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Biweekly Memes
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Human Search Engine with a Twist
ApocalypseThe Road by Cormac McCarthy - A father and his son walk alone through burned America
The Stand by Stephen King - a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people.
Next: Cowboys (yeehaw)
CowboysLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry - a Western tome with cowboys.
Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy - another Western novel with cowboys.
Next: apartheid
Ack what happens pala if may contention? Tuloy lang ang ligaya?
Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton- story of "black man's country under white man's law"
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
- autobiographical work of South African president Nelson Mandela, this book contains a lot of commentary on apartheid
Keyword: manners
^Tuloy ang ligaya! Pati ang ligalig! May deduction naman yan eh. Although sana mas malaki ang deductions para huwag lang tayong namimilit ng entries. Guilty rin ako, haha.
I think Marie will just invalidate answers as she sees fit, but the password will be valid for continuity?
Like what? Like the one between Beatrice & Angus & the keyword aimless? I'll decide if it's for deduction or not when I do the next tally tonight or tomorrow. :-D
ApartheidCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton - story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom, set against the background of a land (South Africa) and a people riven by racial injustice.
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela - tells of mandela's lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa.
Next: Invisible
Ack nauhanan ako. LOL! At pareho pa talagang aklat kay Blue! Haha! Marie: Yung sagot ni Beatrice for the keyword na aimless. :)
Tuloy ang ligaya then!
MannersVanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray - a novel of manners, a novel without a hero.
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton - another novel of manners about the New York aristocratic circle.
Next: Death by shotgun
Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain by Charles R. Cros - KC killed himself via shotgunHemingway: A-Biography by Jeffrey Meyers - Ernest Hemingway also killed himself via shotgun.
Next: Invisible
Invisible by David Levithan, Andrea Cremer- MC is literally invisible
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
- book about boy who turns invisible overnight
next: accident
AccidentAccident by Danielle Steel - the daughter of the MC got into a car crash at the Golden Gate Bridge.
The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin - one of the characters dies of a car accident.
Next: May-December love affairs
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - Humbert Humbert is obviously too old for LolitaGirl with the Pearl Earring - Griet is 19, Vermeer is 33
next: discovery
May-DecemberLolita by Vladimir Nabokov - the nymphet is barely 12.
Rebecca by Daphne DuMaurier - a young bride becomes the second wife to a widower.
Keyword: Commission
Daddy Long-Legs by Jean Weber - letters by a young girl to an older male correspondent who is marriedRebecca by Daphne du Maurier - young lass in her early 20s, and her widower husband in his 40s.
Next: Guild
Haha, gow! Naunahan mo kasi ako pero same book tayo ng naisip. ;)
Parang kay Tin lang kanina :)) I think we're using the same methods-ish hahaha
Beatrice: If you explained it like that, I wouldn't have contended. Anyway, it's Marie's call.
DiscoveryEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GIlbert - journey to self-discovery
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky - coming of age and sexual discovery
Keyword; Commission
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay- Joe is a comic book artist and comic books artists get commissioned to do stuff (am I doing this connection stuff right..... feeling ko pilit HAHA)
Sharpe's Prey by Bernard Cornwell
- the MC tries to sell his army commission
keyword: celestial
Angus: sorry. I just don't how to say it w/o spoiling. hehe
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke - alien invasion (aliens are considered celestial beings/travellers)Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick - Love interest is a fallen angel (angels are considered as celestial beings)
Next: Guild
Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews- MC is part of a mercenary guild
Angel's Blood by Nalini Singh
- MC is a guild hunter, which just means she hunts vampires and brings them back to people who hire her (the series name is Guild Hunters, if that helps)
keyword: time
TimeThe Time Traveller's Almanac by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer - an anthology of time travel stories
A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking - discusses the nature of time among other things
Next: Booby Trap
Booby TrapsThe Black Book of Booby Traps by Lyle Whitney - teaches how to make, construct, and install booby traps
Deathtrap! Improvised Booby-Trap Devices by Jo Jo Gonzales - how to turn everyday, common things to booby traps.
Keyword: Bullet
BulletOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - George put a bullet through Lenny's brain
Dead and Gone by Andre Vachss - MC ends up in a hospital with a bullet through his brain, an eye missing and severe disfigurement
Next: Vigilante
VigilanteV is for Vendetta by Alan Moore - Masked vigilante known only as "V" stars in this
Watchmen by Alan Moore - A group of human superheroes administering vigilante justice
Keyword: Turtle
TurtleThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck - there's one whole chapter dedicated to a turtle crossing the road.
The Neverending Story by Michael Ende - Morla the turtle is mistaken for a mountain because she is so big.
Next: amnesia
AmnesiaRemember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - female protagonist suffers from this at the outset
The Maze Runner by James Dashner - Male character suffers from this
Keyword: Cough
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella - girl loses her memory and tries to get it back throughout the whole novelThe Maze Runner by James Dashner - MC has no memory of anything except his name at the beginning of the novel
keyword: winter
A Series of Unfortunate Events: A Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket - Mr. Poe coughs incessantly The Golden Road by L. M. Montgomery - Cecily develops a persistent mild cough
Next: Bad Blood
LOL! Angus, I was listening to it talaga at the time when I wrote my answer. Hahahaha. (view spoiler)
Bad BloodRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare - So much bad blood between the Capulets and the Montagues.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Bad blood between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons when their kin run away with each other.
Next: poisoning
Tin, iyan kasi ang unang Google result! Ayan, napaghahalataan tuloy ako, haha!
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert- MC poisoned herself.
Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
- One of the characters took a poison pill.
Keyword: General Relativity
7 pages in 24 hours! Good job guys! LOL
Angus: My phone was buzzing crazy from notifications. This is what the thread was like to me:(view spoiler)
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yep. more like wasted purposes. >.<