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Jan 10, 2014 03:26PM
V: Vintage Murder by Ngaio Marsh - great mystery
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Welsh Ok ok I haven't read it YET but am planning to soon! There is a whole series of these. Should keep the X lists going for a while.
All I Did Was Ask: Conversations with Writers, Actors, Musicians, and Artists by Terry Gross. Read10/04.
C: The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse - hilarious!Tweedledum wrote: "Z
A Zeal of Zebras: An Alphabet of Collective Nouns Woop Studios"
What a great title :) I like collective nouns...
G: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Read over Christmas. Wished I hadn't.I've just found this thread. What fun! I expect you have to track back through the alphabets though to ensure you're not repeating anything.
H: Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad@Jean - I am hearing that a lot about Flynn, especially Gone Girl... and regarding repeats, only scroll back if you feel like it, as it is 'just for fun' :)
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L: Living Free: Elsa and Her Cubs by Joy Adamson. An incredible trilogy from the late 60's and early 70's about Elsa the lioness and her cubs, although current views about the author's motives are now mixed.Thanks, Leslie! And as it's just for fun I really think I deserve a bonus for including 2 'G's in "Gone Girl"! LOL!
M: Mister B. Goneby Clive Barker . This is a pretty good read by Clive Barker about a devil that makes mischief. I enjoyed that one.
O: Odds On Miss Seeton by Heron Carvic - a somewhat silly mysteryJean wrote: "L: Living Free: Elsa and Her Cubs by Joy Adamson. An incredible trilogy from the late 60's and early 70's about Elsa the lioness and her cubs, although current views about the author'..."
Loved this book growing up (and the movie too!). Jean, I am with you on the bonus idea! I feel like that in the author games when I picked an author such as Hermann Hesse - double H's should be bonus :)
Q: I can think of a couple of titles but none I have actually read...Glad to hear I achieved a bonus though :D
Jean wrote: "Q: I can think of a couple of titles but none I have actually read...Glad to hear I achieved a bonus though :D"
You have a Q book I saw in another thread - A Question of Upbringing by Powell...
Leslie - quite correct! Never mind a bonus, I think you must have a gold star for that!! LOL It's funny, but I always seem to think of that book as "the first one in the series of A Dance to the Music of Time: ". Probably because the series of books is famous (and quite long as I remember), and I didn't get any further!
And your incredible feat of memory has spurred me on to add it to my "read" books :D
U: Uneasy Spirits by M. Louisa Locke - mystery set in early 1900s San FranciscoJean wrote: "...And your incredible feat of memory has spurred me on to add it to my "read" books :D..."
Yes then I can discuss it with you in a more appropriate venue! I have been wanting to discuss it with someone for a while :)
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Never bettered. And ditto, Kristen. Perhaps we should start a sub-section...Leslie - sorry but no! I added this first one to my to my "READ" books, not the whole series to my TBR list. That's not in my mind for the forseeable future, but I do try to keep my lists accurate :)
Jean wrote: "Leslie - sorry but no! I added this first one to my to my "READ" books, not the whole series to my TBR list. That's not in my mind for the forseeable future, but I do try to keep my lists accurate :)"That is what I meant. Sorry, wasn't trying to push you into reading the whole series!!
Why do I always get to this just as X turns up? The Xenophobe's Guide to the Americans
Haven't read it but hate leaving X out...
Y: ?Terri wrote: "Tibet Roof of the World--Huang Youyi"
Terri, I think you mixed up which game you were in - this one is book titles alphabetically, instead of authors. Save this for the author's last name game - it is a great Y name!
//C// Cordelia's Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold; great space opera sci fi@Tweedledum, sure! no genre restrictions in this game :)
G: The Golden Notebook by Doris LessingTweedledum wrote: "F.
Finn Family Moomintroll by Tove Jansson"
:) love this book!
JJohnson over Jordan by J.B. Priestley
Haven't read it but saw the play a few years ago. Patrick Stewart (Jean Luc Picard) was the lead actor. Don't remember much about it though.
N: Nightmare Abbey by Thomas Love Peacock@Kristen - very enjoyable book by the author of my favorite cookbook :-)
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