Another Silly Game, Part 16

Last entry from previous thread:

The Day the Earth Stood Still by Arthur Tofte

Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins

Another life, by Peter Anghelides

Life sentence by David Ellis

The Structures of Everyday Life: Civilization and Capitalism 15th-18th Century by Fernand Braudel

Everyday Mutts by Patrick McDonnell

Cool Mutts, by H. D. R. Campbell

So Cool (Sweet Valley High Senior Year) by Francine Pascal

Be Cool by Elmore Leonard.

To Be a Printer by Brooke Crutchley

The Path to Rome, by H. Belloc (read 7 Apr 1990)

Journey to Rome by Alberto Moravia

Save Karyn: One Shopaholic's Journey to Debt and Back by Karyn Bosnak

The Story of Heathcliff's Journey Back to Wuthering Heights by Lin Haire-Sargeant

The bushman who came back by Arthur William Upfield.

#13 - How does The Path to Rome relate to To Be A Printer?

#13 - How does The Path to Rome relate to To Be A Printer?

So to cover both the latter and the last post:

Typographic years : a printer's journey through a half-century, 1925-1975, by Joseph Blumenthal

Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

Dog Years: A Memoir by Mark Doty

Yellow Dog, by Martin Amis

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be - Farley Mowat

I absolutely LOVED that book, tropics!!! Have you read it?

Peculiar Treasures: A Biblical Who's Who, by Frederick Buechner

The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante-Bellum South, by Kenneth M. Stampp (read 9 Aug 1987)

#19: Both titles have "to" in them. I know it is a little word, but as I understand only articles are excluded, right?

*21: I can see no connection between #19, #20 and #21. What am I missing?

#25: I have read it and agree with you much

Yes, Schmerguls, I posted a comment to moibibliomaniac apologizing for my error. I'm sorry, I should have posted another one to you. Please pardon my inattention to that detail.

Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife (Smithsonian Institution), by David Burnie

The Book-Collector. A general Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by W. Carew Hazlitt

This one should get us off the beaten path and back on track. It links to the word 'who" in #17 and to the word "to" in #27

Oh, heck...I can't seem to get this right at all, can I?

OK...thank you, moibibliomania.

Book! book! book!, by Deborah Bruss

Lost in a Good Book by Jasper Fforde

The Good Guy by Dean Koontz

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

Widow for one Year by John Irving

My Year of Meats by Ruth L. Ozeki

A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle

Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks

Calendar : humanity's epic struggle to determine a true and accurate year by David Ewing Duncan.

Great Grilling: Easy and Elegant Entertaining All Year Round by Hillary Davis

Touchstone does not appear to be loading . . .

The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux

Railway Ghosts and Highway Horrors by Daniel Cohen

The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi

The Black Stallion's ghost by Walter Farley

Ghost Walk by Heather Graham Pozzessere

Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela

A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson

Whitethorn Woods, by Maeve Binchy

In the Woods by Tana French

The Woods, by Harlan Coben

The Darkest Part of the Woods by Ramsey Campbell

The Darkest Kiss, by Keri Arthur

My Demon's Kiss by Lucy Blue

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 Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey

Pitcairn's Island, by Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall (read 19 June 1946)

#40, I feel that "Ghost" and "Ghosts" are two different words....

Plum Island by Nelson DeMille

Visions of Sugar Plums: A Stephanie Plum Holiday Novel

by Janet Evanovich

Night Vision by Ellen Hart

Night Watch by Alistair Maclean

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Nocturnal Naturalist: Exploring The Outdoors At Night - Cathy Johnson

Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut

Nightwings by Robert Silverberg

Nightwings: A graphic adaptation : a story (Science fiction graphic novel), by Cary Bates

Centennial exposition described and illustrated, being a concise and graphic description of this grand enterprise commemorative of the first centennary of American independence by J S. Ingram

The Annotated Wizard of Oz (Centennial Edition), by L. Frank Baum

Booker T. Washington: The Wizard of Tuskegee 1901-1915, by Louis R. Harlan (read 18 Jan 1994) (Bancroft Prize in 1984)

#62 does not use a word from #61, just part of a word.

#57 does not use a word from #56.

I still think we should not make this so easy by saying a plural word is the same as a singular word, or a compound word is the saqme as one of the constituent part of it. I know there are people who disagree, .

Kitty goes to Washington by Carrie Vaughn.

#66 - I agree, Schmerguls.

Carl Goes Shopping by Alexandria Day

Amber Brown Goes Fourth by Paula Danziger

#66: I agree too, but where can we post rules, etc. (unless we post them in the first message of each thread)?

It seems then that each new thread should copy and paste the rules into the first post.

Sounds good to me. Anyone else? Who wants to write the rules?

I think Schmerguls should write them!

The Amber Spyglass by Phillip Pullman.

Blood of Amber (Chronicles of Amber) by Roger Zelazny

The Blood Runs Like a River Through my Dreams by Nasdijj

Suggestions for rules:

1. The title of the book cited must have one word, at least, which is the same as a word in the previous title.

2. The repeated word in the new title must be other than an article ("a", "an", or "the").

3. 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."

4. 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.

5. If you have read the book it would be informative that you so indicate and tell when you read it, if you can.

6. Try to use Touchstones (put brackets around the title and around the author) altho they often don't work.

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.

Anything else, or suggested improvements of these rules?

I can't think of anything else to add. It's OK by me.

Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things by Berke Breathed (TBR)

A Thousand Words for Stranger by Julie E. Czerneda.

Eyes of a Stranger by Sharon E. Heisel (read 2003)

Eyes of Child by Richard North Patterson (very good book)

More About Me. Poems For A Child by John Drinkwater

Da rules look good to me. Should we call them "The Seven Silly Rules?"

The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing

Second Child by John Saul (re-read 2003)

#82: Sounds good to me. :)

Excellent, Schmerguls!!

Second Nature by Alice Hoffman.........read it a long time ago.

Nature Girl by Carl Hiaasen (TBR)

An enquiry into the nature of certain nineteenth century pamphlets by John Carter and Graham Pollard

The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas Friedman (Read for book club about 3 years ago)

Dewey: the small-town library cat who touched the world by Vicki Myron. (November 3, 2008)

The World Without Us - Alan Weisman (read 2007)

A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut (read in 2007 and 2008)

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

read in 2006

It's Not the End of the World by Judy Blume (read 200?)

The prompter: A commentary on common sayings which are full of common sense, the best sense in the world by Noah Webster

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson (read 2008)

The Only Good Thing Anyone has Ever Done by Sandra Newman. Bought in Yellowknife, NWT at a store called the Book Cellar, which is located on the second floor of a building.

Re: rules...I like structure, thanks for posting them!

Only Revolutions: A Novel, by Mark Z. Danielewski

Only Yesterday An Informal History of the Nineteen-Thirties, by Frederick Lewis Allen (read 21 May 1946)

For reasons unclear, #92 just was ignored, eh?

Could have been a double-post, Schmerguls, it happens sometimes, as this site seems slow, maybe when there are a lot of posters going very fast.

Shadows of Yesterday, by Sandra Brown

Now I'm having difficulty with the "jump to first unread" function and the size of this box. I can't find anything pertinent in "help." PLEASE HELP ME!!! ARGHHHHH!

How I hate being ignored! :)

For coppers's post #92 and the last :
The Man from Yesterday by Seymour Shubin

Good move, mallingham!

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: And Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks.....

Man in the Dark by Paul Auster (read 2008)

Nice mallingham!

Francis Bacon; the temper of a man
by Catherine Drinker Bowen - read it back in the seventies some time.

Osler on Shakespeare, Bacon and Burton, with a reprint of his 'Creators, transmuters and transmitters as illustrated by Shakespeare, Bacon and Burton'. by William White

Sex and Bacon: Why I Love Things That Are Very, Very Bad for me by Sarah K Lewis

To All My Fans, With Love, From Sylvie by Ellen Conford (read 2006)

The Picts and the Martyrs; or, Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome

All the Mowgli stories by Rudyard Kipling.

Given to me by my grandmother in the early 1960s and read and re-read many times over the years.

Goodbye To All That - Robert Graves (read 2001)

Good-bye Mr. Chips by James Hilton

read many years ago

The Mr. Food Cookbook by Art Ginsburg

>77 Schmerguls: I love the rules--so much so that I want to raise a couple of queries; I'll defer to others on these, but want to throw them out for thought:

1) I'd also suggest that we not allow prepositions unless 5 letters or longer . . .

2) I'm not sure about the same spelling in some cases--one example is the two posts above mine, where "Goodbye" and "Good-bye" are the same word but the hyphenation is a spelling that has changed over time. One also sees, for example, "cookbook" and "cook book."

3) Another spelling issue concerns Brit and US differences--e.g., "color" and "colour" are the same word, "recognise" and "recognize," etc. (I agree completely about singular vs. plurals or possessives, though)

My default on this would be that they are at the same entry in a dictionary and given as a variant spelling . . .

Hmmm, I wonder if it would simplify or complicate matters, but I join the above poster in thinking that variants are acceptable if they are so listed in an accepted reference such as Webster's or something...or as consensus dictates.

I'm Just Here for the Food: Food + Heat = Cooking, by Alton Brown

I'm the Vampire, That's Why by Michele Bardsley (TBR)

Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini by Mark Leyner (TBR)

Bad men: A Novel, by John Connolly

1066 and All That A Memorable History of England Comprising, All the Parts You Can Remember Including One Hundred and Three Good Things, Five Bad Kings, and Two Genuine Dates, by Walter Carruthers Sellar and Robert Julian Yeatman (read 31 Oct 2004)

I think this is the funniest book I've ever read.

My thought is that if the book's title uses "colour" and the word being matched is "color" you have to find a different title--this silly game shouldn't be too easy.

I admit words like "of" and "to" seem awfully insubstantial but they'd probably say if "through" is a qualifying word so are we...

Remember Me by Laurie Hendrie (Read long ago)

Things my mother never told me by Blake Morrison

> 114, 119
I confess that "Rules" rather turn me off - "Conventions" however are fine - more in accord with personal liberty ;-)

Two things that I enjoy are i) when a different word is used from the previous link - i.e. avoiding things like the run of 'all' above and ii) using books from my own library. Offered as suggestions, but as rules - No way!

The Illyrian Adventure, by Lloyd Alexander

Black Wave: A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them by John Silverwood - (read in 2008)

Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, the U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 by Daniel Philbrick

Looks like an interesting book. It's on my reading pile. it's about our explorations of the Pacific from the South Pacific, to Antarctica, to the Northwest Coastline.

>77 Schmerguls:,114,119
I suggest we spell the word we are using exactly as it is spelled in the previous title. Likewise, we should use compound words and hyphenated words exactly as they are used in the previous title.

Shrouds of Glory: from Atlanta to Nashville - the last great campaign of the Civil War by Winston Groom - Read this about 4 or 5 (I think) years ago - one of my favorite Civil War histories

State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration by James Risen

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

read while in the flower of youth.....
also I like to challenge myself to find the shortest possible book title and force a little investigation for a response.

Peace, print and Protestantism by C S L Davies

Read ages ago!

Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point by Elizabeth D. Samet.......(Just arrived today as an LT Early Reviewer book, will be read very soon)

Child of My Heart by Alice McDermott (read in 2002)

Wise Child by Monica Furlong (read in 2008)

Penny Wise and Book Foolish by Vincent Starrett

Not a penny more, not a penny less by Jeffrey Archer

Put Out More Flags, by Evelyn Waugh (read 5 Nov 2002)

#121 You play cards? Chess?

#125 - I think that sounds perfectly fair and proper. I move we accept this as the "rule" or "guideline", whichever strikes everyone as the best word. Anyone like to second that?

Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, by Marcus Buckingham

Flags by David Carey

Hoist by my own conventions ;-)

>135 Schmerguls: Not with any skill or much enthusiasm, but I do live in a structured society so, necessarily, accept the need for some rules. I prefer fewer rather than more though.

Whoops - too slow.

How about The Thirty-Nine Steps by John Buchan?

Sorry, abbottthomas, it was probably because it took me so long to finish my post...we were probably typing at the same time. Apologies.

Insurmountable simplicities : thirty-nine philosophical stories, by Roberto Casati

The Luck of Roaring Camp & Other Stories by Bret Harte

I've always thought that you were only supposed to respond with books you have read or own and plan to read.

The Luck of the Bodkins by P G Wodehouse

>138 appydo1: No problemo ;-) Good choice, btw

>139 siubhank: That's what I do - but RULES????
~keeps head well below the parapet!~

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. Read long ago, and saw Ms. Tan speak earlier this week!

Club dead by Charlaine Harris.

The Chow Chow Club, Inc. celebrates 100 years
by Rose Estes

The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas (read several years ago)

Hi is anyone there

The Kit-Cat Club: The Story of Friends Who Imagined a Nation by Ophelia Field

#139 - Whoever started this thread should probably post the rules again, if any, at their earliest CONVENIENCE. I was unaware of this one. It might tend to limit posters and titles, though, which might not be as fun. I thought it was a good way to explore and possibly find new reading material, but that's just MHO. Whatever the rules, I'll abide by them as stated.

#140 - thanks

So, I read this one a few years ago:

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, by Farley Mowat

appydo1 I second you #148

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

I Came Out of the Eighteenth Century, by John Andrew Rice (read 3 Feb 1979)

If #125 still needs a second, I second.

I of course have no problem with #139, but if you have not read it nor own it, how about indicating that you "plan to read"? If you haven't read it and do not own it and don't even plan to read it maybe you should not use it?

The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: containing an account of rare, curious, and useful books, published in or relating to Great Britain and Ireland, from the invention of printing : with bibliographical and critical notices, collations of the rarer articles, and the prices at which they have been sold in the present century by William Thomas Lowndes

Coming Out of the Ice: An Unexpected Life by Victor Herman. I learned about this autobiography on LT. It is about an American's life in Stalinist Russia -- proving yet again that truth is stranger than fiction.

To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette
by Carolly Erickson - read this last year. It was mildly interesting.

A Free Life by Ha Jin (read sometime last spring)

#150 - I LIKE IT!!!!! (LOL)

The Life of Python : And Now for Something Completely Different, by George Perry - Though presently unread, I do own it and do plan to read it, and look at it every day with longing!!!

Life in the Fat Lane by Cherie Bennett (TBR)

#155: I know how that goes! My TBR pile is bigger than the books I've actually read. :D

The Password to Larkspur Lane by Carolyn Keene (read in 1960s)

Larkspur: a Mystery by Sheila Simonson.

Borrowed from the library in 1996-97 after reading the fourth volume in the series.

The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie.

On my shelves.

Waiting for the Morning Train An American Boyhood, by Bruce Catton (read 13 Apr 2003)

Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. A joined a book club after they'd read this one, but it intrigued me so I read it on my own.

Fishhooks, Apples, and Outhouses: Memories of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s by Jack C. Plano

Golden Apples of the Sun by Ray Bradbury.

Borrowed from the library and read some time in the early-1960s.

The man with the Golden gun by Ian fleming read a long time ago

The golden shadow by Leon Garfield greek mythology retold, read some years ago

The Golden Spruce: a true story of myth, madness and greed by John Vaillant. Amazing perspectives on aboriginal culture, the environmental movement, and how one man reacted to it all.

Shadow Country by Peter Matthiessen

just won the National Book Award in the US for Fiction - on my TBR list

Shadow People* by Helen DesErmia (read 2002; *touchstones the wrong title)

People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks; Next in line on my TBR pile

People of the wolf by W. Michael Gear, read this month

While Other People Sleep by Marcia Muller read sometime in 1999-2000

Story of Rosina and Other Verses by Austin Dobson

Somehow #166 was skipped. My title uses the word "story" from #166 and the word "other" from #172

A Roomful of Hovings: And Other Profiles by John McPhee. (1979)

Read sometime in the early 80s.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned by Alan Alda

Read earlier this year.

A Dog Year: Twelve Months, Four Dogs and Me by Jon Katz

a good read in 2003

Twelve Bar Blues by Patrick Neate.

Loved it in 2004

#173: I hadn't noticed. Sometimes that happens during simultaneous posts or when the previous person edits their message. Nice cover. ;)

Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie

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)

Casino Royale by Ian Fleming

Are we stumped?

Somebody must have a Casino book - royale or otherwise!?

There are quite a few 'royale' titles, surprisingly, but I haven't got, or read, any myself: time to bend the rules for the sake of progress?

OK, this is my sister's book. I started reading it at her house and she wouldn't let me take it with me. Hope this doesn't bend the rules too much.

Without Reservation : How a Controversial Indian Tribe Rose to Power and Built the World's Largest Casino by Jeff Benedict

Indian Government: Its meaning and practice by Frank Cassidy. I read this for work.

God Is a Verb: Kabbalah and the Practice of Mystical Judaism by David Cooper; read in 2000

Arrow of God, by Chinua Achebe, read earlier this year and thoroughly enjoyed. I look forward to reading more of this author, as he is listed on more than one list of "must-reads" and "best ofs."

So Far From God: A Journey To Central America - Patrick Marnham (read 1988)

Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God; With the History of the Devotion to Her. Completed by the Traditions of the East, the Writings of the Fathers, and the Private History of the Jews" by Abbe M. Orsini

Marpingen: Apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Nineteenth-Century Germany, by David Blackbourn (read 3 Nov 1994)

I suppose you all noticed that #181 and #186 used the same book--but since it was necessary to continue, I think that is all right, altho ordinarily one wouldn't use the same book as was used just two messages back, eh? Though we don't have a rule on that...

Cmon! Lighten up - the thread is called a silly game after all. ;-)

Target: Germany. The U.S. Air Forces' Official Story of the VIII Bomber Command's First Year Over Europe by H H Arnold

First Resorts: Pursuing Pleasure at Saratoga Springs, Newport, and Coney Islandby Jon Sterngass

Buried for Pleasure by Edmund Crispin

The Pleasure of My Company by Steve Martin

(read in 2004 or 5)

Travels With My Aunt - Graham Greene (read 2001)

MY COUSIN RACHEL
by Daphne DuMaurier

From My Library Walls; A Kaleidoscope of Memories by William Dana Orcutt

South From The Limpopo - Dervla Murphy (read 2004)

Gone South by Robert McCammon (TBR)

Scarlett: The Sequel to Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Windby Alexandra Ripley

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

So, dare I say Gone with the Wind?

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller; read a few summers ago

Gone But Not Forgotten by Patricia Fox-Sheinwold

Freaks: We Who are Not as Others by Daniel P. Mannix

Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Who Called Themselves the Nimipu; The Real People; A Poem, by Robert Penn Warren, read earlier this year.

The People: No Different Flesh by Zenna Henderson.

Read years ago (late '60s) - and re-read many times since.

The Bone People: A Novel, by Keri Hulme, read earlier this year.

People of the First Man: Life Among the Plains Indians in Their Final Days of Glory by Prince Maximilian zu Wied

Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. I like to read classics (books and authors), and had read nothing by Faulker, so I read this one.

On Death and Dying by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

For me, the one most important book on the subject.

#214 - I must agree with that, but the following is the only thing I have in my library at the moment...so I post

Device of Death (Doctor Who Missing Adventures), by Christopher Bulis

meaning no disrespect or appearance of levity.

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Children of the light;: The rise and fall of New Bedford whaling and the death of the arctic fleet
by Everett S Allen

An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot. One of the best nonfiction books I have EVER read.

THE LIGHT IN THE FOREST
by Conrad Richter

The Tapir's Morning Bath: Solving The Mysteries Of The Tropical Rain Forest - Elizabeth Royte (read 2004)

Autographs in the Rain by Quintin Jardine

I had a title for autographs but not for rain. Since hemlokgang posted the same time as me, I deleted my post.

Rain by Kirsty Gunn; read for book club several years ago, absolutely awful!

Black rain; a novel by Masuji Ibuse

The adventures of the black girl in her search for God by George Bernard Shaw

ETA Haven't read it - bought for the rather nice Eric Gill-like etchings by John Farlegh

With stars underfoot: adventures in the Liaden universe no. 10 / Sharon Lee (2004), 1st ed. (pb.).

The Stars Look Down, by A. J. Cronin (read 19 May 1946)

Carry Me Down by M.J. Hyland.

Up The Down Staircase - Bel Kaufman (read 1968)

Murder down under by Arthur William Upfield (1986), First Scribner Crime Classic/Collier Edition.

Read in the 1990s.

Faces Under Water by Tanith Lee (read 2003)

The Seduction of Water by Carol Goodman

Scared Stiff: Seven Tales of Seduction and Terror by Ramsey Campbell (read 2006)

Whatever You Do Don't Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison

(enjoyed early in 2008)

Before He Wakes: A True Story of Money, Marriage, Sex and Murder, by Jerry Bledsoe, read earlier this year.

A Forest Of Kings: The Untold Story Of The Ancient Maya - Linda Schele
(read 1998)

The Chicago Story by Herbie Ahrendt

The Last Basselope: One Ferocious Story by Berkeley Breathed (read 2007)

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey (read 1963)

One jump ahead by Mark L. Van Name (2007). Read in April 2008.

As One Dead by Don Bassingwaithe, et al. (read 2002)

1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose read in March of this year (my review is on LT)

What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman (read a year or so ago)

What Me Befell: The Reminiscences of J. J. Jusserand (read 24 Feb 2001)

I think this is a neat title

What Moves at the Margin by Toni Morrison

read spring of '08 - soon after it was released

What Janie Found by Caroline B. Cooney (read 2005)

Paris Was Our Mistress: Memoirs of A Lost & Found Generation, by Samuel Putnam (read 27 Jan 2001)

Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst. A light read about a group of people who meet on an "Amazing Race"-type game show. The first few pages are absolutely gripping, and the rest is pretty good.

Through the Looking Glass: And What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll first read in 1955-56 relocated and re-read in 2007

The Poetical Works of Alice and Phoebe Cary, with a Memorial of Their Lives By Mary Clemmer by Alice and Phoebe Cary

Brief Lives by John Aubrey

The Brief History of the Dead by Kevin Brockmeier (read a year or two ago)

Dead Even by Brad Meltzer (read and own)

Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins. Years ago from the library....

Fat White Vampire Blues by Andrew Fox (TBR)

A Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd by Jim Fergus

Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Women by Barbara Strachey

The wonderful story of Henry Sugar and six more by Roald Dahl

Dirty Sugar Cookies by Ayun Halliday

Our Sixth-Grade Sugar Babies by Eve Bunting (read 2005)

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street read in 2007.

The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster (in my TBR pile)

Cairo: The City Victorious - Max Rodenbeck

Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk; read last year

Memories and Portraits by Robert Louis Stevenson

When We Get to Surf City by Bob Greene

read earlier this year

City at World's End (Dr. Who Series), by Christopher Bulis, on my TBR pile.

Drake's Fortune: The Fabulous True Story of the World's Greatest Confidence Artist, by Richard Rayner (read 20 Dec 2002)

Back story by Robert B. Parker (2003). Owned and read in 2003.

Beyond Belief: Finding the Strength to Come Back by Josh Hamilton Read and reviewed November, 2008.

The World to Come by Dara Horn

Dancing at the Edge of the World by Ursula K. LeGuin

The Best Dog in the Whole World, by Susan Taylor Brown, on my TBR pile.

The dog at the window by Helen Griffiths

The Dog Who Wouldn't Be, by Farley Mowat, I think I still own this one, read it a decade or two ago.

The Dolphin: A Periodical For All People Who Find Pleasure In Fine Books by George Macy

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

All Mortal Flesh by Julia Spencer-Fleming

Eric Gill: Man of Flesh and Spirit by Malcolm Yorke

Dreams Made Flesh by Anne Bishop.

Read in 2006.

The New Whole Duty Of Man, Containing The Faith As Well As Practice Of A Christian: Made Easy, For The Practice Of The Present Age, As The Old Whole Duty Of Man Was Design'd For Those Unhappy Times In Which It Was Written; And Supplying The Articles Of The Christian Faith Which Were Wanting In That Book, Tho' Essentially Necessary To Salvation. Necessary For All Families And Authorised By The Kings Most Excellent Majesty With Devotions Proper For Several Occasions by Anonymous

Earlier editions were attributed to Richard Allestree (1619-1681). My edition was published in 1742 so someone else revised it.

This book would be in the running for books with the longest titles.

The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough

Read years ago.

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