Trivial Pursuit for Book Lovers
September 14, 2012
Children’s: What school in Louis Sachar stories was supposed to be one story high, with 30 side-by-side classrooms, but ended up 30 stories tall instead?
Classics: What novel did Virgina Woolf base on her androgynous lover Vita Sackville-West?
Non-Fiction: What architectural activist helped change the face of urban planning with her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities?
Book Club: What sequel helped vault its predecessor Little Altars Everywhere onto bestseller lists?
Authors: What writer sued Fox Searchlight for dumping a film based on her Teena Brandon book All She Wanted when they discovered Boys Don’t Cry?
Book Bag: What crime writer brought Detective Sergeant Stone Barrington to life in New York Dead?
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Children’s: Sideways Stories From Wayside School (I loved those books!)
Classics: Orlando
Book Club: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Happy Friday!
Children’s: The Wayside School
Classics: Orlando
Non-Fiction: ?
Book Club: The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Authors: Aphrodite something. All I can think of is Mighty Aphrodite. Clearly I need another cup of coffee.
Book Bag:?
Children’s: Wayside School!
Book bag: I think maybe Stuart Woods? I know I remember seeing “Stone Barrington” on a series of books when stocking mystery shelves. Hm. Steve Martini? Jeffrey Deaver? Nope. Gonna go with Stuart Woods.
I googled and it was right! Ha, 6+ years in a bookstore does pay off sometimes…
The last one is Stuart Woods. Yay, I knew something.
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I know FOUR of these!
Children’s – Wayside School
Classics – Orlando
Nonfiction – Jane Jacobs
Book Club – Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Hooray for Jenny!
Children’s: Wayside School
Classics: Orlando
Non-fiction: Jane Jacobs
Book Club: Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Authors: Aphrodite Jones
Book Bag: Stuart Woods