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Daisy wrote: "this is getting really tough... I think the Fool by Christopher may be the right title... I just don't know the reference to garments loving royalty.I've not read this book... but I have since re..."
He's one of my favorite authors, certainly! He's fantastic and so irreverent and funny. His vampire series is really hilarious and Lamb is surprisingly philosophical and deep for such an irreverent work. Give him a shot!
In the quiz thread Francine updated where we were up to with Q9."9) Who prayed his father would die?
Hint: Blood is thicker than water.
Hint: His parents met a Christmas dance
Hint: A love so intense it becomes a chain around his neck"
I can't find anything that really suits all of these.
My strongest lead is that it would be a book by Sir Walter Scott since he coined the phrase "Blood is Thicker than Water" (or so I have been led to believe, maybe I should check that?). Unfortunately SWS is quite the prolific author and the synopsis (what's the plural for synopsis) don't always mention the parents or smaller events like a characters prayers.
I'd be interested to know of y'alls theories? I'm going to plug in a guess from The Lady of The Lake, but I can't confirm all of the clues above.
Beyond that... I'm toast :?
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Daisy wrote: "In the quiz thread Francine updated where we were up to with Q9."9) Who prayed his father would die?
Hint: Blood is thicker than water.
Hint: His parents met a Christmas dance
Hint: A love so in..."
Plural for synopsis: synopses :-)
I'm not sure, but to me, it almost sounds like a more modern work. Which part of the Lady of the Lake? If it's an Arthurian trope, he didn't wish for his father's death (Uther) and Uther and Ygraine did not meet at a Christmas dance (not in the 6th century anyway). (I'm a bit of an Arthurian freak, if it hasn't come out...my work in grad school was on Arthuriana/medieval lit. ;-) Or were you talking specifically about a book called The Lady of the Lake?)
Lol... Francine, I am not Arthurian at all, I'm flying in the dark here Everything from here on (from me) will be a guess.
I've asked everyone who I think would know and gotten nowhere. Even tweeted and twitter was silent :(
s'all good... I just want to know ***stamps foot
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Parinita wrote: "I have no idea what book this is! and I've been searching everything. unfortunately If its a recent book, google search doeant pick up on things, mistly shows old stuff. don't know why but getting ..."Google will even give you really bad Harry Potter fanfic! :-)
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Currently all hints (including the question)are:
9) Who prayed his father would die?
Hint: Blood is thicker than water.
Hint: His parents met at a Christmas dance
Hint: A love so intense it becomes a chain around his neck
Hint: When one child dies, the brother left behind means everything.
This is a classic book, not an obscure one. You would all recognize the name and author.
Don't give up on me! :)
Ceri wrote: "Did you all see the last hint for 9)?Currently all hints (including the question)are:
9) Who prayed his father would die?
Hint: Blood is thicker than water.
Hint: His parents met at a Christmas..."
I saw it...but was discouraged...I flitted back and forth the other day between Brother Karamazov and Catcher in the Rye, but neither work. So I'm stumped.
LOL. This is a good humoured rant, please don't take any of this on board except as an expression of my obsession and absolute frustration with this quiz.For the record... As much as I read, I read mostly what I call trash, trashy light weight romance - throw away reads. I don't like stress, I don't watch horror (I read some thrillers and mysteries, but if I'm reading and making sure my back is against the wall so no one can get me... well that's too heavy)
This quiz was hard for me. If D.H. Lawrence is wrong, then I probably will give up (I won't, but I'll want to). I've not read it, and I don't really know the author, but all the clues fit.
Every one of my answers, with the exception of the Notebook (I saw the movie), I had to google and google hard.
Oh, when I was little, I saw some of Dorian Gray too, but left when it got scary (Don't laugh, I was little)
Please tell me it's over... :(
Cause now I'm desperately waiting for Ceri to come online and release me from my misery.
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If Paul Morel, Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence is correct... what really, really irks me is that I really could have solved it after the "his parents met at a Christmas dance" clue ... :(Please Ceri, put me out of my misery.
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Daisy wrote: "If Paul Morel, Sons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence is correct... what really, really irks me is that I really could have solved it after the "his parents met at a Christmas dance" clue ... :(Please ..."
I certainly hope it's Sons and Lovers, Daisy! It fits all the hints. :-) Crossing my fingers for you!
I had kind of given up too... It wasn't even the last hint that gave me D.H. Lawrence. The search that found it was... in fiction who met at a "Christmas dance"
Putting Christmas dance in between "", took out all the Christmas dance and pageant notices. Sons and Lovers was then the third item on the list.
Surely it's right? I checked it against all the clues... but I guess it could be William or William and Paul? I know that all the children in the story had issues with their dad, but I only found reference to Paul actually praying he would die. Some of the other clues refer to brothers and two lads as well... anyway, right or wrong - we'll know soon enough.
I've really enjoyed collaborating you both on this.
...Come on Ceri ;)
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I am learning so much about books I've never read before. Having looked up all the quotes and analyses of the book's themes and why the author wrote it, I'm very tempted to read Sons and Lovers now.
Bring on the next one???Lol, I'm not sure I can take it
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Congratulations, Daisy! Make it a good one, Ceri! ;-)
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Daisy, don't forget I will need a Winners Question from you, with a couple of hints.
Ok I'll get working on a question... yikesxD
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Parinita wrote: "8. Santa Monica, the illusion of separateness, Simon van Booy"Parinita, I thought that too, but then I realized it was more about the caretaker of the actors, and not the actual name of the house the actors lived in. At least one of us actually put that book down though! :-)
I've not forgotten y'all, just traveling ATM and limited wifi. I'll see what I can add in the morning xD
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I was wondering if one question a day leading up to Christmas would be a good idea. First one to the post, with the questions not as cryptic.
Let me know what you think. :)
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Today I'm letting posts hit but if you think it's a good idea, I could close the thread after posting the clue and reopen it for answers four hours later. This gives it more chance to be seen and the answer worked on by more people.
What do you think?
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So, suggestion is:
I post around 2pm GMT. Close the thread for a few hours. Open it for answers, but I won't respond until the next clue.
That way everyone gets time to work out their answer, post it, even if it's the same (you can all agree/disagree), first person to post the correct answer wins that day.
Daisy!! Parinita!! Care to join me play? Ceri will close this down if no one else plays.
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I've not read this book... but I have since read a lot of quotes by Christopher Moore and I think I'll be reading this authors works in the future. Hysterical!
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