I Spy...

Ok it suddenly came to me, I didn't think it through, so before I talk myself out of it, I want to experiment with a new game. Of course, it could all just be one big suge-style flop, but I guess, since we are among friends (and lurkers) why not?

Ok. The game is "I spy... a book". you have to describe the cover and people have to guess what book it is??

for example:

"blue cover, woman dancing on a fountain with a pink umbrella."

is:



so what do you guys think?

(note: sorry if another group has a similar game, I barely have time to keep up with this group let alone others. I sincerely have NO IDEA what's going on, in the rest of lt.)

OOOHH!!! I like it suge!!! Let's play! Let's play!!!

But I don't have time to be clever and start it right now....

Ok easy one

Black cover, someone holding an apple. (you only see the persons arms and hands)

I know it! But it's a little late for me to be doing this right now so I'll wait for someone else.

#3 It's Twilight!

3 dings for chels

Does that mean CBley has to guess next? Well, i'm sure that the little poppet is asleep by now, so i'll sneak one in (hoping that this cover was common to the USA editions):

thatched hut on top, stylistic crocodile below, with a clock inside the croc.

It's in my catalogue, feel free to cheat.

>#1 suge: "since we are among friends (and lurkers)". yuk yuk yuk.

#1 suge:
That sounds like a wonderful idea for a game! :)

#7 - Since you gave permission, I did cheat. ;)
The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency

(I actually had a guess on something entirely different that would have appeared on the same page and just happened to see the correct one.)

New one (US paperback cause I know it has several different covers):

A dark cover with white/cream lettering, a close up of a curved line of stacked dominoes with a finger poised to start the reaction of knocking them down.

#9 -- That's The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

I'm going to do another easy one:

An old man and a young man stand, looking into what appears to be a glowing bowl on a pedestal.

>10 foggidawn: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Neat idea for a game :D

OK, this one has a blue background, with a woman on the cover who has a white wrap around her waist, but is nude from the waist up. She has her arms crossed across her chest, her eyes are closed, and she has a tattoo on her back which you can only see part of because you're viewing her from the side.

Hmm... I'm either not very good at giving descriptions, or I included way too much there...

Kushiel's Dart?

Assuming it's right, next one...

I spy a book with a book, doorknob, and key on it. The background is blue and white.

Would that be The Eyre Affair?

And dingdingding for Philosojerk, #11.

New one: This cover features two hands cupping an amulet set with a glowing blue stone.

(And if you need a hint, it is in my catalog, rated five stars.)

#15 foggi:
dingdingding!

oh goody! I'm glad you guys like. I wasn't sure if it would work, what with different editions and such!

foggmeister, I have no Idea! I'll leave it for someone who knows it!

#16 fd:
I admit I cheated and looked at your library, but I'm too tired to think straight I guess because I missed it! ;)

#13 Yes! Sorry, didn't mean to post one then run away. No clue on the blue amulet...

#20 philosojerk:
No worries. :)

The Amulet of Samarkand is the closest I can think of but I really doubt that's it.

Nope!

Hmm... Is it considered cheating if I looked at your library and know it from there? Maybe I'll let someone else guess...

I was trying to wait. how about a clue, foggi, maybe an excerpt or something? I dont know... HELP!!!

Hehehe. I agree, a clue would be helpful. :)

You can look at my library -- that's why I told you where it was! Hmm . . . another hint (one that does have to do with the cover): it received a Newbery Honor.

Ok, just been trawling through foggi's library...

It's The Thief!

And now I must adjourn for the evening. Still no internet at home :-(

awww! lady! so hey, why dont you stay at work so you can stay online? (no. wait I cant even type that with a straight face)

I cant wait till I'm free too! go knock a few back for me, sister!

hey I think I'll try one!

I spy a book!

the cover is yellow on the back, and the spine is pink. the front features a photgraph of the hem of an antique dress and shoes. the hem has little flowers embroidered on it.

That sounds like something by Jane Austen. I have an idea that it just might be Persuasion! ;)

I spy a green book with a part of a brown haired girl's face on it. She's looking up at the title and has a green bandaid on her forehead.

(I have this cataloged.)

oooooh oooooh Forget about it

I got one! I got one!

oh and DING DING DING for #31

#33 suge:

re #31:
Thank you!

re #32:
dingdingding! And pixie dust for you! :)

Do you spy another book, suge?

#27 -- dingdingding for LadyN!

hi foggi!

Hi, suge!

Tag! you're it!

Uhh... You gonna give us another book cover, suge? I believe it's your turn!

mmm *cracks fingers* lets see...

cream cover, young woman in profile on top, a cloudy sky, scraggly leafless plants and a pond on the bottom.

Hmm sounds a little like the cover of The Witch of Blackbird Pond which I read as a child but I suspect that is not it. . .

I can't think of what it is, either.

It could be an edition of The Secret Garden... I haven't read that book in ages.

None of the above, Its a P honor book, it is in my catalog.

Blah...accidental pentapost.

I like the idea for a game suge!
Not that I could guess any though.

This is the best I can think of so far:

A Northern Light

thanks AR!

DING DING DING DING DING K!

OK SOMEONE POST ONE!

whooooohoooooooo!

This book cover is white. Across the top (both front and back of the book) are the silhouettes of girls/women. These silhouettes are all in different colors, following the spectrum.

ETA: this book is one I have read but don't own, so it is not in my catalog.

ha ha ha its one of the funniest books I've ever read! but I'll let someone else guess it!

#52 --> Confetti time!
*sprinkles confetti everywhere*

(So, as you might have guessed, this book is in suge's catalog!)

;-)

Hehehe. I knew I couldn't guess it and cheated by looking at her catalog last night. I know which book it is, but I figure I should let someone say what it is because of that.

#53An Abundance of Katherines.

#58 -- Dingdingding!

Oooooo. I love this game. Here's one. A young girl in a green dress with a clock on her lap, dark blue sky behind her.

This was the first book I saw sitting on my desk. :)

FOUND IT!!!

The Secret of the Old Clock :)

New one (more obscure book but it's in my catalog):

Stark white cover with a silhouette type picture of two large black birds perched on a tree branch - author's name at top in red letters, title below in black.

(And a little tip for helping at this game is to look at the posting person's library in "Cover View" with 50 covers per page, it's really easy to scan through and find the right book!)

Wow, Chels, you stumped everyone for days! :)

new one.

red road with skidmarks title in white across the bottom. authors name sideways to the right above the title very small.

in my library

That sounds really familiar, but I can't think of it. I skimmed through your library and didn't see it, but I may look again when I get a few free minutes.

Aftershock ?

dingdingding! it is indeed Aftershock.

ok here's one:

a deer with 2 large antlers, there is mist surrounding it. off tho the left behind the deer there is a bush that looks tangled like a forest.in the top right corner a full moon is visable. title written in yellowish gold at the top right above the deer. author's name written in white along the bottom

#61 Dingdingding!

#69 Fire Bringer?

dingdingding!!!!!!!!

This is an easy one (maybe). A little girl is cuddling a doll. To her left a woman is holding baby, and to her right a man is sitting with another little girl on his back. The title is in green lettering on top and there is a green checkered border on all sides.

........no clue...........

me niether

................................

.........................................................................................................

i think we should search her library

They are in a log cabin.

little house on the prarie!

sorry that just popped into my head........pretty sure its wrong tho

uhh A Little House in the Big Woods? is that what it is called?

yea! i just found that one..........i think it matches

#80 Dingdingding! Yay, you got it!

yay me woohoo

ok a white house with four tea cups in the windows the title is off to the left in black letters

The View from Saturday?

...............................

Thats right letta

Letta's turn

aqua cover

young woman wearing a cream blouse, a fuzzy beret thing and a retro hair-do having tea at a table. her hand is elegantly extended, and her pinkie is sticking out.

clues AUR

Is it Me and Mr. Darcy?

yep!

grr I'll have to do one not in my catalog!! MUA HA!

#90 suge:
:p~~~

Another book cover:

In my edition, the upper half of the cover is sort of turqouise. The lower half reveals part of a little girl standing in a black dress, white socks, and black dress shoes. A pair of men's dress shoes sit unoccupied beside her on top of a folded set of clothes on the ground.

The time traveler's wife?

#92 mar:
dingdingding! :)
*sprinkles confetti*

Yeah *dances in confetti* *spits* oops confetti in my mouth

Okay this one is in my library- it seems cruel to make you guys flip through my books though . .. oh well

On the cover is a red and blue and yellow bird upside down with a circle and clouds in the circle in the center of the bird.

W-o-w! You have a lot of books, Mar. No wonder you say that. ;)

Yeah- it is a little scary K.

My whole family is that way and then advanced degrees make it work as did working in a bookstore for a while then there is just that I have a book problem which is why I come here to find like-minded individuals to enable my book habit.

Well good luck finding it.

It's an I spy book hunt! Maybe I'll pop over and see if I can find it.

If it helps it is by a Japanese author.

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ?

no, i did not search your library

Ding Ding Ding for Smiley! That's it and it would have taken you a while to find it in my library.

lol.

If someone has done this one already, oops!

White cover, fairly new book

It shows a girl in a private school uniform from the chin down to the thigh

GUESS IT GUESS IT GUESS IT!!!

I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have To Kill You?

sadly i think mandy has been suspended, so i wouldn't wait for confirmation. Looks right to me, foggi.

She's posted at least two posts since I saw she was suspended so she must never have signed out. I found out about her suspension when I had tried to write her to offer her the 816th post since she's our 816th member.

hmmmmmmm................i got another

in the middle of the book there is a horizontal black stripe.the title is written in hot pink on this stripe, the author's name written in smaller letters in orange underneath it. above the black stripe is a view of a busy city street at night with lights lit up. a truck has gone by, as you can see the bak of it. underneith the stripe are dozens of pics, some of them include: a purple hand under a light, black shoes with pink laces, a phone with a pic on it of the blak shoe w/ pink laces, a person with their bak turned in a grocery isle, a pigeon, a concrete staircase, and a view overlooking wat looks like either Manhattan or New Jersey.

#105: Hey, K! I did get suspended, but it looks like I can still post.
That's right foggi! I recently read the book, and I LOVED IT!!!!
I totally recommend it!
About the suspension thing, I was suspended for being too young. ^_^ I don't like it.
I hope I don't get in trouble for coming back on the site. If I do get in trouble, you probably won't see me around, since I won't lie about my age and make a new account.

-taco was here

#106: So yesterday?

I edited to put the # in.

yes.

Hey mandy, not to play the mom or anything but it would probably be a good idea to try to get permission from a parent, guardian or older sibling. Tim and co. have created a pretty great site here and there are some good reasons behind the rules they've put in place. Definitely don't lie about your age, but try to see about getting the right permissions - I can't see parents objecting to this site but I don't think it's the best idea to be on it without their approval either.

Don't want to sound harsh - we're always up for new friends around here! - I'm just wanting to look out for you and other young folks out there!

here's one:

title in green and all cpas on bottom, author's name in lower case underneathe it. vines surrounding words. light pink flower covered in frost held by a pale girl with deep pink lips, only bottom of face visible, blue lighting.

NO GOING INTO MY LIBRARY-NOT FAIR!

Wicked Lovely?

yes.

new one:

A cat with a white mouse sitting on top of it's head. A road and a village behind them. Author name at top in green title below that in red.

hm............

Oh I think I recognize that description, but I don't remember where I saw it.

me 2.
trying o remember the title........

I know it! I do! I wish I could remember the title. Does the title have Marvin in it? (totally guessing)

Marvin's close, but not it.

I have no idea...I'll leave it to the experts!

Me neither

Anyone have another thing to spy while this one's pending?

Well, if you insist:

Small boy and tiger cower frightened behind tree while two-headed snowman lurches past.

#125 -- Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons?

No! It's another mutant snowman book!

Sorry, I mean, dingdingding foggi!

#121 Wait...is it Martin? I totally know this book....I wish I could remember.

Martin's Mice? Is that it?

#129 no. although I think that cover is similar. not a Dick King-Smith book.

never mind. cover quite a bit different from Martin's Mice.

Hmmmm...I can't think... Oh well. Someone else needs to try.

No Earthly Idea.

Dark blue cover. The title is in white letters near the bottom. Red headed girl standing behind a city skyline and bridge. her arms are akimbo.

#133 suge:
City of Ashes?

DING DING DING DING!!

Woohoo, and hi to suge! :)

Next book....

Dark cover, large pastel-like colored butterfly wings, white font. The title is near the top of the book, and the author's name is near the bottom of the book.

Surely not tithe?

HI K!

DINGDINGDING!

Hi, suge! Miss you! *hugs*

*JUMPS!* I DID IT! I DID IT!

Miss you too, k! Miss you all! *hug*wave*hi*

*waves*

Excellent, I take it that you didn't look at my library, then. Um, I didn't look at yours, either. ;)

Okay, new book sugeypants. What will it be? :)

SURE SURE likely story k.

ummmm lets seeee.... Black cover girl with long dark hair, her back turned. her hands are balled into fists at her side, very Egyptian like. there is a small sliver of a waning cresent moon over the bule title letters near the bottom.

*waves hi to suge!*

I don't know your book, I just wanted to say hi before I run to pick up my son from Tae Kwon Do. :o)

#142 suge:
Hehe. :P~~~
Okay, I won't look this time.
*waits for guesses*

#143 jp:
*waves* Hi, jp! :)

um..........is it in a series? (i keep thinking Replica series but thats not right...........................)

*waves to suge* Hi suge!

I think I may have confused everyone with my description in #116. I didn't realize that I accidentally put mouse instead of rat. so, to repeat the description:

A cat with a white rat sitting on top of it's head. Only top of cat's head showing. A road and a village behind them. Author name at top in green title below that in red.

is #142 Betrayed? by P. C. and Kristen Cast?

*WAVES BACK*

HI JP and & Mrs G! Hi everyone!

*waves & hugs*

hey :) the book is part of the House of Night series.

DING DING DING DING LETTA!

#147 Thanks for confusing me! :P

Gah!
I have no idea! I must get out more...I always seem so uninformed. I hate that feeling.
I will bide my time though...

since no one has gotten mine i'll go ahead and say that it is The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents byterry Pratchett

This is it:

I bow down to you oh letta of the un aswerable clue.

ok i'll try another:

black and brown cover.
a man wearing a hat and dark clothes. he is holding a staff with glowing runes. he has a pentagram around his neck. He seems to be standing in an alley with cityscape and a police "do not cross" tape

Yay! I stumped you all! *smugly polishes nails on shirt* ha ha ha ha!



(more smug hee hee hee-ing)

*whispers* I'm behind on threads. :P~~~

no excuses, just results.

Why don't you post another for us. :)

Ohhhh... *lazy yawn and stretch* oh very, well K. If it gives you pleasure:

White cover, a woman snorkeling in a martini glass, large blue letters at the top with author's name, and black cursive with the title under that.

Yes, great pleasure! Thanks. :)

Sleepy girl, off to bed with you? It's so very late! I'm suprised you aren't sleeping.

Hmm, will have to think of that one.

*under breath* more like check my library. *at normal volume* Yes, darling k! You have an inexplicable habit of coming on Lt at precisely the moment I am about to turn away. If I didn't know better, I would almost think... but no....

Good night darling!

Hey! *trembles her lip* That's not nice, assuming I would cheat and check your library. Er, I was going to wait till tomorrow to do that...*whispers*...after I checked only the first one-hundred books in your catalog....*normal voice*...That's it! I swear!

You would almost think....???

Good night, suge! Please, get some sleep. See you around on Tuesday. *goodnight hug* :)

makes me think the starter wife but it's not is it.

Oliva Joules and the Overactive Imagination!!!


(And I didn't even have to peek - I have that book too and I knew it as soon as I read the description!)

New one:
This book has a white cover, authors name at the top with title right beneath in bold letters. The main picture is of a girl in an angel costume standing in front of a large red star - her arms are spread wide, and she is holding a gold star.

#164 -- is that The Best Christmas Pageant Ever?

Definitely!! :)

Love that book! Okay, a new one:

The cover of this book is gold in color, and looks like a door, or the lid of a trunk, with hinges to the left and a lock to the right. The title is in large white letters, a little above center, with the author's name beneath it and slightly smaller. Below that are what appear to be some sort of runes.

(This book isn't in my catalog, but it is in Espeon200's, if you get stumped.)

Is that Magyk?
Wait, no, never mind, I don't think that had a lock on the cover. Pay no attention to me! ;)

Artemis Fowl?

#163--> DING DING DING EL! YOU GO GIRL!

Cat, my darling other twin I must agree.

And I agree that you must agree. It was rather silly of me to think of that book. :P ;)

we were on the right track, cat.

Hehehe.

*waves hello to suge and cat*

Dingdingding for Rissa (msg #169)!

*waves back at k*

Blue cover, a star strewn night sky, a large full moon, a house with one light is seen in the distance at the other side of a white field. there are dark trees at the bottom with the name of the author in white letters. the title is also in white in the center.

Just noticed #153,154 (I somehow missed this thread for a few weeks) - suge, have you read Storm Front? I'm a pretty big Dresden Files fan. That one wasn't my favorite in the series but I like the author's humor and characters. I have the old cover on my copy of that one though so I might not have guessed right....although guy in dark clothes with glowing rune staff does narrow it down a bit. ;)

/hijack

yep, I was trying to be as specific as possible, el *wink*

I'm reading Storm Front now, actually. Dresden sounds hot. Ah me oh my, another literary crush.

173- *waves hello to K*

#178 cat:
A day late! :P~~ Kidding!
Thank you, cat! :)

Ok, enough waving an chittering!

This book has a tissue paper-thin dust cover, the cover itself, which is visible thru the dust cover (cool!) is light blue, it has a girl's face on top, looking up at the reader. there are scrowled words writen all over the cover. The title is in a maroonish/burgundyrish color near the bottom, and the author is in black below this.

Ooh, I read this one! Now, what was it called? . . .

The Declaration by Gemma Malley

Ha Ha! I knew you'd get it foggi! I remember you read it fairly recently? I havent read my copy yet.

*waves* I thought everyone would be gone by now. (Or am I talking to myself?)

*waves back*

Hi, suge! Hehe, I was all ready to say that I guess I was indeed talking to myself. ;) Why are you awake? It's so very late! Can't sleep? :(

*waves to suge and k, even though they are probably off for the night now.*

Okay, new one:

This cover is fairly simple -- the background is black, and it features the hilt of a large sword, set with a red stone. The title is printed sideways, on the right side of the cover, in white letters.

Is it The Warrior Heir?

Dingdingding!

Woohoo! :)

Next book:

It has a mostly red cover, with yellow on the lower part of the book. A green apple with an arrow through it sits on top of an open hardcover book. The title is on the upper part of the cover.

For some reason, known not even to myself I had this thread on ignore.

#190 The Bronte Project

Wow, I killed the thread! Thank you much, bib! You saved it!

Yes! DINGDINGDING! Great work, bib! :)

Okay, cream background, stack of hat boxes with a black top hat at the top. The title and author are circled in the loser left corner.

Which corner of the book is the loser left corner? Aren't you left-handed? Where'd that hate come from? ;) Ah bib, you make me laugh. Thanks, I needed it. :)

KIK! I meant lower. That is pretty funny, glad I could give you a giggle! *hugs*

I knew that, but I had to get you after you caught my mess up of "Easter coasters." ;) Thanks! *hugs back*

I've no idea what book that is! I want to cheat by looking at your cataloged books!

Go ahead, that's how I knew yours!

*gasps* You didn't! ;)

*now browsing bib's library*

Free Food for Millionaires! (Hey, shouldn't that be free food for the poor?!)

Let me think of a new book! :)

Next book:

A rat dressed in fancy clothes bows in front of a pumpkin carriage revealing two people (a man and a woman) through its window. The author's name is toward the top of the book cover while the title is in the loser (hehe) half of the book cover.

#199 Dingdingding!

Lets see, ummmm.....is it Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister?

#201 bib:
Yey, I got it (#193) right! ;)

DINGDINGDING for bib (#201 re #200)!

Wow, I was right?! Awesome! Okay I'll be back in a second with another one!

Okay, black background, author and title at the top, crayon drawing of a crying child and flowers.

That was a guess? I thought you had looked at my library. ;)

Nope, I did it without peeking. I just picked the first Cinderella book I could think of. I couldn't remember the rat being on the cover, but I knew there was a pumpkin carriage and there were people in it, so I took a stab. I've never read it though because I love Wicked but then I read Lost and it was terrible and I was scared to read it!

Confessions is much, much better than Lost, I assure you. It's true that Wicked is known as the author's best book, however.

Ok. I'm never going to guess one of these and earn my chance to post something, so I'm going completely out of order.

Blueish-green cover with a bronze god holding a lightning bolt and a tea service sitting beside him. Large block letter tell name of book, what else the author has written, and author's name.

This is in my collection.

The long dark tea-time of the soul ?

That's it. My absolute favorite Douglas Adams book.

eeek! i knew i should not have guessed so late.

ok, i'll post one but if anyone thinks they have got it, play through. i'm going to bed.

Stormy seas at night, splashed-down space capsule in the foreground, large wooden ship in the background (presumably the ark)

This may not be a common cover, so feel free to wander though my little library if you like. Just wipe your feet before entering. Thanks.

pssst lets go party with dirty feet in MrA's library while he sleeps!

K looks over the threshold to MrA's library. "See library," it says. She pulls out a magnifying glass to read the fine print but upon raising it to MrA's library link, all she sees is blue. "This is more peculiar," she thinks. She wonders if this means her socks should be blue, and looks down at her feet to see that her socks are lavender. K shrugs. She begins to place a foot on the blue link. Foot down, an alarm sounds. K quickly moves her foot back and jumps out of MrA's profile page for safety. Pondering, she wonders how she should proceed. She double thinks the request of wiping one's feet before entering the library. After such consideration, K enters the profile page once more. The gateway still sits there in blue, "See library." K looks all around for any sign of a doormat. There is none. "Stumped...No way around it....I'll have to..." K makes a run and enters the library, blaring sound behind her as she runs and wanders aimlessly through MrA's 220 cataloged books. It doesn't take much time to go full circle. K thinks back to what it is she is supposed to be looking for. A particular book cover. Nighttime story seas...a wooden ship. "Ah-ha!" She finds it. Quickly before anyone can catch her running through the library with her lavender socked feet, K makes a dash out of the library, away from the profile page, and to the I Spy thread where she types her findings. She hopes no one notices that she failed to wipe her feet. K lifts a foot and is startled to see text from the sea of text upon the souls of her socks. She quickly slams her foot down and decides to walk with caution until she leaves the thread, hoping no one will know. Slowly, she walks away she she drags one foot across the thread. A *gasp* can be heard from across the thread. K looks back at an LTer whom she cannot make out who it is just yet before she looks down and sees that her foot has been dragging letters. She makes a wild run away from the thread, letters following her as she goes. "You can't stop me!" she yells. K wonders why all of this was necessary and dreads that perhaps visiting MrA's library gave her a case of longpostitis. She wonders if the illness will run it's course by the end of May, and if it will take a new form after that. Shaking her head, she abandons the thread completely.

A History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters?

"startled to see text from the sea of text upon the souls of her socks."

K, how poetic! I especially like the play on words with souls instead of soles, which I'm sure was intentional.

*wipes happy tear for poet's sole.*

wow K, that was beautiful. I loved the souls comment too. If it was not intentional, it was evidence that the universe's underlying poetry can be brought to light through serendipitous typos.

and dingdingding. you're up.

#214 jp & 215 MrA:
Thank you! You're both very sweet. I regret to say that it was a typo. *ducks* I wish I could take credit for it not being that, though! :)

Next book:

A mostly blue background displays city lights down below a face from which a tear escapes in the nighttime sky. The yellow title is toward the top of the book cover while the author's name is at the bottom of it.

I'm not going to guess on yours right now K, but I still have an open one in #204 that somehow got skipped. It's in my library.

217- Lost Boys?

juj! I Spy is back! Hoorah & hoozah!

mmm here's one so that there is just a little more chaos:

greenish cover very large moon, a city street at the bottom of the page. The title is in the center, the author's name is in the bottom.

#218 Dingdingding!

#219 -- I want to say that's Life As We Knew It, but I don't think that's right.

I would have thought #216 was obvious. I'm glad I didn't kill the thread. If anyone wants a clue, ask away. :)

#216 is The Great Gatsby.

#216/222 - The Great Gatsby?

Dang I'm too slow in catchin up on threads....
To keep the game going -

Cover shows a profile view of a lawn gnome sitting behind the wheel of a car; author's name is in yellow at the top, title is in white letters.

RE #216:

#223 MidnightRain:
DINGDINGDING!

#224 el:
Honorable mention to el! :)

221 foggi you are very very very very close. very close.

Life as We Know It?

Wait, that touchstones as The End of the World as We Know it: Scenes from a Life.

I may be close, but I'm also stumped.

*whispers* Let's sneak in her library, foggi. ;)

*giggles* Na na ni na na! I hadn't catalogued that book yet K (tho I bought it weeks ago). So I guess you looked and you looked.... he he he he *polishes nails on shirt* I'm invincible. I've stumped them again.

I know. I looked for it. *hangs head*

:P~~~

i KNOW YOU DID!!! HA HA HA HA! As it turned out, I catalogued it late late late last night.

How late??

The Dead and the Gone!!

I honestly 100% confirm that I most certainly did not look in your library for that bit of information, hehehehe! That would have taken forever. The secret will not be told! :P~~~

DING DING DING DING!!!!

hmmmm how very misterieous. ok.

I was up till about three.

Three?! I hope you can take a nap today. :(

Next book:

A brown-haired woman in a red dress is seated with her head downward. A headpiece sits on her head. A man in maroon with a white collar holds her left hand. His face is cut off in the cover from the nose and up. The entire cover is filled with warm colors (yellow, gold, orange, red). The yellow title is a little below the center of the book, with the authors name set in gold below that.

The Constant Princess Just finished it last week.

Red book. a miniature maze with several US Landmarks at the bottom. A young man holding up a sword in front of a sort of Grecian coffer with a relief of horses and men. The title is in gold at the top and along the side, on a red band it tells you what series this book is from.

The Battle of the Labyrinth? I've not seen it, but it seems to fit the title.

WANT! Ooh, I shouldn't have looked. ;-)

#239---> DING DING DING DING!!

Ah, foggi. A lot of trouble would be saved if none of us ever looked.

#327 bib:
Woohoo! A belated DINGDINGDING!
(Sorry, I was asleep at 5:30am. ;)

#240 foggi:
No one had to know. ;)

#241 suge:
A lot of trouble?! :P~~~

Stormy background, a fork of lightening across the middle of the page, an white owl centered at the bottom. Title in red near the top. Blue band declaring the series at the very top.

#243 - Harry Potter and Philosophy: if Aristotle ran Hogwarts (I didn't even have to peek - it's a book that bib and I share!)

*#224 hasn't been answered yet either*

#243

The Lightning Thief?

#244 Dingdingding! (I forgot how many of my books you share!)

I can't believe I missed that one! Great job, Espy! :)

Lavender cover, the title is in burgundy at the top the author's name in black under that, in a square: a sky at twilight, a bird in flight, the trunk of a tree with a knob hole where there is a ball of twine and a pocket watch. In the background a distant forest.

#247: Actually el got that one. I haven't read the Lightening Thief.

It's a great book, Bib. Very funny and full of Greek Mythology references.

OH COME ON!!! A BALL OF TWINE!!!! IN A TREES'S KNOB HOLE!!

BOOOOOOO!

This sounds so familiar, but I can't place it.

in a tree's what?

#253 KIK!

It sounds similar to the cover I have for To Kill a Mockingbird but I don't think that's right... going to go do some hunting...

Heh heh... I think I got it....

I knew it sounded familiar!

I posted this in #224 but as far as I know it still hasn't been guessed:

Cover shows a profile view of a lawn gnome sitting behind the wheel of a car; author's name is in yellow at the top, title is in white letters.

I knew it was a book I had in my collection. *facepalm*

#224/258 Notes from the Midnight Driver (I had to cheat though)

#260-dingdingding!

Okay background is a picture of a boy walking down a grasslined dirt road, he carries an item across his shoulders. The title, subtitle and author are on the left hand side in white.

Seventh Son?

Long Way Gone?

el's got it! Dings to el!

That's been on my TBR list for a while - have you read it? Is it good? Hopefully not too depressing?

I'll post a new one soon....

I read it, it's very good. I don't think it's too depressing either, he doesn't focus as much on his time as a soldier as he does on the time leading up to his enscription and the time after. I think no matter what it has to end on a note of hope as he obviously made it to NY and wrote a best-selling book! I highly recommend it!

#267 - thanks for the info, I'll have to read that one!

Okay... This cover has a black silhouette of a cat (mostly it's head) facing the left. The left side of the book is red with a shadowy city in the background and the right side of the cover is all black. The title is in mixed font in white lettering at the top and the author's name is at the very bottom.

Oh, I know I've seen this before! What was it called?!
*walks off wracking brains*

When you wrack your brains, are you stretching them?

Yes! I'm putting my brains on the wrack!
Maybe I'll give it a few turns, and see if that helps me remember it better. ;)

Any hints needed? (Of course there's always the Cover View search of my catalog....)

Oh I think I had just missed this thread for awhile. Without peeking is it The Master and Margarita?

Dingdingding!

Hooray but winning always brings the burden of coming up with a new one.

Oh and isn't The Master and Margarita good. It has been several years now since I read it and I recall it being a bit mind-warping but very interesting.

I just read this book over the weekend. It is a black cover with a picture of a plastic toy Indian and a plastic toy cowboy on the cover and the author's name is at the bottom in bright green.

RE: Master and Margarita, it's one of those books that I really wish I could've read in the original language (Russian). I had an edition with commentary notes and Bulgakov used plenty of wordplay and subtlety of language that didn't come across in the translation. But overall it was a very bizarre and interesting book!

Not sure on yours.... my first guess would be The Indian in the Cupboard because of the cowboy and Indian figures but that's just a shot in the dark.

#275 is The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie -- so good. I'm still miffed that it didn't get recognized by the Printz award committee.

I'll be back shortly with another cover for you guys to guess.

Okay, new cover: In the foreground, a nun and a group of schoolgirls in yellow raincoats. In the background, the Eiffel Tower. The title is in white along the top of the cover, the author's name is in white along the bottom of the cover.

bottom right there is a red dragon hatching out of an egg. to the left there is a boy who has his hand out to touch the dragon. author's name across the top in white, title below that in red.

Belated ding ding dings for foggi! Foggi have you read his The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fightfight in Heaven really good. Arnold Spirit appears in that as well.

#279 -- Ding! x3

#280 Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher

#280 Gah! My son knew that one, but I looked at this thread too late. Our cover is a newer edition of that book.

I'm giving it to son of jp, because letta saw it sitting on my bed yesterday.

Here is one from the boy:

Black faux leather cover with the title toward the bottom in fancy gold lettering. Under the title, also in gold, is a skull facing right with two swords crossed behind it. Above the title is a working compass, decorated with ships, a sun, and a moon. At the west and east points are inlaid plastic gems.

Is that Pirateology?

dingdingding!

Wow, foggi, is that a record for guessing?

:-)

New one: A unicorn with a heavy golden chain around his neck stands in a field of yellow grass, looking back over his shoulder. Blood drips from his horn.

(I can give more hints to this one if it doesn't get guessed fairly quickly.)

grrr, I feel like I should know it, but I can't remember what it is.

Part of a series . . .

I looked, so now I know what it is, but I'm going to give others a chance to quess.

The Last Unicorn? I don;t know many unicorn books.

Nope. The word "unicorn" does not appear in the title.

Nope it is The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis. That is the art on the covers that I had as a child.

Who's posting one next?!!

I was waiting to confirm I was correct but I will post.

Did you see your birthday thread AR?

The back of a bear faces a little house in the woods.

Little House in the Big Woods? That's my guess.

No, I'm off to check right now!!

Nope AR but I know people on here have read this book.

Belated dings to Maren for #295!

Hmm...Goldilocks and the Three Bears is my next guess. But I don't really have any idea!

I'm betting it's The Fourth Bear.

Ding Ding Ding for Foggi!

Oh, dear. Time to think of another one. . .

The author's name is at the top of this cover, with the title in the center. Above the title rises a castle. To one side of the title is a green face with sharp-looking teeth, to the other is a scarecrow. Below the title is an old woman walking along a path. A thin gold frame runs around the edge of the cover.

I KNOW! I KNOW! We've been passing that book around the house lately! *dances around the room impatiently because I know I should give someone else a chance.*

Howl's Moving Castle, of course.

ETA the touchstone, which didn't work the first time.

Ok, here's an older one.

Blue cover. Dragon with a pair of human riders flies above an island town that humps out of the water. Waves surround the bottom of the cover. On the back is a sparrow hawk also surrounded by sky and sea.

This paperback is older than I am. How's that for longevity...

The Dragon of Lonely Island

I think my son has read every children's/YA novel that involves a dragon.

Oops. I got confused! I was sure that was the one! I know I know your cover Espy, but I'll need to look in my son's collection. :o)

Hurry JP!! I'm dying with anticipation!!!

I've already found three blue books on my son's shelves with dragons carrying assorted people and creatures. Don't these illustrators have any imagination?

My next guess: the farthest shore

The Farthest Shore it is. I managed to pick up all three of the original cycle in a used book store and they are in good condition seeing as the edition was printed sometime in the 70s.

*blushes, because we owned that edition when it was still in the bookstores. But it belonged to my big sister!*

OK, new one:

A wall of grey bricks almost fills the cover. In the lower right hand corner is a woman dressed in a red formless dress with red gloves, a white hat and carrying a basket. Author's name is along the top with the title under it, all in white letters.

The Handmaid's Tale?

dingdingding! Your turn el!

cool. I think I had a different cover on that one but "red formless dress with red gloves, a white hat" gave it away.

Next one:
The title and author of this book are in the center of a large sunflower that occupies the whole cover, the background that can be seen is bright red.

Oh, that's the new Sophie Kinsella one, isn't it? Remember Me?

yeppers! :)

Hmmm . . . Okay:

This cover features a cow wearing a tiara, against a backdrop of a blue sky with a few puffy clouds. The title is in large pink letters above the cow's head.

a cow wearing a tiara

No clue but that's hilarious!

Dingdingding!

top little less than half of the cover light green with a pattern, title in dark green. at the bottom of that black box with the author's name in yellow. the bottom half is a picture of a man dressed all in black holding a sword in his left hand, and using his right hand to pull a woman who is looking back over her shoulder. she is dressed in a long dark-pink dress.

The Princess Bride?

dingdingding

Ok... This cover has a dark green border at the top containing the title and author. The scene below is of three people: a woman in a flowing orange-ish dress is seated at the left and looks off to the right side, at her feet are two boys - one is seated and wearing a striped shirt, the other is stretched out on his stomach. He is wearing a checked shirt and is reading/writing a stack of papers in front of him. The papers are blowing away and extend in a chain over the seated woman and into the background.

I'm going to revive this thread. It's a good game.

#326 --> Can we have a clue, el? :)

It is Dandelion Wine. Someone else can post another clue.

Thanks, Letta!

I'm thinking of another book. The cover displays a person wearing a mask over the upper half of their face, revealing the eyes, nose, mouth, and jaw. The lower part of the cover is black. You can see buildings and a bridge. The title is done in purple on the lower half of the book, with the author's name in white at the very bottom of the cover. Guess this book?

K, is it Masquerade?

*Blush* a belated, but very cheery "Ding ding ding" for 255/256..... and a "ha ha ha" for 253. What would that be called? Sorry my English is not very ah correct.

Ok, the top third of this book is scarlet with the title is in blue letters written over this. There is a vicisous looking dragon shooting fire at a young man on a broom who is reaching towards the bottom of the cover where large stones are piled to get something shiny among the stones.

also:

This book has a blue-ish color and features an rural small town nestled in snow. There are quaint little homes and one church spire towering above all else i the town. There is a bare tree at the foreground. In the back ground there are low mountains.

#330 suge:
Yep! (And your English is perfect, hush!)

#330: the first one is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. The UK cover to be exact. don't know the second book.

*wipes brow* phew! Ding Ding Ding Letta! I was about to say! If no one got that clue we need to disband this group.

The second book was written by a woman. A New Yorker.

Ah, I am unbeatable, unconquerable in this game. I claim this thread as my own. It shall be called Sugeland (oooh! that sounds like a groovy place, if I say so myself) (What does that even mean?) and you shall all worship me!!!

Another clue, my lovely subjects? I can think of at least three of her books that have been turned into period films.