Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 20)

Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 20)

Agatha Christie ~ Death Comes As the End

Can you:

~ Name the author?  Agatha Christie

~ Name the title of this book?  Death Comes As the End

~ Name another book title by this author?  Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Book Quiz (Jan 20)

• Avenel Books
• Crown Publishing, Inc
• Copyright 1980
• First printing: 
• 650 pages

Quotes from Book:

• Her father's exhortation had brought him vividly before her eyes - his pompous, slightly fussy manner; his continual exhortations and instructions.  pg 553

•  "Insolent boy - to speak like that to your father. Be careful or I will say that this is no longer your home - and you can go elsewhere!"   pg 565

• "No, indeed. My father is a merchant in Memphis. It is gay and amusing in  Memphis. There are music and singing and dancing. Then my father travels a good deal. I have been with him to Syria - to Byblos beyond the Gazelle's Nose. I have been with him in a big ship on the wide seas."   pg 579

• She repeated his name insistently - but for once no image came before her eyes. Khay was in another world. He was in the Field of Offerings...   pg 603

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 13)

Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 13)

Agatha Christie ~ The Moving Finger

Can you:

~ Name the author?    Agatha Christie

~ Name the title of this book?  The Moving Finger

~ Name another book title by this author?  The Classic Murder Mysteries

Book Quiz (Jan 13)

• Avenel Books
• Crown Publishing, Inc
• Copyright 1980
• First printing: 
• 650 pages

Quotes from Book:

• She looked, I decided this morning, much more like a horse than a human being. In fact, she would have been a very nice horse with a little grooming.   pg 451

•  And not one I couldn't match from other cases! This one here is as near as nothing to one written by that milliner woman. This one is the dead spit of an outbreak we had up in Northumberland - written by a school girl, they were. I can tell you, gentlemen, I'd like to see something new sometimes, instead of the same old treadmill.   pg 473

• Partridge drew herself up again. "No, I did not, Miss! No, indeed. If Agnes like to behave rudely that's her look out, but I shall give her a piece of my mind when we meet."   pg 487

• "That's sensible of you, sir. And Let me tell you, the person we're after is dangerous. She's about as dangerous as a rattle snake and a cobra and a black mamba rolled into one."   pg 497

• I stood there a moment hesitating. What was I really doing there? I didn't know, and then, suddenly, just near at hand, I caught the sound of a rustle. Is sounded like a woman's dress.   pg 517

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Book Quiz (Jan 13)

Book Quiz (Jan 13)

• Avenel Books
• Crown Publishing, Inc
• Copyright 1980
• First printing: 
• 650 pages

Quotes from Book:

• She looked, I decided this morning, much more like a horse than a human being. In fact, she would have been a very nice horse with a little grooming.

•  And not one I couldn't match from other cases! This one here is as near as nothing to one written by that milliner woman. This one is the dead spit of an outbreak we had up in Northumberland - written by a school girl, they were. I can tell you, gentlemen, I'd like to see something new sometimes, instead of the same old treadmill.

• Partridge drew herself up again. "No, I did not, Miss! No, indeed. If Agnes like to behave rudely that's her look out, but I shall give her a piece of my mind when we meet."

• "That's sensible of you, sir. And Let me tell you, the person we're after is dangerous. She's about as dangerous as a rattle snake and a cobra and a black mamba rolled into one."

• I stood there a moment hesitating. What was I really doing there? I didn't know, and then, suddenly, just near at hand, I caught the sound of a rustle. Is sounded like a woman's dress.

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 6)

Answer to Book Quiz (Jan 6)

Agatha Christie ~ Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Can you:

~ Name the author?    Agatha Christie

~ Name the title of this book?  The Boomerang Clue

~ Name another book title by this author?  Five Classic Murder Mysteries

Book Quiz (Jan 6)

• Avenel Books
• Crown Publishers, Inc
• Copyright 1980's
• First printing: 
• 650 pages

Quotes from Book:

• They were blue, a clear deep blue. They looked straight at Bobby. There was nothing uncertain or hazy about them. They seemed completely conscious. They were watchful and at the same time they seemed to be asking a question.   pg 307

• He lay back again, having tossed the empty beer bottle into a clump of heather.  pg 326

•  The rendezvous for the great accident party was fixed at a spot about a mile from Staverley village where the road to Staverley branched off from the main road to Andover.  pg 344

• Strangely enough, she received confirmation of this theory no later than the following day, and it came from Roger.   pg 351

• The next five minutes were spent in genuine hard work. At the end of ten minutes Badger could repeat his instruction by heart.   pg 361

Can you:

~ Name the author?

~ Name the title of this book?

~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 30)

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 30)

Here is the answer for this weeks quiz. 

~Nemesis~

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0076F14ES/ref=dv_dp_ep2

This is the movie based on the story, which slightly more accurate than some of the stories. The link will take you to Amazon Instant Video if you Prime its free to watch.

Book Quiz (Dec 30)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• Miss Marple frowned in some slight puzzlement. She got up rather more slowly thinking about the letter she had received. She was escorted downstairs by Cherry, who was meticulous in hanging about in the hall so as to make sure that Miss Marple did not come to grief walking by herself down the stair case, which was of the old-fashioned kind that turned a sharp corner in the middle of it run.

• “It just reminded me of something,” said Miss Marple, “or rather of someone I once knew. Order Inch for me, will you? To come here about half-past eleven.”

• Miss Marple, resting on a comfortable bench outside the tearoom, reflected on what she planne to do next and whether it would be wise to do it or not.

• Miss Anthea's long hair flapped in the wind, shedding from time to time a vague hairpin on the path or the grass. She talked rather jerkily.

• “My red scarf. I asked if you'd seen it. You said tat you'd seen a green one somewhere and you brought me the red one. I'd left it in the dining room. But you didn't really know it was red.”

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 23)

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 23)

Here is the answer to this weeks book quiz.

~A Caribbean Mystery~

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I67MDE/ref=wtls_list_pr_65?ie=UTF8&redirect=true

This another movie based on the story, again there are a few changes from the story to movie. The link will take you to Amazon Instant Video if you Prime you can watch the movie for free.

Book Quiz (Dec 23)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• Miss Marple accepted the propriety of the relationship with an understanding nod and the Canon remarked:

• It was a long speech for her. Miss Marple looked thoughtfully down at the top of her dark head.

• Miss Marple drew her chair a little closer. It had been some time before she had been able to get together with Miss Prescott for a heart-to-heart chat. This was owing to the fact that clergymen are very family men so that Miss Prescott was nearly always accompanied by her brother, and there was no doubt that Miss Marple and Miss Prescott found it less easy to take their back hair down in a good gossip when the jovial Canon was of their company.

• "I don't know that I'd even call it that. I doubt if the girl would even understand that word. Payment for being discreet isn't thought of as blackmail. You see, some the people who stay here are the rich playboy lot and their morals won't bear much investigation." His voice was slightly scathing.

• "That would be a very interesting question," said Miss Marple. "I have not yet had the pleasure of sufficient conversation with you to evolve a theory as to that."

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 16)

Answer to Book Quiz (Dec 16)

Here is the answer to this weeks quiz, Miss Marple - The Mirror Crack'd on Amazon, this is a movie unfortunately this one isn't free.

Book Quiz (Dec 16)

For the month of December, this Agatha Christie book will be used.

Agatha Christie ~ Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

ISBN: 0-517-321777

Agatha Christie - Five Complete Miss Marple Novels

Which of the complete stories from this book are the quotes from:

• "You must have sugar. Shock, you know. I was abroad with ambulances during the war. Sugar's wonderful for shock." She put four lumps in the cup and stirred vigorously. "Now you get that down, and you'll feel as right as rain."

• "Splendid," said Miss Marple. "I mean - well, you know what I mean. So you can tell just exactly what happened from the moment she arrived."

• "In that case, dear, you might just run along with Miss Marple here, and carry these magazines for her. No, really, Miss Marple it's no trouble at all. Always pleased to do anything we can for you."

• "The job's all right. And after all, this is a brand new house. I wish there was a bit more room in it so that I could spread myself a bit more. It would be fine is I could have a workshop."

• "In that case," said Miss Marple, "I shall wait until this afternoon."

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 23)

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 23)

Can you:
~ Name the author?  Victoria Holt
~ Name the title of this book?  The Shadow of the Lynx
~ Name another book title by this author?  Kirkland Revels

Victoria Holt ~ The Shadow of the Lynx

Back cover:

Set against the sunny background of gold-rush Australia and the dark one of the Victorian England, THE SHADOW OF THE LYNX is the story of Nora Tamasin, a strong-willed young woman who nevertheless falls under the power of the strange man called Lynx - and falls in love with both him and his son.

Amazon:

Nora Tamsin was fascinated by the ruthless Charles Herrick, but she discovered that he deserved his name "The Lynx". His love for her was overwhelming and frightening. By the time she realized that his plan for her was part of his obsessive desire for revenge, it seemed too late to escape.

Book Quiz (Sept 23)

• Fawcett Crest Book
• Printed: July 1972
• Copyright: 1971
• 320 pages

Quotes from book:

• "I do apologize for intruding on your tea party," I said.   pg 33
• "Surely we didn't have to come camping for you to discover that."   pg 107
• Franklyn said in some cases it was good to cling to the old customs, in others better to discard them. And so the conversation continued.   pg 193

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ Name the title of this book?
~ Name another book title by this author?

Something for October, November & December

Since next month is the last quarter of this year,

 I thought I would do something a little bit different with the book quiz.

The first post in October for the book quiz will be...

From a book by

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The Complete Short Stories

ISBN: 0-399-150129-9

Agatha Christie ~ Miss Marple - The complete short stories

What will be different in October?

~ I am giving you the  name of the author.

~ I am giving you the title of the book .

~ I am letting you know  that the stories used will not be in any order.

There are more stories in this book than weeks in October, so we have a few pop up in the following months.

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 16)

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 16)

Can you:
~ Name the author?   Carola Dunn
~ Name the title of this book?   The Lady and the Rake
~ Name another book title by this author?   A Mother's Joy

Carola Dunn ~ The Lady and the Rake

Back Cover:

WHERE THERE'S A WILL...THERE'S ROMANCE!

Nerissa Wingate's grandfather, Sir Barnabas Philpott, had never forgiven her mother for running off with an actor from the "wrong side" of the ton. And now Nerissa was paying the price - by having her fortune rest on the virtue! According to Sir Barnabas's will, she and his godson - the notorious scoundrel Miles Courtenay - must live together at Sir Barnabas's estate for six months among a score of poor relatives, eccentric hangers-on, and - it was even rumored - a ghost!

If either of them acted improperly, his or her legacy would be instantly forfeit. Nerissa could see the wicked gleam in Miles's eyes. He was rotter, a roue - and a deucedly good-looking man. Sh feared for her reputation. Worse, she felt her heart go pitter-pat and her knees go weak whenever he came near. No. Never. Absolutely not. Charm her he might. Intrigue her he surely would...but she would not, simply could not, fall in love!

Book Quiz (Sept 16)

• Zebra Books
• Kensington Publishing Corp
• Copyright 1995
• First printing: April 1995
• 282 pages

Quotes from Book:

• Glancing down, he received a smile of singular sweetness. Her gray irises had an irregular circle of green around the pupils, he noted.  pg 23
•  Unknown except for one. Her nostrils twitched as the unmistakable aroma of new backed bread reached her.  pg 89
• The spell broke. That innocuous game meant not the possible of a few shillings but the certain loss of Addlescombe.  pg 162

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ Name the title of this book?
~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 9)

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 9)

Can you:
~ Name the author?   Cathleen Clare
~ Name the title of this book?  Lord Scandal's Lady
~ Name another book title by this author?  Rogues and Rakes

Cathleen Clare ~ Lord Scandal's Lady

Back Cover:

A MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCE CAN BE SO INCONVENIENT...WHEN A LADY FALLS IN LOVE!

The cad had walked in on Miss Ashley Madison while she was in dishabille, stark naked in the bath. She'd damned his apologies and sent him packing, but simply couldn't get his blue eyes and sensual smile out of her mind. She never imagined she'd actually meet him again - and that he would turn out to be her new fiance, Lord Shandal or, as the wags of the ton had dubbed him, Lord Scandal.

Ashley was horrified. Marry a rake who had a mistress? marry a gadabout who thought her a country bumpkin? Marry a man who had stolen her heart with his very first glance? Never! But Ashley had no choice - she had to meet him at the altar. She could only hope that her kisses would arouse a passion powerful enough to turn this wandering ladies' man into one lady's one and only love.

Book Quiz (Sept 9)

• Zebra Books
• Kensington Publishing Corp
• Copyright 1997
• First printing: March 1997
• 254 pages

Quotes from book:

• She flushed deeply. She had requested blunt truth, and she had gotten precisely that.  pg 48
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• She smiled. "I hardly know what to say. He is very handsome, and I think he will be kind to me."  pg 94
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• Finishing breakfast, he called for their horses and gallantly offered her his arm as they left the breakfast room.  pg 157

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ Name the title of this book?
~ Name another book title by this author?

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 2)

Answer to Book Quiz (Sept 2)

Can you:
~ Name the author?   Dorothea Donley
~ Name the title of this book?   The Beaux of Bayley Dell
~ Name another book title by this author?   A Doubting Lady

Dorothea Donley ~ The Beaux of Bayley Dell

Back Cover:

LONDON HAS NOTHING ON BAYLEY DELL

Due to unexpected reversals, the Eland family has had to lease Bayley Maonr to a rich cit and move to a tiny house in the village. Now Miss Mirabelle and Miss Frances simply despair of ever making a proper match for their niece, Laurel; the poor girl goes nowhere, knows no young gentlemen, and lacks the funds for a London season. What suitors can she possibly meet in hopelessly rustic, out-of-the-way Bayley Dell...?

Laurel thought she was content with her quiet country life...until an injured stranger is found on the road and she is called upon to help nurse him. Although her dashing patient can't remember his own name, Laurel quickly forgets herself in his sparkling blue eyes. But his exiting presence soon attracts other members of the ton...until little Bayley Dell is utterly overtaken by gossip, intrigue - and more beaux than a fortunate young lady can count!

Book Quiz (Sept 2)

• Kensington Publishing Corp
• Zebra Books
• Copyright 1995
• First printing: April 1995
• 255 pages

Quotes from Book:

• They were rewarded with a view of a shapely male leg, distorted by a swollen and multicolored knee. Sir John clicked his tongue, and Laurel whispered, "Oh, dear! That must hurt."  pg 20
• The draper's parcel had been delivered. By this time clouds were interfering with the sunshine.  pg 52
• "Oh, yes, they respect his power. I do myself. He is strong as well as rich, isn't he? But they turn to you out of affection, Papa. that is better, isn't it?"  pg 116

Can you:
~ Name the author?
~ Name the title of this book?
~ Name another book title by this author?

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?

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? 

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?

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?