Children's: What Little House book tells of the Ingalls family's prolonged snowbound existence on the Dakota plains?
Classics: What Norman Mailer epic lands a squad of unlucky Marines on the Japanese-held island of Anopopei?
Non-Fiction: What author admitted in her memoir Operating Instructions that she thought motherhood "would be more like getting a cat"?
Book Club: What tale of two U.S. academics in London won Alison Lurie a Pulitzer?
Authors: What author once starred with his brother Malachy in a two-man musical review called A Couple of Blaguards?
Book Bag: What author landed his novels Bloodbrothers, The Wanderers and Clockers on the big screen?
I *think* that the Ingalls book was _On the Banks of Plum Creek_. (But it could have been _On the Shores of Silver Lake_? It's been decades since I've read them.)
ReplyDeleteChildren's: The Long Winter
ReplyDeleteClassics: ?
Non-Fiction: Anne Lamott
Book Club: Foreign Affairs
Authors: Frank McCourt
Book Bag: Richard Price
The Long Winter. Most depressing LIW book of all time.
ReplyDeleteHa, of course it was The Long Winter. That's what I get for refusing to refresh my memory by walking over to my bookcase and reading the titles.
ReplyDeleteHey, I actually know several of these! I feel smart now.
ReplyDeleteChildren's: The Long Winter
NF: Ann Lamott
BC: Foreign Affairs (I've read this and it's good)
Authors: Frank McCourt
Calvin actually requested Long Winter as a story this morning...
ReplyDeleteWoah -- I knew several of these right off the top of my head!
ReplyDeleteChildren's: The Long Winter
ReplyDeleteClassics: The Naked and the Dead
The only one I know is THE LONG WINTER. I need to read more!
ReplyDeleteNonfiction is Anne Lamott! I FINALLY know one, woo!
ReplyDeleteI know I'm probably supposed to answer all questions, but I am so excited that I finally know the answer to one of your questions:
ReplyDelete1 = The Long Winter
I can't believe how long I have been following your trivial pursuit and never know anything. You have made me very happy today with that first question.
Crap, I thoguth I knew one of these but my brain refuses to give up the answer...
ReplyDeletefrank McCourt!!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I have read a book, two even, by Ann Lamott. Huh.
Author:Frank McCourt.
ReplyDeleteThe rest? no idea :-) Great questions as always Jeanne!
Children's: The Long Winter
ReplyDeleteClassics: The Naked and the Dead
Non-Fiction: Anne Lamott
Book Club: Foreign Affairs
Authors: Frank McCourt
Book Bag: Richard Price
Collectively, we got them all--and there were so many people playing this week! Wow!
Iris, there's really no "supposed to" about this game. Lots of people only know one. I used to pick out the cards on which I knew three (out of six), but picking cards out randomly seems to work just as well--what's obscure to me is not necessarily obscure to others!
Marie, glad you like the questions. They do come from the cards of a game called "Trivial Pursuit for Booklovers" that a former student, Karen, sent me. (I call her a former student because she was at the college, but she never took a class from me!)
In that sense, you may refer to me as a student. I continue to learn--including from you, via this blog.
ReplyDeleteAw, Karen, you've warmed my heart on this cold, cold morning!
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