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Profile book pictures tell a storyMy home profile page now shows the latest six books registered/read/new entried by myself. Four pirate books, a Titanic book and a Darren Shan Zombie book.
Now THAT gives a good idea for a new book story!!! Zombie pirates on board the Titanic!!!! What's yours?!
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My home profile page now shows the latest six books registered/read/new entried by myself. Four pirate books, a Titanic book and a Darren Shan Zombie book.
Now THAT gives a good idea for a new book story!!! Zombie pirates on board the Titanic!!!! What's yours?!
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Becoming Bobbie - cover art shows a girl apparently leaning on a stick
The Coffee Trader A Cruel Fate The Surgeon of Crowthorne The Tea Planter's Wife The Constant Queen - cover art shows a woman who looks like a Hollywood-style Native American but is actually meant to be a Viking I suppose Bobbie would have needed a Surgeon after a Cruel Fate left her lame . . . and, if you ignore geography and likelihood, the Tea Planter's Wife could herself be a Coffee Trader . . . but I don't know how the Queen gets in on the act, Constant or otherwise . . . .
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Becoming Bobbie - cover art shows a girl apparently leaning on a stick Perhaps Bobbie required a surgeon after becoming involved in the trade wars between the coffee and tea plantations and hid out with the Queen whilst recovering???! And if the queen was nasty, that could be a cruel fate in itself.....
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Perhaps Bobbie required a surgeon after becoming involved in the trade wars between the coffee and tea plantations and hid out with the Queen whilst recovering???! And if the queen was nasty, that could be a cruel fate in itself..... Well done! Your imagination works better than mine :-)
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Oh, I like this, but had to translate some titles first. This is what I have: The horror bus Two sides Valhalla rising Up the downstairs cace police killer four foreign friends. What can I make of that? The policekiller took The horror bus to meet Four foreign friends. They took Two sides to the Up the downstairs case and saw Valhalla rising. Something like that ;-)
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Blushing after the Getting of Wisdom, following The Affair, coming out of the Shadow of Night and a visit to the Mesmerist. Better go to the Russia House.
See what I mean :)
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... by registering books in a premeditated order.
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... by registering books in a premeditated order. Heh! Over the years I've actually arranged my books-to-be-registered so that the last three would be the most attractive/interesting when they showed on my bookshelf page. Didn't try to form a narrative, just wanted to avoid having the goofier or just plain boring covers show up - though the site sometimes shows older titles when it's first loading my (rather large) bookshelf, so "best laid plans gang aft a-gley". I do love having six pictures, and will undoubtedly spend more time arranging my books-to-be-registered to take advantage of that!
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Over the years I've actually arranged my books-to-be-registered so that the last three would be the most attractive/interesting when they showed on my bookshelf page. Same here. Will be more of a challenge now with more books :)
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firstly, Thank you for making me look and see the pretty covers are back.
(I haven't got to the announcement forum yet) and that we now see 6 books. so, reading left to right Christmas Cookie Club Walking back to happiness Dancing in the dark Two for Joy Love and Laughter the puppy that came for Christmas
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firstly, Thank you for making me look and see the pretty covers are back. Oh this is a slushie romcom story!!!! You got a puppy for Christmas that you walked to the happy Christmas cookie selection, who then romped all over the cookies in the dark which was so funny you HAD to join in!!!! I like that one!
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Oh this is a slushie romcom story!!!! You got a puppy for Christmas that you walked to the happy Christmas cookie selection, who then romped all over the cookies in the dark which was so funny you HAD to join in!!!! I like that one! :)
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I've got:
Don't Monkey With Murder Wilders Walk Away Please Don't Eat the Daisies The Monkey King Lament for a Lady Laird Turn of the Screw Bit of "wild kingdom" trouble here with all those monkeys. So: The monkeys, led by the Monkey King, walked away and ate all the daisies, which caused the lady laird to lament as she turned the screws on their cage to keep them from escaping again.
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The monkeys, led by the Monkey King, walked away and ate all the daisies, which caused the lady laird to lament as she turned the screws on their cage to keep them from escaping again. Brilliant .
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Thanks, camperfan! It took me a while to think of a "story" but then it started to come together :o)
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As I mentioned above, my shelf is large enough that the site often displays older books when it first loads the shelf, both on my profile page and on the full bookshelf-view. A "refresh" usually updates things. Just now, my random-older-books are displaying:
Get on the Ball (cover shows guy exercising) Barchester Towers (cover: guy sitting and reading) Sleep Demons (cover: guy having nightmares) Doomdate: I Spy (cover: lurid red, with the I-Spy actors) The Art of Discworld (cover: Discworld's grinning Mona Lisa) Fool's Errand (cover: guy dreaming of That Special Guy) In this case the covers make a more entertaining narrative than the titles, though the whole thing tends to look like a serious attempt at preparing one's self for a big date while fearing the worst! The actual most-recent titles, visible after refreshing my shelf: Birdsong Erebus Johannes Cabal & the Fear Institute Goldclimbers Speak Screening Party That one totally sounds like spy-speak - which ties in to the "Doomdate" book from the previous set. Hmmm...
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My titles:
Quand vous serez en France - When you arrive in France La chambre des dames - The Ladies Room Nora Non coupable - No guilty Le secret- The secret Romance viennoise - Viennese romance Nora, quand vous serez en France dans la chambre des dames, le secret de votre romance viennoise est bien gardé, et vous êtes non coupable! Nora, when you arrive in France in the ladies room, the secret of your Viennese romance is well protected, an you are not guilty By the way, I took this idea for the french forum! http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/539304 Hope you don't mind Andrea99
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By the way, I took this idea for the french forum!http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/539304Hope you don't mind Andrea99 And I took it to the Dutch Forum http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/539299 You're going to be famous Andrea99 :-)
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By the way, I took this idea for the french forum!http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/539304Hope you don't mind Andrea99 Hahaa!!! Oh I don't mind - the more joining in the better! - and all because my six struck me as a good storyline!!! Hope it all raises as much smiling as I've had reading these ones!!!
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This is fun! My books:
The Wooden Sea Orange is the new black The Ladies of Beverly Hills Wish upon a star Zoo Veil of night The ladies of Beverly Hills, dressed in orange (as it is the new black), crossed the wooden sea under the veil of night to wish upon a star at the zoo.
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What's yours?! Wild swans in their last hour read a gospel and had to talk to god. But we do not know if that took place because than a murder happend which only the Quarkbeast could resovle by singing a song. -Wilde Schwäne -Die Wahrheit der letzten Stunde -Das Evangelium nach Pilates -Und Gott sprach: Wir müssen reden -Ein Mord von bessrer Qualität - Das Lied des Quarktiers Nice new game :-)
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My books are:
Outpost The Lady's Maid Hunted Precipice Atlantis The Highest Tide The Lady's Maid stood on the Precipice of the Outpost while she Hunted for Atlantis at The Highest Tide. Great game!
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What's yours?! This story is a trashy pulp ficton novel, with lots of love, passion, secrets, the insight of the secret life of santaclaus and it ends with a death. - Der Ruf der Trommel - Schundroman - Löcher, die Geheimnisse von Green Lake - Ohje Du Fröhliche - Was macht der Weihnachtsmann im Juli? -Death of a salesman
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Hah! Everybody else said the butler did it, but I've always suspected der Weinachtsmann!!
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East-West
Heart and Soul The Kabul Beauty School Alexander the Great How to Walk on High Heels Breaking the Rules !
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East-West Alexander the Great broke all the rules by putting his heart and soul into learning to walk in high heels while attending the Kabul Beauty school after travelling from the east to get there (thus taking his skills) to the west
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The Pearl, Mauve, Insane City, Crescent City, The Return Journey, Echoes
On my return journey from the Crescent City, where I found the mauve pearl, I heard echoes from the insane city.
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Un anthropologue en déroute (the innocent anthropologist)
L'homme chauve-souris (the bat) Du sang sur la glace (blood on snow) Mary Ann in autumn The broken road Les frontalières (I have to paraphrase this one, it refers to a mother and daughter who live in Switzerland near the border with France and frequently cross over for shopping, picking raspberries, visiting friends...) So: The innocent anthropologist and Mary Ann in autumn took the broken road to cross over the border, where they came upon blood on the snow, dripping from the jaws of a bat.
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The Miniaturist
Life of Pi A Song for Issy Bradley Faceless Killers Double Cross A Judgement in Stone The Life of Pi was ended by the Faceless Killers who were Double Crossed by a Judgement in Stone while The Miniaturist sang a Song for Issy Bradley
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...the Evil Librarian at
84 Charing Cross Rd, heading out to Dogtown to try and find The Egyptologist, who just returned from The Hall of the Mountain King with data for his latest book, Horrible Histories: Cruel Kings and Mean Queens, which... ...the Evil Librarian plans to lock up so nobody can ever read it! [Hey, after all, he *is* an EVIL librarian.]
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...the Evil Librarian at I like it! I'd read that novel .....
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The Things We Do for Love
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet The Constant Queen The Secrets of a Fire King Warrior Queens Princesses The Constant Queen booked into the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet hoping to learn The Secrets of [the] Fire King, especially The Things [He Was Prepared to] Do for Love. Meanwhile her daughters, the Princesses, were dreaming about becoming Warrior Queens!
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avonturen in het heksenbos = adventures in the witches wood
mees Kees op kamp = master kees at camp juffrouw Pots = miss Pots operatie zeer ernstige ramp = Operation very serious disaster boze tweeling = angry twins mees Kees een pittig klasje = master kees a lively classroom The angry twins from the lively classroom of master Kees went camping with miss Pots.This operation was a very serious disaster with adventures in witches wood.
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I have What Alice Forgot was a Dark Matter-An Improper Daughter who was All Bones and Lies but was Reloaded and sent onto the Paths of Destiny. Quite a story!
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* Wild Mountain Thyme
* I Never Knew That About Scotland * Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop * Angel: Monolith * Judge and Jury * Women and Ghosts I Never Knew That About Scotland but according to the Women and Ghosts if you follow the Wild Mountain Thyme you will find a Monolith that was left by an Angel. It points the way to Rosie Hopkins' Sweet Shop where the Judge and Jury spent their Christmas.
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Emily's reden waarom niet = Emily's reason why not
In een sluier gevangen = caught in a veil Borderline dance Last minute White oleander En toen kwam Frankie = And then came Frankie And then came Frankie, under the white oleander and did the borderline dance. He understood Emily's reason why not. She was, at the last minute, trapped in a veil.
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"Where'd You Go, Bernadette?"
To "Creativity Inc.", where we're brainstorming on how to spin-doctor the case of... "The Boy in the Suitcase". While there we'll have a... "Secret Supper" consisting of a... "Fruits Basket" - after which we'll probably sink all the evidence in... "Lanthan Mire". http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14427677 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14427676 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14383158 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14231649 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/12675068 http://www.bookcrossing.com/---/14394134
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Angela's Ashes
The Blue Zone Fox Evil A Sixpenny Christmas The Partner Ice Station Zebra Staring at Angela's Ashes I was in the blue zone. That Evil fox! After spending a cheap Christmas, that partner iced the zebra. Angela had been a lovely animal.
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The unbearable lightness of being in Aberystwyth
A good writer is a dead writer (translation) The cumbersome ones (translation; a better title would be something like What can we do with grannie? as it's about old people) The Lollipop Shoes A river's journey (literal translation; published in English as Tregian’s Ground: The Life and Sometimes Secret Adventures of Francis Tregian, Gentleman and Musician) My Antonia So maybe: Unable to cope with the unbearable lightness of being in Aberystwyth, my Antonia put on her lollipop shoes and journeyed to Tregian's ground where she met her fate at the hands of the cumbersome ones who thought a good writer was a dead writer.
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