Already Read It! : A "Novel" Game 89

Can you guess the title and author of the novel depicted in the picture?

DIFFICULTY : Hard

CLUE : The story of a destitute soldier looking for a home who finds mad love, but this woman never sings him “Thank You.”

Witty Wordsmiths 152

“I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.”

~ Margaret Atwood

 

Humor Pot 67 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Word Pot 26 (Pic Dump)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a fantasy novel written by British author J.K. Rowling and the sixth and penultimate novel in the Harry Potter series. Set during Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, the novel explores the past of the boy wizard's nemesis, Lord Voldemort, and Harry's preparations for the final battle against Voldemort alongside his headmaster and mentor, Albus Dumbledore.

     The book was published in the United Kingdom by Bloomsbury and in the United States by Scholastic on July 16, 2005, as well as in several other countries. It sold almost seven million copies in the first twenty-four hours after its release, a record eventually broken by its sequel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. There were many controversies before and after it was published, including the right-to-read copies delivered before the release date in Canada. Reception to the novel was generally positive, and it won several awards and honors, including the 2006 “British Book of the Year” award.

     Reviewers noted that the book had a darker tone than its predecessors, though it did contain some humor. Some considered the main themes love, death, trust, and redemption. The considerable character development of Harry and many other teenage characters also drew attention.

Picture Pot 37 (Pic Dump)

Sauron Is Everywhere

Already Read It! : A "Novel" Game 88

Can you guess the title and author of the novel depicted in the picture?

DIFFICULTY : Hard

CLUE : A realistic telling of life at war and how even the most idealistic patriots dream of peace and quiet.

Witty Wordsmiths 151

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

~ Mary Oliver

 

Art Pot 37 (Pic Dump)

Moby-Dick Illustrations ; Herman Melville ; Anton Otto Fischer

WordPlay Pot 42 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Tuesday Doesn't Come After Onesday #193

Stuart Little

Stuart Little is a 1945 American children's novel by E.B. White. It was White's first children's book, and it is now widely recognized as a classic in children's literature. Stuart Little was illustrated by the subsequently award-winning artist Garth Williams, also his first work for children. The book is a realistic yet fantastical story about a mouse-like human boy named “Stuart Little.” According to the first chapter, he looked very much like a mouse in every way.

     In a letter White wrote in response to inquiries from readers, he described how he came to conceive of Stuart Little: "Many years ago, I went to bed one night in a railway sleeping car, and during the night I dreamed about a tiny boy who acted rather like a rat. That's how the story of Stuart Little got started." He had the dream in the spring of 1926 while sleeping on a train on his way back to New York from a visit to the Shenandoah Valley.

    White typed up a few stories about “Stuart,” which he told to his eighteen nieces and nephews when they asked him to tell them a story. In 1935 White's wife, Katharine, showed these stories to Clarence Day, then a regular contributor to The New Yorker. Day liked the stories and encouraged White not to neglect them, but neither Oxford University Press nor Viking Press was interested in the stories, and White did not immediately develop them further.

Humor Pot 66 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Music Pot 36 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Musical Novels: Shout! The Beatles In Their Generation ; Philip Norman 

Already Read It! : A "Novel" Game 87

Can you guess the title and author of the novel depicted in the picture?

DIFFICULTY : Hard

CLUE : It gets a little more than annoying for the namesake of this play when she tries to secure a proper buriel for her brother.

Junk Pot 32 (Meme/Pic Dump)

Witty Wordsmiths 150

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.”

~ Plato