2017 Book Titles Against Humanity

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2017 Book Titles Against Humanity

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1ahef1963
Dec 22, 2017, 3:38 am

Time for this old chestnut of a year-end book quiz.
Using only the names of books you've read this year, answer the following:

Describe yourself:
How do you feel?
Describe where you currently live:
If you could go anywhere...?
Favorite form of transportation:
Your best friend is:
You and your friends are:
What's the weather like?
Your favorite time of day is:
What is life for you?
You fear:
Best advice:
Thought for the day:
How you would like to die:

2ahef1963
Dec 22, 2017, 3:50 am

Describe yourself: I am the Messenger
How do you feel? Expect Trouble
Describe where you currently live: The House at Riverton
If you could go anywhere...? Into the Water
Favorite form of transportation: The Underground Railroad
Your best friend is: The Little Stranger
You and your friends are: Police
What's the weather like? The Ice Princess
Your favorite time of day is: The Distant Hours
What is life for you? One Good Turn
You fear: The Killer Next Door
Best advice: You're Not that Great (but neither is anyone else)
Thought for the day: Elizabeth is Missing
How you would like to die: Me Before You

3varielle
Edited: Dec 22, 2017, 11:54 am

I give. I didn't read the right books this year.

4JulieLill
Edited: Dec 22, 2017, 12:09 pm

Describe yourself: Princesses Behaving Badly
How do you feel? Desperate Characters
Describe where you currently live: The Hundred Year House
If you could go anywhere...? The Little Paris Bookshop
Favorite form of transportation:Nine Coaches Waiting
Your best friend is: Born Bright: A Young Girl’s Journey From Nothing to Something in America
You and your friends are: Hidden Figures
What's the weather like? Morning Glory
Your favorite time of day is: A Touch of Stardust
What is life for you? Stiff- The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
You fear: Hard Times
Best advice: A Manual For Cleaning Women
Thought for the day: Even This I Get to Experience
How you would like to die: On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker

5dianeham
Dec 28, 2017, 3:33 am

Describe yourself: Behold the Dreamers
How do you feel? Days Without End
Describe where you currently live: Brave New World
If you could go anywhere...? Future Home of the Living God
Favorite form of transportation: A Horse Walks into a Bar
Your best friend is: Eileen
You and your friends are: Waking Lions
What's the weather like? Hot Milk
Your favorite time of day is: Quantum Night
What is life for you? When the English Fall
You fear: The Essex Serpent
Best advice: Reality is not what it seems
Thought for the day:It Can't Happen Here
How you would like to die:Moosewood Restaurant Table

6framboise
Dec 28, 2017, 10:21 am

Describe yourself: The Yogi Assignment
How do you feel? Girl Unknown
Describe where you currently live: Dragon Springs Road
If you could go anywhere...? Proof of Heaven
Favorite form of transportation:
Your best friend is:The Girl in the Red Coat
You and your friends are: The Best Kind of People
What's the weather like? Dark Matter
Your favorite time of day is:
What is life for you? Theft by Finding
You fear: The Man in the High Castle
Best advice: The Rules Do Not Apply
Thought for the day: The Sun is Also a Star
How you would like to die: Before the Fall

7Peace2
Dec 31, 2017, 4:01 am

Describe yourself: The wrong girl
How do you feel? Gone with the Wind
Describe where you currently live: We have always lived in the castle
If you could go anywhere...? The city between books
Favorite form of transportation: Three men in a boat
Your best friend is: Winnie the Pooh
You and your friends are: The Hidden People
What's the weather like? In Bitter Chill
Your favorite time of day is: Owl Song at Dawn
What is life for you? The Colour of Magic
You fear: The Death of Grass
Best advice: Look into my eyes
Thought for the day: Thrice the Brinded Cat Hath Mew’d
How you would like to die: If you’re Reading this, it’s too late

8defaults
Dec 31, 2017, 5:21 am

Describe yourself: The Walking Man
How do you feel? Vertigo
Describe where you currently live: Ghost World
If you could go anywhere...? Berlin Alexanderplatz
Favorite form of transportation: The Pushcart Book of Poetry
Your best friend is: A Single Match
You and your friends are: Men in the Off Hours
What's the weather like? Red Snow
Your favorite time of day is: The Hour of the Star
What is life for you? Wind, Sand and Stars
You fear: Death in Venice
Best advice:The Branch Will Not Break
Thought for the day: A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far
How you would like to die: Experimenting with an Amen

9Montarville
Edited: Dec 31, 2017, 1:27 pm

Describe yourself: Big Mushy Happy Lump
How do you feel? Insulted and Injured
Describe where you currently live: The Town Below
If you could go anywhere...? Galapagos
Favorite form of transportation: The Green Mare
Your best friend is: The Corpse Reader
You and your friends are: A Confederacy of Dunces
What's the weather like? Casse-pipe
Your favorite time of day is: Les Nuits de laitue (a literal translation in English would be "Lettuce Nights")
What is life for you? Six degrés de liberté (literal translation: "Six Degrees of Freedom")
You fear: Heart of Darkness
Best advice: The Best laid plans...
Thought for the day: The Rest is Noise
How you would like to die: For Sure

10PaperbackPirate
Jan 14, 2018, 4:31 pm

Thank you everyone for sharing! I love reading these every year!

Describe yourself: The Girl on the Train
How do you feel? Wild
Describe where you currently live: Postcards from the Edge
If you could go anywhere...? Around the World in 80 Days
Favorite form of transportation: The Horses of Proud Spirit
Your best friend is: Shrill
You and your friends are: Angels
What's the weather like? The Color Purple
Your favorite time of day is: Summer of Night
What is life for you? Lost in a Book
You fear: Losing Battles
Best advice: One Good Dog
Thought for the day: A New Republic
How you would like to die: Strange Magic

11ghr4
Edited: Jan 14, 2018, 7:37 pm

Describe yourself: The Man Who Fell to Earth
How do you feel? Public Bonehead, Private Hero
Describe where you currently live: In the Land of Giants
If you could go anywhere...? English Villages
Favorite form of transportation: Travels in the Air
Your best friend is: Rebecca
You and your friends are: Roots, Radicals and Rockers
What's the weather like? Dark Wind
Your favorite time of day is: The Dark Half
What is life for you? Wonderland
You fear: Night of Disaster
Best advice: Stop Walking on Eggshells
Thought for the day: The Joy of Songbirds
How you would like to die: Bigger Than the Beatles