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A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth OzekiNovel incorporates the devastating Japanese tsunami of 2011.
Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
Memoir from a Sri Lankan author who lost her family during the tsunami of 2004.
keyword hippies
HippiesArcadia by Lauren Groff - In the fields and forests of western New York State in the late 1960s, several dozen idealists set out to live off the land, founding what becomes a famous commune centered on the grounds of a decaying mansion called Arcadia House.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe - chronicles the tale of novelist Ken Kesey and his band of Merry Pranksters. In the 1960s, Kesey led a group of psychedelic sympathizers around the country in a painted bus, presiding over LSD-induced "acid tests" all along the way. Long considered one of the greatest books about the history of the hippies.
Next: Soap Opera
Tin: soap opera was already a keyword!
Aaaah! I hope there are no deductions for repeat KWs.Eto nalang
Next: Anti-hero
Othello by MacbethThe protagonist does not exhibit heroic aspects such as steadfastness and morality when it comes to Desdemona.
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
The protagonist strives to self actualize by killing someone and taking over their life.
keyword shipwreck
Don Juan by Lord ByronJuan and his tutor, Pedrillo, are shipwrecked and find themselves on a raft.
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson
Young David Balfour is kidnapped at the behest of his miserly uncle who knows he is the rightful heir to his estate. He finds himself on a ship, bound for slavery in the Carolinas. But the ship strikes a reef and David is washed ashore, returning to claim his birthright.
Keyword: avian
Freedom by Jonathan FranzenOne of the protagonists is involved with a songbird preserve of future environmental value
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
Darwin formulated his theory of evolution by observing Galapagos birds, among other fauna.
keyword infidelity
Lady with Lapdog by Anton ChekhovMarried cad Gurov spots Anna Sergeyevna, his next victim, while dallying in the seaside resort of Yalta.
Lady Chatterley's Lover by DH Lawrence
The story of the unfaithful Constance Chatterley, whose upper-class landowner husband was paralysed from the waist down during the Great War.
Keyword: socialist
Tin, pa-edit na lang yung post mo for that new keyword. Baka malito kasi ako, hehehe.
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckNovel shows the dehumanizing effect of a bank and state-caused economic collapse to a family of itinerant farmers.
Oil! by Upton Sinclair
Focuses more on the labor movement and the ruthlessness of business practices, specifically in the oil industry.
keyword guillotine
A Place of Greater Safety by Hilary Mantel. Set during the French Revolution.Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy. Set during the Reign of Terror following the start of the French Revolution.
Keyword: tinker
TinkerTinkers by Paul Harding - about an old man who's on his deathbed and who recalls his father, who is a tinker. Seriously guys, read this novel. It's so beautiful!
Mad Tinker's Daughter by J. S. Morin - two rival tinkers threaten to destroy the world they're trying to free.
Next: marimba
MarimbaMethod of Movement for Marimba by Leigh Howard Stevens -biography of the world's greatest classical marimbist, Leigh Howard Stevens
The Synergy Method for Marimba by Gregory Jackson - is a method book for mallet keyboard percussion. Already this marimba method book is being referred to as "The Encyclopedia of Marimba Exercises.
Keyword: supernova
From a Changeling Star by Jeffrey CarverBased around the artificial induction of a supernova on Betelgeuse.
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
A scientist is assaulted when he predicts a star will go supernova
Keyword canon
CanonThe Western Canon by Harold Bloom - it argues brilliantly against the politicization of literature and presents a guide to the great works of the western literary tradition and essential writers of the ages.
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature by Russ Kick - presents the world's classic literature--from ancient times to the late twentieth century--as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visual forms.
Next: agoraphobia
Agoraphobia False Memory by Dean Koontz - one of the characters has agoraphobia
So B. It by Sarah Weeks - one of the characters also has agoraphobia
Keyword: fading beauty
PAUSE MUNA. I'm going to post today's score tally in a sec.
Here's today's scores (easy, steady pace today ah):Total accepted points for today's round
Each accepted posts is supposed to correspond to 5 points. Deductions not included pa.
Ycel: 7 accepted posts
Aaron: 4 accepted posts
Angus: 2 accepted posts
Mawi: 4 accepted posts
Kristel: 8 accepted posts
Tin: 1 accepted posts
Deductions in today's round:
Kristel:
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TALLY OF POINTS as of 9:45pm, August 27, 2015
Angus: 410+(2x5)= 420 points
Bennard: 380 points
Kristel: 345+((8x5)-5)= 380 points
Monique: 340 points
Ycel: 175+(7x5)= 210 points
Beatrice: 127.5 points
Aaron: 95+(4x5)= 115 points
Tin: 105+(1x5)= 110 points
Mawi: 57.5+(4x5)= 77.5 points
Ingrid: 40 points
Blue: 35 points
Meliza: 27.5 points
Elaine: 20 points
Tina: 10 points
EDITED: 3:37pm, 08/28/15; reverted back to the original deductions :-)
On with the game! :-)
Hmmmmm, methinks the new deductions are not working. Should we revert back to the original ones? I will, of course, recompute the last two tallies with the original deductions. What do you guys think? Say ayes, and I will. :-)
Although it works to my advantage (hehe), I say aye.
Fading BeautyThe Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald - about the transcience of youth and beauty (personified by Gloria, one of the MCs).
Viper Wine by Hermione Eyre - about a witty young woman turning into a self-obsessed and beauty-hungry lady.
Next: changes
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth KolbertAuthor argues why and how human beings have altered life on the planet in a way no species has before and has caused mass extinction of other species.
The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
Multigenerational story about a family as they experience the changes in Detroit's fortune
keyword interview
I'd say aye, but I'm actually okay with just removing the 6-hour limit for keywords.
Okay. Consider the new deductions changed back to the original ones.Edited the last two tallies. Check them above na lang.
I don't want people to be stressed out because of this game. Gusto ko nga mag-enjoy ang mga tao eh, hahaha!
InterviewInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice - "the boy" interviews Louis, a vampire.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men by David Foster Wallace - several stories are presented as transcripts of interviews with male subjects.
Next: clinical depression
Belzhar by Meg WolitzerInspired by Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, this also involves a young girl struggling with clinical depression.
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
by Joshua Wolf Shenk
History examining Lincoln and his struggles with depression which was then called "melancholia"
keyword: the fourth wall
The Fourth WallSophie's World by Jostein Gaarder - a book about a book (among other things), and contains an example of in-universe Breaking the Fourth Wall, brilliantly written, as its climax.
The Dark Tower by Stephen King - creates a door in the fourth wall. King himself, as author, acts as a character and is able to assist others via deus ex machina.
Next: catatonia
Umbrella by Will SelfHistorical novel about a psychiatrist who used L-Dopa to treat catatonic patients.
Louis Lambert by Honore de Balzac
The main character experiences a catatonic state after castrating himself.
keyword
androgyny
AndrogynyOrlando by Virginia Woolf - The eponymous hero is born as a male nobleman in England during the reign of Elizabeth I. He undergoes a mysterious change of sex at the age of about 30 and lives on for more than 300 years into modern times without aging perceptibly.
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf - the author introduced her theory of the androgynous mind in this book.
Next: errors
Here's today's scores (No pause for this tally!)Total accepted points for today's round
Each accepted posts is supposed to correspond to 5 points. Deductions not included pa.
Angus: 4 accepted posts
Kristel: 3 accepted posts
Deductions in today's round:
Remember, we reverted back to the original deductions.
NONE! YAY!
TALLY OF POINTS as of 9:36pm, August 28, 2015
Angus: 420+(4x5)= 440 points
Kristel: 380+(3x5)= 395 points
Bennard: 380 points
Monique: 340 points
Ycel: 210 points
Beatrice: 127.5 points
Aaron: 115 points
Tin: 110 points
Mawi: 77.5 points
Ingrid: 40 points
Blue: 35 points
Meliza: 27.5 points
Elaine: 20 points
Tina: 10 points
Easy tally today, two players lang kasi. On with the game! :-)
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Paris Cravings: A Paris & Pastry Novel by Kimberley Montpetit. Set in Paris amidst a Patisserie shop full of eclairs and pastries.
Keyword: tsunami