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Literary Trivia 2013!
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I am hosting a bookseller/author cocktail party that night.
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Yep.
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You guys know I'd be awful, I'm a slow thinker, I need a few minutes to process, or I'd be IN. Suzanne and Linda - yes, you need to move to Boston.
Marly- that's totally ok! We have a song or two for every question to answer- being fast is not necessary. And in terms of doing well, going in last year with like, no expectations, we did a healthy upper middle. It's more just fun (although it would be bomb to win, of course!).
Ugh, these are always weekdays and my job almost inevitably gets in the way. :(
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do we still have a team?
Yikes sorry about that typo!I am still down, if we can get 2 more people.
Haha. I feel like I just heard my name being called. I'm in.
I can go! I'm no good at trivia but I miss all of my Booktopia friends!
Yay we have a team! Here is the link to buy tickets and register:http://www.bostonbookfest.org/bookfes...
Do we need to have a team name to sign up?
Hmm I guess we do. There was a prize last year for best team name, and the winner was 50 Shades of Grey Goose. Anyone have thoughts?
The Perks of Being a Booklover Casual Supremacy
Mental Vacancy
Jonathan and the Franzens
Robert B. Parker's Wonder Girls
Fahrenheit 45 What?
The Thirsty Games
These are what my boyfriend and I came up with...lol.
Lol I had been rolling The Thirsty Games around in my head. Great Minds!
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I'm headed for Booktopia early tomorrow morning and this is kind of the last thing on my endless to do list.
Once you guys decide the name, will someone buy me a ticket? (You can buy up to 4). I'll pay you back the $12, I swear :)
Not sure if I'll be in town, but if I am will be there to cheer the local team.
I would be happy to steal "Hos of Prose", though is Hos the correct pluralization? I guess I know that hose and hoes are different things lol, hos just looks funny.Ann, I will grab your ticket when I buy mine.
I guess I thought it would be "Hoes of Prose" but then that makes me think of gardening equipment.Let's go with "Hos of Prose". Callie, you have Ann's ticket. Do you need to get a ticket just to watch?
Can't wait! Very excited!
I don't know if I can be a part of this team (hahaha I wouldn't miss it with a name like that). I love it. Elizabeth if you are in town you must take my place on the team and I will cheer you all on.
Eric, I think we should have you in a tiny microphone in our ears, just in case.
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Ann, I will grab..."
I didn't google it, Dawn, but when I looked at the list of the 25 ways to tell if your addicted to books, one of them had something similar (with a drawing of Bill Shakespeare) spelled it hoes.
So, all I'm trying to say is I was trying to be helpful and help keep you all on the spelling up and up.
Dawn wrote: "Callie wrote: "I would be happy to steal "Hos of Prose", though is Hos the correct pluralization? I guess I know that hose and hoes are different things lol, hos just looks funny.Ann, I will grab..."
I wish I could click "like" on this comment.
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Hoes would be garden tools.
Hose of Prose would be kind of cool, but that would be stockings with words written on them.
Ho's would be a crime against grammar.
Therefore, it must be Hos, as much as it reads like "Hoss."
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Ann wrote: "By the way, there's a really nice bar with excellent cocktails next door to the hotel at Booktopia WA. I visited it today, if you couldn't tell."Callie wrote: "Hey y'all!
I received the Boston Book Festival Literary Trivia email today, and I think we need to set up a team!
ooh Ann, yummy, and with the time change cocktail hour really begins at 2:00 pm. (of course, it's always dark under the porch!)
When: June 18, 6-8PM
Where: Tommy Doyle's, Kendall Square
$: Tickets are $12 in ad..."
This is sold out! I'm very excited and can't wait!
Wow, that's great! Did everyone get to sign up?
No. I kept meaning to. What should I do? Do you have enough for a team? Or am I ok because I'm on the team?
Oh no! Unfortunately, if you didn't get a ticket already then you won't be able to participate. If you email norah (at) bostonbookfest (dot) org she might be able to help.
Do you have enough people for a team already? I'm fine with just cheering you on.
Callie, just to be sure, you do not need me for a team, correct? Because I was not able to get a ticket.
I think we have 3 for the team, so we should be all set. We will miss you Marly!
Yes, we will miss you!I'm excited too. I do hope the game will be on in the background somewhere. :)
Tracey wrote: "Yes, we will miss you!I'm excited too. I do hope the game will be on in the background somewhere. :)"
I am making sure to keep my phone as charged as possible today so that I will be able to surreptitiously keep an eye on what's going on.
Update please - how did the Hos of Prose do at the literary trivia??
Jennifer wrote: "Update please - how did the Hos of Prose do at the literary trivia??"We came in second! It was a lot of fun! And wonderful company and great sweet potato fries made the night!
WOW!! Congrats, team - that's very impressive! And I love sweet potato fries :-)
Reading this entire message thread made me miss you all SO MUCH!!! Trying to kick start my own bookish meetup over here... but it's just not the same. Sending my love and hugs from very far away L.A. :( Booooo!Ps: SECOND PLACE?? HELL YEAH!
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I'd love to field 2 teams next year!
You guys beat Madeline Miller? That's even more impressive!
I received the Boston Book Festival Literary Trivia email today, and I think we need to set up a team!
When: June 18, 6-8PM
Where: Tommy Doyle's, Kendall Square
$: Tickets are $12 in advance, $15 at the door, but the event sold out ahead of time last year.
They'd like teams of four. I'm totally in, who's with me?