{"id":2741,"date":"2010-08-30T23:52:22","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2010-08-30T23:52:22","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T04:52:22","slug":"one-last-look-at-those-weekly-geeks-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=2741","title":{"rendered":"one last look at those weekly geeks quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week<\/a>, I revealed you had correctly identified six of the ten quotes<\/a> I gave you from some of my favorite books.<\/p>\n

With some additional clues (some more clever than others, I admit), raidergirl3, Jenn, Rudi, and Grey Kitten correctly identified three more:<\/p>\n

1. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My father had a face that could stop a clock.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d — The Eyre Affair<\/em><\/p>\n

3. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The year began with lunch.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d — A Year in Provence<\/em><\/p>\n

9. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It was a dark and stormy night.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d — A Wrinkle in Time<\/em><\/p>\n

The only quote no one could identify:<\/p>\n

7. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I have been afraid of putting air in a tire ever since I saw a tractor tire blow up and throw Newt Hardbine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s father over the top of the Standard Oil sign.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My additional clue: When driving across the country to Tucson, you want to be very careful about picking up reptiles at rest stops. It just might change your life.<\/em> [I later asked in the comments if capitalizing reptiles would have helped anyone guess, but the resulting silence suggests that no, that wouldn’t have been useful.]<\/p>\n

The answer? The Bean Trees<\/em> by Barbara Kingsolver.<\/p>\n

Admittedly, the opening line of the story does not have much to do with the rest of the book, but I was hopeful that the reptiles bit of the clue might trigger your recollection of Turtle, who enters the tale during a rest stop in Oklahoma.<\/p>\n

Thanks for playing along, everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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