The only one I read was Frankenstein, which might have been as far back as high school.
I can handle the Oz Full Monty. I mean, not 'handle' handle.
Xander ,'Help'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Dana - Dec 01, 2025 2:33:36 pm PST #28487 of 28496
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Dana - Dec 01, 2025 2:35:04 pm PST #28488 of 28496
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific? He's already got another Thursday Murder Club, plus that one from his new series. And he hosts a game show!
-t - Dec 01, 2025 2:39:43 pm PST #28489 of 28496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
He churns them out like clockwork!
megan walker - Dec 01, 2025 2:45:19 pm PST #28490 of 28496
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific? He's already got another Thursday Murder Club, plus that one from his new series. And he hosts a game show!
I read both! Neither really were guessable but I knew some people here had read the book I used and I thought the first line was funny given the context of the challenge. Plus, it gave me the idea to put the items in order of length, so...
BTW, I really liked both books. It is amazing to me how he manages to stay true to the TMC characters and yet still keep the stories fresh. I'm usually well tired of a series by the time it hits #5.
-t - Dec 01, 2025 3:15:15 pm PST #28491 of 28496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I have the Impossible Fortune out from the library but it's about to go back and I haven't gotten to it. Woes.
Eta: because, I feel I should explain, I irrationally decided to prioritize reading Snake-eater from that other prolific writer T Kingfisher. I think this is her third this year? Plus the Swordheart reissue
-t - Dec 01, 2025 3:20:23 pm PST #28492 of 28496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
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aurelia - Dec 01, 2025 4:34:21 pm PST #28493 of 28496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Really surprised no one came up with #10. I thought I made it easier by using the preface but maybe not.
If I had submitted a guess, that is what I would have guessed. I don't have a copy of that one to check though.
Also, how TF is Richard Osman so prolific?
He's used to churning out content on a tv schedule??
-t - Dec 01, 2025 6:55:31 pm PST #28494 of 28496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If I had submitted a guess, that is what I would have guessed.
For some reason I made the leap to the spontaneous human combustion in Bleak House and while I was pretty sure it wasn’t that I couldn’t think of anything else. Even with the movie out.
Calli - Dec 03, 2025 1:48:27 pm PST #28495 of 28496
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I forgot I’d pre-ordered Snake Eater, so it was a nice surprise on the 1st. I think the author has said the southwest US is the place of her heart, and it shows in this book.
-t - Dec 03, 2025 2:07:54 pm PST #28496 of 28496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
She talks about that in the Acknowledgments, and, yeah, the whole setting-as-a-character thing is strong