10. Black Beauty
11. Double Feature?
13, The Godfather
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10. Black Beauty
11. Double Feature?
13, The Godfather
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Originally Posted by PabloQ
10: How true! :thumbs_up
11: Oooh, close. Broadway, for example... :idea:
13: Eyep! :thumbs_up
OK let's end this one:
9) Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
11) Double act by Jacqueline Wilson
14) Good Omens by Terry Prachet
Not often that I have three people do not get! :)
New List:
1. He preceded true science The Alchemist
2. The player behind home is in a grain field The Catcher in the Rye
3. Sorcery has iridescence The Colour of Magic
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings Far from the madding crowd
5. Cavities in the ground Holes
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal Lord of the Rings
7. Columns that support Terra The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal The Princess Diaries
10. Hermit crabs, for example
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds A Suitable Boy
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul A Tale of Two Cities
13. Tessie of famen Tess of the d'Urbervilles
14. Hunting catbirds To Kill a Mockingbird
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis A Town like Alice
16. One-legged villain Treasure Island
17. The rabbits had a wife problem Watership Down
18. Hostilities plus Harmony War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend Winnie the Pooh
20. Birds plus frightening women Swallows and Amazons
Good luck! :D:p:D
1. He preceded true science - God, ha ha (sorry:blush:)
4. Isolated from humanity’s insane gatherings - Far from the madding crowd
6. Peer of the realm over circular metal - Lord of the Rings (funny :p )
7. Columns that support Terra - The Pillars of the Earth
8. Smugness plus Bigotry - Pride and Prejudice
9. Royalty keeps a journal - erm, The Princess Diaries?
11. What everyman hopes his daughter finds - A Suitable Boy
13. Tessie of fame - Tess of the d'Urbervilles?
15. The heroine of Wonderland becomes as a metropolis - A Town like Alice
17. The rabbits had a wife problem - Watership Down?
18. Hostilities plus Harmony - War and Peace
19. Piglet’s best friend - Winnie the Pooh
2. The player behind home is in a grain field - The Catcher in the Rye
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Originally Posted by Bitterfly
All correct expept number 1, which is true, of course! :):D
Absolutely! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
Goodness, you've got a lovely sense of humour for a man of God (I posted my little joke, then remembered you were a pastor and was afraid you'd be hurt!!).:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
Edit: 16. One-legged villain: Treasure Island?
Oui, mademoiselle! :thumbs_up I try to have a sense of humor, it isn't all hellfire and brimstone! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
number one is the alchemist, yes?
3 light magic? :confused: -- the colour of magic what was that other book called in that seroies pratchett anyway :D
20 somthing to do with a witch?
:D
#1: Yes! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Nightshade
#3: The Colour of Magic, correct! :thumbs_up
#20 No, think warlike women :idea:
5. Cavities in the ground - Holes
12. Stories about Minneapolis and St. Paul - A Tale of Two Cities?
14. Hunting catbirds - To Kill a Mockingbird
20. Birds plus frightening women - Swallows and Amazons
All correct! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by djy78usa
I will explain to others about that catbird, it is known as a mockingbird because it sings other birds' songs, Yet it makes it's own distinct cry, like a cat mewing. Good catch there, DJ! :)
Hint on #10: Hermit crabs have no natural home and must search for them. :D
Tramps like us, by Westmoreland?
or
Nomad, by George Smith?
or
The wanderer (either by Alain-Fournier or by Frances Burney)?
or
Wanderers (by Knut Hansen)?
or
The Usurpers (by Ayala)?
or
One flew over the Cuckoo's nest? :p
I've put a lot of research into this, so I hope one at least will be correct. :D
One more hint. What sort of homes do hermit crabs search for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
New List:
1. The Container Kicked the Bucket
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here "Cities of SalT"
4. Desire for Food "Hunger"
5. Childhood, for Example "The Age of Innocence"
6. We Don’t Know Him "The Stranger"
7. Litigation "The Trial"
8. Sires and Male Offspring"Fathers and Sons"
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well "The Scarlet Letter"
10. Gilded Writing Pad "The Golden Notebook"
11. USA Calamity "An American Tragedy"
12. Friday Did All the Work "Robinson Crusoe"
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth
14. Could Have Been Blood
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine "The Grapes of Wrath"
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man "Oblomov"
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep "The Awakening"
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters "Herzog"
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” "Nostromo"
20. Could Be Alaska, I Suppose
[QUOTE=Pendragon;641587]OK. Number 10 was The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pitcher
I was missing these! :thumbs_up
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - The 120 days of Sodom?
4. Desire for Food - Gluttony
8. Sires and Male Offspring - Sons and Lovers
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well - The Scarlet Letter
10. Gilded Writing Pad - The Golden Notebook
11. USA Calamity -An American Tragedy
12. Friday Did All the Work - Robinson Crusoe
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters - Portnoy's Complaint?
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” - Nostromo
[QUOTE=Bitterfly;641652]Let's see here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
3: has more to do with what she turned into and
4:Gluttony is overeating, not desire
8: um, you might want to check on the meaning of "Sires"
9, 10, 11, 12: Very correct! :thumbs_up
18: No, the man's last name only is the title of the book
19: Correct! :thumbs_up
Sorry,:blush:, I went too fast!
Fathers and Sons (Turgenev, no?) for 8.
And Herzog!! for 18.
And Hunger (Hansen), for 4.
Yes! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
7. The Trial by Kafka?
Indeed! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
5. The Age of Innocence
Right! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
I will post hints as soon as I fix my home computer. :(
OK, um, hints:
1: It could be tin or aluminum but deceased
2: So who lives up there?
3: Lot's Wife became what mineral?
6: If we don't know him he is a __________.
13: Slumber is known as ___________,
14: If it splatters on your lapels...
15: You stomp what to make wine?
16: Google the phrase...
17: First this happens in the morning to everyone living
20: It would be very cold there...
Hope these help!
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here: Salt Mine?
6. We Don’t Know Him: The Stranger?
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth: The Big Sleep?
14. Could Have Been Blood: The Human Stain?
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine: The Grapes of Wrath!!!
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man: Oblomov (thanks, Google :p )
Let's see here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
3: Right mineral, wrong book, and one doesn't live in a mine!
6: Yep! :thumbs_up
13: Right track wrong train, but you might look for a synonym for refer to
14: Um, think honor
15: Of course! :thumbs_up
16: Right! :thumbs_up
1. The Container Kicked the Bucket: hum, the Tin Drum (note that I am not even convincing myself ;))
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven - Their Eyes were watching God?
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here - Salt Town? (that one could live in, no? :p )
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth - is there a play on the first sound (sl)?
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep - The Awakening!!
Are these extraordinarily difficult or am I just slow-witted? :D
Hum... Let's seeQuote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
1: No. There is a heavy play on words here... Deceased container reversed may get it for you...
2: Absolutely correct! Good catch! :thumbs_up
3: Close enough. It was Cities of Salt by Abd al-Rahman Munif :thumbs_up
13: Try Nous Appelé Le Sommeil as a clue...
17: Yes! :thumbs_up
1. The Container Kicked the Bucket Candide
2. Orbs Raised to Heaven "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
3. Lot’s Wife Might have Lived Here "Cities of Salt"
4. Desire for Food "Hunger"
5. Childhood, for Example "The Age of Innocence"
6. We Don’t Know Him "The Stranger"
7. Litigation "The Trial"
8. Sires and Male Offspring"Fathers and Sons"
9. Hester Wore It, Not So Well "The Scarlet Letter"
10. Gilded Writing Pad "The Golden Notebook"
11. USA Calamity "An American Tragedy"
12. Friday Did All the Work "Robinson Crusoe"
13. Or Slumber, or Sloth
14. Could Have Been Blood
15. Stop Them In Anger, Make Raging Wine "The Grapes of Wrath"
16. Ultimate Incarnation of the Superfluous Man "Oblomov"
17. Rising In the Morning After a Good Night’s Sleep "The Awakening"
18. A Tragically Confused Jewish Intellectual Sending Out Letters "Herzog"
19. Set in the Fictitious South American Republic of "Costaguana” "Nostromo"
20. Could Be Alaska, I Suppose
Pen, Way too groanable...
1. Candide
Ain't it though! Right answer! :thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by PabloQ
13: Call It Sleep by Henry Roth
14: The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
20: Snow Country by Kawabam Yasunari
Note on this new list: Every Book is a name. Every clue is an actual book blurb. Good luck!
1. the adventures of the inept knight and his humble squire. 1. Don Quixote
2. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom 2. Ulysses
3. this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics 3. Moby Dick
4. beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. 4. Madame Bovary
5. the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly 5. Emma
6. three families also represent three very different societal and physical locations in Russia 6. Anna Karenina
7. "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him;”
7. Huckleberry Finn
8. I'm not in the habit of using words like bawdy or rollicking, but if you look them up in the dictionary, you should see a picture of this book. 8. Fanny Hill
9. one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, 9: Tristam Shanty
10. It portrays the downfall (already announced in the subtitle, Decline of a family) of a wealthy mercantile family of Lübeck over four generations. 10. Buddenbrooks
11. She begins honing the skill of passing herself off as a fortuned widow to attract a man who will marry her and provide her with security. 11. Moll Flanders
12. about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. 12. Tom Sawyer
13. the narrator and protagonist, Humbert Humbert, becoming obsessed with a 12-year-old girl 13. Lolita
14. Her Family attempt to force her to marry a rich but highly uncultured and unrefined man (Roger Solmes) against her will
15. it has yellow, watery eyes, translucent skin, black lips, long black hair and is around 8 feet (2.4 m) in height.
16. Carfax Abbey was his hiding place.
17. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
18. She received her education at Lowood School.
19. His father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murdstone:
20. "Please, sir, I want some more."
I should be working but I can't resist....
[I]1. the adventures of the inept knight and his humble squire. - Don Quijote
2. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom - Ulysses
3. this book was harpooned at the time of its 1851 publication by critics - Moby Dick? (nice joke!)
4. beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. - Mme Bovary
5. the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly - Emma
9. Tristam Shanty one of the central jokes of the novel that he cannot explain anything simply, that he must make explanatory diversions to add context and colour to his tale, hmmm, Tristram Shandy? :p
10. It portrays the downfall (already announced in the subtitle, Decline of a family) of a wealthy mercantile family of Lübeck over four generations. Buddenbrooks
12. about a young boy growing up in the antebellum South on the Mississippi River in the fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Tom Sawyer?
13. the narrator and protagonist, Humbert Humbert, becoming obsessed with a 12-year-old girl - Lolita
15. it has yellow, watery eyes, translucent skin, black lips, long black hair and is around 8 feet (2.4 m) in height. Frankenstein
16. Carfax Abbey was his hiding place. Dracula
17. "Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again" - Rebecca
18. She received her education at Lowood School. - Jane Eyre
19. His father had died six months before he was born, and seven years later, his mother marries Mr Edward Murdstone: - David Copperfield
20. "Please, sir, I want some more." - Oliver Twist?
Right on all of them, and I cannot believe I did that on #9! :blush::blush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly
7. Huckleberry Finn (has to be)
11. Vanity Fair
14. Clarissa
You must be slipping. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pendragon
6. War and Peace?
8. The Decameron?
No, no. Proper names, recall...Quote:
Originally Posted by Bitterfly