Nah.
[sup]so how old are your kids, or is this some strange fetish for you?[/sup]
Cranky, I’ll swap you any of these for a good Penthouse Forum.
Hell, no! I cheated. But since this was AT LEAST the second mention of that dreadful book on this board in the past week I thought I’d put it out of its misery. I cheated with #4, too, but I’ll leave it to somebody to get it legitimately.
Okay, this one’s legit. Is #9 Something Wicked This Way Comes, by Ray Bradbury?
As Ike will no doubt atest, the actual name of the book that is the source of the second quote is:
How to Eat Pressed Ham Through the Wrapper.
I believe that Joseph Wambaugh did the preface.
And dropzone goes yard again! FWIW, this title is one of my all-time favorites.
So, I’ll take a shot. Only 1, 3, and 7 have been answered?
2: Big Pig on a Dig. Wait, no, that was already guessed. Hmm, Jenny Tyler. Is this Ted In A Red Bed?
4: Roman Fever by Edith Wharton. Don’t ask why I know, and I won’t tell.
And I’m clueless on the rest.
I suppose that could be the porno DVD title.
ShibbOleth:
Is it To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis?
And it’s the only one on the list I’ve actually finished.
Ino, Google, too? Damn, that woman couldn’t write.
that always looked like a fun one. Thanks for reminding me I wanted to read it.
lno, you are correct, sir.
But only on number 4. Flymaster already guessed those two titles for nunber 2. You’re both on the right track, although I show the author as someone else, with Ms. Tyler as the editor, not the author. Must be a tough gig, proof-reading monosyllabic children’s books.
Not quite, but thanks for playing. As I said this one’s tough.
2nd Hint: the title is a single word.
Crimony. I guessed one, saw he had it, and guessed again, completely missing his second post.
Ummmm.
Tempting as it is to go to Barnes & Noble on my lunch break and peruse the children’s section, I’m going to have to resist. I have strength. I have willpower.
Oh, who am I kidding. I’ll be there after work with a printout of that quote. Finding the book will be easier than Madonna at an NBA All-Star game.
It isn’t, by any chance, Farmyard Tales, is it?
Some Anne Rice potboiler?
I don’t suppose number 6 is Treasure Island? But that wouldn’t be very obscure.
No. But if it will help, two other books in this series are:[li]Sam Sheep Can’t Sleep[]Toad Makes a Road*[/li]And I am really, really disappointed that no one has so much as hazarded a guess at number 5, much less got it right. That should be one of the easiest ones here, almost everyone has read it.
No, an Anne Rice book would be much easier, I had never heard of this author. A friend gave me this book several years ago gushing about how it was just the greatest. I still haven’t got around to giving it a read. As I said, the author is female. I just hope the book doesn’t suck.
No, that wouldn’t be obscure. This one is a lesser known work by a famous author, one of my personal faves. I found it on a bottom shelf at Half-Priced books a couple of weeks ago. Hadn’t read it before. It’s a hardcover, don’t know if/when there was a softcover version. It’s not a new book. I have another good hint on this one which I am keeping in my back pocket for now…
Speaking strictly for myself, I’m hard pressed to think of any books I’ve read which mention the Senate. To Kill a Mockingbird? Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar or Antony and Cleopatra? Star Wars?
And for the record, Ike did so much as hazard a guess at it.
Sounds like the start of a good white Elephant to me:)
I’ve got it! #5 is the Cliff Notes of Julius Caesar!