The main character in this historical fiction was sent undercover to Paris as part of Churchill’s Special Operations Executive. Can you name the book?
Thank you Jean! The Lavender Garden by Lucinda Riley is the correct answer! Constance Carruthers is sent undercover to Paris during the climax of the Nazi occupation. A wonderful read!
The Friday Morning Bookclub read this book. Can you name it………in English?
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Thank you Gabi and Betty Jo! When I saw the book And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini in a book store in Amsterdam, I just had to take a picture! A 3.86 Omelet book!
Notice the different cover design! Which do you prefer?
This book which The Friday Morning Bookclub read was written under a pseudonym. The real name of the author was Judy Brown. Can you name the book?
Feel free to check out our complete book list for clues, although you will not find Judy Brown listed!
Thank you Marilyn and Audrey! Judy Brown wrote her book Hush under the pseudonym of Eishes Chayil in order to protect her friends and family. Eishes Chayil translates to Woman of Valor.
Do you recognize this book, which The Friday Morning bookclub is reading?
(hint…check out the name of the author!)
Thank you Leena! In Germany this month’s book Me Before You is titled Ein Ganzes Halbes Tahr, which translates to A Whole Half Year. I actually like the German title better!
Which title do you prefer? Me Before You or A Whole Half Year?
Part 2……………….Guess where I am?
I was in Vienna, Salzburg and Munich and this book was everywhere!
This page turner which the Friday Morning Bookclub read brings back to life many of our favorite characters from The Great Gatsby. Can you name the book?
Thank you Esther! Tom and Daisy Buchanan as well as Jay Gatsby himself come alive in The Double Bind by Chris Bohjalian. This page turner will keep you on your toes and what an ending! Bohjalian is also the author of Midwives.
All comments and answers are both welcomed and appreciated!
One of the main characters in this novel read by The Friday Morning Bookclub referred to his twin sister as “Mytwingo”. Can you name the book?
Thank you Audrey! Yes, In Gone Girl, Nick’s twin’s nick name was Go. He said the phrase My twin, Go so many times that it became “a reassuring mantra instead of actual words: Mytwingo.”
What a page turner!
Feel free to use our complete book list for clues. All answers and comments are welcomed!
“His heart is two sizes too small” was the way the boy was described in this mystery read by The Friday Morning Bookclub. Can you name the book?
Thank you Audrey! In Defending Jacob, Jacob was described as having a heart two sizes too small. Defending Jacob, written by William Landay is an exciting mystery which will keep you on the edge of your seat. You will be asking yourself whether he was guilty or not until the very end. I could not get this book out of my head for days after finishing it!
Months ago I posted this trivia question and just realized that it was never answered. Someone out there MUST know the answer! Feel free to use our complete book list for clues.
This book, which The Friday Morning Bookclub read is narrated by a 16-year-old Nigerian orphan named Udo. Can you name the book?
Time for another clue:
Although this book centers around a young Nigerian girl, much of the story takes place in London.
Wow! Thank you Janine, Linda, Gabi and Alta……. FOUR CORRECT ANSWERS! Yes, it is Little Bee (also known as The Other Hand) by Chris Cleave. Little Bee is about the relationship between a young Nigerian girl and a British magazine editor, an unlikely pair who’s lives collide one day on an African beach, changing their lives forever. A 4 Omelet book!
This non fiction book which the Friday Morning Bookclub read is based on the special relationship which develops between the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and a Jewish Cantor. Can you name the book?
Use our complete book list for clues! All comments and answers are welcomed!
Thank you Amy! Not By The Sword is the story of the friendship which develops between Cantor Michael Weisser and Larry Trapp, the Grand Dragon of the White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Nebraska. What starts off as a series of threatening phone calls turns into so much more. A thought provoking book!
This month we are reading Defending Jacob. What other book did The Friday Morning Bookclub read starring a young man named Jacob? This Jacob was studying to be a veterinarian!
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Thank you BermudaOnion and Betty Jo! Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen is the story of Jacob Jankowski. When twenty-three year old Jacob, a veterinary student receives the devastating news that his parents were killed in a car accident, he leaves school and jumps a train, only to find out that it is a circus train. A wonderful book!
