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- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:42 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
Beans have been sent. :ph34r: March's next creative opportunity starts with: "A light from the window showed ..." from This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart Adding "a primitive Bourbon [*] climbing over a stone wall." from In Search of Lost Roses by Thomas Christopher Ending up with: A light from the win...
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 3:08 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: The Whole Nine Yards - Week 3 - Steinbeck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 160
The Whole Nine Yards - Week 3 - Steinbeck
Who hasn't heard of John Steinbeck? If nothing else, some of his works are in the list of 'Banned Books', which means that he was writing about something which the establishment (whatever it might be at the time) deemed too dangerous for people to read. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1939 and the Nobl...
- Sun Mar 10, 2024 2:00 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
Beans have been sent. ^_^ We continue with this new quote: Starting with: "The last thing he remembered was" from The Lost World by Michael Crichton Adding "a mathematician of extraordinary gifts and vision." from Cat-A-Lyst by Alan Dean Foster Ending up with: The last thing he remembered was a mat...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:57 pm
- Forum: The Bookshelf
- Topic: Book Review-Spare
- Replies: 2
- Views: 589
Re: Book Review-Spare
Why, yes, Emily, I took The Tudors class and thoroughly enjoyed it! I read your review with great interest and decided to purchase Spare and give it a try. I greatly enjoyed the whole book. (Yes, I have somewhat of a mililtary background so appreciated even that part! I find the narrative of him le...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:55 pm
- Forum: The Bookshelf
- Topic: Book Review-Spare
- Replies: 2
- Views: 589
Re: Book Review-Spare
Why, yes, Emily, I took The Tudors class and thoroughly enjoyed it! I read your review with great interest and decided to purchase Spare and give it a try. I greatly enjoyed the whole book. (Yes, I have somewhat of a mililtary background so appreciated even that part! I find the narrative of him le...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 7:33 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: The Whole Nine Yards - Week 2 - Pratchett
- Replies: 4
- Views: 345
The Whole Nine Yards - Week 2 - Pratchett
Sir Terry Pratchett, beloved novelist and satirist, published his first book in 1971. The Carpet People launched a prolific career, which included the books of Discworld (all 41 of them) and Good Omens (co-authored with Neil Gaiman). You are invited to solve this Sudoku, sending a Forum PM to myself...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
Beans have been sent! :) March roars in with this new quote: Starting with: "You are the alertness, the stillness," from A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle Adding "part of the cosmos that has brought about the form that this moment takes." from Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle Ending up with: You are th...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:34 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: The Whole Nine Yards
- Replies: 0
- Views: 402
The Whole Nine Yards
Welcome to the Book Club and our March Activity. Sky had the brilliant idea of calling it The Whole Nine Yards . I liked it but wondered what that phrase meant! Looking it up, I find that the phrase 'the whole nine yards' could possibly date back to the 1800s or even earlier. These are not my words,...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:31 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: The Whole Nine Yards - Week 1 - Scamander
- Replies: 6
- Views: 677
The Whole Nine Yards - Week 1 - Scamander
We start out The Whole Nine Yards with an author near and dear to our hearts, Newton Artemis Fido "Newt" Scamander, O.M. (Second Class). You are invited to solve this Sudoku, sending a Forum PM to myself and Emily Spencer with the solved puzzle. Title your Forum PM " Whole Nine Yards - Scamander ". ...
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 1:29 am
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: The Whole Nine Yards Questions
- Replies: 0
- Views: 264
The Whole Nine Yards Questions
Do you have any questions about our March activity? Ask them here or send me a HOL forum PM and we will respond as soon as possible.
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 8:13 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
“Peter would probably throw a party if I..."
"had a birthday."
from Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
ending up with
Peter would probably throw a party if I had a birthday.
"had a birthday."
from Spare by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex
ending up with
Peter would probably throw a party if I had a birthday.
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 10:40 pm
- Forum: Magic in Famous Mysteries
- Topic: Magic in Famous Mysteries - Questions
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2139
Re: Magic in Famous Mysteries - Questions
The Loch Ness monster isn't really a monster, right? :) ***** Anyway, yes, it might be good to post in here that the famous mystery, a famous mystery anyway, of February is noted. The Assignment due at the end of February, is, this year, due by February 29th (not the 28th, as shown here ). Yes! This...
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Great Hall
- Topic: Hufflepuff House Spirit Awards - January 024
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1592
Re: Hufflepuff House Spirit Awards - January 024
Congratulations Award winners! :) As for the award to Sirius and me ... that is a surprise! Thank you. ^_^ But, actually, Sirius gets the credit -- it was ALL him who thought of it! B) Note: Fels truly had no idea of what was happening until I happened to send her a little message some days after it...
- Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:01 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
"You can reach for it whenever you like, because..."
"whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now.”
From A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Ending up with
You can reach for it whenever you like, because whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now.
"whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now.”
From A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
Ending up with
You can reach for it whenever you like, because whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now.
- Tue Feb 13, 2024 6:20 pm
- Forum: Book Club
- Topic: Finish the Quote - Take Two
- Replies: 122
- Views: 87323
Re: Finish the Quote - Take Two
"You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you...."
" ... track the next event."
from Earth Disaster Cycle -- The Cycle Resets Soon by Ben Davidson and Space Weather News, LLC
Ending up with:
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you track the next event.
" ... track the next event."
from Earth Disaster Cycle -- The Cycle Resets Soon by Ben Davidson and Space Weather News, LLC
Ending up with:
You may be desperate, but never let anyone see you track the next event.
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 6:09 pm
- Forum: Bulletin Board
- Topic: Happy birthday, February Fortescue!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1025
Re: Happy birthday, February Fortescue
Happy Birthday, February!
I hope for you that your birthday is magical and quite wonderful.
I hope for you that your birthday is magical and quite wonderful.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:43 pm
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: April Prompt: Delightful Duos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 385
Re: April Prompt: Delightful Duos
Originally posted by Silvana Mandeville » 04 Jun 2021 18:52
Legolas and Gimli from The Lord of the Rings. I really love their friendship.
Legolas and Gimli from The Lord of the Rings. I really love their friendship.
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: April Prompt: Delightful Duos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 385
Re: April Prompt: Delightful Duos
Originally posted by Hannah Lovegood » 10 Apr 2021 11:05 Max and Hope were a really good duo in A Pug's Tale. Max is an adorable pug and Hope is Max's pupsitter. The book was about them trying to find this famous painting that was missing from the museum where Hope works. She got Max to come with he...
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 8:41 pm
- Forum: Between the Pages
- Topic: April Prompt: Delightful Duos
- Replies: 2
- Views: 385
April Prompt: Delightful Duos
Originally posted by Prof. Tarma Amelia Black » 03 Apr 2021 08:21 April is traditionally a month of mischief and we of Book Club celebrate Fred and George, the quintessential 'mischief makers'. Unlike our March 'Thriller' theme, April goes to the light side, and comedy. Have you encountered a duo in...
- Tue Feb 06, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: Bulletin Board
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Emily Spencer!
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1440
Re: Happy Birthday, Emily Spencer!
Happy Birthday, Emily!
Wishing you a great and grand birthday.
Wishing you a great and grand birthday.