A Quiz from MWT herself...

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

And I have to admit, I missed three questions. Great excuse to re-read!

http://www.epicreads.com/blog/hardest-queens-thief-quiz/

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[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Better than I - 4 wrong. (Mostly about the myths, which I have to admit I read less carefully than the other stuff.)

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

20/20 There were a couple tricky ones that I had to sit and ponder for a minute, but I didn't look up any answers! Phew! I was sweating there for a minute. I couldn't remember Costis' family name, so I just said it on combination with the options given and chose the one that sounded right.

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Same here. And I haven't re-read recently, so the names of non-main characters are pretty fuzzy in my head. My audible-obsessed brother finally decided to try the series, though, and he lets me access his account, so I can listen while I clean. :-)

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

I did just finish a re-read in prep for the new book, so I was kind of lucky there. But if there were any questions about the Gilgamesh/Enkiddu stand-ins from the new book, I would be super bad at them! :)

[(Anonymous)]

I got 19/20. I missed the one that asked, "Who says Gen doesn't act like a king."

I chose "Everyone" because I remembered both Attolia and Costis saying something similar. But Costis ASKED "Why can't you act more like a king?" It was not an outright statement. So the answer was just Attolia. ;)

Still, apparently I "put the magus to shame!"

-Puppeteergirl

[agh-4.livejournal.com]

Yes! There's no way that Ornon hasn't said that to multiple people multiple times, as well. ... But, sure, not in the reader's earshot.

I got that and the mole-coat one wrong. I certainly hope the magus feels better soon.

Thanks for pointing this out, Rosie! It was fun -- I'm laughing at "his constitution is not what it was before I stole his sheep" and the concept of the god Eugenides breaking Eddis's nose.

[(Anonymous)]

18/20!

Ooof, Question 5 was the hardest, imo. I honestly didn't even recognize some of the possible answers.

I also got Question 16 wrong because given that it's Eugenides, of course everyone thinks he doesn't act like a king. Then I was confused when the correct answer came up, because I could hear Costis saying it in my head! But then I went and looked up the quote and gosh darn it one word--"proper"--changes the meaning enough. XD

~mikkaybear

[readsintrees.livejournal.com]

I also just re-read, so that definitely helped. If the quiz included the myths from TaT, I'd have been screwed. The fact that they're in poetry format makes it especially tricky for me to absorb them; my eyes just skim over poetry in books and I have to really concentrate on each word to get through it.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Same! MWT mentioned that Possession was an inspiration for the poetry in TaT, but...I read Possession but completely skipped the poems. :) Only time I can remember poetry actually being important to me in a novel was in Gaudy Night, when Harriet and Peter compose a sonnet sort of in tandem.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

I still maintain that "Everyone" is the correct answer to that question. :)

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I got 2 wrong (gasp) but it could have been 3 if I hadn't recently been reminded of how Helen's nose was broken. 0:)

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed the poetry in TaT, and I agree that poetry in novels can be hit or miss.

Ooh! Now I want to re-read Gaudy Night. For the fourth or fifth time.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Rereading Gaudy Night: always recommended. :)

[badtzphoto.livejournal.com]

"I read Possession but completely skipped the poems. :)"

Funny you said that it reminded me that at Rakestraw bookstore, Ms. Turner also said that she skipped the poems the first time she read the book because she wanted to get on with the story, subsequent reading she paid more attention to them and felt that they were part of the story, too.

[checkers65477.livejournal.com]

I missed the moleskin leggings one (who knew that???) and the quiz says I missed two others but I disagree. One was the question about not acting like a king and I'm not telling what the other one was.

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

It probably doesn't help that 1) I am very, very insensitive to most poetry; 2) I found Possession pretty insipid even apart from the poems; 3) I have a very low tolerance when I feel like a book is patronizing me, which I definitely felt Possession was doing.

However, the idea of something seeming to be ancillary but actually enriching the story is how I feel about the footnotes in Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, where if you weren't reading the footnotes, I think the last half of the book is a big surprise. :)

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Well, I have a very good guess on the other... ;)

[badtzphoto.livejournal.com]

Ooh, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell has been on my to-be-read pile for a long time. You mentioned footnote, I wonder how that works for audio book. Hmm. Thanks for mentioning them :)

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

I have good news and bad news for you! The audiobook handles footnotes by basically making a break in the text at the point of the footnote, going to a new track, and reading the footnote there.

Bad news: the pronounciation of the audiobook is really, really bad.

It's a magnificent book, though! The adaptation was pretty good for the first half, but really muffed the conclusion. I was very, very underwhelmed, but in the book, I am shattered. :)

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Except I have no time to re-read anything. Sigh. I highly doubt I could convince my brother to get Gaudy Night on audible ;-)

[rosaleeluann.livejournal.com]

Since that is one of the three I missed, I will agree with you ;-)

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Sad day. The audible narrator has some really awful reviews - I don't believe I've listened to it myself, but the sample on the website didn't seem that bad. I do have the radio drama starring Joanna David and Ian Carmichael, from 2005, recorded about 20 years after all of the other radio dramas starring Carmichael. It's drastically truncated (only 2 hours long), but does a much, much better job of capturing the characters and plot than the 3 hours BBC television series that still sends me into a frothing rage.

[freenarnian.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine JS&MN without the footnotes! :D

[ibmiller.livejournal.com]

The pleasure of reading the book and realizing that all those footnotes actually had a purpose beyond random trivia and sarcastic commentary was amazing!

[badtzphoto.livejournal.com]

Thanks for telling me both news. I guess I have to bring only 1 book on my next trip so that I won't be distracted ;) Now I'm really curious ... and replying to your comment below, I look forward to those footnotes :)