Who Said It?

They who dream by day

are coznigant of many things

which escape those who dream

only by night.

Who said it?

Book Quiz (July 29)

Book Quiz (July 29)

• Regency
• Zebra Book
• 252 pg
• Copyright: 1995
• Printed: April 1995
• Kensington Publishing Corp.

Quotes from the book:

• Her hands flew to her hair in a futile attempt to comb stray blond tendrils back into line. “I must slip up to my room and change.”
• Her ladyship laughed. “Off with you, infant, so I may ready myself for today's shopping excursion.”
• “Aye, my pocket watch. I was wearing it when I stopped to chat with your aunt this afternoon in the park. You may have seen it dangling from my waistcoat pocket.”

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Answer to Book Quiz (July 22)

Answer to Book Quiz (July 22)

Can you:

~ Name the author?     Agatha Christie

~ The title of this book?    The Man In The Brown Suit

~ One other book published by the author?    Elephants Can Remember

Agatha Christie ~ The Man in the Brown Suit

Back Cover:

Anne Beddingfeld is a nice English girl looking for a bit of adventure. But she stumbles upon more than sh bargained for! A beautiful ballet dancer is brutally murdered in a London mansion. A fabulous fortune in diamonds has vanished. And now, aboard the luxury liner Kilmorden Castle, mysterious strangers pillage her cabin and try to strangle her. What are they looking for? Why should they want her dead? Lovely Anne is last person on earth suited to solve this mystery ... and the only one who can!

Book Quiz (July 22)

• Mystery
• Berkley Book
• 228 pg
• Copyright: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1924; renewed in 1952
• Printed: Dodd, Mead 1924; Dell April 1981; Berkely February 1984

Quotes from the book:

• “Take away the overcoat, the beard and the eye glasses, and there wouldn't be much to know him by.” grumbled the inspector. “He could alter his appearance easy enough in five minutes if he wanted to – which he would do if he's the swell pickpocket you suggest.”  pg 25
• “There's a terrible smell in your cabin, miss. What it is, I'm sure I can't think, but I doubt if you'll be able to sleep here. There's a deck cabin up on C deck, I believe. You might move into that just for the night, anyway.”  pg 53
• I had no further difficulty in carrying out my plans. I found a small hovel in a back street, got a room there, paid a deposit as I had no luggage with me, and went placidly to bed.  pg 129

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Who Said It?

The present becomes the past

The past becomes history

Our future becomes yesterday

Yesterday is gone

Tomorrow is today

Today is now

Who said it?

Book Quiz (July 22)

Book Quiz (July 22)

• Mystery
• Berkley Book
• 228 pg
• Copyright: Dodd, Mead & Co. 1924; renewed in 1952
• Printed: Dodd, Mead 1924; Dell April 1981; Berkely February 1984

Quotes from the book:

• “Take away the overcoat, the beard and the eye glasses, and there wouldn't be much to know him by.” grumbled the inspector. “He could alter his appearance easy enough in five minutes if he wanted to – which he would do if he's the swell pickpocket you suggest.”
• “There's a terrible smell in your cabin, miss. What it is, I'm sure I can't think, but I doubt if you'll be able to sleep here. There's a deck cabin up on C deck, I believe. You might move into that just for the night, anyway.”
• I had no further difficulty in carrying out my plans. I found a small hovel in a back street, got a room there, paid a deposit as I had no luggage with me, and went placidly to bed

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Answer to Book Quiz (July 15)

Answer to Book Quiz (July 15)

Can you:

~ Name the author?     Carol Quinto

~ The title of this book?    Sister of the Bride

~ One other book published by the author?     No other title found

Carol Quinto ~ Sister of the Bride

Back of the Cover:

How Will a Spinster Get to the Altar

Lizzie Endicott is throwing her future away by remaining unwed... at least, according to her younger sister Cassie. And Cassie Endicott is making a mistake by allowing the wrong men to court her... according to her older sister Lzzie. Each sister hopes to find a suitor … for the other one. The first step is to get to London for the Season. The second is to land a lord.. or two.

Her Sister Has a Plan...

After consulting a fashionable astrological chart, Cassie finds a perfect mate for Lizzie: the Marquis of Worth. In truth, he would be perfect – were he not a confirmed bachelor and a rake. Nonetheless, Cassie has a plan to force a match between her spinster sister and the marriage -shy marquis. But it will require Cassie to carry out a charade of her own with the marquis's nephew Johnny, a handsome gamester. Now one misstep can mean ruin when Cassie and Lizzie take on the formidable ton in a dance of intrigue and scandal that could turn a pair of matchmaking sisters into two blissful June brides..

Book Quiz (July 15)

• Regency
• 223 pages
• Publisher ~ Zebra Books
• Copyright ~ 1997, Published ~ June 1997
• Published ~ Kensington Publishing Corp.

Quotes from the Book:

• Cassie's blue eyes had darkened and looked larger than ever against the porcelain whiteness of her face. Her perfectly formed lips parted slightly as she gasped from the shock of nearly being run-down. Trembling from the near miss, she clutched her sister's arm. Pg 29
• She rose and paced, her hand clenching her handkerchief so tightly her fingers turned white. “And now this girl … I have heard she quite beautiful. Is it true?”   Pg 66
• Below stairs, Johnny entered the parlor, and glared at Cassandra as though everything were her fault. He flung himself into a chair and announced, “Well, the fat's in the fire now. What are are we to do?”   Pg 183

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Book Quiz (July 15)

Book Quiz (July 15)

• Regency
• 223 pages
• Publisher ~ Zebra Books
• Copyright ~ 1997, Published ~ June 1997
• Published ~ Kensington Publishing Corp.

Quotes from the book:

• Cassie's blue eyes had darkened and looked larger than ever against the porcelain whiteness of her face. Her perfectly formed lips parted slightly as she gasped from the shock of nearly being run-down. Trembling from the near miss, she clutched her sister's arm.
• She rose and paced, her hand clenching her handkerchief so tightly her fingers turned white. “And now this girl … I have heard she quite beautiful. Is it true?”
• Below stairs, Johnny entered the parlor, and glared at Cassandra as though everything were her fault. He flung himself into a chair and announced, “Well, the fat's in the fire now. What are are we to do?”

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Answer to Book Quiz (July 8)

Answer to Book Quiz (July 8)

Can you:

~ Name the author?     Winifred Witton

~ The title of this book?    The Duke's Double

~ One other book published by the author?     No other title found

Winifred Witton ~ The Duke's Double

Back of the Book:

LOVE BY THE BOOK... After her papa's death left her nearly penniless Celeste Moreau packed her portmanteau and sailed away from France. Once in Britain, she would heed the advice of her favorite novel and snare a duke (not a baronet, for they were always rogues!). All she had to do was to arrive at Ault Castle and pretend to be a governess. Lord Ault would see hand voila! Lose his heart.

Zult alors!... a match with a nobleman was not so simple. The foppish lord already had a fiancee named Marianna – and she had just been abducted! That was how Celeste met Sir Geoffrey Cole Marianna's guardian – and a wickedly handsome baronet! One look, and Celeste swooned. One kiss, and she knew what to expect: seduction and certain ruin. Unless she could make this baronet act out of character – and marry for love!

Book Quiz (July 8)

• Regency
• 254 pages
• Publisher ~ Zebra Books
• Copyright ~ 1995, Published ~ February 1995
• Published ~ Kensington Publishing Corp.

Quotes from the Book:

• Looking at it, it was impossible to tell if it was a white animal with patches of brown, or possibly a bay splashed with white. It stood splay-footed, motionless as a statue carved from stone, its head hanging and eyes closed, apparently asleep. Pg 42
• Geoff had an uncomfortable feeling he'd made an error. He tried to carry it off, hoping the man would think him eccentric. “Let us say it is a whim.” He tossed over a whole half-crown, the first coin he got his hand on, and knew for sure the innkeeper thought him insane, but it couldn't be helped. Pg 81
• They began a thorough search for secret hiding holes, loose stones, or projecting carvings that might turn or press in to release the mechanism of a drawer or trapdoor. At the end of nearly an hour, they met at the back of the vault, having found no treasure hidden among the dozen coffins. Only dust, dead leaves blown in by the wind, and tattered cobwebs; even the spiders had departed. Pg 155

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Book Quiz (July 8)

Book Quiz (July 8)

• Regency
• 254 pages
• Publisher ~ Zebra Books
• Copyright ~ 1995, Published ~ February 1995
• Published ~ Kensington Publishing Corp.

Quotes from the book:

• Looking at it, it was impossible to tell if it was a white animal with patches of brown, or possibly a bay splashed with white. It stood splay-footed, motionless as a statue carved from stone, its head hanging and eyes closed, apparently asleep.
• Geoff had an uncomfortable feeling he'd made an error. He tried to carry it off, hoping the man would think him eccentric. “Let us say it is a whim.” He tossed over a whole half-crown, the first coin he got his hand on, and knew for sure the innkeeper thought him insane, but it couldn't be helped.
• They began a thorough search for secret hiding holes, loose stones, or projecting carvings that might turn or press in to release the mechanism of a drawer or trapdoor. At the end of nearly an hour, they met at the back of the vault, having found no treasure hidden among the dozen coffins. Only dust, dead leaves blown in by the wind, and tattered cobwebs; even the spiders had departed.

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?

Answer to Book Quiz (July 1)

Answer to Book Quiz (July 1)

Can you:

~ Name the author?    Agatha Christie

~ The title of the book?   Appointment with Death

~ One other book that the book the published?   The Boomerang Clue

Agatha Christie - Appointment-Death-Hercule-Poirot-Mystery

Back cover:

"You see, don't you, that she's got be be killed?"

These were ominous words for Hercule Poirot overhear  on his first night in Jerusalem. And when a holiday tour of the Holy Land ends abruptly with murder, the words come back to haunt the legendary detective. The victim, Mrs. Boynton, had taken such pleasure in inflicting misery on her own family that everyone else on the tour had watched in horror as the tension built Many people had a motive for murder ... but the question is: which on was desperate enough to kill?

Book Quiz (July 1)

• Not a Regency...
• 212 pages
• Berkley Books
• Copyright - 1937,1938, 1965
• Published - Dodd, 1938; Dell, Oct. 1981; Berkley, Feb. 1984

Quotes from the book:

• The grotesque Budda like figure held out a fat hand for it, but as she took it her eyes, Dr. Gerard noticed, were on the boy's face. She gave a grunt, certainly no audible thanks. The position of her head shifted very slightly. The doctor saw that she was now looking hard at Sarah. Her face was quite impassive, it had no expression in it. Impossible to tell what was passing in the woman's mind.  pg. 13
• Sarah came down to find a big masterful woman with a rocking-horse nose whom she had already noticed in the hotel, outside the main entrance objecting fiercely to the size of the car.  pg. 61
• "I asked my mother if she wanted anything. A drink-tea, coffee, etc. She said no. Then I went to the marquee. None of the servants seemed to be about, but I found some soda water and drank it. I was thirsty. I sat there reading some old numbers of the Saturday Evening Post, I think I must have dozed off.  pg. 131

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of the book?

~ One other book that the book the published?

Book Quiz (July 1)

Book Quiz (July 1)

• Not a Regency...
• 212 pages
• Berkley Books
• Copyright - 1937,1938, 1965
• Published - Dodd, 1938; Dell, Oct. 1981; Berkley, Feb. 1984

Quotes from the book:

• The grotesque Budda like figure held out a fat hand for it, but as she took it her eyes, Dr. Gerard noticed, were on the boy's face. She gave a grunt, certainly no audible thanks. The position of her head shifted very slightly. The doctor saw that she was now looking hard at Sarah. Her face was quite impassive, it had no expression in it. Impossible to tell what was passing in the woman's mind.
• Sarah came down to find a big masterful woman with a rocking-horse nose whom she had already noticed in the hotel, outside the main entrance objecting fiercely to the size of the car.
• "I asked my mother if she wanted anything. A drink-tea, coffee, etc. She said no. Then I went to the marquee. None of the servants seemed to be about, but I found some soda water and drank it. I was thirsty. I sat there reading some old numbers of the Saturday Evening Post, I think I must have dozed off.

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of the book?

~ One other book that the book the published?