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PAUSE MUNA MGA REPAPIPS!!!
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Here's the tally of accepted posts (2:40am na, pati ako napupuyat, hahahahaha):Total accepted points for today's round
Each accepted posts is supposed to correspond to 5 points. Deductions not included pa.
Bennard: 15 accepted posts
Monique: 6 accepted posts
Kristel: 12 accepted posts
Beatrice: 5 accepted posts
Angus: 11 accepted posts
Aaron: 1 accepted post
Tin: 3 accepted posts
Ycel (new playa!): 18 accepted posts
Meliza (another new playa!): 3 accepted posts
Deductions in today's round:
Kristel:
(-2.5 points) Re: A Study in Scarlet (reply for keyword "perspacacious"): Repeat of book for keyword "poisoning" (posted by Bennard)
(-2.5 points) Re: Girl with a Pearl Earring (reply for keyword "artwork"): Repeat of book for keyword "May-December love affair" (posted by Angus)
Bennard:
(-2.5 points) Re: One Hundred Years of Solitude (reply for keyword "monopoly"): Repeat of book for keyword "Latin America" (posted by Monique)
(-2.5 points) Re: The Neverending Story (reply for keyword "library"): Repeat of book for keyword "turtle" (posted by Angus)
(-2.5 points) Re: The Sandman (reply for keyword "library"): It's a series, not a book.
(-2.5 points) Re: The Name of the Rose (reply for keyword "librarian"): Repeat of book for keyword "footnote" (posted by Kristel)
(-2.5 points) Re: Tigana (reply for keyword "incest"): Repeat of book for keyword "shame" (posted by Aaron)
Ycel:
(-2.5 points) Re: V for Vendetta (reply for keyword "bulletproof"): Repeat of book for keyword "Vigilante" (posted by Monique)
(-2.5 points) Re: The Ancient Future Trilogy (reply for keyword "bulletproof"): It's a series, not a book.
(-2.5 points) Re: Do Androids Dream of Electtric Sheep? (reply for keyword "opera"): Repeat of book for keyword "Cyborg" (posted by Blue)
(-2.5 points) Re: The Drowned World (reply for keyword "oral history"): Repeat of book for keyword "Climate Change" (posted by Bennard)
Meliza:
(-2.5 points) Re: Alice in Wonderland (reply for keyword "rabbit"): Repeat of book for keyword "queen" (posted by Tina)
(-2.5 points) Re: Ender's Game (reply for keyword "child genius"): Repeat of book for keyword "game" (posted by Monique)
Monique:
(-2.5 points) Re: Catcher in the Rye (reply for keyword "Angst"): Repeat of book for keyword "adolescence" (posted by Angus)
TALLY OF POINTS as of 2:41am, August 21, 2015
(same positions as before pa rin)
Bennard: 200+((15x5)-12.5) = 262.5 points
Monique: 195+((6x5)-2.5) = 222.5 points
Kristel: 137.5+((12x5)-5) = 192.5 points
Angus: 130+(11x5) = 185 points
Beatrice: 90+(5x5) = 115 points
Tin: 65+(3x5) = 80 points
Ycel: (18x5)-10 = 80 points
Aaron: 42.5+(1x5) = 47.5points
Ingrid: 35 points
Blue: 35 points
Tina: 10 points
Meliza: (3x5)-7.5 = 7.5 points
Continue na! The last keyword is decapitation!
DecapitationInsatiability by Polish writer Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (1930).
In that novel, “the executioner raised his straight-edged sword and…. Wiuuu! And then Zipcio witnessed the very same spectacle they had seen together with the general some four hours ago: namely a section of some sinister headcheese, which in a second or two was overrun with a torrent of blood….” Witkiewicz goes on to describe the “slight chill around the base of his neck” which the decapitee feels at the actual moment of the separation of the head from the body and how “the world had suddenly made a somersault in his eyes” at the “moment his head began spiraling downward.”
Michael Kohlhaas by early 19th century German writer Heinrich von Kleist.
At the end of Michael Kohlhaas, Kleist’s story of a man seeking justice which prefigures many a Western, Kleist passes quickly over the beheading: “Kohlhaas turned back to the scaffold where his head fell beneath the executioner’s axe. Here the story of Kohlhass ends.” This decapitation is the completion of a circle, a sign that Kohlhaas has received justice for the crimes committed against him and thus can, in turn, be punished for the crimes he has committed. Beheading, for Kleist, is a restoration of the social order.
Keyword: serendipity
SerendipityOn the Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta
- A beautiful friendship between five teens started after a freak accident
Love Walked In by Marisa de los Santos
- Female character founds a different form of love when she was looking for romance.
Keyword: survivor's guilt
Survivor's GuiltMaus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman
Maus tackles questions of guilt and blame on two levels: the individual and the collective. On an individual level, Holocaust survivors must come to terms with survivor’s guilt, their guilt over surviving those who died in the camps. Their children experience a similar kind of guilt, over not sharing their parents’ experience of the Holocaust and living a life untroubled by the same trauma. Collectively, Maus turns to the question of whether the responsibility for the Holocaust extends beyond Nazi Germany. What, on an international level, could have been done to destroy the concentration camps? What could communities within German-controlled territories have done to save the Jews? Are the concentration camps really just a nightmarish fluke of history or the product of racial prejudices that persist in the world today?
Ordinary People by Judith Guest.
It tells the story of a year in the life of the Jarretts, an affluent suburban family trying to cope with the aftermath of their elder son "Buck" being killed when a sudden storm came up while he and their other son Conrad were sailing on Lake Michigan.
Keyword: connoisseur
Connoisseurs2666 by Roberto Bolano - The first part is about artists, critics, and connoisseurs whose careers revolve around the reclusive writer Archimboldi.
Possession by A.S. Byatt - Scholars and literary connoisseurs unearth (figuratively and literally) the secret love affair of the poets Randolph Henry Ash and Christabel LaMotte.
Next: debt
DEBTLittle Doritt by Charles Dickens.
LD is born and lives in debtor's prison because her father is imprisoned for unpaid debts before she was born.
Middlemarch by George Eliot.
Fred Vincy brings ruin to the Garths when Caleb agrees to co-gurantee his debt.
Keyword: monarchy
MonarchyRichard II by William Shakespeare - about the eponymous character's deposition from The Hollow Crown. He is succeeded by his cousin, Henry IV.
Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel - continuation of Wolf Hall. In this novel, Cromwell and Henry VIII focus on the later's marriage to Jane Seymour, because Anne Boleyn failed to give him a male heir.
Next: surgery
Uglies by Scott WesterfeldIt is set in a future post scarcitydystopian world in which everyone is turned "Pretty" by extreme cosmetic surgery upon reaching age 16.
Beautiful Stranger: A Memoir of an Obsession with Perfection by Hope Donahue
A powerful response to a culture obsessed with extreme makeovers and risky procedures that promise flawlessness, Beautiful Stranger is a timely, cautionary tale. Her story will inspire the countless women and men like her who struggle every day in a culture that feeds us dangerous images of unattainable perfection.
Keyword: kaleidoscope
SurgeryFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - Charlie undergoes a surgical procedure that increases his intelligence and challenges every aspect of his perception of life.
Time Scout by Robert Asprin and Linda Evans - Skeeter goes under the knife to look like another person.
Next: Tattletale
kaleidoscopeThrough the Kaleidoscope and Beyond by Cozy Baker (Author), Barbi Baker Richardson (Photographer) - begins with a brief history of the kaleidoscope and its inventor, Sir David Brewster, and then introduces the foremost designers of these multifaceted scopes.
The Kaleidoscope Book: A Spectrum of Spectacular Scopes to Make by Thom Boswell - Create a fascinating kaleidoscope with one of these fine projects, or gain an insight into how kaleidoscopes work.
next: Tattletale
TattletaleHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by JK Rowling, where Marietta Edgecombe betrays Dumbledore's Army to Umbridge,
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins, where
the charming and brilliant villain Count Fosco is on the run from the Brotherhood, an Italian secret society whose trust he has betrayed. As he ruthlessly schemes to rob Laura Fairlie of her inheritance, his vengeful compatriots track him across Europe. He ends up in a Paris morgue, with a T (for "Traditore") incised on his arm.
Keyword: Shadow
ShadowEnder's Shadow by Orson Scott Card - Bean, Ender's classmate and "shadow", shines in this book in the Ender series. Bean was merely a sidekick to Ender, thus, figuratively the latter's "shadow," until this book.
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman - There's a literal shadow that figures in the story; in fact, the story starts with the shadow of a man going up a house to commit a crime.
Keyword: Hermaphrodite
HermaphroditeThe World Wreckers by Marion Zimmer Bradley - notable for a complex subplot involving the sexual interactions between a hermaphrodite native species known as the chieri, and humans.
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin - The MC explores a planet where the beings have both male and female biological makeups. Not all the time though. They become either male or female during kemmer (or what is loosely being in heat).
Next: post office
Post-Office The Post-Office Girl by Stefan Zweig
- The post-office is one of the major settings of the novel.
Post-Office by Charles Bukowski
- A novel that includes post office culture as one of the themes.
Keyword: Body Horror
Body HorrorThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka - The macabre body horror classic which begins with a young man named Gregor waking up as a giant bug.
Black Hole by Charles Burns - The graphic novel that describes the physical mutations that happen within a group of teenagers after they infect one another with "The Bug," a sexually transmitted disease.
Next: promiscuity
PromiscuityFear of Flying by Erica Jong, which became famously controversial for its portrayal of female sexuality. On a trip to Vienna with her second husband, Isadora decides to indulge her sexual fantasies with another man.
Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller has been described as "notorious for its candid sexuality" and as responsible for the "free speech that we now take for granted in literature". There are many passages explicitly describing the narrator's sexual encounters.
Keyword: Celibacy
Pause muna, I'll post today's score tally kasi. :-)
Here's the today's scores (not so much posts today, i guess bakasyon kasi hahaha):Total accepted points for today's round
Each accepted posts is supposed to correspond to 5 points. Deductions not included pa.
Ycel: 6 accepted posts
Aaron: 1 accepted posts
Angus: 4 accepted posts
Tin: 1 accepted posts
Monique: 1 accepted posts
Bennard: 1 accepted posts
Deductions in today's round:
Ycel:
(-2.5 points) Re: Maus (reply for keyword "survivor's guilt"): Repeat of book for keyword "holocaust" (posted by Bennard)
(-2.5 points) Re: Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix (reply for keyword "tattletale"): Repeat of book for keyword "student" (posted by Monique)
(-2.5 points) Re: Tropic of Cancer (reply for keyword "promiscuity"): Repeat of book for keyword "syphilis" (posted by Angus)
(-2.5 points) Re: Fear of Flying (reply for keyword "promiscuity"): Repeat of book for keyword "awakenings" (posted by Bennard)
TALLY OF POINTS as of 9:55pm, August 21, 2015
Bennard: 262.5+(1x5)= 267.5 points
Monique: 222.5+(1x5)= 227.5 points
Angus (moves up to third!): 185+(4x5)= 205 points
Kristel: 192.5 points
Beatrice: 115 points
Ycel: 80+((6x5)-10)= 100 points
Tin: 80+(1x5)= 85 points
Aaron: 47.5+(1x5)= 52.5 points
Ingrid: 35 points
Blue: 35 points
Tina: 10 points
Meliza: 7.5 points
Be ready coz there will be a twist next week, weheheheh. Stay tuned and let the games continue! :-D
CelibacyGabriel's Redemption by Sylvain Reynard
- The male protagonist was advised by his physician to celibate for three weeks after his surgery to reverse his vasectomy.
Intimate by Noelle Adams
- the main character decided to celibate because sex brought bad things in her life
Keyword: Redemption
RedemptionThe Green Mile by Stephen King - An African-American serves jail time for an alleged crime and eventually redeems himself in the end.
Perdido Street Station by China Mieville - Yagharek seeks redemption for a crime he committed and cost him his wings.
Keyword: Palimpsest
PalimpsestRewriting Wrongs
French Crime Fiction and the Palimpsest
Editor(s): Angela Kimyongür, Amy Wigelsworth
Rewriting Wrongs: French Crime Fiction and the Palimpsest furthers scholarly research into French crime fiction and, within that broad context, examines the nature, functions and specificity of the palimpsest.
Palimpsest by Catherynne M. Valente, published in March 2009. It follows four separate characters as they discover and explore a mysterious city accessed only at night. "Palimpsest is an urban fantasy about a city that lives on human skin, a viral city whose citizens consist of those who bear parts of the city on their flesh, and visit it in their dreams. The story follows four such people as they search for others like themselves and a way to enter the city permanently."
Keyword: katana
KatanaKatana by Cole Gibsen - Relentlessly attacked by ninjas, Rileigh has no choice but to master the katana--a deadly Japanese sword that's also the key to her past. As the spirit grows stronger and her feelings for Kim intensify, Rileigh is torn between continuing as the girl she's always been and embracing the warrior inside her.
Senshi by Cole Gibsen - A sequel. Rileigh still uses the katana to fight the reincarnated kunoichi, a powerful female ninja, who wants to kill her in order to reclaim her destructive powers.
Next: primitive people
Primitive PeopleTarzan: The Complete Adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Me Tarzan!
The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel - we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear.
Next: Jungle
JUNGLEJane by Robin Maxwell - setting is jungle in West Africa
Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood - takes the jungle to the city and shows what could happen in our future
keyword: American Dream
American DreamRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates - Published in 1961, Richard Yates meant for his novel to be read as "an indictment of American life in the 1950s," particularly the push for stark raving homogeny, usually with classist, racist, homophobic, and sexist components. Taking place in a seemingly idyllic suburb, a condescending, stuffy couple begins sabotaging their own lives through deception and adherence to a rigid conformist agenda. They dream of hauling off to Paris and escaping the damages they constantly inflict, but grisly, bloody mistakes render it nothing more than a passing fancy.
The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos - The rise and fall of a popular mambo band, comprised largely of Cuban immigrants, serves as an apt narrative of how some successful individuals sabotage their own opportunities at happiness. Brothers Cesar and Nestor Castillo go from playing on I Love Lucy to obscure casualties of a fickle musical fad, though the former’s extravagant habits certainly play their role. Anyone hoping to achieve their own unique goals in America or elsewhere might find some valuable lessons in staying humble and moderate after garnering fame.
Next: abortion
Abortion & Life by Jennifer Baumgardner, Tara Todras-Whitehill - reveals how the most controversial and stigmatized Supreme Court decision of our time cuts across eras, classes, and race.Back Rooms: Voices from the Illegal Abortion Era by Ellen Messer - those who came of age after 1973 cannot remember the days before Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. "Back Rooms" presents the moving testimony of womenand men - who cannot forget.
Next: Diner
DINERHope Was Here by Joan Bauer - Hope Yancey is a teenage waitress living with her aunt, Addie, in Brooklyn, where Addie works as a chef at "The Blue Box Diner."
Empire Falls by Richard Russo - story of Miles Roby in a fictional, small blue-collar town in Maine, as manager of the Empire Grill diner.
keyword: eleven
Eleven Minutes by Paolo Coelho - MC records her thoughts and she ponders the meaning of 11 minutes: the time it takes to have sex.Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success by Phil Jackson, Hugh Delehanty - Eleven times, Jackson led his teams to the ultimate goal: the NBA championship.
Next: Bachelor Party
BACHELOR PARTYWeekends Required by Sydney Landon - Claire Walters has worked for Jason Danvers as his assistant for three years, but he’s never appreciated her as a woman—until the day she jumps out of a cake at his friend’s bachelor party.
Bachelor Party by Karen Kelley - All Cassidy Jones can remember about last night's bachelor party is jumping out of one of those silly cardboard cakes wearing a ridiculous costume, all in the name of paying the rent.
keyword - Titanic
LOL, Tin! anong keyword to? Precious Gem romance tuloy.
TitanicThe Maiden Voyage by Geoffrey Marcus - tells the entire story of the Titanic disaster from the passengers' departure to the subsequent public inquiries. He blamed Captain Smith and the White Star Line for the failings that led to the disaster and castigated what he called the "official lie" and "planned official prevarication" of the British inquiry. It was well-received, with Lord himself describing it as "penetrating and all-inclusive.
A Night to Remember by Walter Lord - remains a completely riveting account of the Titanic's fatal collision and the behavior of the passengers and crew, both noble and ignominious. Some sacrificed their lives, while others fought like animals for their own survival. Wives beseeched husbands to join them in lifeboats; gentlemen went taut-lipped to their deaths in full evening dress; and hundreds of steerage passengers, trapped below decks, sought help in vain.
Next: statues
StatuesStoneflight by Georgess McHargue - Janie uses her power to put life in the stone animals that ornament New York buildings to escape her parents' quarreling, but when the animals start to turn her into stone she learns that having feelings is the price of remaining human.
The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith - the inventor of a gadget which can turn flesh to stone, encounters one of the Furies. After she teaches him how to turn stone to flesh, they decide to carry out the process on all of the statues of Roman deities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Next: Camp
CAMPHoles by Louis Sachar - Stanley has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the boys build character by spending all day, every day digging holes exactly five feet wide and five feet deep.
Slept Away by Julie Kraut - Laney Parker is a city girl through and through. But this summer Laney’s mother has other plans for Laney, for her to go to Camp Timber Trails.
keyword: Saturday
SaturdaySaturday by Ian McEwan is a novel set within a single day -- 15 February 2003.
The View from Saturday by E. L. Konigsburg.
Eva Marie Olinski returned after her accident left her paraplegic. She chooses four of her sixth-grade students (Ethan, Noah, Nadia, and Julian), who form a group they call "The Souls," to represent her class in the Academic Bowlcompetition. They defeat the other sixth-grade teams, then the seventh- and eighth-grade champions at Epiphany, and so on until they become New York state middle school champions. The children help their teacher live a happier life after her win. When one of the four children, Ethan, talks about the one day from his life that he'd like to live over, he knows exactly which day to choose: the first Saturday that The Souls met. "And look," he adds. "Every Saturday since, I get to do just that". Hence, the title.
Keyword: Passover
PassoverThe Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago - a retelling of Jesus Christ's life from his point of view. There's a scene where Jesus wanted to spend the Passover in Jerusalem but he's afraid that the Pastor will not allow him (because they have to look after the flock of sheep).
The Tremendum by Abraham Cohen - the author explains why the Passover has been a fixture on the American Jewish literary calendar.
Next: cards
(Do I get extra points? :D)
CardsThe House of Mirth by Edith Wharton - the protagonists engage in gambling through cards.
Witches Abroad by Terry Pratchett - Features card sharks against the most awesome witch in the land.
Keyword: Manuscript
ManuscriptIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino - the narrator, in one chapter, searches for Marana's manuscript.
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde - the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens is stolen (also that of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte).
Next: cheating
Cheating This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Diaz - Stories about a cheating immigrant named Yunior.
Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin - Main female protagonist, before her wedding, engages in a one-night stand with het best friend's boyfriend, and continues to do so even with her wedding coming up.
Keyword: Immigrants
ImmigrantsMonstress by Lysley Tenorio
- Several of the stories deal with the Filipino experience of immigration.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers by Yiyun Li
- Several of the stories explore immigration from a Chinese perspective.
Keyword: Overthinking
Women Who Think Too Much: How to Break Free of Overthinking and Reclaim Your Life Paperback by Susan Nolen-Hoeksema -Self-help book about causes of overthinking and concrete strategies on how to overcome it, specifically for women
Overthinkers: Stop killing yourself and Find Peace of Mind by Jason Aites
- Same concept as above, but for a more general population
Keyword: Autism
AutismThe Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-old with Autism by Naoki Higashida, translated by David
Mitchell - Autobiographical book on how life is to have autism.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon - The main protagonist has Aspergers, a form of autism
Keyword: Bullying
BullyingThirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher - MC was bullied because of a false accusation. This ultimately led to her suicide (not a spoiler).
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass by Meg Medina - MC is bullied by the gang of the titular character.
Next: swimming pool
Swimming PoolAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
- Characters met by the pool
The Swimmer by John Cheever
In the suburbs of New York, middle-aged Neddy Merrill decides to prove his vigour by swimming all the pools of his home county. The initial euphoria becomes something grimmer, as the character gets madder and the summer season ebbs away.
Keyword: Dragonslayer
DragonslayerBeowulf by (unknown) - Beowulf slayed a dragon that terrorized his realm.
The Nibelungenlied by (unknown) - The story tells of dragonslayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians.
Next: nymphs
NympyhOdyssey by Homer
- Odysseus has been imprisoned by Calypso, a nymph, to be her immortal husband
Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
- A naiad monitors Percy as he completes a task once done by Hercules
Keyword: Christmas
ChristmasThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - a dysfunctional family attempts to have one last Christmas together.
Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris - humorous short Christmas stories (the first focuses on a Christmas elf working at Macy's).
Next: halloween
HalloweenThe Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- A group of boys travel through space and time to track the history of Halloween
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
- Two boys saved their town from evil in Halloween
Keyword: Summer Solstice
Summer solsticeStargirl by Jerry Spinelli - One of Stargirl's projects is to witness the summer solstice
A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness - the summer solstice is an important event for the powers of the two protagonists.
Keyword: centaur
CentaurPrince Caspian by C.S Lewis
- a centaur is one of the characters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- A herd of centaurs dragged Dolores Umbridge into the forest
Keyword: FTL Space Travel
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(While snacking on a hotdog sandwich.)
Child of God by Cormac McCarthy - the protagonist Lester Ballard finds a dead couple in a car, and carries the female corpse back to his cabin to have sex with it. After losing the corpse in a fire, he begins murdering women to create dead female sex partners for himself.
Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille - ends with the main characters performing perverse and sacrilegious sexual acts on a passive priest, who is raped and strangled to death as he climaxes. After murdering him, the characters continue to perform sexual acts with his dismembered eyeball.
Yummy.
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