The Book Mistresses
Two books written in the 1800's
1. Pride and Prejudice
2. Awakening
Female Authors 43
Male Authors 42
Book Club Trivia
Books with twins:
Out Stealing Horses
The 13th Tale
Her Fearful Symetry
What author was committed by his parents to a mental institution and remained for
until he was 20 years old?
Paul Coelho
Ernest Hemingway wrote;
"She has written so well, and marvelously well, that I was completely ashamed of myself as a writer. I felt that I was simply a carpenter with words, picking up whatever was furnished on the job and nailing them together and sometimes making an okay pig pen. But [she] can write rings around all of us who consider ourselves as writers ... it really is a bloody wonderful book."
West of the Night
What author was named after a character from a series of novels that were turned into movies?
Eowyn Ivy, author of The Snow Child
She was named after the character, Eowyn from The Lord of the Rings
Authors we have read more than once:
Wallace Stegner
Sue Monk kidd
Audrey Niffengger
Ann Patchett
Joan Didion
Erik Larson
Alice Hoffman
One of our authors also wrote comic strip Wonder Woman: Alan Brennert (Moloka'i)
Author who considers herself a professional Girl Scout:
Kris Radish The Elegant Gathering of White Snows
Shortest book-
The Alchemist 168 pages
Longest book-
Cutting for Stone 668 pages
The Awakening by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899 was originally titled "A Solitary Soul."
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Books about an American President; one, "The River of Doubt"
Books based on a classic fairytale; two, The Snowchild and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
What author had these books listed (also on our booklist) on her favorites?
The Secret History, Bel Canto,
The Ocean at the End of the Lane,
and The Shadow of the Wind
Erin Morgenstern
Author of The Night Circus
Novels set in California? 8
The Circle
East of Eden
The Year They Tried to Kill Me
Wild
Angle of Repose
Divisadero
Crashing Through
The Language of Flowers