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Human Search Engine with a Twist
O wait. Re: my new keyword, hindi ba sya masyadong similar sa "virus?"
JournalismHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
- Rita Skeeter covers the news for the TriWizard tournament
Irresistibly Yours by Lauren Layne
- Main character is a freelancing sports editor
Keyword: Dramatic
My Sister's Keeper- Uhm, well, the sister is used as a donor to keep the other sister alive
Tuesdays with Morrie
- Morrie has ALS
Keyword: Telephone
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster- The plot of the first part of the trilogy is started with a wrong telephone call.
Memento Mori by Muriel Spark
- The plot is also started with a telephone call.
Keyword: Words
Ohmygosh, ang adik nyo, hahahahahaha!Bukas na ako magta-tally ng points.
Hayyyy, sana pwede rin akong sumali... :-P
Marie, nakakalito na kung kaninong keywords ang gagamitin hahaha.
WordsSlammed by Colleen Hoover
- Male protagonist is a slam poet.
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan
- a love story written in a dictionary style.
Keyword: Redemption
Tenth of December by George Saunders- One of the stories in the collection is about the redemption of a criminal.
The Tenth Man by Graham Greene
- The main characters seeks redemption after he selfishly saved his life while causing the death of another.
Keyword: Law
Pleasantville by Attica Locke- An environmental lawyer in Houston becomes embroiled in a racially charged murder of a black girl, which he suspects is tied up to the big case he is trying.
Something About You by Julie James
- A go-getting lawyer becomes an accidental witness to a murder of a prostitute, and must rely on the help of the FBI agents. The problem is: she hates his guts.
Keyword: Pirate
Monique wrote: "Marie, nakakalito na kung kaninong keywords ang gagamitin hahaha."Ang bilis kasi ng mga pangyayari, hahahaha!
Kung sino yung naunang magpost, sya yung susundin ang keyword (unless may mali yung sagot nya).
For example, yung post nina Kristel and Beatrice sa taas (top of this page):
Since nauna si Kristel, she gets the points & yung keyword nya yung dapat nasunod(which is "disease"). And yun nga yun sinundan ni Ingrid. :-)
Peter Pan by JM Barrie- The main antagonist is Captain Hook, a pirate.
Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
- Many of the novel's primary characters are pirates.
Keyword: Space
Ubik by Philip K Dick- That Luna Mission
The Martian by Andy Weir
-Rescue mission to save the man on Mars
Keyword: Cats
The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss- The titular character is a mischievous cat.
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
- One of the main characters in the novel is gigantic cat named Behemoth.
Keyword: Insanity
The Killing Joke by Alan Moore- Joker's attempt to make Gordon crazy
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
- A love story almost preempted by an insane wife kept in the attic
Keyword: celebrity
wala ba tong curfew? walang tulugan? haha
Actors Anonymous by James Franco- River Phoenix, a celebrity who already passed away, makes an appearance in this novel.
The Player by Michael Tolkin
- A novel about Hollywod and the movie business
Keyword: History
And I'm pretty proud of my last entry. Who would've thought The Killing Joke and Jane Eyre will be categorized together? Hahaha
TRUCEI guess we should set a time limit, 11:59pm haha
Then it doesn't start again until Marie gives the go signal
HistoryThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick - an alternate history novel where the Germans and Japanese won WWII.
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel - an account of Henry VIII's reign from the perspective of Thomas Cromwell, who is historically viewed as the bad man.
Keyword: Swords
Truce? Truce my ass! Buddy, tara na!
A Clash of Kings by GRR Martin - battles using swords everywhere!Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien - Oy, more swords!
Keyword: Shoes
The Wizard of Oz by L Frank Baum- features a pair of magical Ruby shoes.
The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
- A pair of purple boots is featured in the novel.
Keyword: Music
MusicThe Piano Teacher by Elfriede Jelinek - About a piano teacher's hidden BDSM desires.
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby - About a used records seller who is trying to win her girl back.
Next: Writers
Atonement by Ian McEwan - Briony is an aspiring writer.Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel - Miranda wrote the Station Eleven graphic novels there.
Keyword: painter
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf- One of the main characters is a painter
Blazing World by Siri Hustvedt
- The protagonist is a female painter
Keyword: Nature
NatureThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson - about a young girl's summer stay at a Finnish island. Semi-autobiographical but it's also an account of the eponymous island itself.
Small Memories by Jose Saramago - a memoir about the author's adventures and misadventures in Portugal. Has extended descriptions of the Portuguese landscape.
Next: Drowning
Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz - one of the central characters dies by drowning. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver - one of the stories there has a character who also died by drowning.
Keyword: blankets
Blankets by Craig Thompson- Blankets are used as a figurative device.
Paper Towns by John Green
- In one scene, the main character brings a blanket to an abandoned building
Keyword: Crime
CrimeTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee - a crime committed by a black man puts him on trial.
A Time to Kill by John Grisham - ditto.
Keyword: Adolescence
AdolescenceAre You There God? It's Me, Margaret - about a young girl who's waiting for her menstruation.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - about Holden Caulfield's teenage angst.
Next: Clocks
ClocksThe Bone Clocks by David Mitchell - horologists!
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick - The child's father takes care of the clock at a train station
keyword: Slavery
The Known World by Edward P. Jones- A black plantation owner who owns slaves.
Kindred by Octavia Butler
- A black woman timetravels to slavery.
Keyword Marriage
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- Essentially about people who want to get married.
The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
- One of the characters studies marriage in fiction.
Keyword: Speed
^I thought of these two but I forget what the Eugenides novel was about haha.
What I Talk About When I Talk About Runing by Haruki Murakami- A writer's memoir about his vocation to running.
Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand
- The history of a phenomenal racehorse at the height of the Great Depression.
Keyword Suit
SuitBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh - the main characters, Ryder and Flyte, are always wearing suits during their university years.
Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx - Ennis dances with his dead lover's suit at the end.
Next: Cancer
CancerThe Fault in our Stars by John Green - Kids with cancer
Stoner by John Williams - an important character dies of cancer
Keyword: rape
^Diba hindi pwede na may nauulit na recommendation?
RapeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess - a gang of boys go on a raping spree.
Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee - the disgraced professor's daughter is raped.
Next: serial killers
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonHistorical true crime about H.H. Holmes.
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
True crime about Ted Bundy.
Keyword: Climate Change
^Deduction for me then, haha, unless I edit.
Haha sorry I'm the tattletale in this scenario. ^^;;;
The Drowned World by JG Ballard- An novel which features melted ice caps and rising sea levels.
Solar by Ian McEwan
- About a scientist who discovers a way to fight climate change.
Keyword: Stop
Keyword ba yan or desperate plea? Ahahaha
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- The account of how two Washington Post reporters brought down the Nixon administration.
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
- A novel about a group of American reporters working a a buckling newspaper in Italy.
Keyword: Disease