Saturday, September 1, 2012

The DMS Wants to Know!

Monday's Riddle set our course, and we followed the directions on the map. Fairday reviewed the swashbuckling new middle grade novel The Mapmaker's Sons by V. L. Burgess, and on Top of the Heap, we shared a couple of our favorite maps with you. Friday, we were excited to learn a little more about author C. Lee Mckenzie and the story behind her exiting new story Alligators Overhead. Plus, from Sept. 1st- 7th, Fairday's Blog! is participating in the Back to Books Giveaway Hop. Enter for your chance to win a $25 Gift Card to Amazon.com, as well as a signed, hardcover edition of the mysterious middle grade novel, The Secret DMS Files of Fairday Morrow by J. Haight & S. Robinson. We pointed the way all week long. Today, it's your turn to set the sails...

 The DMS wants to know: If you had a magical map, where would it take you? What powers would it possess?   

 We told you ours, now let's hear yours!
Public domain image/ Map of the Center of the Earth: 1698
Posted by DMS at 4:02:00 PM

31 comments:

  1. Adriana @ BooksOnHerMindSeptember 1, 2012 at 4:12 PM

    It would take me through a secret path or portal to a magical place where their is a mansion and in that mansion is the GREATEST BOOK COLLECTION EVER! With some weird characters in them or even fictional characters around that I can hang out with... I sound a little bit crazy... :P

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:25 AM

      Hi Adriana, Sounds amazing! Actually, your map reminds me a little of the Begonia House- lol! The next story is entitled The Talking Library- so, fear not the unexpected! ~ F

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  2. M.A.D.September 1, 2012 at 8:51 PM

    Love Adriana's answer!! I want to go where she's going lol

    Besides that, though ... hmmm ... (Jess, why is it that you always make me put on my thinking cap? lol) ...

    Okay, MY map would take me back in time to the Great Library of Alexandria, before idiots set it on fire and burned all those lovely ancient manuscripts to bits of charcoal!

    Can you imagine the WEALTH of historical information that was lost to man FOREVER?! Oh, I would love to be able to spend a lifetime reading and pouring over all those ancient documents (with a magical translator, of course! hehe) ;D

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:27 AM

      Hi M.A.D, I love to inspire your thinking cap! How amazing would it be to check out the Great Library of Alexandria! Fabulous idea! Thanks so much for stopping by to share your thoughts with us : ) ~ Jess

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  3. Felicity Grace TerrySeptember 2, 2012 at 8:31 AM

    Another great Wants To Know post. I'd quite like my map back to the time of the first printing presses OR failing that to Narnia.

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:28 AM

      Hi Petty, I am with you completely on visiting Narnia- how amazing would that be! Thanks for stopping by : ) ~ F

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  4. Yanting GuehSeptember 2, 2012 at 10:56 AM

    Where, where, indeed ... perhaps to ancient China, where there were swordsmen and swordswomen. I'd like to know if they could really fly and defeat villains after skills meditation in a cave.

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM

      Hi Claudine, I would love to meditate in a cave, once I got past the curiosity of actually being in a cave, that is- lol I still think I can fly- I just can't remember how to in real life. I soar about in my dreams just fine! Always lovely to hear from you : ) ~ F

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  5. Ironic Lady (BookSpark)September 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM

    Magical map.... I think I'd like to use that map to travel to the future - where everyone travels on jetpacks and there'd be a dystopian society of which I could be the hero and savior! I'd be the protagonist of my very own dystopian novel :D

    Also, it would possess the power to show and erase itself on command, like in Harry Potter!

    Ana @ BookSpark

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:31 AM

      Hi Ana, Sounds fascinating! Imagine everything that you could learn by traveling to the future. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts with us! ~ F

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  6. https://booksthoughtsadventures.comSeptember 2, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    Oh boy...this is where my unadventurous side kicks in...maybe to a cool beach and back again...any time...nothing far away or scary!

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:32 AM

      Hi Patty, Nothing wrong with a fabulous beach to relax on! I wish myself there quite a bit : ) Thanks for stopping by! ~ F

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  7. Jemi FraserSeptember 2, 2012 at 2:28 PM

    I'd love a magic map to lead me to Pern or Middle Earth or the wilds of Africa or the Outback in Australia... so many great places to go!

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:33 AM

      Hi Jemi, There are so many cool places to pick. Middle Earth would be fabulous, especially Rivendell. Great to hear from you! ~ F

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  8. Kelly HashwaySeptember 2, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    I'd want a map that could change to show any place I wanted and then magically transport me there. Yes, I realize I'm asking for a lot. ;)

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM

      Hi Kelly, I think it sounds reasonable- lol! I would love to get my hands on your map and go! Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts with us : ) ~ F

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  9. Cate MastersSeptember 2, 2012 at 6:27 PM

    Oh, love this idea! I think rather than a place or time, I'd want it to show me where the people I love are at any given time so I could always find them.

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM

      Hi Cate, Yes! So cool- just like the Marauder's Map : ) Lovely to hear from you! ~ F

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  10. Bellas ShelfSeptember 2, 2012 at 11:24 PM

    I would like a map to the lost city of Atlantis! Or to Heaven. Ok, sounds kinda silly but it would be fun..
    The Week in Bookish News


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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:37 AM

      Hi Books and Beyond, I am so glad you brought this us, because I am also completely fascinated by Atlantis and would love to have a map that could take me there. One of the best mysteries of mankind! Thanks for stopping by! Great to hear from you : ) ~ F

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  11. Mary WeberSeptember 2, 2012 at 11:42 PM

    Love this question! Um...I'm going to have to go with Tolkien's Middle Earth. Dwarves, men of Rohan, hobbits, elves...yes please!!!!

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:38 AM

      Hi Christine, Middle Earth is amazing- for me, it's Rivendell, and that bed in the movie that Frodo recovers on- how fabulously magical is that bedroom!?! LOL! Great to hear from you : ) ~ F

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  12. BarbaraSeptember 3, 2012 at 6:00 AM

    My magic map would give me the opportunity to go back in time. I would love to see my mum and dad as children, teenagers and then grown up, before they had my brother, sister and I. They were already in their 40s when I came along – so I only knew them as grumpy parents! They look so carefree in their wedding photos - I would love to go to their wedding! Can you arrange it for me??

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:42 AM

      Hi Barbara, That would be amazing! I love looking at old pictures of my family. When I see pictures of my grandmother, it's so hard to imagine her as anything other than my warm, lovely grandmother- but she looks like a little firecracker when she was a teenager. Thanks so much for stopping by to share your thoughts with us! ~ F

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  13. LibbySeptember 3, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    To the land of chocolate and adventure!

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    1. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:42 AM

      Hi Libby, I love that you remembered to include the chocolate : ) Great to hear from you! ~ F

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  14. DMSSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:40 AM

    Hi Heidi, Of course Hogwarts would be amazing- I would give anything for a map to take me to Hogsmeade so I could have a butter beer : ) Thanks for stopping by to share your thoughts with us! ~ F

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  15. A Belle’s TalesSeptember 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM

    Katertot says: It would take me to Hogwarts and Camp Half-Blood. It would possess the power to give me Buffy powers.

    Michele says: It would take me back to bed and give me the power to sleep for 8 hours without interruption. LOL!

    Great questions and post, lovelies!

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    1. DMSSeptember 4, 2012 at 8:55 PM

      Katertot- I love your choices! Two awesome place and with Buffy's powers you would be golden. :)

      Michele- I cracked up when I read your response! Very witty. :)

      So glad you loved the question and post!
      ~F

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  16. UnknownSeptember 4, 2012 at 10:26 PM

    If I had a magical map, it would take me to Lands of Enchantment where I'd experience whatever fun my imagination thought of.

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    1. DMSSeptember 4, 2012 at 10:42 PM

      Donna- What a fabulous answer! That would be fun for sure. :) ~F

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