Use the last letter of previous posting to start your title - Part 30
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How to play: Enter a book title which begins with the last letter of the previous entry. Ignore articles such as "A", "An" & "The". Please check your entry when you post it and try and use an original title (you can check conversations to see if a book has been used before). Use Touchstones where possible.
The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
Notre Dame of Paris by Victor Hugo
The Sixth Lamentation by William Brodrick
Notre Dame of Paris by Victor Hugo
5Diane-bpcb
The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
10rolandperkins
The Richest Man in the world: the story of Adnan Khashoggi
by Ronald Kessler
by Ronald Kessler
15Schmerguls
5015. A Thousand Lives The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown, by Julia Scheeres (read 17 Apr 2013)
18Diane-bpcb
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
21rolandperkins
(deleted 21, because I missed the last 4 words of the title of 19! -- See 29.)
25leslie.98
The Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason (read May 2013)
26Diane-bpcb
>22 bookwoman247: I seem to be doing that too often lately...
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest Carter
29Schmerguls
Nobody has yet correctly played on #19 (the last letter in the title is A)
32Diane-bpcb
Old Books in the Old World: Reminiscences of Book Buying Abroad by Leona Rostenberg
37Schmerguls
1123. Admirals in Collision, by Richard Hough (read 1 Aug 1971) (Book of the Year)
a rather obscure book about a long forgotten incident, but I found it a fascinating book,
a rather obscure book about a long forgotten incident, but I found it a fascinating book,
38Diane-bpcb
New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 by Teresa Carpenter
42starbox
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
47overlycriticalme
the accidental tourist by anne tyler; most recently read last month
49Diane-bpcb
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
51Schmerguls
4985. The Empire State Building The Making of a Landmark, by John Tauranac (read 20 Dec 2012)
55Diane-bpcb
Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather
56overlycriticalme
the last juror by john grisham; read dec 2012
60trishpaw
Runaway Jury by John Grisham
62Schmerguls
Wrong game, Razzanajazz. Playing on #60:
1773. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, by Robert A. Caro (read 8 Apr 1983) (National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction award for 1982)
1773. The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power, by Robert A. Caro (read 8 Apr 1983) (National Book Critics Circle Nonfiction award for 1982)
66Schmerguls
4101. The Endurance Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition, by Caroline Alexander (read 4 Dec 2005)
74Diane-bpcb
Twilight Sleep by Edith Wharton
89amanda4242
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90Schmerguls
Playing on #88, the last correct entry:
4059. Dear Senator A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond, by Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem (read 14 Aug 2005)
4059. Dear Senator A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond, by Essie Mae Washington-Williams and William Stadiem (read 14 Aug 2005)
91Boobalack
Don't Stop the Carnival
by Herman Wouk
//Schmerguls, I was amazed by her story and that she basically forgave the old man. She's a better woman than I am.//
by Herman Wouk
//Schmerguls, I was amazed by her story and that she basically forgave the old man. She's a better woman than I am.//
99rolandperkins
Nye Khlebom
Yedinnyim / Not by Bread Alone by Vladimir Dudintsev
Last letter: M (Russian) or
E (English)
Yedinnyim / Not by Bread Alone by Vladimir Dudintsev
Last letter: M (Russian) or
E (English)
100razzamajazz
Playing on English title's translation.
Not by Bread Alone by Vladimir Dudintsev
Next:
Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Truss Lynne
Not by Bread Alone by Vladimir Dudintsev
Next:
Eats, Shoots, & Leaves by Truss Lynne
102leslie.98
Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (read Jan. 2013)
103overlycriticalme
like water for chocolate by laura esquivel; last read mar 2013
105Merryann
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
by Neil Gaiman
106hemlokgang
The Essential Rumi by Jalal al-Din Rumi
110leslie.98
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre (rereading at the moment)
>108 CharlieCascino: Great book! I love Sabatini
>108 CharlieCascino: Great book! I love Sabatini
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2527. A Thousand Acres, by Jane Smiley (read 8 Aug 1993) (Pulitzer Fiction prize in 1992) (National Book Critics Circle fiction award for 1991)
113Diane-bpcb
Eyewitness to History by John Carey
117Schmerguls
1301. Ghosts, Castles, and Victims: Studies in Gothic Terror, edited by Jack C. Wolf and Barbara H. Wolf (read 10 Nov 1974)
118Diane-bpcb
Rome Revealed byGiancarlo Gasponi
121rolandperkins
// s //
Suetonius* with an English translation by J. C. Rolfe, Ph.D.
by Suetonius Tr. by J.C. Rolfe
*The usual English title of this is "Lives of the Caesars", but for this ed., the author's name + a notation of the translator was used.
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Never Buried by Edie Claire (read Oct. 2012)
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Death Turns a Trick by Julie Smith (read Sept. 2012)
147hemlokgang
Inferno by Dan Brown
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (read Sept. 2012)
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The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn by Colin Dexter (reading right now)
155CharlieCascino
Nostradamus Ate My Hamster by Robert Rankin
** No Touchstones for me this morning.
** No Touchstones for me this morning.
156razzamajazz
Touchstones: Total Blackout
157rolandperkins
"Touchstones" : Total Blackout" (156) -- Same here. And also "Search" (of authors and titles). I was just going to ask if this is
throughout L T.
throughout L T.
158Schmerguls
playing on #155:
2797. Recollections of The Last Four Popes and of Rome in Their Times, by His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman (read 2 Nov 1995)
Touchstones do not seem to work on titles, but do on authors
2797. Recollections of The Last Four Popes and of Rome in Their Times, by His Eminence Cardinal Wiseman (read 2 Nov 1995)
Touchstones do not seem to work on titles, but do on authors
160Diane-bpcb
New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 by Teresa Carpenter
163Schmerguls
1121. Charles Sumner and the Rights of Man, by David Donald (read 25 Jul 1971)
164Diane-bpcb
Nothing to Do But Stay by by Carrie Young
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The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman (read most recently today!!)
179Schmerguls
4417. King, Kaiser, Tsar Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War, by Catrine Clay (read 4 Mar 2008)
180Diane-bpcb
>177 rolandperkins: Asterix!! Had almost forgotten about him!
Red Sorghum: A Novel of China by Mo Yan
Red Sorghum: A Novel of China by Mo Yan
182starbox
Chiaroscuro by Grazia Deledda - read last year
188rolandperkins
Eleusis: Architypal Image of Mother and Daughter
by Karl Kerenyi
by Karl Kerenyi
197Schmerguls
4526. Nixonland The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America, by Rick Perlstein (read 20 Jan 2009)
201Diane-bpcb
Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton
202rolandperkins
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204Schmerguls
5037. Ablaze The Story of the Heroes and Victims of Chernobyl, by Piers Paul Read (read 25 Jun 2013)
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the natural by bernard malamud
210overlycriticalme
naked by david sedaris; read oct 2009
213Schmerguls
playing on #211:
2305. Earl K. Long The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics, by Michael L. Kurtz and Morgan D. Peoples (read 14 July 1990)
2305. Earl K. Long The Saga of Uncle Earl and Louisiana Politics, by Michael L. Kurtz and Morgan D. Peoples (read 14 July 1990)
217overlycriticalme
playing off of 215
half the sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by nicholas d kristof; read this month
half the sky: turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide by nicholas d kristof; read this month
223razzamajazz
Enderby Outside by {Anthony Burgess
228Diane-bpcb
This is a correction after the thread has continued, so no reason to jump back.
An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler
An Empire of Their Own by Neal Gabler
