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message 1: by Emily, Conterminous Mod (last edited May 26, 2021 04:44AM) (new)

Emily Bourque (emilyardoin) | 11198 comments Mod
We always try to bring back old favorites. So today’s game is simple. Use the first letter of your current book in order to fill in each of the questions/categories. You can skip A, An, and The, and try to come up with ones that haven't been used yet!

I'll start: One Two Three
(Definitely should have thought this through, using an O...)

Something black and white: Oreos
Way to say hello: Oho! (That's a thing, right?)
Place you can find treasure: Outside
Another name for your ship's crew: The Ordinaries
Animal traveling on your ship: Octopus
Song your crew likes to sing: Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da by The Beatles
Your crew's favorite food: Oranges (to keep away the scurvy)
How your crew feels when they see land: Overjoyed
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Overspend on chocolate
How your crew got captured: Onslaught of cannons


message 2: by Ellie (new)

Ellie (patchworkbunny) | 2992 comments The Devil and the Dark Water

Something black and white: Dalmatian
Way to say hello: Dzień dobry
Place you can find treasure: Deep, deep down
Another name for your ship's crew: Devilish Dogooders
Animal traveling on your ship: Donkey
Song your crew likes to sing: Drunken Sailor
Your crew's favorite food: Donuts
How your crew feels when they see land: Dizzy
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Donate to good causes (we're nice pirates really)
How your crew got captured:Distracted by drink and donuts


message 3: by Amy (new)

Amy | 35 comments Kindred

Something black and white: Kitten
Way to say hello: Konnichiwa
Place you can find treasure: Kept Hidden
Another name for your ship's crew: King's of the World!
Animal traveling on your ship: Kangaroo
Song your crew likes to sing: Kiss the Girl
Your crew's favorite food: Kiwi's
How your crew feels when they see land: Keen
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Kick back and have a drink
How your crew got captured: Kept floating in circles


message 4: by Kathy (last edited May 26, 2021 08:02AM) (new)

Kathy E | 3333 comments Goodbye to all that

Something black and white: Goats
Way to say hello: Guten tag
Place you can find treasure: Garage sales
Another name for your ship's crew: Gargantuans
Animal traveling on your ship: Giraffe
Song your crew likes to sing: Get Back by The Beatles
Your crew's favorite food: Guavas
How your crew feels when they see land: Grrreat!
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Give it away
How your crew got captured: Gobbling too many guavas


message 5: by °~Amy~° (new)

°~Amy~° (amybooksit) From the Earth to the Moon

Something black and white: Flag (Jolly Roger, obviously)

Way to say hello: Facebook post (we are an introverted crew)

Place you can find treasure: Florida Keys

Another name for your ship's crew: Family (we are a close crew)

Animal traveling on your ship: Ferret named Freddie

Song your crew likes to sing: Forever young....."foooooorrrreeeeverrrr Young! (we love ourselves some Rod Stewart)

Your crew's favorite food: Folger's coffee and Fruit Loops

How your crew feels when they see land: Fearless (except for the people, we could do without all the people-ing)

What your crew plans to do with the treasure:
401K retirement fund (even pirates need to be prepared for the future

How your crew got captured: Forgot our alibi (damn it Crusty, check your Whatsapp!)


message 6: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (last edited May 26, 2021 08:43AM) (new)

Robin P | 4009 comments Mod
The Last Moriarty

Something black and white: Literature (usually)
Way to say hello: Let's talk!
Place you can find treasure: Lost island
Another name for your ship's crew: Loudmouths
Animal traveling on your ship: Leopard
Song your crew likes to sing: Love me tender (we are soft-hearted pirates)
Your crew's favorite food: Limes (even better for scurvy than oranges)
How your crew feels when they see land: Love it
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Leave it on the island to be dug up later (X marks the spot)
How your crew got captured: Landlubbers attacked us while we were partying


message 7: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sezziy) | 614 comments Thin Air: A Ghost Story

Something black and white: Tabloids

Way to say hello: Top of the morning to you!

Place you can find treasure: Tortuga

Another name for your ship's crew: Thirsty Thistles

Animal traveling on your ship: Tortoise

Song your crew likes to sing: Tomorrow from Annie :D

Your crew's favourite food: Tarts?

How your crew feels when they see land: Terrific

What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Trade it for rum

How your crew got captured: Tricked by a pretty face


message 8: by Sherri (new)

Sherri Harris | 1502 comments The Things They Carried They Carried by Tim O'Brien

Something black and white: Malayan Tapir (as close as I could get to the letter T.)
Way to say hello: No idea
Place you can find treasure: Treasure Chest
Another name for your ship's crew: Terrible Terrors
Animal traveling on your ship: Tasmanian Devil
Song your crew likes to sing: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Your crew's favorite food: Twinkies
How your crew feels when they see land: They break out in thunderous applause
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Treasury bonds
How your crew got captured: Trapped


message 9: by Deborah (new)

Deborah | 348 comments Brisingr

Something black and white: Bull Terrior
Way to say hello: Bonjour!
Place you can find treasure: Buried in the ground...somewhere
Another name for your ship's crew: Brave Buccaneers
Animal traveling on your ship: Bobcat named "Buddy"
Song your crew likes to sing: Beautiful Life by Nick Frandiani (we are happy pirates!)
Your crew's favorite food: Bananas
How your crew feels when they see land: Bored (we really like sailing)
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Buy more boats ( I told you we like sailing.)
How your crew got captured: Bad choices


message 10: by Traci (new)

Traci (tracibartz) | 1275 comments Dial A for Aunties

Something black and white: Daily newspaper
Way to say hello: Dip of the chin
Place you can find treasure: Desert Island
Another name for your ship's crew: Daring Devils
Animal traveling on your ship: Dingo
Song your crew likes to sing: Drunken Sailor
Your crew's favorite food: Dessert
How your crew feels when they see land: Delighted
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Day trade
How your crew got captured: Diving Dirigibles


message 11: by Samantha (last edited May 26, 2021 12:18PM) (new)

Samantha | 1585 comments The Plot
Something black and white: Photo
Way to say hello: Prim Wave
Place you can find treasure: Pirate Ship
Another name for your ship's crew: Plebe
Animal traveling on your ship: Penguin
Song your crew likes to sing: People Are Strange
Your crew's favorite food: Pancakes
How your crew feels when they see land: Pleased
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Pay bills
How your crew got captured: Pillaging a castle


message 12: by Nancy (new)

Nancy (fancynancyt) | 1842 comments Malibu Rising:

Something black and white: Movie from the olden days
Way to say hello: Many happy returns of the day
Place you can find treasure: Maldives
Another name for your ship's crew: Mates
Animal traveling on your ship: Monkey
Song your crew likes to sing: Macarena
Your crew's favorite food: Mandarin oranges
How your crew feels when they see land: Marvelous
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Meat feast
How your crew got captured: Money greed


message 13: by Edie (new)

Edie | 1147 comments Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Something black and white: Dominos
Way to say hello: 'Day
Place you can find treasure: Den
Another name for your ship's crew: Dagroons
Animal traveling on your ship: Donkey
Song your crew likes to sing: Does He Love You (Reba)
Your crew's favorite food: Donuts and dates
How your crew feels when they see land: Delighted
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Date supermodels
How your crew got captured: Drank too much


message 14: by Joyce (last edited May 26, 2021 11:46PM) (new)

Joyce | 614 comments Record of a Spaceborn Few

Something black and white: Raccoon
Way to say hello: Arrrr!
Place you can find treasure: Royal coffers
Another name for your ship's crew: The Rapscallions
Animal traveling on your ship: Raven (but don't send them to look for land)
Song your crew likes to sing: Row, Row, Row Your Boat
Your crew's favorite food: Rum and Raisin Ice Cream
How your crew feels when they see land: Redundant
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Roll around in it
How your crew got captured: Ran aground after too much rum


message 15: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 3845 comments Migrations

Something black and white: Mug
Way to say hello: Mornin'!
Place you can find treasure: Malaysia
Another name for your ship's crew: Men of No Mettle
Animal traveling on your ship: Muskrat
Song your crew likes to sing: Muskrat Love
Your crew's favorite food: Mangoes
How your crew feels when they see land: Mesmerized
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Misappropriate it
How your crew got captured: Mouthing off


message 16: by Kendra (last edited May 26, 2021 05:00PM) (new)

Kendra | 2111 comments Dracula

Something black and white: Dominos
Way to say hello: Darn good to see you! (Or you know the other version of this. 😉)
Place you can find treasure: Dead Man's Cave
Another name for your ship's crew: The Dragons
Animal traveling on your ship: Dog
Song your crew likes to sing: Dynamite
Your crew's favorite food: Donuts
How your crew feels when they see land: Delighted
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Drink and be merry!
How your crew got captured: Dropped our anchor in the wrong place.


message 17: by Caitie (new)

Caitie | 144 comments Snow Falling on Cedars

Something black and white: Sunflower seeds
Way to say hello: Salutations!
Place you can find treasure: Ships
Another name for your ship's crew: Scallywags
Animal traveling on your ship: Skunk
Song your crew likes to sing: Supercalifradulisticexpialidocious
Your crew's favorite food: Shrimp cocktail
How your crew feels when they see land: Shocked
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Spend it all
How your crew got captured: Spies


message 18: by Rachel (last edited May 28, 2021 06:18PM) (new)

Rachel A. (abyssallibrarian) | 3279 comments Book: Dear Haiti, Love Alaine

Something black and white: Dominoes
Way to say hello: Oops, just realized I'd copy and pasted a previous answer and hadn't changed this one! Can't think of anything that starts with D though
Place you can find treasure: Digging in the ground
Another name for your ship's crew: Devils of the Sea
Animal traveling on your ship: Dog
Song your crew likes to sing: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? (first song that came to mind, lol!)
Your crew's favorite food: Doughnuts
How your crew feels when they see land: Depressed (I guess they really like being at sea!)
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Defend it from other pirates
How your crew got captured: Dynamite trap


message 19: by Roxana (new)

Roxana (luminate) | 775 comments The Kingdoms

Something black and white: Killer whale
Way to say hello: Konnichiwa
Place you can find treasure: King's treasury
Another name for your ship's crew: Killers
Animal traveling on your ship: Kiwis (the bird!)
Song your crew likes to sing: King of the World (First Aid Kit)
Your crew's favorite food: Kumquats
How your crew feels when they see land: Knackered, it's hard work sailing a ship
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Keep it safe
How your crew got captured: Klutzy in a Knife fight


message 20: by Rachel (new)

Rachel A. (abyssallibrarian) | 3279 comments Going to backtrack on this to my previous book because I want to do it again! The book was My Lovely Wife

Something black and white: Mask
Way to say hello: Mornin'!
Place you can find treasure: Mexico
Another name for your ship's crew: Mateys
Animal traveling on your ship: Monkey
Song your crew likes to sing: Monster Mash
Your crew's favorite food: Macarons
How your crew feels when they see land: Mad
What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Make it last as long as possible
How your crew got captured: Mutiny!


message 21: by Jillian (new)

Jillian | 2918 comments Jack-O-Lantern Magic by Sara Bourgeois

Something black and white: Jail uniform

Way to say hello: Jolly good day!

Place you can find treasure: Jewelry box

Another name for your ship's crew: Jolly Roger

Animal traveling on your ship: Jackalope

Song your crew likes to sing: Jailhouse Rock

Your crew's favorite food: Jalapenos

How your crew feels when they see land: Joyful

What your crew plans to do with the treasure: Just spend it.

How your crew got captured: Jaywalking


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