30 - A book with the name of a board game in the title

[Drakeryn]

Stacey wrote: "Red Rising is a book that also became a board game of the same name if anyone's keen to read that! :)"

Thanks for the tip! Red Rising has been one of those popular books hovering around the edge of my TBR for a long time, so maybe this is the year I finally check it out.

[Nick]

I just discovered a board game called Hoax, which might open up possibilities. I’ve currently got To Have and to Hoax slotted in here.

[Lisa Marie]

I read At Risk by Patricia Cornwell for this prompt.

[Caitlin]

I have a card game called Quarantine King. Not truly a "board" game, but it might help someone out.

[Miriam]

So I was thinking of reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman for this challenge, but I just realised that the UK version I have is called 'My Grandmother sends her Regards and Apologies'. I know it sounds silly but do you think it matters? Sometimes I take these challenges way too seriously!

[Anna]

Miriam, translated from the Swedish original title is say it's a lot closer to sorry than regards.

[Sunshine]

My friend and I are reading in the hall with the knife. from the clue mystery series based on the board game.

[willaful]

One of my favorite games is "Splendor" -- that has a lot of possibilities! (I'm assuming we don't have to be literal about the "board" part of board game.)

[Jazzy]

I'm reading Chess Story because no one can ever have enough Stefan Zweig in their life.

[Miriam]

Anna wrote: "Miriam, translated from the Swedish original title is say it's a lot closer to sorry than regards."

Thanks Anna, that's really helpful to know 😊

[Stacie]

willaful wrote: "One of my favorite games is "Splendor" -- that has a lot of possibilities! (I'm assuming we don't have to be literal about the "board" part of board game.)"

Splendor is a great game! I've decided to to with Jamaica Inn for this one. :)

[Jacqueline]

Miriam wrote: "So I was thinking of reading My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman for this challenge, but I just realised that the UK version I have is called 'My Grandmother sends he..."

My version is "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry". I say use it anyway.

[Nicole]

A bit of a stretch, but I went with The Queen's Gambit for this one. The title is the name of a chess opening, not a board game itself, but since the whole book is about chess, I figured it was in the spirit of things.

[Ruth]

FYI, in case anyone wanted to read The Hobbit, there is a board game of it. I have it. I also have an old board game called The Bermuda Triangle.

[Jen W.]

Nicole wrote: "A bit of a stretch, but I went with The Queen's Gambit for this one. The title is the name of a chess opening, not a board game itself, but since the whole book is about chess, I figur..."

Oddly enough, they made a board game specifically for the Netflix show called "The Queen's Gambit". When I first heard about it, I was like... "what, you mean chess?" but it's apparently got its own rules and gameplay.

https://shop.asmodee.com/the-queen-s-...

[Nancy]

Murder at Pirates Cove, Secrets & Scrabble #1

[Nicole]

Ruth wrote: "FYI, in case anyone wanted to read The Hobbit, there is a board game of it. I have it. I also have an old board game called The Bermuda Triangle."

Haha, that's amusing. The game looks... not amazing, but I'm happy this can objectively fit this prompt! Thanks for the tip. :)

[Anna]

Pachinko is a game, right? Would that work here, do y'all think?

[Matt]

Anna wrote: "Pachinko is a game, right? Would that work here, do y'all think?"

I don't think there's a book police if you want to expand it to any game, but it's definitely not a board game.

[Christi]

I'm going with "Trouble"d Blood by Robert Galbraith for this one.

[Milena]

Christi wrote: "I'm going with "Trouble"d Blood by Robert Galbraith for this one."

What a good idea! I just finished Lethal White.

[Donna]

I am reading “Matrix” by Lauren Groff. It fits several other categories but just for fun I googled it and there was a classic board game called Matrix back in the 1950s. Great book, by the way.

[Nadine in NY]

Donna wrote: "I am reading “Matrix” by Lauren Groff. It fits several other categories but just for fun I googled it and there was a classic board game called Matrix back in the 1950s. Great book, by the way."


too bad that book didn't come out the year we had to read a book with the same title as a movie it was not related to!!!

[Heather L]

Nadine in NY wrote: "too bad that book didn't come out the year we had to read a book with the same title as a movie it was not related to!!!”

You could always use it for a past prompt, though. 😉

[Britany]

Finished The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Lilith]

Britany wrote: "Finished The Escape Room by Megan Goldin

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show..."

I looooved this book! It was one of my first reads last year. I definitely have to check out more Megan Goldin.

[Britany]

yes!!! She's so good at thrillers. I've already got an ARC of her newest that comes out this year. The Night Swim was excellent on audio, one of my top 10 reads last year.

[Norrie]

Guess Who
I remember a game called Guess Who, played it when i was in school.

[Jamie]

Eureka Street (Eureka is a board game)
The Last Will & Testament of Senhor da Silva Araújo (Last Will)
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Detective)
How the One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House (Sweeps)
Apothecary Melchior and the Mystery of St Olaf's Church (Apothecary)
Everything Lost Is Found Again: Four Seasons in Lesotho (Lost)
Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgisnacht)

[Nadine in NY]

Jamie wrote: "... Walpurgisnacht (Walpurgisnacht) "



Clueless American here, I had to google that. HOLY COW WHY DON'T WE CELEBRATE THAT IN THE USA??? It looks like it's Halloween for grownups.

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

I'd heard of revenge and after a quick google I see I was right, so I'm going with Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns

[Jamie]

Nadine in NY wrote: "Clueless American here, I had to google that. HOLY COW WHY DON'T WE CELEBRATE THAT IN THE USA??? It looks like it's Halloween for grownups."

I know, right?! I'd never heard of it before I read the book. Bonfires, costumes and pranks - sign me up!

[Chloé]

Hi! Just found this game called *Star : https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1...

So would All the Stars and Teeth work?

[Kaia]

I was googling for board games with the word "dog" in them so I could find somewhere to fit Dog on It, and I discovered there's a kid's board game called Dog-Gonnit! (with the exclamation mark). So, I read Dog on It for this prompt and enjoyed it very much.

There's also a board game called "Dog" if that helps anyone out. Dog on It is not the only dog-themed title in my list this year.

[Dea]

I love the game Wingspan, so I thought I'd look to see what books are available.

Wingspan
The Wingspan of Severed Hands
Wingspan
Wingspan
Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run
Celebrating Birds: The Wingspan Field Guide and Outdoor Birding Game
Wingspan
Wingspan
Wingspan: Poems
Wingspan

Okay, I'm stopping there…Except for this one, which actually uses the art from Wingspan!

[Dea]

For "Go," which has been around for over two millenia…

Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Go Set a Watchman
Go Ask Alice
Never Let Me Go

And if you're happy with multiple tenses of "Go"…

Gone Girl
Gone with the Wind
Then She Was Gone
Going Postal
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
The Heart Goes Last
Pop Goes the Weasel

[JessicaMHR]

I wasn't sure what to do with this at first. I have the typical American board games (mostly from the 90's, when I was a kid) Sorry, Pictionary, Candy Land, Payday, Scrabble and like 8 versions of Monopoly. I also have one called Up Words which is like 3-d Scrabble.

Even with all those I decided to Google it and try to find a book to match on my shelf. The only thing I found was Guilty Pleasures which matched with Guilty Pleasures
by Laurell K. Hamilton. But, then I realized the book I was reading would work, so I am going to use Troubles in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand for the board game Trouble (which, ironically enough, I just played with my nephew last night).

Although not technically a board game, another one I thought of is Yahtzee.

[Ron]

I'm hoping to get to The Dragon Reborn after the role-playing game, 'Dungeons and Dragons'.

[Joanne]

I used "Ghana Must Go" for the game Go. There is a Japanese novel named "The Master of Go" by Yasunari Kawabata that actually is about the game. I've never played it, but I liked the book anyway

[sassysistah]

I read Get a Life, Chloe Brown. Uggggh! I have to stop reading these romance novels! It started out well enough but had an unrealistic and cliché middle and ending.

[Trish]

Fannie wrote: "I've been playing a lot of Terraforming Mars and Castles of Burgundy recently so any books with Mars and Castle should work.

By the way, if anyone's interested in playing boardgame online there's this site that I like a lot: https://boardgamearena.com/"

And an excellent site it is too!

Has anyone mentioned Noughts & Crosses yet?

I may go for Operation Mincemeat - for the game Operation, which I played way back in the depths of the 1970s, although my tastes now are more Terraforming Mars, Terra Mystica, Ticket To Ride, Azul, Century, 7 Wonders, Wingspan and that kind of thing.

[Melissa]

are there any good graphic novel suggestions? Thanks!

[Vanessa]

There was a game called Deception, so The Spanish Love Deception works.

[K.L.]

If you've been interested in reading Scythe, I just found out that there is a board game by that name.

[Ron]

I decided to look for older board games for the fun of it and I stumbled across this one: 'Don't Miss The Boat' which was in production in 1965.

So for that a book I had pre-ordered (prior to picking a game for this topic), fits for this:


Miss Memory Lane: A Memoir

*****

Colton's book is my most anticipated of the year so I'm excited to get started once it's released next week.

[LeahS]

I meant to read a book about a game (I had The Girl Who Played Go in mind), but I've tried The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante for two different prompts where it didn't quite work, so I'm using Life to slot it in here.

Set in Naples (of course) and contrasts the old, poor half of the city with the richer half. The teenage MC rebels against her academic parents by seeking contact with a 'left-behind' aunt. A good portrayal of a troubled teenager. I enjoyed this more than the later books in the My Brilliant Friend series.

[Anna]

I'm going to read Freedom by Jonathan Franzen, as it's sitting in my bookshelf. (Freedom is a co-op board game where you move slaves from plantations to Canada, trying to avoid slave-catchers).

by the way, here are a few game names that might be useful for this challenge:

Dominion
Calico
Exit
Duel
Love letter
Welcome to

I'd also like to add Buffy the vampire slayer-the board game if you're an Buffy affecionado, the comics are definitely worth your time. the game isn't great, though.

[Barbara]

I read The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy by Michael Lewis. Quick, impactful read.

[Sherri]

I read The Memory of Us. 2 stars. I had trouble with the decisions Julianna Westcott made. I liked parts of the story but had trouble believing parts. Memory is not exactly a board game but I have had the book since 2016 & I used it for a game prompt in another challenge.

[Nike]

Sherri wrote: "I read The Memory of Us. 2 stars. I had trouble with the decisions Julianna Westcott made. I liked parts of the story but had trouble believing parts. Memory is not exactly a board ..."

I find that being a great idea and you just inspired me in finding another book for the prompt than the one I chose. I thought of if very literally (and quite boring I must confess) but now you've opened new ideas. Thank you =)