The Twits - Roald Dahl

Christina: those Humboldt penguins are SO cute. I know they look like "clowns" but they're pretty intelligent for birdbrains. We were very lucky to visit the Calgary Zoo quite early in the morning (so no lineups!) this past week to see their newly opened Penguin Plunge exhibit/habitat. I got the impression they were even more curious about "us" LOL.

"Red Rock Mysteries" (series by Jerry B. Jenkins and Chris Fabry)


photo taken at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada USA. It's only about 25 miles from Vegas, so if you get bored losing money, it's well worth the short sidetrip.

The White Tiger = Aravind Adiga

oh my. Gorgeous tiger!

"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" - Jules Verne


Captain Nemo's submarine was named "Nautilus"
Photo taken at SeaWorld San Diego

That's fabulous.

"The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side" - Agatha Christie

Black Beauty - Anna Sewell

The Ugly Duckling - Hans Christian Andersen

"Monkey Grip" by Helen Garner



The macaque is on the outside of the 'cage' (actually a small building) being fed by people from within - Kyoto Japan.

Thanks Christina

SpanishLiz: I DO hope that wasn't one of your OWN mirrors!

love the horses, Christina!

Mike: am very jealous. Haven't been out of my own hemisphere yet. Excellent photo and
interesting concept that the people are sort of in a cage too lol.

"The Eagle Has Landed" - 1975 Jack Higgins (pseudonym for Harry Patterson)

It was. Just jumped off the wall in my downstairs bathroom when nobody (including the cat) was near it. As it broke itself, I choose not to be superstitious about it

lol, well yes, suicidal mirrors should never be taken seriously ~ (and whew!)

"Dubliners" - James Joyce

Dragonflight - Anne McCaffrey

Lovely Dragon!

"Just After Sunset" -- Stephen King

Thanks ertrum.

Windmills of the Gods by Sidney Sheldon

Red Dragon. Thomas Harris

"How Green Was My Valley" - Richard LLewellyn

That's beautiful, where is it?

I agree with Christina; it's a breathtaking view, ertrum!

Thanks! This is in the Canadian Rockies, taken while we were on a train from Vancouver to Calgary.

Wild Dogs - Helen Humphreys

"The Sphinx" - Oscar Wilde

Daddy-Long-Legs Jean Webster

CmdrK: Haven't checked in this particular thread very recently, but (a delayed) Welcome to you! Hope you'll post more : )

Gees: Fits the song PERfectly. (not that anyone cares, but "daddy long legs" is usually a nickname for a certain spider on this side of the pond. Some folks over here (with the possible exception of the Maritime provinces) are more likely to call the insect in your photo a 'mosquito hawk'. It's actually a crane fly). Cool post Gees!

"Searching for Bobby Fischer" - Fred Waitzkin

Impressive photo of the Sphinx, Cmdrk.

"Remember Me" by Mary Higgins Clark



The Holocaust memorial outside the Great Synagogue in Budapest.

That is wonderful, quite spectacular

The Secret Garden - Francis Hodgson Burnett