Another silly game Part 122
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1hemlokgang
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.
last post from rretzler:
One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (received an LT early reviewer copy)
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.
last post from rretzler:
One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (received an LT early reviewer copy)
11LynnB
My Life, Deleted: A Memoir of Starting Over by Scott Bolzan
12ellenflorman
Victory Over Japan by Ellen Gilchrist
14rretzler
//Japan//
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kyper
Wow - can't get the touchstones to work correctly on this one! They work above, but not in the post
Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport by Simon Kyper
Wow - can't get the touchstones to work correctly on this one! They work above, but not in the post
15rolandperkins
. . .canʻt get the touchstones to
work. . . (14)
The block may happen when
it reaches the 28th
word: "worldʻs". Touchstones is allergic to apostrophes. The same occurs when a title with an apostrophe in it is being clicked on to put it onto the "Add Books" page.
One could say: Omit any apostrophes. It isnʻt even that simple; they can, for their own purposes print out a word with an apostrophe,* but they usually donʻt get it onto the memberʻs screen.
*They have just now done that in their sidebar: The Word at Worldʻs End and put my writing of worldʻs in blue, too!
(Which I didnʻt expect.)
work. . . (14)
The block may happen when
it reaches the 28th
word: "worldʻs". Touchstones is allergic to apostrophes. The same occurs when a title with an apostrophe in it is being clicked on to put it onto the "Add Books" page.
One could say: Omit any apostrophes. It isnʻt even that simple; they can, for their own purposes print out a word with an apostrophe,* but they usually donʻt get it onto the memberʻs screen.
*They have just now done that in their sidebar: The Word at Worldʻs End and put my writing of worldʻs in blue, too!
(Which I didnʻt expect.)
18ellenflorman
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
21rolandperkins
The Patriot Game
by George V. Higgins
by George V. Higgins
29ellenflorman
Animal Farm by George Orwell
30hemlokgang
Animal Dreams by Barbara Kingsolver
41LynnB
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Timothy Findley
43ellenflorman
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47ellenflorman
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
51JamesBoswell
Playing on #48, the most recent correct post:
//witches//
The discouerie of witchcraft wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike... by Reginald Scot
Published in 1584.
//witches//
The discouerie of witchcraft wherein the lewde dealing of witches and witchmongers is notablie detected, the knauerie of coniurors, the impietie of inchantors, the follie of soothsaiers, the impudent falshood of cousenors, the infidelitie of atheists, the pestilent practises of pythonists, the curiositie of figurecasters, the vanitie of dreamers, the beggerlie art of alcumystrie, the abhomination of idolatrie, the horrible art of poisoning, the vertue and power of naturall magike... by Reginald Scot
Published in 1584.
57Schmerguls
//Twentieth//
2044. The Fall and Rise of Europe: A Political, Social, and Cultural History of the Twentieth Century, by Henry M. Pachter (read 4 Jan 1987)
2044. The Fall and Rise of Europe: A Political, Social, and Cultural History of the Twentieth Century, by Henry M. Pachter (read 4 Jan 1987)
66LynnB
King John of Canada by Scott Gardiner
67bookwoman247
Playing on 65, the last correct post. (king instead of king's.)
//men//
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
//men//
The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett
70luna_lovegood
Seven Up by Janet Evanovich
71Schmerguls
//Seven//
3435. Crucible of War The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766, by Fred Anderson (read 21 Apr 2001) (Parkman Prize for 2001)
3435. Crucible of War The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766, by Fred Anderson (read 21 Apr 2001) (Parkman Prize for 2001)
76LynnB
Seven Lies by James Lasdun
78JamesBoswell
//seven//
A sure guide to hell : in seven sections. Containing directions I. To parents in the education of their children. II. To youth. III. to those whose minds are possessed with envy, malice, &c. IV. To the K--. V. To first ministers of state. VI. To the clergy. VII. To young ladies. by Belzebub by Benjamin Bourn
A sure guide to hell : in seven sections. Containing directions I. To parents in the education of their children. II. To youth. III. to those whose minds are possessed with envy, malice, &c. IV. To the K--. V. To first ministers of state. VI. To the clergy. VII. To young ladies. by Belzebub by Benjamin Bourn
89Schmerguls
//Others//
3754. That Summer in Paris Memories of tangled friendships with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and some others, by Morley Callaghan (read 7 June 2003)
3754. That Summer in Paris Memories of tangled friendships with Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and some others, by Morley Callaghan (read 7 June 2003)
101rolandperkins
Some Angry Angel
by Richard Condon
by Richard Condon
105Schmerguls
//Indian//
4117. Without Reservation The Making of America's Most Powerful Indian Tribe and Foxwoods, the World's Largest Casino, by Jeff Benedict (read 8 Jan 2006)
4117. Without Reservation The Making of America's Most Powerful Indian Tribe and Foxwoods, the World's Largest Casino, by Jeff Benedict (read 8 Jan 2006)
106siubhank
//Making//
The Making of The African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind by Katherine Hepburn
The Making of The African Queen or How I went to Africa with Bogart, Bacall and Huston and almost lost my mind by Katherine Hepburn
109Helenoel
Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing: Stories (P.S.) by Lydia Peelle
114ellenflorman
The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson
116ellenflorman
Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther
120starbox
Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
121Schmerguls
//Fathers// and //Sons// and //and//
3380. Hitler's Children Sons and Daughters of Leaders of the Third Reich Talk About Their Fathers and Themselves, by Gerald L. Posner (read 17 Dec 2000)
3380. Hitler's Children Sons and Daughters of Leaders of the Third Reich Talk About Their Fathers and Themselves, by Gerald L. Posner (read 17 Dec 2000)
125LynnB
One for My Baby by Tony Parsons
126starbox
One for Sorrow by Mary Reed
128bookwoman247
//one//
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
>127 Boobalack: Boobalack: I loved The Power of One!!
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
>127 Boobalack: Boobalack: I loved The Power of One!!
132ellenflorman
No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
136LynnB
That Old Ace in the Hole by Annie Proulx
137Schmerguls
//Old//
1731. "Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858...by Samuel Eliot Morison (read 21 Jul 1982)
1731. "Old Bruin" Commodore Matthew C. Perry 1794-1858...by Samuel Eliot Morison (read 21 Jul 1982)
140rretzler
Pirate King by Laurie R King - just finished reading this yesterday
142LynnB
King Leary by Paul Quarrington.
147Schmerguls
#142 does bit play on #141, so I am playing on #141::
//Coast//
2813. Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II, by Michael Gannon (read 26 Dec 1995)
//Coast//
2813. Operation Drumbeat: The Dramatic True Story of Germany's First U-Boat Attacks Along the American Coast in World War II, by Michael Gannon (read 26 Dec 1995)
150rolandperkins
First Hand Knowledge: How I Participated in the CIA - Mafia murder of Presdient Kennedy by Robert D. Morrow
154Schmerguls
//Travels//
2027. "The Sun Never Sets: Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire, by Simon Winchester (read 26 Oct 1986)
2027. "The Sun Never Sets: Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire, by Simon Winchester (read 26 Oct 1986)
157rolandperkins
Glory Road* by Bruce Catton
The Army of the Potomac, (part) 2
*A science fiction by Robert Heinlein has the same title.
The Army of the Potomac, (part) 2
*A science fiction by Robert Heinlein has the same title.
162LynnB
Yokohama Yankee: My Family's Five Generations as Outsiders in Japan by Leslie Helm
Currently reading!
Currently reading!
166Schmerguls
//American//
4195. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War, by Michael F. Holt (read 7 Aug 2006)
4195. The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War, by Michael F. Holt (read 7 Aug 2006)
172rolandperkins
THe Human Comedy by William Saroyan
190JamesBoswell
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196ellenflorman
Blood Simple by Joel Cohen
199hemlokgang
Simple Genius by David Baldacci
201moibibliomaniac
Note: #195 does not play on #193, the most recent correct post.
Playing on //some// from #193:
The Story of Some Famous Books by Frederick Saunders
Playing on //some// from #193:
The Story of Some Famous Books by Frederick Saunders
204hemlokgang
The Deep End Of The Ocean by Jacquelyn Mitchard
205rolandperkins
The Deep Sleep
by Wright Morris
by Wright Morris
209Schmerguls
//Secret//
4852. Secret Lives of the Supreme Court What Your Teachers Never Told You About America's Legendary Justices, by Robert Schnakenberg (read 20 Aug 2011)
Miobibliomaniac, thanks for catching the fact that #195 and those thereafter did not play on #193. Those who played on #195 are to be reprimanded, not?
4852. Secret Lives of the Supreme Court What Your Teachers Never Told You About America's Legendary Justices, by Robert Schnakenberg (read 20 Aug 2011)
Miobibliomaniac, thanks for catching the fact that #195 and those thereafter did not play on #193. Those who played on #195 are to be reprimanded, not?
211rolandperkins
What they Never Told you about Boston (or what they Did that was Wrong)
by Walt Kelley*
*Evidently not the great Walt Kelly, author of Pogo (note the different spelling.) But it
was under the assumption that
it WAS Pogo's Walt Kel,ly that I first made this a Wish List item.
by Walt Kelley*
*Evidently not the great Walt Kelly, author of Pogo (note the different spelling.) But it
was under the assumption that
it WAS Pogo's Walt Kel,ly that I first made this a Wish List item.
217Schmerguls
//Frank//
2205. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family, by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold (read 10 Apr 1989)
2205. Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family, by Miep Gies with Alison Leslie Gold (read 10 Apr 1989)
230starbox
Little House in the big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
234starbox
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
239rolandperkins
The Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Fergus Hulme
240hemlokgang
The Mystery of the Brass Bound Trunk by Carolyn Keene
242ellenflorman
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
243SylviaC
Son of a Gun by Janet and Allan Ahlberg
247Schmerguls
//Son//
1389. A Son at the Front, by Edith Wharton (read 24 Apr 1976)
One of the rules of this game recommends that if you read the book you should so indicate but I seldom see that rule complied with. Does that mean most of the books listed have not been read by the lister?
It seems to me that if you spend hours reading a book it is simply prudent to spend a minute making a note you have done so and five minutes making a note about the book and what you thought of it. Otherwise in a few years you won't even be sure you read it, Whereas if you do a post-reading note you have appropriated the book for life.
1389. A Son at the Front, by Edith Wharton (read 24 Apr 1976)
One of the rules of this game recommends that if you read the book you should so indicate but I seldom see that rule complied with. Does that mean most of the books listed have not been read by the lister?
It seems to me that if you spend hours reading a book it is simply prudent to spend a minute making a note you have done so and five minutes making a note about the book and what you thought of it. Otherwise in a few years you won't even be sure you read it, Whereas if you do a post-reading note you have appropriated the book for life.
248bookwoman247
>247 Schmerguls:: The way it is stated, it seems more of a suggestion than a rule, IMO, schmerguls.
//front//
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
//front//
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
249hemlokgang
It is a rare exception when I list a book which I have not read or which I do not have in my TBR piles.
The Turtle Warrior by Mary Ellis
The Turtle Warrior by Mary Ellis
250starbox
249: None of these words are in 248
Playing from 248
All our Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky - in my TBR pile
Playing from 248
All our Worldly Goods by Irene Nemirovsky - in my TBR pile
251hemlokgang
LOL....wrong game....sorry!
253rolandperkins
Bright Lights Big City
by Jay McInerney
by Jay McInerney
255Schmerguls
//Chicago//
216. Proceedings of the Republican National Convention Held at Chicago, Illinois, June 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th, 1880, reported by Eugene Davis (read 4 Nov 1945)
216. Proceedings of the Republican National Convention Held at Chicago, Illinois, June 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th, 1880, reported by Eugene Davis (read 4 Nov 1945)
258Schmerguls
//National//
1202. The Green Flag: The Turbulent History of the Irish National Movement, by Robert Kee (read 14 Dec 1972) (Book of the Year)
1202. The Green Flag: The Turbulent History of the Irish National Movement, by Robert Kee (read 14 Dec 1972) (Book of the Year)
262rolandperkins
The one Hundred and Fifty eight* Pound Marriage
by John Irving
*I re-wrote the numerals
as words, and eliminated the hyphenation in this title; it would otherwise leave only "marriage" to play on.
by John Irving
*I re-wrote the numerals
as words, and eliminated the hyphenation in this title; it would otherwise leave only "marriage" to play on.
267moibibliomaniac
//blue//
\The "Blue book": a bibliographical attempt to describe the guide books to the houses of ill fame in New Orleans as they were published there. Together with some pertinent and illuminating remarks pertaining to the Establishments and Courtesans as well as to Harlotry in general in New Orleans by Semper Idem
\The "Blue book": a bibliographical attempt to describe the guide books to the houses of ill fame in New Orleans as they were published there. Together with some pertinent and illuminating remarks pertaining to the Establishments and Courtesans as well as to Harlotry in general in New Orleans by Semper Idem
275Schmerguls
playiung on #271:
//Day//
1157. The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916, by Martin Middlebrook (read 8 Apr 1972)
//Day//
1157. The First Day on the Somme: 1 July 1916, by Martin Middlebrook (read 8 Apr 1972)
277austinrivers123
yooooooo
283Boobalack
//Is anyone else a tad suspicious of the motives of 272dgrizz, 273austinrivers123, 274jsee-117, 276mchammr, conner123? They all joined today and are all posting nonsense. Could they just be kids who don't know any better? I'm puzzled.//
284SylviaC
One Night in London by Lucilla Andrews
//I expect they're kids whose class has just joined LT. There tend to be intermittent outbreaks of this sort of thing.//
//I expect they're kids whose class has just joined LT. There tend to be intermittent outbreaks of this sort of thing.//
285rolandperkins
I thought "sup" (272) was a perfectly good online* greeting?
And I took conner123ʻs "nonsense"(?) question (280) to be perfectly coherent -- whether necessary or not. I assumed she/he meant "How do you become a member of
the overall group that this thread is in?"
*And online ONLY. I donʻt think I have ever heard anyone actually SAY "Sup".
And I took conner123ʻs "nonsense"(?) question (280) to be perfectly coherent -- whether necessary or not. I assumed she/he meant "How do you become a member of
the overall group that this thread is in?"
*And online ONLY. I donʻt think I have ever heard anyone actually SAY "Sup".
286rretzler
Looking at their books, I assumed they were kids whose class had joined.
//One//
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate - great middle grade book which just won the Newbery
//One//
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate - great middle grade book which just won the Newbery
289Schmerguls
Playing on #287 (#288 's word is spelled differently so does not correctly play on #287):
//color//
337. Color Blind A White Woman Looks at the Negro, by Margaret Halsey (read 11 Dec 1947)
//color//
337. Color Blind A White Woman Looks at the Negro, by Margaret Halsey (read 11 Dec 1947)
294rolandperkins
The two timed identically 291s:
The (now) 2nd #291 (Radiguet)
actually preceded the 1st (Dickey), so the Radiguet title is the one last played correctly on; and the DIckey title to be played on now.
The (now) 2nd #291 (Radiguet)
actually preceded the 1st (Dickey), so the Radiguet title is the one last played correctly on; and the DIckey title to be played on now.
295starbox
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne
298starbox
The fall of the House of Usher and other tales by Edgar Allan Poe
300rolandperkins
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon
by Edward Gibbon
302rolandperkins
The Fall of the Roman Umpire by Ron Luciano
305Boobalack
//Thanks for the info about school kids, folks. I had wondered if they were just kids who didn't know quite what to do.//
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe
Look Homeward, Angel
by Thomas Wolfe
306rolandperkins
Angel Pavement
by J. B. Preistley
by J. B. Preistley
310LynnB
The Secret River by Kate Grenville. Read last month.
318Schmerguls
//Life// and //of//
3987. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington edited and with a Foreword and Afterword by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow (read 15 Feb 2005)
3987. The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR's Washington edited and with a Foreword and Afterword by Dennis J. Hutchinson and David J. Garrow (read 15 Feb 2005)
319starbox
In my Father's court by Isaac Bashevis Singer
322starbox
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
323rolandperkins
Wild Oranges
by Joeeph Hergesheimer
by Joeeph Hergesheimer
325rolandperkins
A Walk on the Wild Side
by Nelson Algren
by Nelson Algren
333rretzler
Better Read Than Dead - Victoria Laurie
334Schmerguls
//Better//
4242. Better For All the World The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity, by Harry Bruinius (read 8 Dec 2006)
4242. Better For All the World The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity, by Harry Bruinius (read 8 Dec 2006)
336jennieg
Onward and Upward in the Garden by Katharine S. White
338starbox
Good morning, midnight by Jean Rhys
339LynnB
The Only Good Thing Anyone Has Ever Done by Sandra Newman
342Schmerguls
//Are//
158. Blessed Are the Meek A Novel about St. Francis of Assisi, by Zofia Kossak (read 10 Aug 1944) (Book of the Year)
158. Blessed Are the Meek A Novel about St. Francis of Assisi, by Zofia Kossak (read 10 Aug 1944) (Book of the Year)
343LynnB
The Lesser Blessed by Richard Van Camp
345ellenflorman
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
347hemlokgang
Half A Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Mgozi Adichie
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