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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. 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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Message 269: Boobalack
Almost Adam by Petru Popescu
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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Message 269: Boobalack
Almost Adam by Petru Popescu
3janoorani24
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero by David Maraniss
5PaperbackPirate
It All Began With Jane Eyre by Sheila Greenwald - read in 1990
6Copperskye
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
7skoobdo
Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher
8moibibliomaniac
Small Public Libraries in America 1850-1890: The Invention and Evolution of a Building Type by Kenneth Alan Breisch
13AHS-Wolfy
The Jack London Reader by Jack London
14LynnB
Me, Myself and Irene by Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Found this is a laundromat while vacationing in Arizona and read it in said laundromat in the late '90s.
15Schmerguls
A Stranger to Myself The Inhumanity of War: Russia, 1941-1944, by Willy Peter Reese Translated from the German by Michael Hofmann (read 15 Nov 2007)
I think a play on a post which is erroneous is itself erroneous--hence should not be deemed correct, and so on: a play on a play which is erroneous is also erroneous. Let's not make the game too easy--it is not really very challenging as it is...
I think a play on a post which is erroneous is itself erroneous--hence should not be deemed correct, and so on: a play on a play which is erroneous is also erroneous. Let's not make the game too easy--it is not really very challenging as it is...
16LynnB
The War Memoirs of HRH Wallis, Duchess of Windsor by Kate Auspitz. An ER book read earlier this year.
20CharlieCascino
The Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe
21LynnB
In the New Capital:a Nineteenth-century View of Ottawa in the Twenty-first Century by John Galbraith. Read in 2008.
note: LT shows the full title...all the words after the colon as well as before the colon...in blue, but the touchstone "turns off" unless I bracket only the first part of the title.
note: LT shows the full title...all the words after the colon as well as before the colon...in blue, but the touchstone "turns off" unless I bracket only the first part of the title.
23LynnB
The Confident Hope of a Miracle: The True History of the Spanish Armada by Neil Hanson. Read in 2006 for a book club.
24moibibliomaniac
Miracle at Philadelphia : the story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September, 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen
30LynnB
Speak Peace in a World of Conflict by Marshall B. Rosenberg. Read in 2004 (I think)
34Boobalack
Schmerguls, I didn't realize the game was supposed to be challenging just thought it was supposed to be fun. Sorry.
Let's just go back to the way it was if it bothers some people to ignore incorrect posts. It's not that important one way or the other to me, and I bet rolandperkins also would rather go back than to be difficult. After all, I didn't start the game, so I should either stop playing or abide by the rules that were in existence before I started. Well, I'm not going to stop playing, so… :-)
Agreed, rp?
Sorry for the disturbance.
Let's just go back to the way it was if it bothers some people to ignore incorrect posts. It's not that important one way or the other to me, and I bet rolandperkins also would rather go back than to be difficult. After all, I didn't start the game, so I should either stop playing or abide by the rules that were in existence before I started. Well, I'm not going to stop playing, so… :-)
Agreed, rp?
Sorry for the disturbance.
35tropics
The Daily Coyote: A Story Of Love, Survival And Trust In The Wilds Of Wyoming - Shreve Stockton (in my TBR pile; there is an online blog)
36rolandperkins
On 34; (also re: 15)
Yes, I agree with 34.
Yes, I agree with 34.
37PaperbackPirate
Coyote And: Native American Folk Tales by Joe Hayes
38heyjude
Coyote Dreams by C.E. Murphy. 2007.
41Copperskye
The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens
43PaperbackPirate
My Life at Grey Gardens: 13 Months and Beyond by Lois Wright
47hazelk
The World for a Shilling: How the Great Exhibition of 1851 Shaped a Nation by Michael Leapman
50Schmerguls
A Thousand Shall Fall, by Hans Habe (read 17 Feb 1944)
Boobalsck, in a small voice, I suggest that a game which is challenging is much more fun than one that is too easy.
Boobalsck, in a small voice, I suggest that a game which is challenging is much more fun than one that is too easy.
52LynnB
Oh dear...I seem to have stirred up such a hornet's nest of controversy!
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III. Read in 2004.
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III. Read in 2004.
54tcplgal
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
55mirrordrum
Robert's Rules of Order by Henry M. Robert
often referenced during my professional career (late 70s-early 90s). don't know if i ever actually owned a copy.
often referenced during my professional career (late 70s-early 90s). don't know if i ever actually owned a copy.
56jnwelch
Point of Order: A Documentary of the Army-McCarthy Hearings by Emile de Antonio
A transcript from the documentary of the famous televised hearings.
A transcript from the documentary of the famous televised hearings.
57Boobalack
Daniel Silva
Deception Point
Dan Brown
Schmerguls, I agree to play by your rules, but to me the game is more about learning. I've come across some very interesting reading by participating in this game and in the last letter game. Different drummers, you know. ;-)
59LynnB
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell. Read in May, 2004, for a book club.
60JamesBoswell
Vindiciæ fidei, or A treatise of iustification by faith, : wherein the truth of that point is fully cleared, and vindicated from the cauills of it's adversaries deliuered at Magdalen Hall in Oxford by William Pemble
Playing on the word "point."
For those who don't want "easy."
You must play on the words as they were spelled in 1629!
Playing on the word "point."
For those who don't want "easy."
You must play on the words as they were spelled in 1629!
61LynnB
The End of Faith by Sam Harris. Read since 2007 for a book club
64rolandperkins
The Night before Christmas*
by Clement Clarke Moore
*over 1,000 members, according to "Search" have an edition with this title, although Iʻve read that the correct title is A Visit from St. Nicholas.
by Clement Clarke Moore
*over 1,000 members, according to "Search" have an edition with this title, although Iʻve read that the correct title is A Visit from St. Nicholas.
67heyjude
Died in the wool by Ngaio Marsh - one of my favorite mystery authors.
69rolandperkins
The Great Prince Died by Bernard Wolfe
70mirrordrum
The little prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
first had the French edition read to me and translated in 1962 by a friend from Egypt who spoke French as her first language. i then received a copy from her in English later the same year that i still have.
first had the French edition read to me and translated in 1962 by a friend from Egypt who spoke French as her first language. i then received a copy from her in English later the same year that i still have.
74tropics
The Lost Continent: Travels In Small-Town America - Bill Bryson (read 1995)
75LynnB
While Canada Slept: How We Lost our Place in the World by Andrew Cohen. Read for a book club.
76jnwelch
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Carravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Harr
77moibibliomaniac
The Automat: The History, Recipes, and Allure of Horn & Hardart's Masterpiece by Marianne Hardart
79mirrordrum
Steichen's Legacy: Photographs, 1895-1973 by Joanna Steichen
currently drooling over, and wishing i could afford to own, it. sigh
currently drooling over, and wishing i could afford to own, it. sigh
80jacqueline065
Q's Legacy by Helene Hanff
81rolandperkins
Star Wars, Legacy of the Force: Tempest
by Troy Denniing
by Troy Denniing
82jennybhatt
The Legacy of Pemberley: The Acclaimed Pride and Prejudice Sequel Series by Rebecca Ann Collins.....
83Boobalack
The Vietnam Legacy
Brian Freemantle
Brian Freemantle
84mirrordrum
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
by Barbara W. Tuchman
have started this twice in audio and had to return it to the library while in the middle of the part on the Borgias and Rome. it's on my 'to finish' list. excellent book.
by Barbara W. Tuchman
have started this twice in audio and had to return it to the library while in the middle of the part on the Borgias and Rome. it's on my 'to finish' list. excellent book.
87Boobalack
Word of Honor
Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille
89PaperbackPirate
Mounted Games and Gymkhanas by British Horse Society
90tropics
Games People Play - Eric Berne (read decades ago)
92PaperbackPirate
The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts by Arthur Miller
95Larxol
The double helix; a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA by James D. Watson.
101Copperskye
The Magnificent Barb by Dana Fralla
104PaperbackPirate
Cold Fire by Dean Koontz - read in 2008
107jennybhatt
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
110LynnB
The Crying Tree by Naseem Rakah. On my wish list.
113tropics
The Tree Where Man Was Born: The African Experience - Peter Matthiessen (read in the 1980s)
116rolandperkins
City of Angels: a Guidebook to Los Angeles in the
1920s by Peter Aperlo
1920s by Peter Aperlo
117PaperbackPirate
Falling Angels by Tracy Chevalier
118JamesBoswell
A prophecie lately transcribed from an old manuscript of Doctor Barnaby Googe that lived in the reign of Qu. Elizabeth predicting the rising, meridian, and falling condition of the states of the United Provinces, which started up immediately after the appearance of the new star in Cassiopœia : in which prophecie it is predicted, that that state will suddenly be brought to that mean and low condition they were in about an hundred years since by Barnabe Googe
119rolandperkins
Ever since Darwin: Reflections on Natural
History by Stephen Jay gould
History by Stephen Jay gould
120PaperbackPirate
A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
121rolandperkins
The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a
Multicentered Society by Lucy Lippard
Multicentered Society by Lucy Lippard
123skoobdo
Dead Poet's Society by Peter Weir
124rolandperkins
Street Corner Society by William F. Whyte
127mirrordrum
Women and madness by Phyllis Chesler
i'd forgotten all about this book. read it in the late 60s or early 70s, iirc.
i'd forgotten all about this book. read it in the late 60s or early 70s, iirc.
129jennybhatt
Anna of Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.
131rolandperkins
Black Bartlemyʻs Treasure
by Jeffrey Farnol*
*Read a library copy in childhood; fairly good, but didnʻt make me want to acquire more titles by him.
by Jeffrey Farnol*
*Read a library copy in childhood; fairly good, but didnʻt make me want to acquire more titles by him.
132hazelk
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell
133skoobdo
Played on Msg 131:
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
# Read as one of the school's prescribed literature books for school's internal examinations at primary school level. A very interesting book.Another title need mention is Kidnapped besides other SF titles by Jules Verne and H G Wells read at the graded vocalbulary levels for junior readers at lower primary level.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
# Read as one of the school's prescribed literature books for school's internal examinations at primary school level. A very interesting book.Another title need mention is Kidnapped besides other SF titles by Jules Verne and H G Wells read at the graded vocalbulary levels for junior readers at lower primary level.
135Schmerguls
Kennedy or Nixon: Does it make any difference? by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.{read 12 Oct 1960)
138jacqueline065
Scherguls posted to the wrong game! :)
The correct post is #132
The correct post is #132
139rolandperkins
If you mean Schmerguls should have played on 132 -- 132 was already played on just before his post.
Black Beauty (132) >Coffee will Make you Black (134). 133 is the one that interrupts the sequence.
Schmerguls, in 135 seems to have played on
"Make" of 134; which is okay, I would say. I at first couldnʻt see the connection myself.
But it was "....MAKE you Black (134)
> ". . .does it MAKE any difference" (135)
Black Beauty (132) >Coffee will Make you Black (134). 133 is the one that interrupts the sequence.
Schmerguls, in 135 seems to have played on
"Make" of 134; which is okay, I would say. I at first couldnʻt see the connection myself.
But it was "....MAKE you Black (134)
> ". . .does it MAKE any difference" (135)
140jacqueline065
@rolandperkins Love the play on words! :) Thanks for pointing out what I couldn't see.
141rolandperkins
Playing on 137
They Shoot Horses, donʻt they?
by Horace McCoy
They Shoot Horses, donʻt they?
by Horace McCoy
142hazelk
All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
143jacqueline065
Black Horses for the King by Anne McCaffrey
144Larxol
黒い雨 = Black Rain by Ibuse Masuji
146CharlieCascino
Black Powder War by Naomi Novik
153janoorani24
Avatars of the Word: From Papyrus to Cyberspace by James J. O'Donnell - read in 2004
157tropics
The Island Of The Colorblind And Cycad Island - Oliver Sacks (in one of my TBR piles)
158LynnB
The Island Walkers by John Bemrose. Read earlier this month.
159Larxol
Victory: An island tale by Joseph Conrad.
160LynnB
The Wife's Tale by Lori Lansens. Read last year.
161rolandperkins
The Wife of Bathʻs Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer
162LynnB
The Wife by Meg Wolitzer. Read in 2006
163rolandperkins
Wife to Mr. Milton by Robert Graves*
*Read this -- well maybe only scanned it -- in the early 1950s; was taking a course given by Douglas Bush on Milton at the time. It is a fictional biography of Mary Powell,
John Miltonʻs first wife. Robert Graveswas apparently very favorable to the Cavalier side in the English ivil War, and unfavorable to the Parliamentary/ Puritan side which John, but not Mary, belonged to.
I no longer ever just scan a novel. I never peek at the closing pages to "see how it came out". I either read it straight through, or drop it.
*Read this -- well maybe only scanned it -- in the early 1950s; was taking a course given by Douglas Bush on Milton at the time. It is a fictional biography of Mary Powell,
John Miltonʻs first wife. Robert Graveswas apparently very favorable to the Cavalier side in the English ivil War, and unfavorable to the Parliamentary/ Puritan side which John, but not Mary, belonged to.
I no longer ever just scan a novel. I never peek at the closing pages to "see how it came out". I either read it straight through, or drop it.
164LynnB
Mr. Muo's Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie. Read in 2006.
165CharlieCascino
The Riddle of the Traveling Skull by Harry Stephen Keeler
167mirrordrum
#165 plays off of 'travelling' in #164 but uses 'traveling,' so it's incorrect as 'travelling' isn't a typo. it's on the book jacket. so i'm playing off of #164
Thank you, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand
read late 50s.
i've decided the challenge in this game is trying to be sure that all the entries that precede mine are correct. WHATever. :)
Thank you, Mr. Moto by John P. Marquand
read late 50s.
i've decided the challenge in this game is trying to be sure that all the entries that precede mine are correct. WHATever. :)
171Larxol
First contact by Bob Connolly.
Great story of the first white men to enter highland New Guinea in the 1930s. The natives come off a lot better than the explorers.
Great story of the first white men to enter highland New Guinea in the 1930s. The natives come off a lot better than the explorers.
172rolandperkins
Sword ot Truth, Book 1: Wizardʻs First Rule
by Terry Goodkind
by Terry Goodkind
173PaperbackPirate
Flagstaff Album: Flagstaff's First 50 Years in Photographs, 1876-1926 by Richard K. Mangum
175janoorani24
The First Eagle by Tony Hillerman - read in about 2000
177mirrordrum
The Case Has Altered
by Martha Grimes
probably 2001 or thereabouts
#174 hey boobalack, whatcha laffin' at me fer? :)
by Martha Grimes
probably 2001 or thereabouts
#174 hey boobalack, whatcha laffin' at me fer? :)
182Schmerguls
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department, by Dean Acheson (read 3 May 1981) (Pulitzer History prize in 1970)
183hazelk
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
touchstones unimpressed that I don't put 'Oprah's Book Club' along with title!
touchstones unimpressed that I don't put 'Oprah's Book Club' along with title!
186jacqueline065
Not A Penny More, Not A Penny Less by Jeffrey Archer
187janoorani24
Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker Cookbook by Beth Hesperger - one of my favorite cookbooks
190tropics
Travels With A Tangerine: From Morocco To Turkey In The Footsteps of Islam's Greatest Traveler - Tim Mackintosh-Smith (read 2006)
191Larxol
Reflections on fieldwork in Morocco by Paul Rabinow.
192LynnB
Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers. Read last year.
199LynnB
The Book of Secrets by M. G. Vassanji. Read in 2009 on an airplane.
202tropics
The Fifty Minute Hour - Robert Lindner (read in the '70s). Fascinating collection of an analyst's case histories.
204heyjude
Kitty and the midnight hour by Carrie Vaughn. 2006.
207Boobalack
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt
John Berendt
210janoorani24
Moscow's Words, Western Voices by Kenneth J. Campbell - read in 1993
213PaperbackPirate
River, Cross My Heart by Breena Clarke - read in 2001
217rolandperkins
The Trail of the Dragon*
by Susan Kelly
*Havenʻt read this yet, but kept it (a small pb) to keep with my very small collection of books on Greater Boston. It takes place in the Central Sq. --C harles Riv er area of Cambridge, MA
by Susan Kelly
*Havenʻt read this yet, but kept it (a small pb) to keep with my very small collection of books on Greater Boston. It takes place in the Central Sq. --C harles Riv er area of Cambridge, MA
219Mooose
More Home Life by Alice Thomas Ellis
I've read a few books by this author and enjoyed them for the most part.
I've read a few books by this author and enjoyed them for the most part.
223janoorani24
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper - I keep meaning to read this...
225jacqueline065
The Dark Country by Dennis Etchison
226mirrordrum
Snow country by Yasunari Kawabata
tried to listen to this in April, i think, and just couldn't get into it.
tried to listen to this in April, i think, and just couldn't get into it.
228skoobdo
Snow White by Donald Barthelme
230skoobdo
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
235LynnB
The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamb. Read last year. Wasn't going to, but a colleague convinced me to.
236Schmerguls
An Hour Before Daylight Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood, by Jimmy Carter (read 11 Mar 2001)
In ways his boyhood and mine were similar, but I was amazed that kids went to school barefoot. That would have struck me as bizarre had it happened in my youth
In ways his boyhood and mine were similar, but I was amazed that kids went to school barefoot. That would have struck me as bizarre had it happened in my youth
237LynnB
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks. Read in 2008
239janoorani24
A History of Philosophy: Volume 7 Modern Philosophy, Part 1: Fichte to Hegel by S. J. Frederick Copleston - read parts of this in 1979
241hazelk
Selections From The Poetry Of The Afghans: From The Sixteenth To The Nineteenth Century by H. G. Raverty
(no, haven't ventured ...)
242mirrordrum
Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry by Jane Hirshfield
read bits and pieces as the mood strikes. not the way to go at it, i suppose, but that's what i do.
read bits and pieces as the mood strikes. not the way to go at it, i suppose, but that's what i do.
243LynnB
The Nine Planets by Edward Riche. Read in 2004. Someone told me it was funny, but I didn't think it was.
245mirrordrum
The Nine Tailors by Dorothy L. Sayers
one of my favorite LPWs and Mr. Venables is one of my *very* favorite characters. i sometimes listen to the beginning 2 or 3 tapes whenever the world is too much with me.
//eta how can there not be touchstones for Dorothy Sayers and Rex Stout. i ask you!
one of my favorite LPWs and Mr. Venables is one of my *very* favorite characters. i sometimes listen to the beginning 2 or 3 tapes whenever the world is too much with me.
//eta how can there not be touchstones for Dorothy Sayers and Rex Stout. i ask you!
246jnwelch
That's a great LPW, mirrordrum, and one of my favorites, too. When my wife, who had never read mysteries, asked for one to try, that's the one I picked. She reads mysteries a lot, now.
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
The first in a classic sci-fi series.
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
The first in a classic sci-fi series.
247mirrordrum
Forever amber by Kathleen Winsor
never read it, never wanted to read it, but have always liked the title and have been hearing about it my entire life. it's always the first thing i think of when i see the word 'amber.' oh, well, i also visualize amber cat eyes simultaneously. shrug
//a brilliant stroke, Joe. your wife is obviously intelligent, open-minded yet independent and clearly has impeccable taste. :)
never read it, never wanted to read it, but have always liked the title and have been hearing about it my entire life. it's always the first thing i think of when i see the word 'amber.' oh, well, i also visualize amber cat eyes simultaneously. shrug
//a brilliant stroke, Joe. your wife is obviously intelligent, open-minded yet independent and clearly has impeccable taste. :)
248Larxol
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming.
249LynnB
All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman. Read in 2008.
250Mooose
All Aunt Hagar's Children by Edward P Jones
REad a few years ago and liked it for the most part. I don't know if I've ever liked every story in a book of them.
REad a few years ago and liked it for the most part. I don't know if I've ever liked every story in a book of them.
253Larxol
The complete works of O. Henry by O. Henry.
258rolandperkins
Sound Mind, Sound Body: David Kirschʻs Ultimate
6 Week Fitness Transformation for Men and Women
by David Kirsch
6 Week Fitness Transformation for Men and Women
by David Kirsch
259mirrordrum
Men of Iron by Howard Pyle
read when i was very young and fascinated by knights and pirates. that would have been in the mid-50s.
read when i was very young and fascinated by knights and pirates. that would have been in the mid-50s.
261PaperbackPirate
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
262Boobalack
On Death and Dying
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
Elizabeth Kübler-Ross
263jacqueline065
Trials of Death by Darren Shan
264skoobdo
105036:: The Trials of Life : A Natural History of Animal Behavior (Trials of Life ) by
David Attenborough
David Attenborough
266tropics
The Greatest Show On Earth: The Evidence For Evolution - Richard Dawkins (TBR)
