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Topic: Playing with Random Words
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Anyone in the mood for a game that's just for fun? No prizes. I borrowed this idea from another forum and tweaked it for HF. The idea is to go to the Random Word Generator and post the word it provides. The next poster will provide the first HF title that comes to mind and why. S/he will then visit the RWG and post the next random word. Like this: OP: East 2nd: Genghis Khan: Birth of an Empire because it takes place in the East. Next random word is ... Lost |
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Okay.. "Lost" makes me think of "The Legion of the Mists" by Amanda Cockrell, which is about the Roman legion that mysteriously disappeared in Britain...the 9th Hispana.
Next word:
Eleven |
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The best I could come up with for eleven is our eleventh month, November which put me in mind of this book on my TBR, Another November by Roger Grenier, set in WWII Next word:
smash
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"Smash" for some reason makes me think of Colleen McCullough's "First Man In Rome"....not sure why, maybe because I envision Roman warriors smashing each other in battle. Next word: FLEW |
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Makes me think of the book Cathy is reading now Through The Glass Darkly.
Next word is PAT Michelle beat me so does that mean I am ejected? Last Edited on: 2/20/10 7:43 PM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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Okay Flew Reminds me of the book I am rereading Wolf and the Dove
Next word IS POLISH |
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No ejecting players! LOL! My TBR is growing ... |
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Whew! |
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Polish can only bring to mind James Michener's Poland; which, incidentally I did read - cover to painful cover! Next word is SUBSET. P.S. to Michelle - reading throught this thread, when I came to the word "smash," what popped into my mind was First Man in Rome. !!! Honest! I couldn't believe it when I scrolled down & saw your post !!! Kelly |
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SUBSET Okay bare with me, the subset of a book would be binding, pages, chapters,........ Which brings me to The Illuminator by Brenda Vantrease
Next word RENDERING |
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Oh...easy! Rendering brings to mind "Caesar" by McCullough. Or "Caesar's Women" by her as well. (Render unto Caesar...) Next word is: Forever
*Smut title coming up in 3...2....1.... Last Edited on: 2/20/10 9:03 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Has to be Forever Amber. I need to get a copy of that book. Next word is ARE Alice |
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I immediately thought the phrase, "Are we there yet?" which made me think of How Far To Bethlehem by Norah Lofts. I can imagine Mary riding on that doneky all preggers and uncomfortable and whining to Joseph every five minutes, "Are we there yet?" The next word is - IMPLEMENTATION. Let's see who can do what with that baby! This is fun, Genie! We could go on forever with this! Last Edited on: 2/20/10 9:46 PM ET - Total times edited: 3 |
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Implementation Of treaties remind me of the Magna Carta, so this could be one of many books but I will say Scarlet Lion By Elizabeth Chadwick because of William Marshalls role in that.
OOPs the next word is WORDING Last Edited on: 2/20/10 9:55 PM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Wording = word= books Thus the Book Thief by Markus Zukus. My book club book for April Next word is Verb |
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Well, a verb is an action word, which brings to mind our favorite man of action, Uhtred of Bebbanberg! Any one of Cornwell's books come to mind, but The Burning Land was the most recent so . . . Next word is - PRICING. |
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You ladies are good! |
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Well if you are pricing you are selling things. So I came up with Sold Down the River by Barbara Hambly. It is book 4 of her Benjamin January series. It is one of my favorite historical mystery series, set in New Orleans 1850s. HIghly recommend the series Belive it or not our next word is colon someone else can come up with a book for that. Alice |
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LOL! Colon made me think of "Love in the Time of Cholera".....because it makes me think of sickness. Next word is Paranoid Kelly - that is funny! Great minds..... |
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Paranoid puts me in mind of Ian Rutledge, the main character in A Test of Wills by Charles Todd. He suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, so it's not like he's paranoid all the time. But he does have his moments. Next word: connotation |
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"Connotation" reminds me little notes on the side of a paper, like a speechwriter might make, so that immediately brings to mind Cicero. Ergo, any of the Masters in Rome by Colleen McCullough from The Grass Crown onward. Let's say, Fortune's Favorites. Next word is PITFALL (Btw, did anyone else LOL at the URL for the generator? watchout4snakes! Any MST3K fans here? Eegah? Hello?) LOL, I'm thinking of ANNOTATION. Nevermind. It's still early. After reacquainting myself with what the word means, I'll stick with Cicero. Last Edited on: 2/21/10 9:41 AM ET - Total times edited: 2 |
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Linda (who is visiting me this week-end) says the obvious choice for pitfall would be The Pit & the Pendulum, Edgar Allen Poe. But in thinking about our heroes, I'm going with Francis Crawford of Lymond (Dorothy Dunnet's Lymond Chronicles) who had such pitfalls in Pawn in Frankincense. New word is ... oh, boy, what a softball ... DESIRE !!! Kelly Last Edited on: 2/21/10 9:55 AM ET - Total times edited: 1 |
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Desire makes me think of Love so Elizabeth Chadwicks Love knot. Next word Punctuation Off to teach Sunday School Alice |
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Punctuation makes me think of commas, and periods...and Period leads to Time Period..which leaves it wide open! I'll go with the Tudor period, and say "Green Darkness" by Anya Seton.
Next word is: Popping |
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Popping reminds me of the buttons flying off the heroine's bodice at the hands of Devil Prince Rupert in The Cavalier's Woman. LOL Oh, here's a challenge: the word is CAR |
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