Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Here we go.
Note: I'm not going to be around much over the next few days. I'll post each day's clues, but Instant Replays will be not quite so instant.
Thank you for your patience.
Note: I'm not going to be around much over the next few days. I'll post each day's clues, but Instant Replays will be not quite so instant.
Thank you for your patience.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Mathematician Charles Dodgson wrote children's works, including “The Hunting of the Snark,” under this pseudonym.
4: This author of The Giving Tree also wrote the Johnny Cash hit “A Boy Named Sue.”
6: In her “World,” the latest book in Beverly Cleary's series featuring this protagonist, the heroine is in fourth grade while her sister Beezus starts high school.
8: In 1999 this author released Ender's Shadow, the first book in a trilogy that occurs alongside another book series that debuted fourteen years earlier.
10: This author of the Percy Jackson series has the same name as the mayor of Los Angeles who replaced Tom Bradley in 1993.
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Zeus first appeared to this Phonecian princess after whom a continent is named in the form of a white bull.
6: According to Matthew 27:32, a man from a North African region named for this consort of Apollo carried Jesus' cross to Golgotha.
9: For every pomegranate seed she ate, this daughter of Zeus and Demeter was forced to spend one month per year in the underworld with Pluto.
12: This Egyptian cow goddess associated with the Milky Way is at various times said to be the consort of Sobek and Horus.
15: In the Mahabharta, Princess Kunti inadvertently summons this Hindu sun god to conceive a child with her.
2: Mathematician Charles Dodgson wrote children's works, including “The Hunting of the Snark,” under this pseudonym.
4: This author of The Giving Tree also wrote the Johnny Cash hit “A Boy Named Sue.”
6: In her “World,” the latest book in Beverly Cleary's series featuring this protagonist, the heroine is in fourth grade while her sister Beezus starts high school.
8: In 1999 this author released Ender's Shadow, the first book in a trilogy that occurs alongside another book series that debuted fourteen years earlier.
10: This author of the Percy Jackson series has the same name as the mayor of Los Angeles who replaced Tom Bradley in 1993.
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Zeus first appeared to this Phonecian princess after whom a continent is named in the form of a white bull.
6: According to Matthew 27:32, a man from a North African region named for this consort of Apollo carried Jesus' cross to Golgotha.
9: For every pomegranate seed she ate, this daughter of Zeus and Demeter was forced to spend one month per year in the underworld with Pluto.
12: This Egyptian cow goddess associated with the Milky Way is at various times said to be the consort of Sobek and Horus.
15: In the Mahabharta, Princess Kunti inadvertently summons this Hindu sun god to conceive a child with her.
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8: Orson Scott Card
10: --
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: --
9: Persephone
12: --
15: --
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8: Orson Scott Card
10: --
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: --
9: Persephone
12: --
15: --
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2. Lewis Carroll
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona
8. Orson Scott Card
10. Rick Riordan
3. Europa
6. CLAM
9. Persephone
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona
8. Orson Scott Card
10. Rick Riordan
3. Europa
6. CLAM
9. Persephone
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Not a clue
6: Nope
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: CLAM
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Not a clue
6: Nope
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: CLAM
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Clamina
8: Orson Scott Card
10: clamogosa
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: clambia
9: Persephone
12: clamiris
15: clamiva
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Clamina
8: Orson Scott Card
10: clamogosa
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: clambia
9: Persephone
12: clamiris
15: clamiva
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10:
3: Europa
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9: Persephone
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15:
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10:
3: Europa
6:
9: Persephone
12:
15:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8:
10: Richard Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12:
15: Surya
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8:
10: Richard Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12:
15: Surya
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Riordan
3: Europa
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Riordan
3: Europa
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2. Lewis Carroll
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona Quimby
8. Orson Scott Card
10. clam
3. Europa
6. clam
9. Persephone
12. Hathor
15. clam
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona Quimby
8. Orson Scott Card
10. clam
3. Europa
6. clam
9. Persephone
12. Hathor
15. clam
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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2: Lewis Carrol
4: Shel Silverstein
6:
8: Orson Scott Card
10:
3: Europa
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9: Persephone
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4: Shel Silverstein
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8: Orson Scott Card
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3: Europa
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2: Carroll
4: Sliverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8: Card
10:
3: Europa?
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12:
15:
4: Sliverstein
6: Ramona Quimby
8: Card
10:
3: Europa?
6: Cyrene
9: Persephone
12:
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
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CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
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2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
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CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europa
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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2. Lewis Carroll
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona Quimby
8. Orson Scott Card
10. clam
3. Europa
6. clam
9. Persephone
12. Hathor
15. clam
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona Quimby
8. Orson Scott Card
10. clam
3. Europa
6. clam
9. Persephone
12. Hathor
15. clam
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND AUTHORS
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Rick Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europe
6: Cyrene?
9: Persephone
12: Clam
15: Surya
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: Rick Riordan
CONSORTS OF THE GODS
3: Europe
6: Cyrene?
9: Persephone
12: Clam
15: Surya
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
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2: Lewis Carroll
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3: Europa
6: Cyrene
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15: Vishnu?
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6: Cyrene
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15: Vishnu?
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2. Lewis Carroll
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona
8. Orson Scott Card
10. Richard Riordan
3. Europa
6. CLAM
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
4. Shel Silverstein
6. Ramona
8. Orson Scott Card
10. Richard Riordan
3. Europa
6. CLAM
9. CLAM
12. CLAM
15. CLAM
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Hi,
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2: Louis Carrol
4: Shell Silverstein
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8: Orson Scott Card
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3: Europa
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9: Persephone
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4: Shell Silverstein
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8: Orson Scott Card
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3: Europa
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9: Persephone
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Re: Summer Hiatus Challenge -- Round 2, Day 3
Spoiler
2: Lewis Carroll
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: CLAM
3: Europa
6: CLAM
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM
4: Shel Silverstein
6: Ramona
8: Orson Scott Card
10: CLAM
3: Europa
6: CLAM
9: Persephone
12: CLAM
15: CLAM