Trivial Pursuit for Book Lovers
January 4, 2013
Children’s: What John Lithgow book features a lad who dreams of being one of the “cows of the sea”?
Classics: What Nathanael West title character hangs out at Delehanty’s speakeasy when not writing an advice column for the New York Post-Dispatch?
Non-Fiction: What redheaded songbird tells folks how to “keep it country” in Comfort from a Country Quilt?
Book Club: What book by Michael Cunningham sets the stage with “It is 1941. She has left a note for Leonard, and another for Vanessa”?
Authors: What pen name did Eleanor Aufdem-Brinke adopt, before churning out scores of romance novels?
Book Bag: Who rambled on about “The Vengeful Curtain Rod” and “How to Fold Soup” in his debut book Cruel Shoes?
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Children’s: I think its’ called I’m a Manatee. But it’s definitely something about a manatee.
Classics: Miss Lonelyhearts
Non-Fiction: Never heard of the book, but I’m guessing Reba McIntire.
Book Club: The Hours
Authors: ?
Book Bag: Steve Martin!
The only ones I know are Miss Lonelyhearts and Steve Martin.
I’m glad some of you have read Cruel Shoes. That used to be the book we’d read out loud from at the tail-end of a tea and poetry reading, when things got silly.
I also had his record and can still hear him saying, “…the CRUEL shoes..” with all his wonderful pauses for effect.
Book Club: The Hours
Oh, the manatee book. I used to read that to my girl all the time. It has awesome weird prosody to it.
Hmm. I only knew _The Hours_.
the hours is the only one i know, LOL
Children’s: I’m a Manatee
Classics: Miss Lonelyhearts
Non-Fiction: Reba McEntire
Book Club: The Hours
Authors: Nora Roberts
Book Bag: Steve Martin