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Book Title Run Around
I saw this game on another group and thought it looked like fun to do here. :-)
We start out with a book title like:
Wicked Game (by Jeri Smith-Ready)
The next person needs to use at least one word in that title for the next book's title. Like:
Hunger Games (by Suzanne Collins)
The rules are:
1. The book titles need to be real titles (please include the author's name)
2. We can make one of the words from the earlier title into a plural or a singular (as in the example above, GAME into GAMES)
3. The word from the previous title we use could be part of a longer word (eg. the word GAME could be part of a book title with the word GAMEPLAN in it)
4. We can't keep repeating the same word (as in the example above, we can't keep using GAME again and again) - Maximum is TWICE in a row unless you can mix it up.
Example: 1. Wicked Game, 2. The Game, and instead of using "The", you could have 3. The Gamer's Guide to ...
5. You cannot use "an", "and", "of", "the", "in", "on" "is" etc. for your connector word with the previous entry EXCEPT if the title only has 2 words and the other word has been used twice.
Well done, Sans! A book you are currently reading by your fave guy. :-)
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal (by Laurie Notaro)
Okay I totally looked that one up! LOL Hey, that's not against the rules. :-) I couldn't resist the title. Lots of words to choose from there, peeps!
Princess Ben by Catherine Murdock.
I haven't read this, but I have read Dairy Queen by this author. So good!
And, I don't mean to hijack this thread, but the "in my pants" game that Hank and John Green play is fun. You say a book title but it always ends with "in my pants."
Like...
Great Expectations in My Pants.
Or
A Thousand Splendid Suns in My Pants.
Water for Elephants in My Pants.
Cocktails for Three in My Pants.
Sorry. I find this to be VERY amusing.
I could be cruel and say "Ben-Hur", but I'll be nice and go with:Ben Franklin: America's Original Entrepreneur (by Blaine McCormick)
The Five People You Meet In Heaven (by Mitch Albom)Viola, hmmm...adding "in my pants" to this one gives it a whole new level. LOL! :-D
In fact, adding "in my pants" to Jenn's title above is pretty good, too. ;-)
Oh! And thanks for being nice, Sans! :-)
You know... referring to Sarah's book title in Message 7 and Viola's suggestion, The Idiot in My Pants would be a real eye-catching title. :-)
Seducing Mr. Darcy (by Gwyn Cready)
Just found it on Amazon, and thought it was a nice homage to Pride & Prejudice...
"Advanced" Fairy Tales on Trial (by Janis Silverman)Coming from of a law background, this looks really interesting, and so does Fairy Tales on Trial. Looks like a good educational tool, to me. I'd like to look into it for when I have children.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1880505...
http://www.amazon.com/Advanced-Fairy-Tal...
In Tune with Wedding Bells - Grace Livingston Hill.
I love Grace Livingston Hill... I love how her books were written in the early part of the century and they just keep reissuing them with "updated" covers. The 70s covers are particularly entertaining.
And, my friend Jesse adds "in my pants" to EVERYTHING.
April wrote: "Seducing Mr. Darcy (by Gwyn Cready)
Just found it on Amazon, and thought it was a nice homage to Pride & Prejudice..."
Seducing Mr. Darcy... in my pants. ROTFLMAO. Oh, Viola, the trouble you have started.
Seriously though...
A Wrinkle in Time (I am reading it now!)
Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga) (by C.S. Forester)I've been meaning to read the Horatio Hornblower books for ages. Don't think they'll ever make it to the top of my book piles. The TV series with Ioan Gruffudd was very good though!
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert (by John M. Gottman and Nan Silver)
Making this one easy.
The Seamstress of Hollywood Boulevard by Erin McGraw
Coming out in paperback in 2009, the title makes it sound good...
Stuff White People Like, Christian LanderOk I know it sounds kinda racist...but the description of it on Amazon is HILARIOUS.
“A handy reference guide with which you can check just how white you are. Hint: If you like only documentaries and think your child is gifted, you glow in the dark, buddy.”
–NY Daily News
The White Tiger: A Novel (by Aravind Adiga)I've been looking at this book each time I go to the shops. Anyone here read it? I'm trying not to buy any more books. Library I guess!
Sans, that has been catching my attention too!! I think I'll add to the poll for April Award winners.
I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! and Other Stories (by Dr. Seuss)
Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany (by Bill Buford)
Witch-Doctor's Apprentice: Hunting for Medicinal Plants in the Amazon (Library of the Mystic Arts) by Nicole Maxwell
Ohh I was going to be really mean and do Amazonia by James Rollins...but that would end the game! It's the last book I read too lol.Hmmm....
Son of a Witch A Novel, Gregory Maguire
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