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Aug 20, 2015 12:30AM
may espionage na.
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^Ahahaha, Ycel! We were looking at the same Wiki page. But, espionage has been selected na, I think?
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New EnglandMonstrumologist - Rick Yancey
- creepy and bossy monstrumologist lives in New England
Scarlett Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
- set in New England
Keyword: Hanami
Ycel: Welcome to this madness! I'll catch up later! :))
HANAMIHoarfrost and Cherry Blossoms by Susan Bainbridge is set in the isolation of northern Canada.
The Nicholas Linnear Novels: The Ninja, The Miko, and White Ninja by Eric Van Lustbade. “Within the month the cherry blossoms will again come to the slopes and valleys of our homeland.”
Keyword: cathedral
HAHAHAH! Buti na lang may built-in detectors si Marie!
CathedralPillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - all about cathedral-building
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke - stone statues in a cathedral are moved by magic
Keyword: Hotel
HotelHotel du Lac by Anita Brookner - the novel takes place in the eponymous structure.
The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving - an abandoned school is turned into the eponymous hotel.
Next: wallets
WALLETThe Snare, A Novel by Rafael Sabatini, includes a chapter titled “The Wallet”.
Henry's Daughter: A Mallawindy Novel 2 by Joy Dettman where a character “has been searching for her black wallet full of bank stuff.”
Keyword: architecture
ANGUS: Ang sakit sa bangs nung wallet. Haaaaay. I need a break.
Hahaha! Sumakit din ang bangs ko sa ibang keywords. Yung tipong umaasa na lang na sagutin ng iba.
ArchitectureArchidoodle by Stephen Bowkett -an innovative book providing a fun and interactive way to learn about architecture
Architecture on the Carpet by Brenda and Robert Vale - a view of architecture through the prism of construction toys
next: fall guy
FALL GUYThe Secret History by Donna Tartt. The fall guy realizes too late that he is the fall guy.
The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier. The plot concerns an Englishman who meets his double, a French aristocrat, while visiting France, and is forced into changing places with him.
Keyword: menage a trois
Menage a troisEmbracing the Fall by Lainey Reese
- F/M/F romance. the male protagonist is training new female subs
Table for three by Lainey Reese
- M/F/M Romance. Two male club owners fell in love with a new girl when she entered their club. They made arrangements to train her as their subs
Keyword: Baseball
The Great American Novel, by Philip Roth. Yes, back in the 1970s, American Literary Giant Philip Roth wrote a slapstick baseball novel.The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach .Tells the story of Henry Skrimshander, a talented, but hard-working college shortstop who suddenly loses the ability to throw the ball first.
Keyword: subway
SubwayBeautiful Stranger by Christina Lauren
- Female character took a subway on her way home.
The Game Changer by J.Sterling
- Female character took a subway as well.. but she's on her way to work because she's late
Keyword: E-reader
E-READERThe Girl on the Train: A Novel by Paula Hawkins. “At Northcote a man with an iPad gets on and takes the seat next to me. He has no problems at all getting the news up, he goes straight to the Daily Telegraph site and there it is, in big, bold letters, the third story: MAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH MEGAN HIPWELL DISAPPEARANCE.
Kindle Touch For Dummies Portable Edition by Leslie H. Nicoll, Harvey Chute. Because I’m stumped and I want to move on…
Keyword: rabbit
RABBITWatership Down by Richard Adams - story about anthropomorphised group of rabbits
Alice in Wonderland - Alice followed a white rabbit into the rabbit hole that started her adventures
Keyword: Arab Revolution
Tallying right now... (pero di ko pa ipa-pause)Ganito ha, when you recommend a book make sure that it has a concrete relationship to the key word either by theme or by plot (sige, dagdag na rin natin ang major characters). Kasi if it's just a negligible detail in the book, I'm going to deduct points on you. I have to admit I've been lax on this for the last two tally... pero starting with today's tally, di na yan pwede. :-P
So double check your answers na while I'm not pausing the game pa, hehehe...
^So plot, theme, major characters? And setting na rin, since this is a major element of the novel? And motifs and symbols na rin. :D
Editing: Yes, pwede setting. But motifs & symbols are subjective, kasi pwedeng this is solely based on your own interpretation. I will allow it, only if it can be proven that the author him/herself says (sige, will add na rin if it's the general critical consensus) that that is the book's motif or symbol. Syet, lalim na, hahaha!
Pag halimbawa the keyword is chicken and you give a certain book recommendation just because a character is incidentally eating a chicken in one point in the book, unless you can prove that eating that chicken is a major event in that character's life, well then, points will be deducted.
Okay, pakisagot na nga ang Arab Revolution, haha!
Perhaps this rule should be applied prospectively, not retroactively, Marie? Mahirap din naman pag-isipan yung iba, in fairness. :D
Hmm, it's not really a new rule. As is said in the very first post: "Note that the plot or the theme must have something to do with the key word." (Note: wala nga dito yung connection ng keyword sa setting or characters eh. Pero since these last two are also major book elements, sige, I'll consider them too.)
What happened is that I been lax at implementing this strictly. Since mabait ako, sige I'll do the strict implementation in tomorrow's tally na lang. :-)
Marie, I will not contest motifs and symbols IF hindi ko naman talaga nabasa yung book (mga 75% yata hindi ko pa nabasa, haha, I will count later to find out). But if I've read the book that I'm recommending, I think it's fair lang naman to allow me to put whatever motifs/symbols that I gleaned from it? Reading is a subjective experience naman. (So competitive! Kulelat kasi, haha!)
ARAB REVOLUTIONTHE CLASS by Erich Segal. One of five members of a fictional Harvard class of 1958 explores his Jewish identity and immigrates to Israel after the death of his fiancée in a kibbutz. He joins the Israeli paratroopers and participates in the Six-Day War (1967 Arab–Israeli War).
FIVES AND TWENTY-FIVES, by Michael Pitre. A sharply observed novel by a veteran of the United States Marine Corps that looks at the Iraq war through the eyes of three fictional characters: a Southern college student turned lieutenant, a conscientious paramedic, and an Iraqi student who loves American pop culture and becomes a translator for the Americans.
Keyword: child genius
Sorry, I am not very familiar with Arabic writers. Only Naguib Mahfouz, and he didn't write about the wars. So Arab Revolution from American POV.
^^Angus, paano if ganito... If I've deducted points because I wasn't convinced on the connection of the motif(s) or symbolism(s) that was written to the given key word, then you can contest me on the decision. If ok sa akin ang contention mo, I will give back the points I've deducted. Would that be fair?
OMG, I underestimated myself! Among the books that I've posted:36 are read (54%)
19 are books I don't care about (28%)
5 are in my actual TBR shelf (7.5%)
5 are books I want to buy (7.5%)
2 are on my radar (3%)
CHILD GENIUSEnder's Game by Orson Scott Card - Andrew "Ender" Wiggin is drafted by the government to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - Artemis Fowl is a rich 12-year old genius and a criminal mastermind.
Keyword: basketball
Angus: Okies! :-) By the way, nice stats. Buti natra-track mo pa posts mo on this thread, hahaha
Kasi ano, click Members, then hanapin mo name mo from the list, then click [number of] comments. Lalabas na lahat ng comments mo sa group. Di ko naman susuyurin ang 11 pages, nakakalurks! @_@
BasketballRabbit, Run by John Updike - Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom is a high school basketball star before he became a salesman (and a young father).
Independence Day by Richard Ford - Frank Bascombe, a former sportswriter, takes his son to the Basketball Hall of Fame. This is important because this is a novel that takes place in a few days and this time with his son is one of the rare ones (Bascombe is separated from his wife and son).
Next: critics
Rabbit, Run! Exactly what I have in mind. Hehe! I'll be reading that soon. :)
Yep, I want to read the Quartet but maybe only the first book this year.CRITICS
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by Brian Kellow - first biography of The New Yorker's influential, powerful, and controversial film critic, Pauline Kael
Life Itself: A Memoir by Roger Ebert - Roger Ebert tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career as a film critic.
Keyword: controlled population
Controlled populationThe Giver by Lois Lowry - A dystopian children's book where families are allowed only a certain number of children
Matched by Ally Condie - A similar dystopian novel.
Keyword: Steak
SteakSteak by Mark Schatzker
- About a man's culinary quest to eat the perfect steak.
Raising Steaks by Betty Fussell
- Offers a comprehensive history and analysis of the American steak.
Keyword: Angst
AngstCatcher in the Rye by JD Salinger - lead protagonist suffers from teenage angst
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz - Ari suffers from teenage angst.
Keyword: Sunset
SunsetLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
- In the section called Song at Sunset, Walt Whitman uses the sunset as a metaphor for the beautiful end of things.
Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
- In the poem "Sunflower Sutra", Ginsberg uses the sunset as a juxtapository image in relation to urbanization.
Keyword: Wit
WitBlack Swan Green by David Mitchell - Jason Taylor uses his wit so that he can overcome the difficulties of having a stammer (it's embarrassing to stammer at school). This is a semi-autobiographical novel.
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare - Portia uses her wit to render Shylock's contract useless (draw flesh and not blood).
Next: sanatorium
SanatoriumShips That Pass in the Night by Beatrice Harraden
- The novel is largely set in a tuberculosis sanatorium.
The Rack by AE Ellis
- Same as above, set in a TB sanatorium.
Keyword: Metaphysics
MetaphysicsSiddhartha by Herman Hesse - Metaphysics is a thematic concern in the novel. Siddhartha tells the Buddha that his view of the universe as cause and effect, his metaphysics, is unimpeachable, but it seems to break down at a crucial point, the point at which we are able to escape from this causal chain, the point of salvation.
Being Dead by Jim Crace - Death in this novel is elevated to the principle of metaphysics. Everything is considered in terms of the human organism's corporeality and its inevitable disintegration, that we are within a post-religious frame of reference.
Next: incest
IncestThe Cement Garden by Ian McEwan
- the tension between two of the main characters throughout the novel culminates in incest.
Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay
- In one strand of the story, the relationship between a brother and a sister and their shared relationship of misery and the loss of identity culminates in a night of incest.
Keyword: Necrophilia
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