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I’d Like to Buy a Vowel (2018 Edition)
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No A's - Old Men Forget by Duff Cooper
No E's - So Big by Edna Ferber
No I's - La Part de l'autre by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt
No O's - Späte Gedichte by Nelly Sachs
No U's - Die Wand by Marlen Haushofer
No Y's - Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town by Stephen Leacock
I'll give it a try:No As- The Chief (although I guess this could fit multiple categories...I may have to move it if I find one of the others a harder fit)
No Es- Horns
No Is- Beartown
No Os- The Naturalist
No Us- Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
No Ys - The Mountain Between Us
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Should be doable, right?No A’s - 1Q84
No E’s - ToM Training
No I’s - Never Fade
No O’s - The Iliad
No U’s - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
No Y’s - De klappen van het leven: Vervulling vinden als het leven pijn doet
I think this is harder than it looks, but I'm in! No A’s - Magictorn
No E’s-Looking for Alaska
No I’s - Alpha
No O’s -Magic Hunter
No U’s -Born of Fire
No Y’s -Dark Notes
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I'll try this one too! Completed in September.No A’s - Purple Hibiscus 9/7/2018
No E’s- Vox 9/8/2018
No I’s - The Last Ballad 9/18/2018
No O’s - The Blind Assassin 9/3/2018
No U’s -The Trinity Knot 9/12/2018
No Y’s - I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life 9/9/2018
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No A's - The Fixer by Bernard Malamud
No E - Pygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
No I's - The Stream Runs Fast by Nellie L. McClung
No O - The Human Factor by Graham Greene
No U's - El Laberinto De La Soledad by Octavio Paz
No Y's - Mosses from an Old Manse by Nathaniel Hawthorne
So, do words like a, the etc count? I mean, can I put The Iliad down for the "e" or isn't that allowed?
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Bayou Folk and A Night in Acadie by Kate Chopin.
And I really enjoyed it too.
Renee wrote: "Hmmm. I feel like we counted articles when we’ve done this challenge in the past but I will look through the Archive to be certain."Hi Renee have you checked out the archive yet?
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Thanks for reminding me!
Renee wrote: "Wow. I must be running on empty! I did check and thought I’d responded. In the past we counted article. So anything with “the” could not be used for no Es. Thanks for reminding me!"
Ah too bad, lol
No problem, thank you!
No A’s - Wuthering HeightsNo E’s - To Kill a Mockingbird
No I’s - Jane Eyre
No O’s - Sense and Sensibility
No U’s - Of Mice and Men
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Finished!No As- The Chief
No Es- Horns
No Is- Beartown
No Os- The Naturalist
No Us- Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
No Ys - The Mountain Between Us
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Round 1:No A’s - 1Q84 book 1
No E’s - ToM Training
No I’s - Never Fade
No O’s - The Iliad
No U’s - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
No Y’s - De klappen van het leven: Vervulling vinden als het leven pijn doet
Round 2:
No A's -
No E's - 1Q84 Book 2
No I's - Through the Dark
No O's - De gedaanteverwisseling
No U's - American Gods
No Y's - In The Afterlight
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Now it's time to work on some other challenges.
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Round 1:No A’s - 1Q84 book 1
No E’s - ToM Training
No I’s - Never Fade
No O’s - The Iliad
No U’s - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
No Y’s - De klappen van het leven: Vervulling vinden als het leven pijn doet
Round 2:
No A's - Het meisje in het ijs
No E's - 1Q84 Book 2
No I's - Through the Dark
No O's - De gedaanteverwisseling
No U's - American Gods
No Y's - In The Afterlight
Round 3:
No A's - 1Q84: Book 3
No E's - A Christmas Carol
No I's - De klap
No O's - Waar de palmen ruisen / Terugkeer naar Angela
No U's - Handboek EMDR bij kinderen en jongeren
No Y's - Schildpadden tot in het oneindige
Round 4:
No A's -
No E's -
No I's -
No O's -
No U's - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
No Y's -
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Thank you Rosemarie and Renee! :)(I should be working on my Buyer's remorse challenge though lol)
Round 1:No A’s - 1Q84 book 1
No E’s - ToM Training
No I’s - Never Fade
No O’s - The Iliad
No U’s - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
No Y’s - De klappen van het leven: Vervulling vinden als het leven pijn doet
Round 2:
No A's - Het meisje in het ijs
No E's - 1Q84 Book 2
No I's - Through the Dark
No O's - De gedaanteverwisseling
No U's - American Gods
No Y's - In The Afterlight
Round 3:
No A's - 1Q84: Book 3
No E's - A Christmas Carol
No I's - De klap
No O's - Waar de palmen ruisen / Terugkeer naar Angela
No U's - Handboek EMDR bij kinderen en jongeren
No Y's - Schildpadden tot in het oneindige
Round 4:
No A's - Deception Point
No E's -
No I's -
No O's -
No U's - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
No Y's - De correcties
Almost 4 rounds :)
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Books mentioned in this topic
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The Iliad (other topics)
ToM Training (other topics)
De correcties (other topics)
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George Bernard Shaw (other topics)Nathaniel Hawthorne (other topics)
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It was born from the responses to Question 32.
Mission: Beginning September 1, keep track of titles that are missing a key vowel. For example:
No As- The Idiot
No Es- Fangirl
No Is- Bleak House
No Os- Pride and Prejudice
No Us- Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
No Ys- Welcome to Temptation
Challenge runs until December 31. Good Luck!