Do you prefer a boutique bookstore with carefully curated staff selections or one that looks like a mad hermit has been hoarding books in his hidey-hole for 120 years?
I've read a lot of mediocre books in my time but a few of my 5 stars are:
The Haunting of Hill House
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Peyton Place
The Elf Queen of Shannara
A Confederacy of Dunces
@giadareads
Because I've got a little extra money and it feels good to do nice things for people. There are facebook groups that send gifts to each other or
#clearthelist
for teacher's supplies which I highly recommend.
Put your playlist on shuffle. First 5 songs. No cheating.
1,2,3,4 - LeeHi
Not My Idea - Garbage
Strange Relationship - Prince
Fly Me to the Moon -Astrud Gilberto
Stare at the Sun - MDFMK
@maroonstan13
Science - green because of nature
Geography - brown because of earth
History - red for all the bloody wars
English - blue for all the dirty words
Gym - yellow for the color of my gym socks I never washed
Math - the answer, as always, is 42
@pagesofrina
Not really a fast reader but I was reading the Wikipedia entries on some books I read awhile back and I don't remember any of that stuff happening.
A little easier - just the opening line. What is the book?
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
Ok. We'll try another one. Bear in mind it may be translated slightly different depending on the version you read. (Guess the book quote from the first letter of each word)
Ahfaa;eufiuiiow
I'm not up on all the new music but this is a popular band I think. Name song or band.
Lyrics:
Kids were laughing in my classes
While I was scheming for the masses
Opening line from a book. Name book or author.
It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.
Name the female author:
Born in 1797
Published famous novel at age 20
First line of her book: I am by birth a Genevese, and my family is one of the most distinguished of that republic.
@nuggiesandbooks
I examined the photo on Twitter. There was an individual - street name "Nuggies" - who was thanking me for a gift. I took a swig of bourbon and considered my response. "You're welcome," I typed and immediately deleted it. That was taking the easy way out. I needed...a gif