Author Topic: Blanko! (Read 512901 times)

JoanK · « **Reply #3200 on:** January 14, 2013, 04:49:33 PM »

BLANKO

Welcome to our newest brain teaser

The rules are simple:

The Challenger posts either a title or the name of an author, not both. One letter is supplied. More information may be given, but isn't required.

Example:

Title of Book: three words, a prize winning novel:

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What is it?

The Contestants guess--the title (or author) if they can, or a letter. One guess between appearances of the Challenger for each contestant.

At the end of the day, or more often if the Challenger wants, the Challenger will add one or more of the letters the Contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears. (Note that the original supplied letter might also appear elsewhere.)

The winner becomes the new Challenger.

Good Luck !!

Oops, I forgot a T. If you've looked, look again. this should give it to you.

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Guessed: W,N L,R,E,S,T

JoanP · « **Reply #3201 on:** January 14, 2013, 04:51:22 PM »

Has to be the Canterbury Tales!

PatH · « **Reply #3202 on:** January 14, 2013, 07:23:11 PM »

Oh, for goodness sakes. It sure does.

JoanP · « **Reply #3203 on:** January 14, 2013, 07:46:13 PM »

This one is non Fiction:

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JoanK · « **Reply #3204 on:** January 15, 2013, 03:25:05 PM »

WINNER WINNER WINNER

Good going, Joan!

On the new one, could I have my E, please.

JoanP · « **Reply #3205 on:** January 15, 2013, 03:37:57 PM »

Do you see it now?

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pedln · « **Reply #3206 on:** January 15, 2013, 04:54:41 PM »

She's advertising again

We should have caught that without any letters.

The Hare with Amber Eyes

JoanP · « **Reply #3207 on:** January 15, 2013, 05:14:39 PM »

WINNER

pedln · « **Reply #3208 on:** January 15, 2013, 06:40:24 PM »

Fiction, set in one of my favorite cities, with historical background on a favorite icon, this book is on someone’s 10 Favorites of 2012 List.

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JoanP · « **Reply #3209 on:** January 15, 2013, 08:04:43 PM »

Some Es?

pedln · « **Reply #3210 on:** January 15, 2013, 11:08:00 PM »

Two E's coming up.

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Frybabe · « **Reply #3211 on:** January 16, 2013, 07:23:51 AM »

pedln · « **Reply #3212 on:** January 16, 2013, 09:59:10 AM »

Three T's coming up. That's probably a giveaway.

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PatH · « **Reply #3213 on:** January 16, 2013, 03:58:47 PM »

Any Ms?

pedln · « **Reply #3214 on:** January 17, 2013, 08:21:24 AM »

No M's I'm sorrry to say.

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T ___ E

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Letters used T, E, M

Frybabe · « **Reply #3215 on:** January 17, 2013, 08:54:03 AM »

If you are talking about Seattle, my sister would agree with you. In fact, one of my nephews moved to Seattle last October and loves it there. My guess: Truth Like the Sun.

pedln · « **Reply #3216 on:** January 17, 2013, 10:05:56 PM »

WINNER

Right you are Frybabe. Truth Like the Sun by Seattle writer Jim Lynch. His third novel. This was on NY Times writer/reviewer Janet Maslin's list of Favorite Books read in 2012. It's a political novel about a fictional Mr. Seattle who is a major force behind the 1962 World's Fair, which of course gave birth to the Space Needle.

Frybabe · « **Reply #3217 on:** January 18, 2013, 07:34:40 AM »

Another best seller:

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JoanP · « **Reply #3218 on:** January 18, 2013, 08:37:09 AM »

Where to start? How about a W, Fry?

Frybabe · « **Reply #3219 on:** January 18, 2013, 06:13:15 PM »

Here is your W, JoanP. I won't be surprised if you already know what this is.

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JoanP · « **Reply #3220 on:** January 18, 2013, 08:13:27 PM »

Maybe...My Beloved World - Sonia Sotomayor's new book?

Frybabe · « **Reply #3221 on:** January 19, 2013, 09:37:14 AM »

So, I am not surprised. JoanP is the winner! Have you read it? I am surprised that she has written an autobiography already. I wonder if it is ghost written. Do you notice how many of the justices are becoming "accessable", like in interviews, etc.? I always thought that once someone was appointed Supreme Court Justice, that they pretty much kept their private lives to themselves.

JoanP · « **Reply #3222 on:** January 19, 2013, 01:07:31 PM »

No,no haven't read it. Too new. Didn't it just come out this past week? If it becomes a best seller, it will become discounted, and then I MIGHT be interested. As I understand, it is NOT an autobiography, but a memor of her growing up, overcoming a difficult life - a lesson for all young people, I guess. It stops with her appointment to the court - I doubt she'll write any more about that experience.

OK - Ficton - from my TBR shelf...downstairs, not bedside. Need time to think about this one...

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pedln · « **Reply #3223 on:** January 19, 2013, 01:46:38 PM »

A "T"?

JoanP · « **Reply #3224 on:** January 19, 2013, 08:07:05 PM »

Not one, but TWO Ts, Pedln!

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Frybabe · « **Reply #3225 on:** January 19, 2013, 09:03:21 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3226 on:** January 20, 2013, 11:19:08 AM »

Sorry I'm late this morning...also sorry, there are no As, Fry.

JoanK · « **Reply #3227 on:** January 20, 2013, 03:14:05 PM »

JoanP · « **Reply #3228 on:** January 20, 2013, 04:20:59 PM »

Oh yeah - now you're cooking, JoanK!

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pedln · « **Reply #3229 on:** January 20, 2013, 11:12:30 PM »

An "S"?

JoanP · « **Reply #3230 on:** January 20, 2013, 11:37:10 PM »

Sorry, no S, Pedln

Letters guessed: T, A, E, S

Frybabe · « **Reply #3231 on:** January 21, 2013, 07:40:35 AM »

I'll ask for the obvious H just in case there are any more.

JoanP · « **Reply #3232 on:** January 21, 2013, 07:56:42 AM »

Good morning, Fry! Yes, good guess - another H just might help~

T H E _ _ R T H E _ _ _ _ E _ E _ _ _

Letters guessed: T, A, E, S, H

Frybabe · « **Reply #3233 on:** January 21, 2013, 08:20:46 AM »

The Northern Clemency? Not on my reading list. I'd rather read Philip Hensher's latest nonfiction called The Missing Ink: The Lost Art of Handwriting

JoanP · « **Reply #3234 on:** January 21, 2013, 08:32:54 AM »

WINNER!

That's IT, Fry! The Northern Clemency. Short listed for the Man Booker prize in 2008. Here's a description:

'The Northern Clemency" is a 600-page multigenerational epic set in the northern English city of Sheffield, famous for steel, coal mines and the retrenched male strippers immortalized in "The Full Monty." Written by a distinguished creative writing professor, blurbed by Philip Pullman, a finalist for the 2008 Booker Prize and recently named Amazon's Best Book of 2008, this door-stop volume aims to be a Major British Novel, revisiting the dawn of Thatcher's Britain in the 1970s, the volatile confidence and despair of the '80s and the awakening of Tony Blair's new Britain in the '90s."

The thing is - it's 600. I'm never sure about committing so much time to it. And the years go by with it's beautiful cover...sitting on the TBR pile.

Ha! Fry, you could have used The Missing Link: The Lost Art of Handwriting for your next puzzle!

Frybabe · « **Reply #3235 on:** January 21, 2013, 10:20:51 AM »

I saw a review for it that likened it to John Updike or Jonathan Franzen. Updike I've read, so another tome with Updike like writing is not in the cards for me. I can only take him in short story doses, as with Cheever. I am not familiar with Franzen. I'll be back in a little bit with a new one.

PatH · « **Reply #3236 on:** January 21, 2013, 07:02:37 PM »

Good job, Frybabe. Updike--I've never been able to read him, not even for a short story dose.

Frybabe · « **Reply #3237 on:** January 21, 2013, 08:48:26 PM »

I remember that this was on reading lists recommended for executives when it was first published.

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JoanK · « **Reply #3238 on:** January 21, 2013, 10:33:47 PM »

Always have to start with an E.

Frybabe · « **Reply #3239 on:** January 22, 2013, 07:30:32 AM »

Ah yes, the most prolific E.

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