:03am. The Original Sin - A Self-Portrait by Anthony Quinn Original Sin by Brandt Dodson
read for book group @ 2007. interesting it has same title as James book. read that also, can't remember when The Road to Mayerling: Life and Death of Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, by Richard Barkeley (read 21 Jul 1973) #334 (by LynnB) does not comply with Rule 7 which requires the word to be spelled exactly as in the preceding post. Can we correct a spelling? Maybe only the person who posted the incorrect spelling can correct it?? Message edited by its author, Nov 20, 2009, 7:58am. TO Schmerguls:
On 333-334;
strictly speaking, yes LynnR broke Rule 7, but my spelling of "performance" was an obvious error (I have corrected it), so I think 334 was all right to
assume the correctly spelled "performance" was
being played on. A Hero Ain't Nothing but a Sandwich by Alice Childress Space by James A. Michener Beyond Civilization: Humanityʻs Next Great Adventure by Daniel QuinnGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens - read about 10 years ago and didn't think it was great The Great Shame: And The Triumph Of The Irish In The English-Speaking World by Thomas KeneallyMessage edited by its author, Nov 20, 2009, 10:00pm. Religion and Philosophy in the Histories of Tacitus by W.S. TylerThe Borrowed Years 1938-1941: America on the Way to War, by Richard M. Ketchum (read 28 Apr 1990) Tao Teh Ching: the Book of the Way and its Power by Lao Tsu* Tr. by Arthur Waley. *I have several translations of this; npt all of them use this spelling of Tao Teh Ching, or this subtitle. It is one of the few books that I have read and re-read. The Adventures of Wu; the Life Cycle of
a Peking Man by H.Y. Lowe
part of my wifeʻs collection; a gift; on my TBR. Roland, see #383 for the new edition of this game. (back to top)
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