Tony and Suan

Book menu for Tony and Susan  by Austin Wright

ISBN of edition I read: 9780446582902

Food mentioned in Tony and Susan:
Peanut butter & jelly sandwich, 4
Coffee, 24, 48, 110, 152, 161, 213, 239
Ham, 101
Coke, 104, 156, 199
Cookies, 110
Ginger ale, 141
Peanuts, 141
Spaghetti, 153, 238
Scrambled eggs, 182
Hamburger, 198-100
Corn on the cob, 198
Marshmallows, 199
Roast beef, browned potatoes, peas, 202
Eggs & bacon, 251
Pizza, 319

Authors mentioned in Tony and Susan:
Leo Tolstoy, 133
Henry James, 211

Movies mentioned in Tony and Susan:
Sunny Side of the Street, 132

Music mentioned in Tony and Susan:
Bach, 101
Wagner, 121
   Parsifal, 148
"Siegfried's Funeral March", 130

Libraries mentioned in Tony and Susan:
(I'm a librarian and love to see how novelists portray libraries and librarians!)

p. 109 : "She gave him hints without any idea what the hints were about. Affectionate impulses. Along the street in the rain, patting and cuffing. Flirty things. She punched him in the chest when he came out of the library."

p. 212-213 : "When she came home from her adventure full of exotic guilt, she felt ashamed of her joy while he was so miserable. There was an evening when Edward thought she was checking research papers in the library."

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The Girl Who Played with Fire

 
Book Menu for The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson

ISBN of edition I read: 9780307269980 (hardcover)

Food mention in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Ice coffee, 9
Chin-ups (Grenadian fruit), 12
Mangoes, 19
Mineral water, 20, 42
Calamari and chips, 20
Carib (beer), 20, 24, 46
Coke, 20, 43, 147
Rum and coke, 23
Caffe latte, 24, 33, 42, 68
Cheese sandwich, 42, 474
Eggs and toast, 42
Kefir, 59
Cinnamon rolls, 60, 231
Pizza, 66, 47, 196
     Hawaiian pizza, 351
Brie baguette, 68
Cheesecake with raspberry ice cream, 78
Sweet and sour chicken, 79
Tullamore Dew, 79
Couscous and lamb, 91
Macaroni and cheese, 117
Aquavit, 169, 373
Grappa, 170
Vestfyn Pilsner, 234
Vodka and lime juice, 241
Grilled lamb, 350
Apple, 404, 472
Spaghetti with meat sauce, 405
Quinta do Noval (Nacional!, 1976), 462
Ham pies, 462

Books/Authors mentioned in The Girl Who Played With Fire:
From Russia with Love / Ian Fleming, 79
Astrid Lindgren, 238
     Pippi Longstocking , 456
Crime and Punishment / Fyodor Dostoyevsky, 469

Music mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Sven Ingvars, 10
Nick Cave, 10
"No Woman No Cry" / Bob Marley, 19
"Maria" / Debbie Harry, 234
"Cat People (Putting out the fire)" / David Bowie, 455
"On a Slow Boat to China", 491

Magazines mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
Popular Science, 11, 20
Caribbean Traveller, 11

Libraries/Librarians mentioned in The Girl Who Played with Fire:
p. 13  "But Salander was given a different picture of things when she met Philip Campbell--teacher, librarian, and Baptist preacher. She had taken a room in his guesthouse for the first few days."

p. 292 "Paolo Robert was one of the last to leave the library. He had spent the afternoon reading every line that had been written about the hunt for Salander."

p. 320 "[Salander] had thought over the possibilities and then applied for a summer job at the library in Langvik. In a break from her cleaning duties, it took her about then minutes to get detailed blueprints of the whole building."

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Gone Girl: A Novel

 
Book menu for Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Edition referred to: hardcover (ISBN: 9780307588364)

Food mentioned in Gone Girl:

Ice cream, 5

     Ice cream sundae, 170

Crepes, 6-7, 47, 254, 316

Green apple liqueur, 11

Potato chips, 12

Deli tray, 12

Olives with mustard, 13

Pimento loaf, 15-16

Pabst Blue Ribbon beer, 16

Zimas, 21

Gin martinis, 27, 54, 366

Diced cantaloupe, 30

Waffles, 30, 402

Quinoa, 36

Beef jerky, 39

Tom yum soup, 40

Lobster, 40, 66, 128

Scotch 40-41, 52, 275

Knishes, 44

Boeuf bourguignon, 45

Goat cheese tarts, 54

Lamb meatballs, 54

Mojitos, 54

Cherry pie, 62

Cherry cobbler, 62

Muffins, 89

Chicken Frito pie, 95, 130

Eggs Benedict, 98

Bagel sandwiches, 101

Danish, 103

Sweet pickles, 119

Spanish olives, 119

Ambrosia salad, 121

Crab dip, 121

Pickles wrapped in cream cheese & salami, 121

Goat cheese & crackers, 122

Pancakes with strawberries & whipped cream, 126

Grilled cheese, 136

BBQ chips, 136

Peanut butter & saltines, 136

Apples, 146

Coffee with peppermint schnapps, 148

Coffee & Bailey’s, 184-185

Cookies, 185

Grapefruit, 185

Blueberry pie, 185

Popcorn, 190

Clamato, 213-315

Chili dogs, 222

Moon pies, 223

Coke, 223

Amaretto, 233

Greek yogurt, 248

Wine

     Pinot Grigio, 248

     Montrachet, 293

     Sancerre, 349, 351

Hershey bars, 249

Lemonade, 259

Goldfish crackers, 264

Potato salad, 266

Hot dogs, 282

Peanuts, 324

Gin & tonics, 327

Jack Daniels & ginger ale, 327

Manchego cheese, 348

Chocolate truffles, 348

Pineapple juice, 354

Star fruit, 361

Artichoke & spiny crabs, 361

Champagne, 380

Books/Authors mentioned in Gone Girl:

The Illusion (play) / Tony Kushner, epigraph
F. Scott F. Scott Fitzgerald, 12

Mark Twain, 13, 107-109. 167, 293
      The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, 13
     The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 140
Confucius, 19
Alice in Wonderland / Lewis Carroll, 19
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle / Haruki Murakami, 31
Beverly Cleary, 79
War and Peace / Leo Tolstoy, 83-84
Simone de Beauvoir, 167
Jean-Paul Sartre, 167
Jane Austen, 223
Virginia Woolf, 247
The Martian Chronicles / Ray Bradbury, 261
Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, 262
The Black Stallion / Walter Farley, 262
Something Wicked This Way Comes / Ray Bradbury, 282
 

Music mentioned in Gone Girl:

Genesis, 7

“Take Me Out ” / Franz Ferdinand

Lionel Ritchie, 136

Tom Petty, 202

     “American Girl ”, 204

“That’s the Way You Do It” / Madness , 230-231

“Sister Christian” / Night Ranger, 276

Jimmy Buffett, 286

Movies mentioned in Gone Girl:

Breakfast at Tiffany's, 8

The Sure Thing, 13

The Big Sleep, 151

Double Indemnity , 151

Godfather II, 276

The Last of the Mohicans, 303

 

Television programs mentioned in Gone Girl:

M*A*S*H , 7

Law & Order, 67

Quincy , 283

The Love Boat, 283

Eight Is Enough , 283

 

Theater mentioned in Gone Girl:

Oliver!, 262

Libraries mentioned in Gone Girl:

(Can’t help it, I'm a librarian and love to see how novelists portray us!)

p. 301 “I drive to the library in a dark mood. I need to pack up and leave. Clean my cabin with bleach…”

p. 301 “That’s what I decide when I walk with my head bowed into the chilly, mostly uninhabited library with its three vacant computers and I go online to catch up on Nick.”

Discussion questions for Gone Girl: 
What, if anything, was missing from Amy’s childhood and upbringing? 
Who is to blame for Amy’s unhappiness? 
Compare Amy Elliott Dunne to Amazing Amy. 
What role does technology play in this story? 
What do you think of the quizzes that Amy writes? 
What parallels are there between Nick and his father? 
Describe the relationship between Nick and his sister Go. 
There are multiple references to Nick and Amy’s cuckoo clock. What is the significance of the clock? 
What are causes of Nick and Amy’s marital breakdown? 
What is the significance of the Punch and Judy dolls in this novel?  

 

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