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13 years ago

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MOther's Mild - Edward St Aubyn

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Mother's Ruin - Diana Mottley

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junek-2009
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The Body Snatchers - Jack Finney
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leel
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The Italian Boy : Murder and Grave-Robbery in 1830s London --Sarah Wise
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I used to play in actual rock bands where I had to sing, so karaoke hardly makes me nervous (although I'm not used to having the backing band never mess up!). My fave karaoke song was "Be Bop A-Lula" by Gene Vincent, although I sang it more like Elvis would. But I liked to mix it up. I'd do a punk/metal screamer or two, then surprise the audience by stepping up to the mic and crooning a 1950s Sinatra torch song, like "Night and Day". Sadly, I don't have the voice for either anymore. Some would say I never did. I was at a restaurant/bar on karaoke night one time when I had a very sweet and very cute waitress named Sunshine (or at least that's what her name tag said). So in the most sultry voice I could muster I sang Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine (When She's Gone)" for her. Went over very well ;-) The easiest song to sing is of course "Louie Louie". You don't even have to know the lyrics! When did "Blister in the Sun" become so popular? It's one of these songs that was never a hit and rarely heard in its day (1983), yet it's all over the radio now.
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Button ton not but nut bout Badminton (in the spirit of the olympic)
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veer
13 years ago
The Infamous Burke and Hare: Resurrectionists of Old Edinburgh - Michael Gordon
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sheriz6
13 years ago
Rabbit, Run -- John Updike
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junek-2009
13 years ago
Watership Down - Richard Adams
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connie_in_western_nc
13 years ago
Up Periscope...Robb White
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leel
13 years ago
Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Extra credit for responding to the last TWO titles!
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veer
13 years ago
Ladder to the Stars - R Greenway

(Leel triple points as it is the third Tuesday in March)
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dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester
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junek-2009
13 years ago
Rocket Ship Galileo - Robert A. Heinlein
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leel
13 years ago
Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter

Thank you Veer. I've entered them in my book ;)
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veer
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Book of Noodles: Stories of Simpletons: Fools and Their Follies - W A Clouston
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sheriz6
13 years ago
Won't Get Fooled Again: The Who from Lifehouse to Quadrophenia -- Richie Unterberger
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connie_in_western_nc
13 years ago
Leel, I'm glad you got triple points as that means I got double for Watership/ Periscope and Down/Up.. LOL!

Double Jeopardy...Peter Storey
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carolyn_ky
13 years ago
Single & Single, John Le Carre
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leel
13 years ago
Double Trouble In Walla Walla by Andrew Clements

Happy to be of help, Connie ;>)
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veer
13 years ago
It Takes Two to Tango - Gary Smalley
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Kath
13 years ago
Waltzing Matilda - Banjo Paterson
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dido1
Original Author
13 years ago
Matilda - who Told Lies and was Burned to Death - Hillaire Belloc
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carolyn_ky
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The Burning Court, John Dickson Carr
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junek-2009
13 years ago
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leel
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veer
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His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography --Ethel Waters
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veer
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Red, Red Robin, Stephen Gallagher
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The Scarlet Letter...Nathaniel Hawthorne
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veer
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Black Swan Green - David Mitchell
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The White Feather - P.G. Wodehouse
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The Four Feathers - A.E.W. Mason
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The Love Letter - Cathleen Schine
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Dear John...Nicholas Sparks

No, I didn't read it!
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leel
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Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
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dido1
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The Seagull - Anton Chekov
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veer
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Birds of a Feather, Jacqueline Winspear
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