Bookshelf Scavenger Hunt No 2

[Miss Chicken]

It seems like people enjoyed the first book hunt so I am hoping that this one will also be fun. I might continue having this on a regular basis in the future (if I can think of enough questions).

So I want you to find the following on your bookshelves (if you have them)

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.

3) What is the heaviest book you own?

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)

7) A novel with a number in its title

8) A non-fiction book about science

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

10) A novel set in Asia

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

 

[Spot's Meow]

Alright, let's see what I've got!

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

It's Just What I've Always Wanted! by Chiquita Woodard (contains gift ideas).


2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.

I can't think of any. I'm pretty efficient in my book collecting (or any collecting). If I had two copies I would promptly choose one to keep.


3) What is the heaviest book you own?

A large book called The Founding of the United States Experience, which includes a lot of interactive elements like envelopes containing reproduction archival documents, large photographs, things to touch and move, etc.


4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

Nope, no poetry! Not a big fan.


5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

Five Little Pigs by Agatha Christie


6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)

My old copy of The Scarlet Letter that I mentioned in the previous thread. It is a scarlet red cloth with ornate gold designs on the edges. A picture doesn't really do it justice.


7) A novel with a number in its title

1984 by George Orwell


8) A non-fiction book about science

Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach. I haven't read it yet so I'm not sure exactly how scientific it is.


9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

Roughing It by Mark Twain (really do want to get around to finishing that, its only been about 10 years...)


10) A novel set in Asia

Death in Midsummer and other stories by Yukio Mishima


11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

Cataloging and Classification: An Introduction by Lois Mai Chan. One of my many Library Science textbooks.


12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

The Martha Washington Cook Book by Marie Kimball

 

[Miss Chicken]

I am currently reading Stiff - I certainly would classify it under science.

My own answers


1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

Song of the Dodo - David Quammen

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same.

The Wizard of Oz. I collect copies of the first book in the Oz series. Especially books illustrated before around 1970. I also have the Annotated Wizard of Oz.

3) What is the heaviest book you own?

The New Encyclopedia of Mammals (published 2001). According to Amazon it weights 10.2 lbs (4.6 kilos)

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

My Urohs by Emelihter Kihleng (she is from the island of Pohnpei, one of the Federated States of Micronesia)


5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

The Fish Can Sing by Halldor Laxness (one of my favourite books)

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)

The cover of my latest book is quite nice. The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington.

7) A novel with a number in its title

Seven Little Australians by Ethel Turner

8) A non-fiction book about science

The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear, the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective's Greatest Cases by E. J. Wagner

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

The Given Land by Thomas Allen. It is sort of a bird version of Lord of the Rings. A group of non-flying birds ((including Oldest with Feathers - a wise kakapo) set out on a journey to warn the Bird Kingdom of the coming of stoats to New Zealand. Though I was enjoying it, it was a bit plodding and I put it aside meaning to go back to it. I will try to get back to it soon.

10) A novel set in Asia

The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill (first in a series of cozy murder mysteries set in Laos)

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up by Julia Eccleshare

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

4 Ingredients: Over 340 Quick, Easy and Delicious Recipes Using 4 or Fewer Ingredients by Kim McCosker - I like it because the recipes are so simple.

 

[Nerys Myk]

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

A Newcomer's Guide To the Afterlife by Daniel Quinn and Tom Whalen

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.

Midnight In Never Land by me!

3) What is the heaviest book you own?

My Art books. Not sure which is the heaviest.

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Elliot.

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)
Art Deco by Victor Arwas

7) A novel with a number in its title

List of Seven by Mark Frost

8) A non-fiction book about science

Quantum Physics for Dummies

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

Princes of Ireland the Dublin Saga by Edward Rutherford

10) A novel set in Asia

Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

A Pliocene Companion by Julian May

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

Betty Crocker Cookbook.

 

[trekkiedane]

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name
AA by Mobashar Qureshihttp://www.amazon.com/AA-ebook/dp/B006FKH8AO.

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.
The Prague Cemetery by Umberto Eco - I have it both translated into Danish and English (unless I actually gave away the Danish one...)

3) What is the heaviest book you own?
It's either my one-volume Hunter S. Thompson anthology or a big glossy-paper 'coffee-table-book'(?) about the Bauhaus School.

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)
Øl er øl (=Beer is Beer) -a collection of (oftentimes very poetic) quotations about beer.

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title
The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)
Illustreret Danmarkshistorie for folket (=Illustrated History of Denmark for the People) by Claus Deluran
It first appeared as a series of single pages in a (family-)magazine and was then published as nine volumes with these images being the covers of the first two volumes:

7) A novel with a number in its title
The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four and Five by Doris Lessing (More than one number -sue me if you must )

8) A non-fiction book about science
I have a beginners book about stargazing -if that counts here.

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)
Evolution by Stephen Baxter

10) A novel set in Asia
Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. I remember reading it for the first time (back when it came out in 1981 -and had been translated) -and having to read it again right away, it was so good!

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)
Tegneserier (=Comics) -The very first serious book about comics in these parts (from 1973).

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)
Den grønne Syltebog (=The Green Pickling Book). 53'rd edition! - I inherited my copy from grandma -so there are a few handwritten notes on how to make things taste exactly like they used to do at grandma's

 

[CorporalClegg]

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name
I'm pretty sure I have one of Quintin Jardine's Bob Skinner books, but I couldn't say which one without looking for it.

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.
I have six copies (of various types and values) of A Farewell to Arms. And four or five of To Kill a Mockingbird.

3) What is the heaviest book you own?
Probably my single-volume version of the OED.

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one).
I have many, but they're all compilations. I think the only single-author book I have is my copy of Shakespeare's Sonnets.

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title
The Eagle of the Ninth.

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)Sadly, I have none. Most of what I own are hard covers, and I always toss the dust jackets of the modern stuff. (Hate how they look.) The rest are crappy mass paperbacks.

7) A novel with a number in its title
Rainbow Six.

8) A non-fiction book about science
The Naked Ape.

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)
The Hunger Games. I've tried four times now.

10) A novel set in Asia
I own all of Amy Tan's stuff, most of it has bits and pieces set in China. Memoirs of a Geisha is mostly in Japan.

I have a copy of The Tale of Genji in Japanese text my cousin bought me when she lived there. But I've never read it as I only know about two-dozen Kanji. I should get and English version just so I can say I've read it.

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)
The Neverending Story!


12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)
Red or Green? The Fine Art of New Mexican Cooking.

I have more cookbooks than I know what to do with.

 

[M'Sharak]

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America​

2) A book you have more than one copy of - the don't have to be exactly the same. They could be a regular copy and an abridged or annotated copy, or a paperback and a e-book version etc.

I have two different translations of Homer's Odyssey (Lattimore and Fagles)
also duplicates of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.​

3) What is the heaviest book you own?

Not sure. Possibly my world atlas, but I've also got a Mark Twain anthology and A History of the World in the Twentieth Century, both of which are fairly hefty.​

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

I don't think I have any which are just poetry. My Shakespeare: The Complete Works has the sonnets, and I've got Kipling books containing verse.​

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

Still Life With Woodpecker - Tom Robbins​

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)

Nothing's coming to mind.​

7) A novel with a number in its title

The Crying of Lot 49 - Thomas Pynchon (or Catch-22 - Joseph Heller)​

8) A non-fiction book about science

The Fractal Geometry of Nature - Benoit Mandelbrot​

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

The Power and the Glory - Graham Greene​

10) A novel set in Asia

The Moor's Last Sigh - Salman Rushdie​

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

The Name of the Rose - Umberto Eco (fiction)
(William Rose) Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia (non-)​

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

The Better Homes & Gardens New Cook Book​

 

[lurok]

1) A book by an author with a Q in their name

pass

2) A book you have more than one copy of

Complete Works of Shakespeare.

3) What is the heaviest book you own?

Book Of Hours. Or Naked Lunch

4) Name a book of poetry that you own (if you do own one)

The Poetry of Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

5) A novel with the name of an animal in its title

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time

6) Name a book you have with a beautiful cover (photos welcomed)

Hard to select just one. I like Ogawa's book covers though.

7) A novel with a number in its title

80 Millions Eyes (Ed McBain)

8) A non-fiction book about science

The Double Helix (James Watson's rather biased account)

9) A book that you started but never finished (not your current read)

The dreadful Atlas Shrugged.. Currently trying to re-read Ellison's Invisible Man, but finding it hard to get back into.

10) A novel set in Asia

Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa (my current favourite author)

11) A book about books (fiction or non-fiction)

If on winter's night a traveller by Italo Calvino. (someone told me yonks ago it was a book every book lover should read).

12) Name of a cook book (if you have one)

River Cafe Cook Book (food porn ).