What's the Name of That Book??? discussion
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***Hint***32) A special young boy
Juels wrote: "#32 [spoilers removed] ??"That's incorrect
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I was half thinking 28 might be Raymond E Feist's Magician - but you've blown that one out of the water.
Cumbling Michael wrote: "Oh well, in for a penny...32. [spoilers removed]"
Lol no, but good guess.
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No, see #137-138.
Sorry Lobstergirl, your guess is incorrect...Another 8+ hours before I add another tidbit/hint.
Valerie wrote: "32 [spoilers removed]"No I'm sorry that is incorrect.
Michele wrote: "18) [spoilers removed]?"That is also incorrect.
*** Hints ***18) A young girl gets taken away from an orphanage to a place riddled with bad creatures who want to eat her.
32) A special young boy escapes in the middle of the night with
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Cynthia wrote: "Kris wrote: "32) [spoilers removed]?"That is correct! :) Good job."
Well done Kris!
On a side note, I love the age I live in. Read Kris's guess, realised the book sounded interesting, bought it on my kindle, and have now read it.
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Now that's a good story. Btw, I totally needed the latest clue. :)
Valerie wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "Kris wrote: "32) [spoilers removed]?"That is correct! :) Good job."
Well done Kris!
On a side note, I love the age I live in. Read Kris's guess, realised the book sounded intere..."
The Giver is an amazing book :) What did you think of it?
I quite enjoyed it. I do like a bit of dystopia. Lots of similarities to This Perfect Day, and others on the same theme. Now I'll have to get the rest of the series and read them too.
I think we need some more clues. I have no idea about any of the remaining stumpers. I want to post one myself, will have to think of a good one.
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Hint added:
35) Young man visits his cousin at a long-term care facility for tuberculosis patients, falls in love with one of the patients, stays longer than originally planned.
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That is correct!
36) Surrogate mother emigrates, because of unborn child.
37: kingdom's fate tied to outsider naming something
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Ding, we haz a winner!
I spent an hour thinking i had to be wrong before posting the answer. Even though it jumped into my head the minute i read the question.
That prompt evolved because nobody else playing has apparently read the book. Do you think you could've gotten it from the first posting/clue? (You can find original prompts on the first page).
I actually read the first page first. The answer came to me then but i kept second guessing myself. I do that a lot.
Juels you are correct
38 athourities pursue arsonist and accomplice
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Please understand, this post isn't a complaint, but an explanation of my thought processes.Re: Number 28
Justanotherbiblophile wrote: "That prompt evolved because nobody else playing has apparently read the book. Do you think you could've gotten it from the first posting/clue? (You can find original prompts on the first page)."
I wasn't able to get it from the first clue and I've read the book recently. The first clue wasn't specific enough for me to get it.
Orig. clue Former student takes over school in order to thwart evil-doers.
The problems for me were describing the main character as a former student made me think of someone who had graduated from the school and was older. Next, describing the building simply as a school made me think it was an in-use school, not an abandoned one.
I think you also described the MC as a girl at one point. That didn't narrow it down much for me because girl can be used for someone as old as their twenties, so I was still thinking of someone too old.
I missed seeing the final revised clue, so I don't know if that would have put me on track or not.
What would have worked for me as a clue? Maybe something like this:
Pre-teen former student takes over abandoned school to thwart evil-doers.
Of course, that might be too obvious. Hard to tell in retrospect. It just goes to show how difficult it can be to come up with a clue that's specific enough without being too easy.
Yeah I specifically didn't narrow down the gender in the first clue.1) I added 'a' so you might be able to deduce it wasn't *her* school.
2) Added gender
3) Added brother
4) Added lost the school
5) Gives it back
6) Headache
re: "student": I didn't have an easy way to talk about MC, without giving away her gender (which I thought was going to really give it up), or her age (also a big clue). "Scavenger" would've given up the genre pretty quick.
"Former" was to subtly clue in regards to Post Apocalypse (vs. just tell; and really narrow it down), and also to subtly misdirect people into thinking older (which worked).
The last couple of edits were in t the 'current unguessed' posts, which have been deleted.
Nope, sorry to ruin your streak Juels.
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#18 [spoilers removed] ??"
That is also incorrect