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The Traveler: A Novel | John Twelve Hawks

#LitsyQuiz! Round 2, Title 4. Will my fellow Litsyans come out flawless as they always do with their acute and wide-ranging biblio-knowledge? I present to you selection four. Have you read/bought/seen/heard about this book before? 😎👍🏻

jpmcwisemorgan I have not read it but I used to have a copy. All my books have yet to be unpacked so I don't know if I still have it - I downsized my living space so I ended up donating a lot of books last year. Thanks for the reminder on it because I do want to read it! 7y

Coleen Almost ditto to the above. I know for sure I used to own a hardcover of this. Did not read it & not positive, but I think I traded it away. 7y

CocoReads Own but haven't read. And in fact, I can only tell you it's in my basement--no more specific than that 7y

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ValerieAndBooks Have not heard of this one! 7y

CallMeIshmael Have read this plus the 2 sequels 7y

jpmcwisemorgan I'd like to add that I have/had the cover shown in Litsy (the one with sunglasses). Now that you've reminded me of this book I'm going to have to find a copy so I can read it. 7y

jpmcwisemorgan @CallMeIshmael There are sequels?! Holy biscuits! 7y

StellaDz I've read this one, years ago, and remember enjoying it. I never went on to the other books in the series, probably because they were quite hard to find in my small town at the time. 7y

CallMeIshmael @jpmcwisemorgan yep, it is a part of a trilogy 7y

Debiw781 I own this one... not sure I ever read it 7y

jpmcwisemorgan @CallMeIshmael Thanks! I guess I'm going to the library soon. 7y

Sarrie I believe I have it on my shelves downstairs! There is another book or two in the series? It's been awile since I've picked them up. I really should! 7y

Soubhiville I loved this series, although the third one was my least favorite, probably because I listened to the audio and really disliked the narrator. But this one's great! Read it if you haven't. 7y

Soubhiville My copy had a guy on a motorcycle... 7y

Peddler410 Nope, not this one either 😕 7y

Moonpa Good series! Have read it twice and i might have to read it again! 7y

LeahBergen Yes. The husband read it. 😀 7y

BeckyRoy Not on my radar 7y

SaturnDoo I have heard of this series but don't own any of them. 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😁👍🏻 7y

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Darkmans | Nicola Barker

#LitsyQuiz Round 3, Title 3. You're 2/2, Litsyans! Unbelievable. You've done better than the book industry pros. Time to start our own company 😂👏🏻🙌🏻😎👌🏻! Okay, this title was short-listed for the Booker, but a few years ago, and one of the less well-known titles in its annals. Have you read/bought/seen/heard of this book before? 😊

SaturnDoo I also bought this one and it is on my tbr shelf 😊 7y

ValerieAndBooks This is the first I've heard of it! 7y

Peddler410 Not known to me. Bring on the YA titles. 7y

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lynneamch Oh no. So sorry Mr. Book. No clue about this one. And I was feeling so good about myself on the last two. 😞 7y

LuLeeBelle I know it!! Ding ding ding! 7y

LaurenAsh Yes! Read it, loved it, but it was so crazy! 7y

CherylDeFranceschi I own it but haven't read it yet. 7y

LeahBergen I know it but haven't read it! 7y

BeckyRoy Not familiar with this one 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

kspenmoll Sorry-sounds wildly intriguing but don't recognize it 🙁 7y

Mjk20a I own it but have never tried to read it. Was in London last spring and thought of bringing it but it looked too involved for a vacation book. 7y

Brimful I loved it when I read it a couple of years ago. Truly wild but genius. And if you have ever been to Ashford it makes a bit more sense. 3y

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The Story of Edgar Sawtelle | David Wroblewski

#LitsyQuiz, Round 2, Title 2. "Do You Know This Book" selection deux. Have you read/bought/seen/heard of this book before? A bit older, having been published 8 years ago. A nice thick tome for you. ???

Bookworm83 I loved this one! I've been anxiously awaiting a new book from the author for the past 8 years 😬😬 7y

jessberk13 I always see multiple copies of this in every single thrift store I go to. 7y

DrexEdit I know it, like it, and had a nice conversation with the author once. It was at the Wisconsin Book Festival right after this book came out and right after Oprah picked the book for her book club. The author was (maybe still is?) living in Wisconsin so we had a great chat about the preponderance of Wisconsin authors that were Oprah picks. At the time anyway. 7y

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Eridau Yep! You can see it on my #Shelfie pic that I posted today. 😊 7y

Baileeandme One of my favorites! I loved this one. 7y

TNbooklover66 Own it read it loved it. ❤ 7y

RiotMom I got this from an estate sale, but I've yet to read it. 7y

Alfoster Yup! Read it, loved it!😍 7y

DrexEdit It's a Shakespeare re-telling, is it not? The exact play is escaping my memory at the moment. 7y

DrexEdit Hamlet! That's the one. 😊 7y

SaraFair Read it, enjoyed most of it, but the ending was upsetting and not what I expected or wanted. 7y

TorieStorieS This is the first book I ever read on a kindle! I remember really enjoying it! 7y

kristina_with_a_k Read and enjoyed it. 7y

Peddler410 Sorry to say Nope, never heard of it! 7y

HeatherBookNerd One of my favorite books ever. Kind of a modern American riff on Hamlet, and yes it doesn't tie up neatly in the end. But the writing is stunningly beautiful. The family's dogs are also full characters in the story, which is handled brilliantly. 7y

lynneamch Yes. Listened to audio while walking. It took several days, as I recall.🙄 7y

sparingqueen Definitely heard of it, but never had the chance to read it. 7y

SaturnDoo I bought a copy of this at a friends of the library sale. It is sitting on my tbr shelf ☺ 7y

ValerieAndBooks Read this one! Wonder when another one by him will come out. 7y

seebiscan I've read it! I really enjoyed it--especially how the dogs were involved in the story. 7y

Hooked_on_books Definitely heard of it, but haven't read it. 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Definitely, and I've picked it up at the library, but for some reason, put it down. 7y

amandacc This is one of my favorite books. I hope you love it as much as I do. 7y

DGRachel I've heard of it, but haven't read it. 7y

SharonGoforth Yes, I read it several years ago. I really enjoyed it. 7y

Emiller Yes, read and loved it! 7y

Karkar Yes I own that one. Still in my TBR list 7y

ApoptyGina69 I loved this book! Read in 2010. 5 stars!! 7y

Jana I read it and have very mixed feelings. Definitely one of the most memorable books I've read in the last 8 years or so. 7y

rdkate Read it, but clearly don't know my Shakespeare, so didn't get the full meaning, it was ok, but I wasn't crazy about it... 7y

Smangela I loved this book! And I know I was one of the few who did out of my friends... maybe it was because I really enjoyed the person who recommended it to me? 7y

Chessa I haven't read it but I see used copies A LOT. I kind of wonder if it was a local book club pick or something, because seriously, it rivals Twilight for most used copies in town. 7y

Coleen I have the audio....still on Mt. TBR. 7y

JulAnna It was an Oprah book club pick years ago. I didn't think it lived up to the hype. 7y

BookBabe We have a used copy of this! 👍🏻 7y

megnews Does it count if I know someone who read it? Lol 7y

LeahBergen Read it! 7y

MarthaG I loved it. I was thinking about rereading it. 7y

BeckyRoy 4 stars in 2008😍 7y

Nebklvr Library has it 7y

Crystalblu Loved it!!!! 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

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Icy Sparks | Gwyn Hyman Rubio

#LitsyQuiz Round 2, first selection! Have you read/bought/heard of this veteran Oprah Book Club selection? Considered one of the most popular books of its year. It's got a strong overall rating on Goodreads as well. 😊👍🏻

DGRachel Unpopular opinion time - I tend to avoid Oprah book club books like the plague. 😳 7y

Suzze I have liked quite a few Oprah picks. Somehow I missed this one. Never heard of it! 7y

Ange44 I read this years ago when it was chosen as an Oprah pick. I liked it at the time, but I don't remember much about it now. 7y

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sparingqueen I've had this for years on my TBR pile but somehow have never gotten around to it. It seems my book reading can't keep up with my book buying! 7y

Leniverse @DGRachel I wouldn't let it be the deciding factor, but Oprah book club doesn't exactly recommend the book to me, no. 😂 7y

Tcip I haven't heard of it. 7y

Ashley31 I've read...couldn't pass up esp because Rubio is a KY writer! I read it the year it came out so it's been a while but I do remember liking it. 7y

TNbooklover66 Read it and owned it at one point don't have it any more. I think I've read all of Oprah's picks. 7y

kristina_with_a_k Read it and enjoyed it. 7y

Peddler410 Another no from me 😕do a round of YA and I bet you will be hard pressed to stump me 😉 7y

lynneamch Yes. I think my colleagues and I read all the Oprah books for the first three years or so. 7y

AprilMae I read this! I enjoyed it.📚 7y

SaturnDoo I read this book and didn't really care for it 🖓 7y

ValerieAndBooks I've heard of this, but that's all. 7y

sherryvdh I did a paper on it in college (and on Tourette's). I don't really remember much about it though, other than writing the paper, which is somewhere in my mountain of school stuff in storage. 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Never saw it in my life. 7y

Karkar I loved this book! 7y

JacintaMCarter I own this one. It's a great read. 7y

LuLeeBelle I think I read it in high school 7y

rdkate Heard of it, may own it, not sure, haven't read it.... 7y

LaurenAsh Yep! Read it awhile ago...gifted to me by my uncle who was a middle school English teacher. 7y

Debiw781 Own it but haven't read it 7y

Joybishoptx Yes! 7y

Kangaj1 Own it but still have not read it 7y

Jinjer No! Howd I miss it? Thought I'd read all her selections!😳 7y

LeahBergen Know it! 7y

BeckyRoy 4 stars in 2007😍 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

KVanRead Just starting it now- loaned to me by a friend who considers it a favorite. 7y

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The Ultimate Quiz Book: Discover the Real You! | Cosmo Girl

Wow! You all are indeed the créme de la créme! Between everyone who answered, Litsyans went 3/3! Best. Group. Ever. ?????????!!! So, I'll give you a fresh slate of 4, since it's Friday ?. The #LitsyQuiz Round 2 starts in 1 hour! 2nd question, 30 minutes thereafter, 3rd 30 minute after that, and the 4th 30 minute after that. This is so much fun ?☺!

read.run.travel too bad this doesn't align well with the European time zone, it's 11 pm in Western Europe (and i'm a 👵🏽 and go to bed early 😬) 7y

MrBook @read.run.travel Aww 😕. I'll make earlier ones if I can. The Continent is 6 hours ahead of NYC time, right? 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

read.run.travel @MrBook yay 😀 The UK is five hours ahead, and parts of Russia are eight hours ahead, but most counties are six hours ahead of NY time 🙂 7y

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The Women of Brewster Place | Gloria Naylor

#LitsyQuiz Selection #3! So far, you're 2/2 Litsyans! Some among you knew the first 2 books. Now, how about this third title? Have you read/owned/heard of this one? 😊👍🏻

Alfoster Yup! This one I've read! 7y

PatriciaU Oh, I know this one! It was TV miniseries, too, with Oprah in one of the lead roles. 7y

merelybookish Haven't read it but mean to. Naylor died this past year. 7y

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Bookzombie This is on my list for the Litsy Reading Challenge. I will be my first Naylor. 7y

RobinW Yep. I read this one last year. 7y

megnews I have this checked out of the library now for my January tbr. One of my #litsyatoz challenge reads. 7y

SaturnDoo Yep, I own this one ☺ 7y

TNbooklover66 Yes. I've read this one! 7y

BarbaraJean You stumped me with the first two, but this one I know! It's on my TBR, but I read Mama Day for a college class and loved it (also the sort-of prequel to it, Bailey's Cafe).

Mama Day

RealLifeReading Heard of but not read it 7y

suvata You got me on all three. 7y

BookNAround Read this one way back in high school for a Literary Outcasts class. 7y

Scurvygirl Yea!! One I have heard of and even have an idea what it's about. Haven't read it nor is it on my to read stack, it's just not one that's up my alley! 😂 7y

Peddler410 I'm sorry, i don't know this one either 😳 7y

SaraBeagle Yep! 7y

Kaylamburson Yes! Loveddd this one. Read it in high school for my Modern Novel class. The Men of Brewster place was also good, but not as good as this one!

The Men of Brewster Place: A Novel

LeahBergen Yep! 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 I've definitely heard of it bc I already had it stacked. Lol Now if I can only get to all of these books!! 7y

prowlix Definitely heard about it and Gloria Naylor has been moved up my TBR since she passed away in 2016 😥 7y

Erynecki It's been awhile, but I have read it! 7y

Mamashep Heard if it. It was made into a movie (for tv?) starring Oprah Winfrey. 7y

Suetara Yup! 7y

ultrabookgeek I've been recommended this book many times - I hear it's fantastic! 7y

Tanner I've heard of it but didn't know it was a book. So whoot-woo, I have a big 0 on the quiz! 😆 7y

CherylDeFranceschi Such a great book! 7y

BeckyRoy Looks good! 7y

azulaco This is the only one I knew. 1 for 3! 7y

RebeccaLHoward Heard of it. 7y

rjsthumbelina I LOVED Mama Day by Gloria Naylor. My favorite read from my women and witchcraft class in my undergrad days! Always wanted to read the rest of her stuff, too 7y

OneLitChick Great collection! I read it YEARS ago! 7y

AAdamson Heard of it, but haven't read it. 7y

quirkyreader Yes I have heard of this book. And I remember all the excitement when the film came out. 7y

Abby2 Heard of but not read 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

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The Citadel | A. J. Cronin

#LitsyQuiz Selection #2! Have you read this book, bought this book, and/or ever heard of this book? My librarian team will stump you yet 😂👏🏻, you top-flight world-experts on all things books? 😉👍🏻 (3rd selection in around 30 minutes!)

Suetara Yup. My grandparents had it on their bookshelf. Haven't read it though. 7y

ephemeralwaltz Sounds familiar but I don't think so :/ 7y

TNbooklover66 Have not read it but know about it from a project I did on morality tales. 7y

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Joybishoptx I've heard of this one 7y

suvata Never heard of it. 7y

CocoReads New to me 7y

Born.A.Reader Never heard of it 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Never read it, but definitely heard of it. I'm thinking 60s 70s old. Will check out now!! You've got my curiosity up! 7y

PatriciaU I read this in school years ago. I do not recall it fondly. 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Wrong!! 1937. I have this weird feeling my father read it. 7y

SaturnDoo Never read but have heard of and seen this one at my library 😊 7y

RealLifeReading Nope not this one 7y

Peddler410 I am 0/3 -- never heard of any of these! 7y

LeahBergen I've seen this at lots of book sales. 😃 7y

Tonton Yep, a long long time ago. 7y

tpixie No but I love the title!! 7y

Tanner Nope. I'm not doing well in this quiz... 7y

ApoptyGina69 I read this in June 2007. I've owned it since the early 90s. Gave it 4 stars! 7y

BeckyRoy Haven't heard of this one . 7y

RebeccaLHoward Read it. 7y

quirkyreader Yes I know this one. And it was made into a TV series for Masterpiece Theater. 7y

rubyslippersreads My dad liked this author, so I've read this and some others. My favorite (tho so depressing I don't think I'd ever reread) is

Hatter's Castle

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LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

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The Tenderness of Wolves: A Novel | Stef Penney

#LitsyQuiz I ask these 3 questions because no matter how obscure a book is, a bunch of you still know of it, have it, and/or have read it. You constantly & delightfully amaze me! You tickle me pink! So, I asked a couple librarians to help me pick 3 titles that aren't unfairly obscure & may not have popped up on any hardcore bibliophile's radar. Here's the 1st selection! Do you know this book? (The 2nd will be in around 30 minutes.) 😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Libby1 I have it but it's still in my TBR. 🙂 7y

TNbooklover66 I haven't read it but it's on my TBR because I read and loved The Invisible Ones by that same author. 7y

LeahBergen Yep. 7y

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Peddler410 I do not know this book -- but keep in mind I'm a middle school librarian and mom to a second grader. Before litsy, the past 17 years of my reading life have been focused on middle grade and YA fiction and nonfiction r (edited) 7y

Moray_Reads It's on our book swap shelf at work but I haven't read it (yet) 7y

Suetara It's somewhere on my TBR mountain. 7y

peggyriley This book is magnificent. 7y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Can't recollect ever seeing it, yet it doesn't sound wholly unfamiliar. Actually, I'd probably like to read that one! 7y

Tanner Nope, but it looks interesting! 7y

PlantyLibrarian Wolves is the new girls. 7y

suvata Never heard of it before but it sounds good. As a matter of fact, I just bought it because the Kindle edition is only $3.99. 7y

Eyglo Yes! I got is as a gift from my mom some years ago - had completely forgotten about it 😶 Thanks for the reminder - it's time to dig it up and finally read it! 😊 7y

RealLifeReading Yes read it quite a while ago. 7y

BookBabe It does sound good! I just bought the Kindle version. Thanks for the tip, @suvata ! 7y

tpixie Nope but it sounds good! 7y

suvata @BookBabe You're welcome. Happy reading. 😀 7y

BeckyRoy Yep! I have it 4 stars on Goodreads in 2007! Lol! I think I got it off a Barnes and Noble clearance table. 7y

RebeccaLHoward No, but it looks good. 7y

Hooked_on_books I've read it! 😬 7y

AAdamson Yup, I've read it, too! 🤓 7y

quirkyreader I have seen it on the shelves at work but with a different cover. 7y

802Librarian Yup! Read it back in 2009. I remember liking it. 7y

Moonpa This is a good read! 7y

Tlgoff9 I have this book it was recommended to me. I have not read it yet. 7y

Abby2 Loved this book! 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

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The Ultimate Quiz Book: Discover the Real You! | Cosmo Girl

Okay, I have never ever been able to find a group as biblio-impressive as you all are! Not in college, not when I worked in a bookstore or previous libraries, nowhere. (My current library supervisors & colleagues are phenomenal, & you're still ineffably awesome!) So, in 1 hour, I'm going to post the 1st of 3 "Do You Know This Book" questions. I'll post the 2nd 30 minutes later, & the 3rd 30 minutes later. You're the best! Stun me ??? #LitsyQuiz

PatriciaU Do you play Quiz Up? The people there in the bookish categories possess an incredible store of knowledge. 7y

julesG Shame, that'll be wayyyyy past my bed and (!) reading time. 7y

TrishB Awww, same here - bed time! 7y

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Sarahr875 I'll be in the middle of six giggling 8 year olds for a birthday party... but! I'm excited to come check it all out later or more likely tomorrow. How fun! 7y

sherryvdh Ooh fun!! 🙌 7y

bookdrunkard78 I'll be waiting! 🙄 7y

LeahBergen 👍🏼👍🏼 7y

tpixie Fun game! But I lost!! 7y

LitsyGoesPostal 😊👍🏻 7y

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