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1mirrordrum
Jul 22, 2011, 11:36 pm

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 in a LT library listing, or on the title page of the book. A sub-title or a series name can be included if the sub-title or series name is included in the title of a LT library listing, or is printed on the title page of the book.

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.

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last post:

265cammykittyToday, 10:03pm

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

2carod
Jul 23, 2011, 12:32 am

267rolandperkins posted:

Strange Wine by Harlan Ellison

So I'm playing

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein

read in grade 8 and loved it

4rolandperkins
Jul 23, 2011, 1:56 am

Tell me, Stranger by Charles Bracelen Flood

5carod
Jul 23, 2011, 2:23 am

3 and 4 (Tell me and Land)

Tell Me of a Land That's Fair by James V. Hutton, Jr.

7mirrordrum
Jul 23, 2011, 3:35 am

//for//

A Candle for St. Jude by Rumer Godden

read late 50s, early 60s

8jacqueline065
Jul 23, 2011, 7:03 am

Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

10ellenflorman
Jul 23, 2011, 4:35 pm

American Pie by Teresa Kennedy

11mirrordrum
Jul 23, 2011, 4:51 pm

//pie//

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

loved this book. finished Sept. 2009

13LynnB
Jul 23, 2011, 5:17 pm

14SylviaC
Jul 23, 2011, 5:47 pm

15mirrordrum
Jul 23, 2011, 6:58 pm

18PaperbackPirate
Jul 23, 2011, 8:49 pm

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve

20mirrordrum
Jul 23, 2011, 9:33 pm

//color//

Saul Leiter: Early Color by Martin Harrison

finished it in march 2011. his work leaves me gobsmacked!

24cammykitty
Jul 24, 2011, 1:55 am

The Black Pearl by Scott O'Dell

27Schmerguls
Jul 24, 2011, 6:43 am

//Tower//

4311. The Looming Tower Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, by Lawrence Wright (read 11 May 2007) (Pulitzer Nonfiction prize in 2007)

29bookwoman247
Jul 24, 2011, 8:53 am

31cammykitty
Jul 24, 2011, 10:21 am

Shadow of the Red Moon by Walter Dean Myers

32bookwoman247
Jul 24, 2011, 10:25 am

34carod
Jul 24, 2011, 1:18 pm

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown

37rolandperkins
Jul 24, 2011, 5:54 pm

A Savage Place by Robert B. Parker

39bookwoman247
Jul 24, 2011, 7:11 pm

//sun//

East of the Sun: A Novel by Julia Gregson

* I read this novel about the Raj and the notorious fishing fleet earlier this year, and enjoyed it.

40mirrordrum
Jul 24, 2011, 8:55 pm

//east//

Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side by Raymond Bial

'read' this in May. it's mostly eye-opening photographs.

41Schmerguls
Jul 25, 2011, 7:57 am

//Immigrant//

4762. The Immigrant Church New York's Irish and German Catholics, 1810-1865, by Jay P. Dolan (read 10 Oct 2010) (John Gilmary Shea prize for 1975)

43bookwoman247
Jul 25, 2011, 8:33 am

//wedding//

Silver Wedding by Maeve Binchy

44mirrordrum
Jul 25, 2011, 1:24 pm

//wedding//

Cassandra At The Wedding by Dorothy Baker

read many times since i first discovered it in the 60s. alas, not available in lg print or audio so i can read it again. :(

45ellenflorman
Jul 25, 2011, 1:48 pm

A Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers

50ellenflorman
Jul 25, 2011, 7:27 pm

Social Studies by Fran Lebowitz

52mirrordrum
Jul 26, 2011, 12:57 am

//canto//

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

finished may 2011

53rolandperkins
Jul 26, 2011, 3:13 am

Bel and the Dragon by Bible. Apocrypha

54Schmerguls
Jul 26, 2011, 7:14 am

//and//

7. Polly and her Pals on the Farm by Cliff Sterrett (read in 1936 or 1937)

(couldn't play on the other two words from my list of books read)

55bookwoman247
Jul 26, 2011, 8:39 am

//Farm//

The Story of an African Farm by Olive Schreiner

> 54 Schmerguls...The rules don't state that you have to have read the book, just that it would be nice if you've read it that you would say so. (I hope this helps make the game easier for you!)

BTW, I read The Story of an African Farm a few months ago. I wasn't enthused about it, but found it interesting enough to finish, at least.

57CharlieCascino
Jul 26, 2011, 5:29 pm

58ellenflorman
Jul 26, 2011, 6:00 pm

59Boobalack
Jul 26, 2011, 6:01 pm

61jacqueline065
Jul 26, 2011, 7:14 pm

62bookwoman247
Jul 26, 2011, 8:30 pm

64rolandperkins
Jul 26, 2011, 8:49 pm

Life, the Universe,and Everything
by Douglas Adams

65LindaJ57
Jul 26, 2011, 8:50 pm

Life of Pi by Yann Martel

66rolandperkins
Jul 26, 2011, 9:14 pm

The Social Life of Information
by John Seely Brown

68PaperbackPirate
Jul 26, 2011, 9:18 pm

Signature Styles: 20 Stitchers Craft Their Look by Jenny Doh - read a few weeks ago

69jacqueline065
Jul 26, 2011, 10:44 pm

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

71PaperbackPirate
Jul 27, 2011, 12:02 am

How to Heal the Hurt by Hating by Anita Liberty - from my wishlist

72jacqueline065
Jul 27, 2011, 5:01 am

Heal Thyself: For Health and Longevity by Queen Afua

73Schmerguls
Jul 27, 2011, 7:45 am

//Health//

3246. Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris, by Richard Kluger (read 29 Sep 1999) (Pulitzer Nonfiction prize in 1997)

#55: Thanks, Bookwoman. I only use books I have read. There would be no challenge if all one had to do was find a book title using a word--there are millions of book and I suppose every word is in some title. I have only read 4842 books and the challenge is to find a word in those titles. I usually do..

74bookwoman247
Edited: Jul 27, 2011, 10:19 am

//ashes//

Playing for the Ashes by Elizabeth George

> 73: You're welcome. I find it enough of a challenge to think of an appropriate title, whether I've read the book or not. You're right that looking a title up wouldn't be much of a challenge, but, the way I play, any book I've heard of is fair game. For instance, I've had Playing for the Ashes on my shelves for a long, long time, and made a couple of attempts at reading it. I still intend to, someday.

76mirrordrum
Jul 27, 2011, 12:28 pm

//before//

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

finished in January 2010.

79rolandperkins
Jul 27, 2011, 5:37 pm

For Two Cents, Plain by Harry Golden

80bookwoman247
Jul 27, 2011, 7:03 pm

82jacqueline065
Jul 27, 2011, 11:19 pm

The Plain Janes by Cecil Castellucci

84mirrordrum
Jul 28, 2011, 3:01 am

//book//

The Book of Daniel by E. L. Doctorow

read in the 80s, iirc.

85jacqueline065
Jul 28, 2011, 8:07 am

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks

86Schmerguls
Jul 28, 2011, 10:08 am

//People//

2945. Mr. Balfour's Poodle: Peers v. People, by Roy Jenkins (read 13 Jan 1997)

87bookwoman247
Jul 28, 2011, 10:23 am

//Peers//

A Jury of Her Peers: American Women Writers From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx by Elaine Showalter

*Read this about a year ago and absoutely loved it! Showalters offers a very intelligent overview of writing by American women.

88ellenflorman
Jul 28, 2011, 11:57 am

89bookwoman247
Jul 28, 2011, 5:05 pm

91bookwoman247
Edited: Jul 28, 2011, 7:49 pm

95PaperbackPirate
Jul 28, 2011, 9:48 pm

The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood

97Schmerguls
Jul 29, 2011, 6:34 am

//Barons//

2440. The Last of the Barons by Edward Bulwer Lytton (Lord Lytton) (read 3 Apr 1992)

99bookwoman247
Jul 29, 2011, 9:56 am

//last//

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson

*A lovely, charming book that I read a few months ago.

100CharlieCascino
Jul 29, 2011, 10:12 am

104bookwoman247
Jul 29, 2011, 6:29 pm

105booklady2031
Jul 29, 2011, 8:10 pm

The Whole world Over by Julia Glass

I am reading this now

106ellenflorman
Jul 29, 2011, 8:17 pm

Victory Over Japan: A Book of Stories by Ellen Gilchrist

107Boobalack
Edited: Jul 29, 2011, 8:44 pm

108ellenflorman
Jul 29, 2011, 8:46 pm

Song of Bernadette by Franz Werfel

110jacqueline065
Jul 29, 2011, 9:53 pm

Pemba's Song by Marilyn Nelson

111Boobalack
Jul 29, 2011, 10:14 pm

112rolandperkins
Jul 29, 2011, 10:22 pm

113PaperbackPirate
Jul 29, 2011, 10:23 pm

The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson - read a few months ago

114jacqueline065
Jul 29, 2011, 10:24 pm

The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman

116PaperbackPirate
Jul 30, 2011, 5:15 am

The Dark and Deadly Pool by Joan Lowery Nixon - read in 1990

117AHS-Wolfy
Jul 30, 2011, 7:03 am

118siubhank
Jul 30, 2011, 8:07 am

120jacqueline065
Jul 30, 2011, 12:42 pm

P. G. County by Connie briscoe

121mirrordrum
Jul 30, 2011, 2:28 pm

//county//

A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold

read in the 70s i think. maybe early 80s?

125SylviaC
Jul 30, 2011, 9:51 pm

The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen

126rolandperkins
Jul 30, 2011, 11:10 pm

The Thunder Keeper by Margaret Coel

129Schmerguls
Jul 31, 2011, 6:54 am

//Wind//

3717. Wind, Sand and Stars, by Antoine de Saint Exupery translated by Louis Galantiere (read 18 Mar 2003)

133carod
Jul 31, 2011, 12:29 pm

135SylviaC
Jul 31, 2011, 3:05 pm

Classmates By Request by Hila Colman

137jacqueline065
Edited: Jul 31, 2011, 8:18 pm

139SylviaC
Jul 31, 2011, 9:21 pm

What Do You Say, Dear? by Sesyle Joslin

141Schmerguls
Aug 1, 2011, 6:58 am

142booklady2031
Aug 1, 2011, 9:39 am

On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

wishlisted item

143bookwoman247
Aug 1, 2011, 11:42 am

145LynnB
Aug 1, 2011, 2:33 pm

146bookwoman247
Aug 1, 2011, 2:40 pm

148ellenflorman
Aug 1, 2011, 7:33 pm

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers

149bookwoman247
Aug 1, 2011, 8:16 pm

150PaperbackPirate
Aug 1, 2011, 8:58 pm

Fall into Darkness by Christopher Pike

154ellenflorman
Aug 1, 2011, 9:46 pm

Up The Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

155rolandperkins
Aug 1, 2011, 10:31 pm

The Circular Staircase
by Mary Roberts Rinehart (aka Mary Roberts

156cammykitty
Aug 1, 2011, 11:23 pm

157rolandperkins
Edited: Aug 2, 2011, 1:03 am

"So what exactly is quinarism?" (156)

My online dictionaryʻs answer is: "No entries found". And they even said that as soon as I entered the word; didnʻt even have to click on it. Of course I did click on it just to make sure, and -- same answer. Howʻs that for foreknowledge of a non-word?

158carod
Aug 2, 2011, 1:09 am

Quinarism is the classification of the animal kingdom in five interconnected circles. Had an influence on early evolutionary theory.

159rolandperkins
Aug 2, 2011, 1:29 am

Thanks, carod; I thought it might have something to do with 5, and I was a little surprised that my (by no means unabridged) dictionary didn;t have it.

161Schmerguls
Aug 2, 2011, 7:35 am

//Joe//

3495. Joe T. Robinson Always a Loyal Democrat, by Cecil Edward Waller, Jr. (read 29 Oct 2001)

Quinarism put into Google shows 557 hits, obtained in .15 second--but the online dictionary I used could not find the word either

163cammykitty
Aug 2, 2011, 4:06 pm

@158 Thanks Carod. That makes sense.

Are you in the house alone by Richard Peck

166ellenflorman
Aug 2, 2011, 4:32 pm

167carod
Aug 2, 2011, 5:41 pm

//Last time we got ourselves into this mess I used:
Exodus 19-40: a new translation with introduction and commentary: Volume 2, Part 1 by William Henry Propp anyone have another solution since I don't want to repeat myself//

168Boobalack
Aug 2, 2011, 7:47 pm

In the Steps of Exodus
by Leon Uris

//I found this book by Googling and, having never heard of it previously, do not have it in my library. Does it count? Another title (for the same book) is Exodus Revisited.//

170jacqueline065
Aug 2, 2011, 10:24 pm

Home of the Brave by KAtherine Applegate

171LynnB
Aug 3, 2011, 6:40 am

172Schmerguls
Aug 3, 2011, 8:16 am

//Home//

4839. David Balfour Being Memoirs of His Adventures at Home and Abroad, by Robert Louis Stevenson (read 12 Jul 2011)

the copy I read was published in 1907

173bookwoman247
Aug 3, 2011, 8:31 am

//abroad//

The Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain

I read this a few years ago and enjoyed it very much, even though it was a bit difficult to overlook some of the attitudes from the times that Twain expressed.

175Schmerguls
Aug 4, 2011, 9:00 am

//Earl//

3114. Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren, by Ed Cray (read 26 Sep 1998)

183Schmerguls
Aug 5, 2011, 8:26 am

//Johnson//

3583. The Years of Lyndon Johnson Master of the Senate, by Robert A. Caro (read 27 May 2002) (Book of the Year) (Pulitzer Biography prize for 2003) (Natioal Book Award nonfiction prize for 2002)

184buckjohnson
Aug 5, 2011, 9:14 am

//years//

Dog Years by Gunter Grass, final book in the Danzig Trilogy

(haven't read it yet, but I enjoyed The Tin Drum)

187bookwoman247
Aug 5, 2011, 6:43 pm

190PaperbackPirate
Aug 5, 2011, 10:56 pm

Playing off of "Flying"

Flying Changes by Sara Gruen - read in 2008

193rolandperkins
Aug 6, 2011, 3:16 am

Thin Air* by Robert B. Parker

*One of the few of Parkerʻs that I havenʻt read

194Schmerguls
Aug 6, 2011, 7:35 am

//Air//

3542. Coming Up for Air, by George Orwell (read 17 Feb 2002)

196jacqueline065
Aug 6, 2011, 9:27 am

197SylviaC
Aug 6, 2011, 10:51 am

Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan

198bookwoman247
Aug 6, 2011, 2:19 pm

199ellenflorman
Aug 6, 2011, 7:08 pm

Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman by Merle Miller

201PaperbackPirate
Aug 6, 2011, 9:34 pm

White Horses by Alice Hoffman - read in 2008

202Boobalack
Edited: Aug 6, 2011, 9:58 pm

Out Stealing Horses
by Per Petterson

//We're beginning to repeat ourselves. lol//

203mirrordrum
Edited: Aug 6, 2011, 10:17 pm

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204mirrordrum
Aug 6, 2011, 10:18 pm

//out//

Out on the Rim by Ross Thomas

my first Ross Thomas. loved it. read in 2010.

206jacqueline065
Aug 7, 2011, 12:00 am

207cammykitty
Aug 7, 2011, 1:48 am

Tearing Me Apart (Sweet Valley High Senior Year No. 36)

Sorry for lowering the tone of this list!

208rolandperkins
Aug 7, 2011, 2:02 am

When Things fall apart: Heart Advice for
Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

209mirrordrum
Aug 7, 2011, 2:03 am

//apart//

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön

sappy sounding title but i find Pema Chödrön a helpful, though not my favorite, voice in western Buddhist teaching.

210cammykitty
Aug 7, 2011, 2:24 am

A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

211rolandperkins
Aug 7, 2011, 2:33 am

Memories, Dreams, Reflecitons
by Carl Jung

212Schmerguls
Aug 7, 2011, 7:49 am

//Memories//

3418. An Hour Before Daylight Memories of a Rural Boyhood, by Jimmy Carter (read 11 Mar 2001)

213LynnB
Aug 7, 2011, 8:06 am

215bookwoman247
Aug 7, 2011, 11:29 am

//books//
So Little Time, So Many Books: A Year of Passionate Reading by Sara Nelson

I read this a few years ago...and loved it! There was so much I could relate to.

216PaperbackPirate
Aug 7, 2011, 12:33 pm

Little Mouse on the Prairie by Stephen Cosgrove - read in 1985

220bookwoman247
Aug 7, 2011, 7:03 pm

//who//

Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World by Vicki Myron

*Cat lovers, book lovers, library lovers...if you haven't already read this book, you must! I read this about a year ago or so and did not escape with dry eyes.

226mirrordrum
Aug 8, 2011, 12:12 am

//madness/

Women and Madness by Phyllis Chesler

read in the 70s or 80s

228rolandperkins
Aug 8, 2011, 2:31 am

Street Corner Society by William Foote Whyte

230jacqueline065
Aug 8, 2011, 7:32 am

232bookwoman247
Edited: Aug 8, 2011, 12:25 pm

//weed//

The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag by Alan Bradley

Ugh! Touchstones don't seem to be working! I read this in the spring. It's part of the wonderful Flavia de Luce series.

233booklady2031
Aug 8, 2011, 4:21 pm

234LynnB
Aug 8, 2011, 4:25 pm

Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love by Dava Sobel. I see they are offering this on ER -- I recommend you request it!

236rolandperkins
Aug 8, 2011, 4:56 pm

(Playing on Word #22 of 235)

//sketches//

Sketches from a Life by George F. .Kennan

238mirrordrum
Edited: Aug 8, 2011, 9:20 pm

239SylviaC
Aug 8, 2011, 9:53 pm

The Chinese Egg by Catherine Storr

240moibibliomaniac
Aug 8, 2011, 11:24 pm

242rolandperkins
Aug 9, 2011, 2:04 am

The Chinese Ink Stick by Kurt Wiese

250SylviaC
Aug 9, 2011, 12:32 pm

//girl//

The Girl Who Chased the Moon by Sarah Addison Allen

251ellenflorman
Aug 9, 2011, 12:57 pm

253moibibliomaniac
Edited: Aug 9, 2011, 2:00 pm

//yellow//

Come Unto These Yellow Sands by Earl Schenck

254bookwoman247
Aug 9, 2011, 2:34 pm

//yellow//

Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I read this about a few years ago and loved it!

257rolandperkins
Aug 9, 2011, 4:25 pm

The Notebooks of Laurits
by Erich Maria Rilke

258mirrordrum
Edited: Aug 10, 2011, 2:03 am

//254 bookwoman--i read the audiobook of Adichie's Purple hibiscus earlier this year and loved it. can't wait for Half of a yellow sun to come out in audio!

The Floatplane Notebooks by Clyde Edgerton

another very good book i read earlier this year.

259LindaJ57
Aug 11, 2011, 1:16 am

The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks

260Schmerguls
Aug 11, 2011, 7:58 am

//Notebook//

2328. A Sportsman's Notebook by Ivan Turgenev Translated from the Russian by Charles and Natasha Hepbahn (read 27 Sept 1990)

261moibibliomaniac
Aug 11, 2011, 8:43 am

//notebook// and notebooks//

The poet's notebook : excerpts from the notebooks of contemporary American poets by Stephen Kuusisto

To get back on track, I'm playing on both "notebooks" (#258- the most recent correct post) and "notebook (#260). This book is not yet in my library.

262mirrordrum
Aug 11, 2011, 8:50 am

//from//

A Far Cry from Kensington by Muriel Spark

finished May 2009

263ellenflorman
Aug 11, 2011, 12:38 pm

264mirrordrum
Aug 11, 2011, 1:15 pm

//beloved//

Beloved by Toni Morrison

finished May 2009

265mirrordrum
Aug 11, 2011, 8:45 pm