Identify these famous novels by their first lines. Leave a comment with the number, title and author (5 points each).  No googling this week.

Here are the rules… 1. Open to everyone.  Play once or every week, that’s okay.  I’m happy to have you here today.

2. No cheating.  No looking at other commenter answers or Googling!  Yes, we’re going by the honor system

3. Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.

Last week’s answers here.  Current leaderboard here.  Submit your answers by Thursday at midnight. 

1. ”If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.”    The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger

2. ”It was a pleasure to burn.”  Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

3. “Going to Ford’s Theatre to watch a play is like going to Hooter’s for the food.”  Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

4. ”A green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head.”  A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

5. ”You better not never tell nobody but God.”  The Color Purple by Alice Walker

6. “The small boys came early to the hanging.”  The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

7. “Howard Roark laughed.”  The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

8. “All happy families are alike; each is unhappy in its own way.”  Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

9. “It’s hard being left behind.”  The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

10. I was sitting in a taxi, wondering if I had overdressed for the evening, when I looked out the window and saw Mom rooting through a Dumpster.”  The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

So, my tummy is starting to grow at an alarming rate and here’s the proof…When you’re barely 5’2″ that baby has nowhere to go but out and I’ve given up the idea of having one of those cute baby bellies some women have.

Now on to the quiz.  This week it’s all about pregnant characters in fiction (I had to find some reason to include the photo :))  See if you can tell me the name of the book where these pregnant women can be found. 

Here are the rules… 1. Open to everyone.  Play once or every week, that’s okay.  I’m happy to have you here today.

2. No cheating.  No looking at other commenter answers or Googling!  Yes, we’re going by the honor system

3. Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.

Answers to last week’s quiz here.  Current Leaderboard here.  I’ll be out of town until Friday evening, so get your answers in by Friday afternoon 🙂

1. This bestselling Southern author wrote this sequel about Jeremy and Lexie as they are about to become parents.  At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks

2. No pregnant woman wants to go through what Rosemary did.  Rosemary’s Baby by Ira Levin

3. Fern’s story as an unwed pregnant woman is told in the third section of this debut novel. (See hint below)  Three Junes by Julia Glass

4. These four women, three of them pregnant, meet at a yoga class for expectant mothers.  Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner

5. This pregnant shopaholic is shopping for two.  Shopaholic and Baby by Sophia Kinsella

6. The pregnancy of this widow has her neighbors wondering which of their husbands is the father in this Delinsky novel.  The Woman Next Door by Barbara Delinsky

7. Claire gets pregnant in the 1700’s, but doesn’t have her baby until the 1900’s in this popular series of very long novels.  Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

8. I reviewed this book about pregnant forensic expert Cat, who is on the run from the FBI and a killer.  (See hint in photo to the left)  Blood Memory by Freg Iles

9. Jane is pregnant and her husband is suspected of murder.  Her cop sister Stacy must help her prove his innocence.  See Jane Die by Erica Spindler

10. Pregnant high school student Victoria’s mother forces her to leave the house.  (See hint on photo above)  Plainsong Ken Haruf

Jason and I are still debating the nursery color, but we know it will not be pink or blue.  I was going to include a picture of the 6 month baby bulge and let you vote on what I was carrying, but the photo was horrifying, so you’ll have to wait until I take a better one 🙂 

Can you identify these pink and blue covers by their censored titles?  Leave a comment with the number, title (5 points) and author (5 points).

No copying off other commenters.  Your first answer is the one accepted.  Each question worth 10 points.  Go ahead and Google if you want on this one.

Answers to last week’s quiz here, you guys totally rocked last week!  Current leaderboard here.

1. Tomorrow’s Promise by Sandra Brown  2.The Diary by Eileen Goudge  3. Bone Appetit by Carolyn Haines 

4. Manhunting by Jennifer Crusie  5. Touch by Adania Shibli

6. Swimming by Nicola Keegan  7. Man Eater by Gigi Levangie Grazer  8. The Unnamed by Joshua Ferris  9. Bidding for Love by Katie Fforde  10. Red Bones by Ann Cleeves

You have until Thursday night to submit your answers.

What is the common denominator in these book combinations?  Tell me the number and what you think the five books have in common,  Go ahead and take a guess – you could be right!  Since these are tougher feel free to do any investigating you need to, like using google.  And if you figure a few out today and a few tomorrow, that’s okay, just leave separate comments.  You have until Friday morning.  Have fun 🙂

Here are the rules… 1. Open to everyone.  Play once or every week, that’s okay.  I’m happy to have you here today.

2. No cheating.  No looking at other commenter answers.  Yes, we’re going by the honor system

3. Your first answers will be the only ones accepted.

If you haven’t seen this quiz before, here is a link to a past one with answers.  Answers to last week’s quiz here.  Leaderboard here.

1.

Colors in title

2.

Main character named Claire/Clare

3.

Set in Miami 

4.

Ghosts/Spirits

5.

Time Travel

6.

Influenced /Inspired by Jane Eyre

7.

Christian fiction

8.

Authors have last name Smith

9.

Graphic memoirs

10.

Debut novels

Each correct answer worth 10 points.