Grab Bag
The longest book we read this year
What is Secondhand Time?
Fountain
Grammar
Violin Case
What words were from From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler?
The 2 books we used "Killer" for
What was Murder at the Mena House and Perfume?
“Salami is a benchmark of our existence. Our love for salami is existential…”
What is a quote from Secondhand Time?
“Whoever invented English should have been bitten by a snake”
(Bonus 100 points for naming the 2 quoters)
What is a quote from Inside Out & Back Again?
(David & Wendy)
We read 13 books this year and there were 14 authors. 12 of those authors were women.
The 2 books we read that were written (at least in part) by men
What are Buried in the Sky and Perfume?
Heritage
Rabbit
Xenophobia
What words were from Messy Roots?
2 of the 3 books we used "Freedom" for
(Bonus 100 points for all 3)
Beloved
Ten Thousand Doors of January
Secondhand Time
“Someone very rich must have tossed in this quarter,” ___ whispered. “Someone very poor,” ____ corrected. “Rich people have only penny wishes.”
What is a quote from From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler?
“Food always tastes better when you can order it without Google translate”
(Bonus 100 points for naming the 2 quoters)
What is a quote from Messy Roots?
(Stacy & Steven)
The 2 most recently published books we read this year
What are Murder at the Mena House and Messy Roots?
Doo doo face
Papaya
Yearning
What words were from Inside Out & Back Again?
2 of the 3 books we used "X-ray" for
(Bonus 100 points for all 3)
Home Fire
Buried in the Sky
Murder at the Mena House
“Feeling foolish, I dropped my fists. It was a silly way to fight a quail.”
What is a quote from Murder at the Mena House?
“Show me a fancy house with a top-of-the-line gourmet kitchen, and I’ll show you a family that eats out a lot”
(Bonus 100 points for naming the 2 quoters)
What is a quote from Funny in Farsi?
(Susan & Connor)
The book we read with the most Goodreads reviews
What is Perfume?
Antigone
Family
Grave
What words were from Home Fire?
2 of the 3 books we used "Love" for
(Bonus 100 points for all 3)
Beloved
Ten Thousand Doors of January
Patience & Sarah
“It’s good you already know how to talk without moving your lips. It’s an essential lady skill. It’s for talking about someone who is in the room.”
What is a quote from Patience & Sarah?
“In Ohio seasons are theatrical. Each one enters like a prima donna, convinced its performance is the reason the world has people in it”
(Bonus 100 points for naming the 2 quoters)
What is a quote from Beloved?
(Susan & Connor)
The 2 least recently published books we read this year and the decade they were published in
What are
Patience & Sarah
The Mixed Files of Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler
1960s
?
What words were from Funny in Farsi?
The 2 books that had 4 overlapping alphabet words
Beloved and Ten Thousand Doors of January
(Freedom, Ghost, Kentucky, Love)
"From _____’s pen had come an important work concerning dynamic political economy; in it he proposed the abolition of all taxes of real estate and agriculture as well as the introduction of an upside down progressive income tax which wound hit the poorest citizens the hardest and so force them into a more vigorous development of their economic activities."
What is a quote from Perfume?
“I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it”
(Bonus 100 points for naming the 2 quoters)
What is a quote from Ten Thousand Doors of January?
(Stacy & Steven)