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Post by susanb on Dec 15, 2015 1:27:04 GMT 1
With the Mastermind competition behind us, (in which I fell at the post ), I was thinking about the fact that I will NEVER repeat my performance from the year The Secret Horse by Marion Holland was my specialist subject. I have read that book so many times it's part of my DNA now! So....if in some apocalyptic future, where books were burned (eeek!), which book or books would you be able to save, because you'd literally memorized them? (If anyone hasn't read/heard of the plot, link at bottom). Pony books or non pony, list 'em all! I think I could do these four: The Secret Horse by Marion Holland Tall and Proud (original UK title King Sam) by Vian Smith The Ghost in the Swing by Janet Patton Smith The Snowstorm by Beryl Netherclift link to Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (title refers to the temperature at which paper burns) www.amazon.com/Fahrenheit-451-Novel-Ray-Bradbury-ebook/dp/B0064CPN7I/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1450138655&sr=1-1&keywords=farenheight+451
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Post by kunuma1 on Dec 15, 2015 19:27:56 GMT 1
Oh dear, here would be my inner geek coming out, I reckon could do the Jill books with my eyes shut, the Silver Brumby books, the Monica Edwards books and probably most of the PT ones ( the less blood sport orientated ones). Non pony - probably the Swallows and Amazons series - and the E Nesbit books. And Blake's poetry!! lol
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Post by susanb on Dec 16, 2015 1:52:43 GMT 1
Wow, that is so impressive, kunuma! I'd never be able to do whole series....even whole author! The year I did Vian Smith as my Mastermind challenge, I only did ok...it's just that one book, Tall and Proud/King Sam that I really know backwards and forwards. With a bit of study, I might be able to add Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis, but I wouldn't bet money on it.
I'm still reading my way through Swallows and Amazons....I wound up skipping around a bit, as I laid my hands on them, but am trying to fill in the blanks now....Winter Holiday is next up.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2015 6:52:39 GMT 1
Um none at all! However much I read a book I retain virtually nothing.
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Post by kunuma1 on Dec 16, 2015 16:24:27 GMT 1
Winter Holiday is one of my favourites!I spent all my childhood wanting to meet the Swallows and for them to teach me to sail, I''m still waiting!Fascinating reading the background of the books to realise that they all were real people, like those in the ME books, it makes it extra special that they really existed!
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