Resuming Sept 2. 2013

Sorry for the lack of postings,

 book quizzes will resume on Monday Sept 2, 2013.

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Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 19)

Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 19)

Can you:

~ Name the author?  Agatha Christie

~ Name the title of this book?  Witness for the Prosecution

~ Name another book title by this author? A Murder is Announced 

Agatha Christie ~ Witness for the Prosecution

Back Cover:

BAFFLING BETRAYAL

Leonard Vole sat in the defendant's box in the packed courtroom, his hands clutched around the railing, his eyes staring incredulously.

The handsome young man was accused of a diabolical murder, and only one person could save him from the gallows: his beautiful, loving mistress, Romaine Heilger.

Now, before his unbelieving gaze, Romaine Heilger was taking the stand - as witness for the prosecution ...

Book Quiz (Aug 19)

• Dell Publishing Co., Inc
• Copyright: 1924, 1926, 1929, 1944, 1947, 1948
• Copyright: 1932 by The Curtis Publishing Co.
• First printing: April 1972
• Pg. 192

Quotes from the book:

• It came by the six-o'clock post. an illiterate scrawl, written on common paper and in a dirty envelope with the stamp struck on crooked.  pg 20
• " 'She is so strange in her manner I don't know what to make of it.' "  pg 66
• He felt that Somebody had been playing with him - playing with him like a cat with a mouse. Somebody must be laughing ...  pg 105

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Book Quiz (Aug 19)

Book Quiz (Aug 19)

• Dell Publishing Co., Inc
• Copyright: 1924, 1926, 1929, 1944, 1947, 1948
• Copyright: 1932 by The Curtis Publishing Co.
• First printing: April 1972
• Pg. 192

Quotes from the book:

• It came by the six-o'clock post. an illiterate scrawl, written on common paper and in a dirty envelope with the stamp struck on crooked.
• " 'She is so strange in her manner I don't know what to make of it.' "
• He felt that Somebody had been playing with him - playing with him like a cat with a mouse. Somebody must be laughing ...

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 12)

Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 12)

Can you:

~ Name the author?  Dorothea Donley

~ Name of the title of this book?  A Single Season

~ Name one other book title from this author?   A Doubting Lady

Dorothea Donley ~ A Single Season

Back Cover:

A COUNTRY BEAUTY BECOMES THE TALK OF THE TOWN ...

The daughter of an impoverished country parson, Carolina Weldon keeps order among her younger siblings with a kind and generous spirit, and enjoys the simple pleasure of family life that no amount of money could buy. Then her uncle, the elegant and urbane Lord Tufton, invites her to come to London.

In the Tufton household, Carolina's unaffected ways are a breath of fresh air to servants and high society alike. Only the vain and beautiful Lady Tufton is threatened by her fetching niece. Soon, amid the dizzying gaiety of the Season, Carolina finds herself caught between the flattering attentions of James Haverill and her attraction to his handsome, enigmatic cousin, Lawrence. Yet only by following her heart in a world of glitter and pretension can she hope to claim the greatest treasure of all - a gentleman's true love ...

Book Quiz (Aug 12)

• Regency
• Kensington Publishing Corp.
• Copyright 1997
• Zebra
• First printing, June 1997
• Pg. 222

Quotes from book:

• "Well, you cannot think it meant anything," objected his wife. "I saw them dancing with the Lessenover girl too."  pg 55
• Evidently Cedric was much truck with the generosity of this offer, for he thanked James several times, and volunteered to go at the first opportunity.  pg 78
• James thought if one must be a tenant-for-life, one could not ask for a more agreeable partner. He took her hand, kissed it, but did not let go.  pg 148

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name of the title of this book?

~ Name one other book title from this author? 

Who Said It?

Two things are infinite:

 the universe and human stupidity;

 and I'm not sure about the universe

Who Said It?

Book Quiz (Aug 12)

Book Quiz (Aug 12)

• Regency
• Kensington Publishing Corp.
• Copyright 1997
• Zebra
• First printing, June 1997
• Pg. 222

Quotes from book:

• "Well, you cannot think it meant anything," objected his wife. "I saw them dancing with the Lessenover girl too."
• Evidently Cedric was much truck with the generosity of this offer, for he thanked James several times, and volunteered to go at the first opportunity.
• James thought if one must be a tenant-for-life, one could not ask for a more agreeable partner. He took her hand, kissed it, but did not let go.

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name of the title of this book?

~ Name one other book title from this author? 

Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 5)

Answer to Book Quiz (Aug 5)

Can you:
~ Name the author?  Agatha Christie (writing as Mary Westmacott)
~ The title of this book?  The Rose and the Yew Tree
~ One other book published by this author?  Unfinished Portrait

Agatha Christie (Mary Westmacott) ~ The Rose and the Yew Tree

Back Cover:

Danger and Desire

Lovely Isabella Charteris trembled in the summer garden. For as long as she could remember, she had lived at Castle St. Loo. And for years she had believed she would marry Rupert. Handsome as a young god, he offered her everything she had ever wished for - love, security, the continuity of tradition, a happy marriage.

Would she really leave him now for John Gabriel, a man she had known less then three weeks? In Gabriel's arms, she felt more than passion. But what did he offer? Where would he lead her? And why couldn't she resist him - the man who was so charming, so ruthless ... an opportunist, a demon ... a hero, a saint.

Book Quiz (Aug 5)

• Mystery
• Dell Publishing Co., Inc
• Copyright, 1947
• First printing, July 1982
• Pg. 189

Quotes from the book:

• The lorry came at forty miles an hour out of the side road - there was no seeing or avoiding it - no failure in driving - no faulty reaction. The driver of the lorry was drunk, they told me afterwards - how little it matters why a thing happens!  pg 21
• But it was interesting to find a pocket of England where the old ideas still survived. The ruling class. The governing class. All such hateful phrases. And yet - be honest - something in them?  pg 43
• I knew what his wife's mind was. It was probably his criterion for judging other people's.  pg 103

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ The title of this book?
~ One other book published by this author?

Book Quiz (Aug 5)

Book Quiz (Aug 5)

• Mystery
• Dell Publishing Co., Inc
• Copyright, 1947
• First printing, July 1982
• Pg. 189

Quotes from the book:

• The lorry came at forty miles an hour out of the side road - there was no seeing or avoiding it - no failure in driving - no faulty reaction. The driver of the lorry was drunk, they told me afterwards - how little it matters why a thing happens!
• But it was interesting to find a pocket of England where the old ideas still survived. The ruling class. The governing class. All such hateful phrases. And yet - be honest - something in them?
• I knew what his wife's mind was. It was probably his criterion for judging other people's.

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ Name of the title of this book?
~ Name one other book title from this author? 

Answer to Book Quiz (July 29)

Answer to Book Quiz (July 29)

Can you:

~ Name the author?   Phylis Warady

~ The title of this book?   The Persistent Suitor

~ One other book published by the author?     Scandal's Daughter

Phylis Warady ~ The Persistent Suitor

Back Cover:

A GENTLEMAN WITH A PROPOSAL

Fleeing the ton and his creditors, man-about-town Archie Brainridge is hiding out in the country when his godfather makes him an unexpected offer: if Archie gives up wagering and becomes leg-shackled to a respectable wife, the wealthy earl will make him his heir. Archie can think of only one woman who might accept him: the uncommonly pretty, unhappily penniless Isabella Cox, who is certain to say yes to the only proposal he is ever likely to receive...

A LADY WITH A PREFERENCE

But the lady says no. Despite her secret tendre for the wayward Archie, Isabella finds his proposal singularly unromantic and his reputation an outrage. Now she is off to London for her long-awaited coming-out. Wherever Isabella goes - from Almack's to the opera, from White's to Hyde Park - her persistent suitor is there to woo her. But he'll never win her hand ... unless he reforms his ways and risks his heart on the greatest gamble of all - love!

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.”   pg 28
• Her ladyship laughed. “Off with you, infant, so I may ready myself for today's shopping excursion.”   pg 85
• “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.”   pg 141

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ The title of this book?

~ One other book published by the author?