Comments on: Famous and Possessive: A Core List http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/ Behind the Book Reviews--The Official Blog of Booklist Online Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:46:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: David Wright http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141791 David Wright Fri, 09 May 2008 20:06:21 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141791 ...oh, and then - and I actually think there might be a shelf of them - 'The (adjective) ___ist's (adjective+) (noun).' In fact, who needs the books; let's just do titles: The Spanish Chartist's Secret Daughter. The Ninth Decembrist's Special Device. The Yiddish Arborist's Final Maneuver. The Naughty Marxist's Christmas Surprise. The Oleaginous Philatelist's Ninety-Second Stamp. The Boorish Columnist's Latest Outrage. …oh, and then - and I actually think there might be a shelf of them - ‘The (adjective) ___ist’s (adjective+) (noun).’ In fact, who needs the books; let’s just do titles:

The Spanish Chartist’s Secret Daughter.
The Ninth Decembrist’s Special Device.
The Yiddish Arborist’s Final Maneuver.
The Naughty Marxist’s Christmas Surprise.
The Oleaginous Philatelist’s Ninety-Second Stamp.
The Boorish Columnist’s Latest Outrage.

]]> By: David Wright http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141786 David Wright Fri, 09 May 2008 19:44:55 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141786 Wonderful! (D'Arconville's Cat is one of my favorite books that a.) nobody's read and b.) you need to have a dictionary handy for.) For your next trick, if you haven't already done this, how about a list of 'The ____ist' titles? And then a list of 'The ___ist's (adjective) (noun)." Wonderful! (D’Arconville’s Cat is one of my favorite books that a.) nobody’s read and b.) you need to have a dictionary handy for.)

For your next trick, if you haven’t already done this, how about a list of ‘The ____ist’ titles? And then a list of ‘The ___ist’s (adjective) (noun).”

]]> By: maggie http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141486 maggie Fri, 09 May 2008 03:19:01 +0000 http://blog.booklistonline.com/2008/05/07/famous-and-possessive-a-core-list/#comment-141486 We started calling our book club the Possessives after a string of My Sister's Keeper, Memory Keeper's Daughter, & Angela's Ashes. :) We started calling our book club the Possessives after a string of My Sister’s Keeper, Memory Keeper’s Daughter, & Angela’s Ashes. :)

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