Not so long a shot, a perfect reading of the clue! Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
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Not so long a shot, a perfect reading of the clue! Nanners: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
Baker’s Dozen # 11http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/spezial/Fool/aaa.gif
1.) Bridget did it, sweetheart.
2.) Principle boulevard = Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
3.) Must be The Joker’s Flat = The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
4.) A reporter gets one, a dog owner requires one = Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
5.) In my death throes As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
6.) A chamber with a vista = A Room With a View by E. M. Forester
7.) A streaker’s midday meal = Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
8.) Duh! So does the moon, big guy! = The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
9.) THAT THING! = IT by Stephen King
10.) This plant might rust = Iron Orchid by Stuart Woods or Ironweed by William Kennedy
11.) What Lord James Pomroy might be called by close friends, but not too close.
12.) Mirages = Illusions by Richard Bach
13.) The bending of the body as one reclines.
And they're off! And Ten winners!
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That's a pretty funny clue for #4!
Baker’s Dozen # 11http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/spezial/Fool/aaa.gif
1.) Bridget did it, sweetheart. (Which detective calls everyone "Sweetheart" and what book does he appear in?)
11.) What Lord James Pomroy might be called by close friends, but not too close. (Being not too close they would use his title, but maybe a nickname?)
13.) The bending of the body as one reclines. (A bend is an ________. To recline is to lie in ____________.)
Do hope the hints are helpful!
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#3 The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton ?
Oh, HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA!HA! Yes, Yes, Yes! Book and author!Quote:
Originally Posted by Eva Marina
Popcorn, Eva? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/er...smiley-007.gif
5. I can't help but wonder if there's a book titled I Am Dying, because if there is, I fear I have never heard of it...
At this point, Robin, I am willing to give the credit to whomsoever comes closest. Therefore, you win. The book is As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner. Popcorn, Archer? http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/er...smiley-007.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by RobinHood3000
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And We will give out a Bakers Dozen of our own:
1. Those Communist Revolutionaries might feel solitude when looking at the stars
2. Creatures that Vespucci might have worshipped -"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
3. The more chronologically gifted great-grandmother
4. Those freaks really know their Shakespeare.
5. A midget went shopping and came back again. "Hobbit or There and Back Again" by Tolkien
6. Some guy who likes big medieval noble houses.
7. Well, to kill people, what else?
8. By nothing, I will do it!
9. Nine people to rule over some resin. "Nine Princes of Amber"by Zelazny
10. This aria turns even the coldest hearts aflame.
11. A good reason why to create being.
12. Something that this kid Ronnie could come to.
13. A bit of tequila, a bit of lime juice - and an expert knowledge of how to mix it."Master and Margarita" by Bulgakov
Some of those are series, actually. And mostly they come from our bookshelves - that is, most of it is speculative fiction.
Pen's 11 is Lord Jim by Conrad, no?
Oh -scrub that, I've just seen how old it is.
Taliesin- Could number 3 be "My Grandmother's Clock" by Geraldine McCaughrean
WOW, I'm rusty...good choice of thread, though, Tal. I'll be losing sleep over these, for sure...
Tal, I do belive #9 is:
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelzany, a favorite! :)
Was a wrinkle in time a granny or a grandad?
and can I just ask is there any pratchet in there??
Taliesin: 2 might be "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman