Another silly game Part 104
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1mirrordrum
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. No repeats on current thread.
9. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can.
10. 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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mirrordrum Today, 11:40pm
//old//
The Old Silent by Martha Grimes
read in the 90s
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. No repeats on current thread.
9. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can.
10. 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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mirrordrum Today, 11:40pm
//old//
The Old Silent by Martha Grimes
read in the 90s
9mirrordrum
//talk//
The man who wouldn't talk by Quentin James Reynolds
read in the mid-50s when way too young for it
//eta found out after being awed by the hero's endurance that the whole thing was a hoax. i was a scandalized 10-year old!
The man who wouldn't talk by Quentin James Reynolds
read in the mid-50s when way too young for it
//eta found out after being awed by the hero's endurance that the whole thing was a hoax. i was a scandalized 10-year old!
16paulstalder
//Milton//
Hershey : Milton S. Hershey's extraordinary life of wealth, empire, and utopian dreams
by Michael D'Antonio
Hershey : Milton S. Hershey's extraordinary life of wealth, empire, and utopian dreams
by Michael D'Antonio
17CharlieCascino
//life//
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers by Roger Lewis
** a wonderful and very entertaining biography
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers by Roger Lewis
** a wonderful and very entertaining biography
19LynnB
The Death of Donna Whalen by Michael Winter. Read last year; fascinating book.
20rolandperkins
Maria la Donna piu Bella del Mondo / (The Blessed
VIrgin) Mary the Worldʻs Most beautiful Woman
by Angelo Comastri
VIrgin) Mary the Worldʻs Most beautiful Woman
by Angelo Comastri
22bookwoman247
//Georgia//
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
Dancing in My Nuddy Pants: Even Further Confessions of Georgia Nicolson by Louise Rennison
26Schmerguls
//Wartime//
2274. Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, by Paul Fussell (read 8 Mar 1990)
2274. Wartime: Understanding and Behavior in the Second World War, by Paul Fussell (read 8 Mar 1990)
30mirrordrum
//enchanted//
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest : And Other Timeless Delicacies by Mollie Katzen
used in the 80s and 90s. a lot.
//edited title to see if i could get touchstone to work.
The Enchanted Broccoli Forest : And Other Timeless Delicacies by Mollie Katzen
used in the 80s and 90s. a lot.
//edited title to see if i could get touchstone to work.
32tropics
Stranger In The Forest: On Foot Across Borneo - Eric Hansen (read in the '90s)
37PaperbackPirate
The Short History of a Prince by Jane Hamilton - tbr
39PaperbackPirate
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle - rereading right now
42ellenflorman
The Time Machine by H.G.Wells
43paulstalder
Genesis in space and time; the flow of biblical history
by Francis A. Schaeffer
by Francis A. Schaeffer
44LynnB
As Long as the Rivers Flow by James Bartleman. On my wish list.
45hazeljune
The Long Way Home by Poul Anderson
46LynnB
Following the Wrong God Home by Catherine Lim.
49PaperbackPirate
Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt - from my wishlist
51mirrordrum
//deadly//
Kiss Me, Deadly by Mickey Spillane
read as a teenager late 50s, early 60s. silly thing to read.
Kiss Me, Deadly by Mickey Spillane
read as a teenager late 50s, early 60s. silly thing to read.
52rolandperkins
A Deadly Shade of Gold by John D. MacDonald
55tropics
Memories, Dreams, Reflections - Carl Jung (read in the '70s)
57hazeljune
Animal House by Candace Ryan
58Schmerguls
//House//
3936. The Price of Loyalty George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, by Ron Suskind (read 16 Sep 2004)
3936. The Price of Loyalty George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill, by Ron Suskind (read 16 Sep 2004)
59tropics
Bush On The Couch: Inside The Mind Of The President - Justin Frank, M.D. (read 2004)
62LynnB
Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
63PaperbackPirate
It's actually Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood. But the touchstones still don't work.
64JamesBoswell
//secrets//
The seamans secrets Divided into two parts, wherein is taught the three kindes of sayling, horizontall, paradoxall, and sayling vpon a great circle. Also a horizontall tyde-table for the easie finding of the ebbing and flowing of the tydes, with a regiment newly calculated for the finding of the declination of the sunne, and many other most necessary rules and instruments: not heeretofore set forth by any by John Davis
The seamans secrets Divided into two parts, wherein is taught the three kindes of sayling, horizontall, paradoxall, and sayling vpon a great circle. Also a horizontall tyde-table for the easie finding of the ebbing and flowing of the tydes, with a regiment newly calculated for the finding of the declination of the sunne, and many other most necessary rules and instruments: not heeretofore set forth by any by John Davis
65hazeljune
A house Divided by Deborah LeBlanc
70tropics
The Man Who Ate Everything - Jeffrey Steingarten (read 2003)
71rolandperkins
Baseball between the Numbers: Why Everything you Know about Baseball is Wrong by the Prospectus Team of Experts*
*a wish list item.
*a wish list item.
76mirrordrum
//adventures//
The Moon By Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales by Diane Ackerman
finished December 2010
The Moon By Whale Light and Other Adventures Among Bats, Penguins, Crocodilians, and Whales by Diane Ackerman
finished December 2010
78hazeljune
Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman, (one of my favourites).
79Schmerguls
//Moon//
4239. 11 Presidents, 4 Wars, 22 Political Conventions, 1 Moon Landing, 3 Assassinations, 2,000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina, by David Brinkley (read 29 Nov 2006)
4239. 11 Presidents, 4 Wars, 22 Political Conventions, 1 Moon Landing, 3 Assassinations, 2,000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Carolina, by David Brinkley (read 29 Nov 2006)
85MDGentleReader
Letter From Reachfar by Jane Duncan
87LynnB
From the Fifteenth District by Mavis Gallant
92PaperbackPirate
Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin by Kathy Griffin - tbr
93hazeljune
The Book Shop by Penelope Fitzgerald
94rolandperkins
The Egyptian Book of the Dead aka The Coming
forth by Day by Various
forth by Day by Various
95LynnB
Dead Aid: Why Aid is not Working and how There is a Better Way for Africa by Dambisa Moyo
97Schmerguls
//Latin//
2216. The Colonial Heritage of Latin America: Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective, by Stanley J. and Barbara H. Stein (read 15 Jun 1989)
2216. The Colonial Heritage of Latin America: Essays on Economic Dependence in Perspective, by Stanley J. and Barbara H. Stein (read 15 Jun 1989)
104LynnB
The Navigator of New York by Wayne Johnston. Read in 2003
105rolandperkins
The New York Trilogy: CIty of Glass*. Ghosts. (And) The Locked Room by Paul Auster
*The NY Trilogy: a recent bargain purchase.
*The NY Trilogy: a recent bargain purchase.
106LynnB
A Map of Glass by Jane Urquhart. Loved this book.
108LynnB
In a Glass House by Nino Ricci. Read in 2009
110LynnB
The Birth of Venus by Sarah Dunant. Read in 2009.
111ellenflorman
Venus in Fur: A Play by David Ives
114tropics
Venus Rising - Harry William Deal
117JamesBoswell
//rising//
The generall historie of the Turkes, : from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman familie: with all the notable expeditions of the Christian princes against them. Together with The liues and conquests of the Othoman kings and emperours, vnto the yeare 1621 by Richard Knolles
The generall historie of the Turkes, : from the first beginning of that nation to the rising of the Othoman familie: with all the notable expeditions of the Christian princes against them. Together with The liues and conquests of the Othoman kings and emperours, vnto the yeare 1621 by Richard Knolles
118Schmerguls
//beginning//
1489. He Sent Two: The Story of the Beginning of the School Sisters of St. Francis, by Sister M. Francis Borgia, O.S.F. (read 30 June 1978)
1489. He Sent Two: The Story of the Beginning of the School Sisters of St. Francis, by Sister M. Francis Borgia, O.S.F. (read 30 June 1978)
119bookwoman247
//sisters// or //two//
Sisters of the Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice
Sisters of the Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels by Janet Soskice
120LynnB
A Very Political Lady by Judy LaMarsh. Read last year.
123LynnB
My Heart is Africa: A Flying Adventure by Scott Griffin. Read last year.
125tropics
I Dreamed Of Africa - Kuki Gallmann (read in the '90s)
128ellenflorman
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute To His White Mother by James McBride
129rolandperkins
Tribute* to Freud by Hilda Doolittle (aka H. D.)
*H. D. may have been the last one in the main stream of literature
to pay such a tribute.
*H. D. may have been the last one in the main stream of literature
to pay such a tribute.
132tropics
Then We Came To The End - Joshua Ferris (read 2009)
133jacqueline065
Why the Whales Came by Michael Morpugo
135moibibliomaniac
//what//
Oh, what an awful thing to say! : needles, skewers, pricks, and outright nastiness by William Cole
Oh, what an awful thing to say! : needles, skewers, pricks, and outright nastiness by William Cole
136PaperbackPirate
Oops! Or, Life's Awful Moments by Art Linkletter - read in 1988
139LynnB
The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch
140Beezie
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
141Schmerguls
//Wide//
3473. Across the Wide Missouri, by Bernard DeVoto (read 19 Aug 2001) (Pulitzer history prize in 1948)
3473. Across the Wide Missouri, by Bernard DeVoto (read 19 Aug 2001) (Pulitzer history prize in 1948)
144bookwoman247
//eyes//
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
*Read this about 2 years ago. I especially love the metaphor of the opening lines, but the entire book is a must-read.
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
*Read this about 2 years ago. I especially love the metaphor of the opening lines, but the entire book is a must-read.
145tropics
The House Of God - Samuel Shem, M.D. (read in the '90s)
150mirrordrum
//people//
People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman
read in the 80s and can't remember it to save me. must not have been one i read 5 or 6 times.
People of Darkness by Tony Hillerman
read in the 80s and can't remember it to save me. must not have been one i read 5 or 6 times.
152linsleo
Poor People by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
155hazeljune
Hotel Paradise by Marth Grimes
157PaperbackPirate
Wonder Woman: Paradise Found by Phil Jimenez
158mirrordrum
//paradise//
Almost Paradise: New and Selected Poems and Translations by Sam Hamill
got it in June 2009 but haven't visited it in awhile.
Almost Paradise: New and Selected Poems and Translations by Sam Hamill
got it in June 2009 but haven't visited it in awhile.
160hazeljune
Paradise Lost by J.A. Jance
161Copperskye
Born in Paradise by Armine von Tempski TBR
162rolandperkins
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang
164siubhank
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress : A Novel by Dai Sijie (read Dec. 16, 2011)
166LynnB
Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'Neill. Read in 2007, when it won Canada Reads.
171tropics
If You Give A Moose A Muffin - Laura Joffe Numeroff
Having grown up in the woods of northern Canada, the moose theme has great appeal to me.
Having grown up in the woods of northern Canada, the moose theme has great appeal to me.
174LynnB
Out of Oz by Gregory Maguire. On my wish list.
175paulstalder
The Secret Island of Oz by Eric Shanower
177paulstalder
The island of the day before
by Umberto Eco
by Umberto Eco
178rolandperkins
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179rolandperkins
Jesus before Christianity by Albert Nolan
181rolandperkins
Misschien Wisten zij Alles / Maybe they Knew Everything*
by Toon Tellegen
*literal tr. of the Dutch title; probably no English version. Can play on either language, as far as iʻm concerned.
by Toon Tellegen
*literal tr. of the Dutch title; probably no English version. Can play on either language, as far as iʻm concerned.
185PaperbackPirate
deleted...go back to #182
187mirrordrum
//182 is last correct based on rule 5 "The repeated word must be spelled exactly as the word was spelled in the previous title."
The man who was Thursday by G. K Chesterton
finished April 2010
The man who was Thursday by G. K Chesterton
finished April 2010
188rolandperkins
Ideally, 182 should have included an English translation of the title --whether such a tr. exists or not. Then the word
"know" would have to appear in 182. And, ideally, 183 should have said "playing on ʻknowʻ " (rather than on "Wissen").
But accepting that 183 -- 186 are out of it:
// was //
I was Dancing by Edwin OʻConnor
"know" would have to appear in 182. And, ideally, 183 should have said "playing on ʻknowʻ " (rather than on "Wissen").
But accepting that 183 -- 186 are out of it:
// was //
I was Dancing by Edwin OʻConnor
189mirrordrum
//188 Roland--one of the rules by which we play states, "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." if we're all going to play by the same rules, then it's not appropriate to translate a title into another language in order to play from it. Paul plays from English words that also appear in German with the same spelling. he doesn't translate English words so that he can play a German title. those of you who are multilingual, and i take my hat off to you, may wish to start a different game where translations are accepted but that's not the way this game is set up.
//I//
I Want to Go Home: Poems Through a Day by Charlotte Mitchell
finished Oct 2011
//I//
I Want to Go Home: Poems Through a Day by Charlotte Mitchell
finished Oct 2011
192Schmerguls
Thank you, Mirrordrum (#189) for straightening this out. Applause.
//James//
3054. Dear James, by Jon Hassler (read 20 Feb 1998)
//James//
3054. Dear James, by Jon Hassler (read 20 Feb 1998)
196PaperbackPirate
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King - tbr
199mirrordrum
//two//
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
read in the 70s. the subtitle doesn't appear in the touchstone but does appear on the page linked to by the touchstone, on the book cover and iirc, on the title page. i can't swear to it and can't find my copy.
Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts by Samuel Beckett
read in the 70s. the subtitle doesn't appear in the touchstone but does appear on the page linked to by the touchstone, on the book cover and iirc, on the title page. i can't swear to it and can't find my copy.
202Schmerguls
//Waiting//
3721. Waiting for the Morning Train An American Boyhood, by Bruce Catton (read 13 Apr 2003)
3721. Waiting for the Morning Train An American Boyhood, by Bruce Catton (read 13 Apr 2003)
203bookwoman247
playing off #201, which was just a little bit faster:
//years//
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
//years//
Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana
204PaperbackPirate
Walking in Circles Before Lying Down by Merrill Markoe - read in 2008
206tropics
Up The Down Staircase - Bel Kaufman (read decades ago)
209rolandperkins
The Great Stone of Sardis by Frank R. Stockton
211hazeljune
The World According To Garp by John Irving
214hazeljune
The War of the Roses by Warren Adler
215jacqueline065
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
216PaperbackPirate
War Horse by Michael Morpurgo - read in December
225Schmerguls
My apologies to all for #202. I usually check to see if I have been beaten but failed to so yesterday.
//Knights//
3383. Dungeon, Fire and Sword The Knights Templar in the Crusades, by John J. Robinson (read 27 Dec 2000)
//Knights//
3383. Dungeon, Fire and Sword The Knights Templar in the Crusades, by John J. Robinson (read 27 Dec 2000)
228LynnB
The Game by Ken Dryden. Read last month and 25 years ago.
230LynnB
The Game Changers by Philip Orbanes. On my wish list.
231PaperbackPirate
Survivor: The Ultimate Game by Mark Burnett - tbr
233PaperbackPirate
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller - tbr
234ellenflorman
At Play in the Fields of the Lord by Peter Matthiessen
235PaperbackPirate
Lord of Misrule by Jaimy Gordon - from my wishlist
240LynnB
Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale. Read last year.
241hazeljune
Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
243paulstalder
A Korean mother's cooking notes
by Sŏn-yong Chang
by Sŏn-yong Chang
246ellenflorman
The Kitchen God's Wife by Amy Tan
247paulstalder
Kitchen
by Banana Yoshimoto
by Banana Yoshimoto
249Booktechie
from 247 Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
250hazeljune
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
251Boobalack
//Taswegian_Booktechie, it's hard to keep straight sometimes, but since I played on #235, which was the last correctly following post of the previous posts, then you should have played on #248, as #247 is considered incorrect for the purposes of this game. :-}//
258bookwoman247
#257: I'm sorry, you can't use articles like "the" or "a" according to rule # 4 at the top of the thread.
Good to have you here, though! Welcome to the game!
Good to have you here, though! Welcome to the game!
259Booktechie
OOps sorry -
I'll think a while
I'll think a while
260hazeljune
The Cat With The Hat by Bonnie Worth
261tropics
The Cat From Hue: A Vietnam War Story - John Laurence (read 2003)
262PaperbackPirate
#256 is the last correct post
263Schmerguls
playing on #256, the last correct post:
//Streets//
3594. Maggie A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction, by Stephen Crane (read 3 Jul 2002)
//Streets//
3594. Maggie A Girl of the Streets and Other Short Fiction, by Stephen Crane (read 3 Jul 2002)
270jacqueline065
The City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
274jacqueline065
Slick Money by Tippette
275ellenflorman
One For The Money by Janet Evanovich
279hazeljune
Hell and High Water by Lance Goddard
280rolandperkins
Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski
282hazeljune
The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy
283Schmerguls
//Crossing//
2689. Crossing the Threshold of Hope, by His Holiness John Paul II translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee and Martha McPhee (read 26 Dec 1994) (Book of the Year)
2689. Crossing the Threshold of Hope, by His Holiness John Paul II translated from the Italian by Jenny McPhee and Martha McPhee (read 26 Dec 1994) (Book of the Year)
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