Blanko!

[Frybabe]

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:

   ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ T    __ ___   ___ ___ ___ ___


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 !!

Any more E's?

[JoanP]

Good morning, Fry -

Yes, there is another E-

_  _  E      _  _  _  _  E  _      _  _  _  _  _

[jane]

T

[JoanP]

Yes, maam - right where you'd expect to find the T...

T  _  E        _  _  _  _  E  _          _  _  _  _  _

[jane]

S?

[JoanK]

More Es please.

[JoanP]

The Es have been guessed - no more than what you see here.  No S either.  Sorry.

T  _  E        _  _  _  _  E  _          _  _  _  _  _

Letter's guessed - T, E, S

[JoanK]

O?

[JoanP]

There you go!  Two of them!

T  _  E        _  O  _  _  E  _          _  O  _  _  _

Letter's guessed - T, E, S, O

[Frybabe]

P?

[PatH]

I sniff a W.

[JoanP]

I'm going to have to make myself read this book!  Just came across the title while reading Crossing to Safety, one of the book the Shwalbes are talking about.

Sorry, no P, not even a sniffed W...

T  _  E        _  O  _  _  E  _          _  O  _  _  _

Letter's guessed - T, E, S, O, P, W

[Frybabe]

R?

[PatH]

Only 20 more letters to guess and we've got it.

[JoanP]

19 - one of them is not an R

[pedln]

The Golden Bough?

[JoanP]

WINNER!
WINNER!
WINNER!


You got it, Pedln!    Just read about it - one of the reference books in Sid's workshop at the lake - in Crossing.  Have you read Golden Bough?  Has anyone?

[PatH]

Wow!  Good job, pedln.

We had The Golden Bough in our house when I was growing up, and I read some of it, but at an age when the language was a bit of a challenge.  I liked it well enough, should look at it again.

[Frybabe]

Way to go Pedln.

[pedln]

I've never read it, but I can visualize where it was on the shelves in the high school library.

Once I started picturing the "gh" combo in the puzzle it just jumped out.  Mythology?  Religion?

There'll be something here tomorrow.

[pedln]

An oldie, Pulitzer Prize,  non-fiction.  I read it years ago.  The one thing I remember is a little boy playing on the floor who says, "Mama, it's getting dark in here."



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___  ___  ___  K  ___  ___       ___  ___  ___  ___  ___

[PatH]

Don't even know where to start here, so I'll go for E.

[Frybabe]

S?

[pedln]

Oops, I forgot to come here yesterday.  Sorry, there is no S.


___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___       ___  ___


___  ___  ___  K  E  ___       ___  ___  E E  ___


Letters guessed:  E, S

[PatH]

T?

[Frybabe]

R

[JoanP]

G?

[pedln]

Oh my gosh, I am so sorry -- just totally forgot about this site.  And you all were good guessers


___  ___  ___  G  R  ___  ___       ___  T


T  ___  ___  K  E  R       ___  R  E E  ___


Letters guessed:  E, S, G, R, T

[Frybabe]

N?

[jane]

A?

[JoanP]

C?

[pedln]

Yes, all those letters are there, but you don't want me to spell it out for you.  One N and back later.


___  ___  ___  G  R  ___  ___       ___  T


T  ___  N  K  E  R       ___  R  E E  ___


Letters guessed:  E, S, G, R, T, N       and  A, C -- somewhere

[JoanP]

K?

[pedln]

Yes there is another K.  It seems that someone knows this.  Be a risk-taker, make a guess.



___  ___  ___  G  R  ___  ___       A  T


T  ___  N  K  E  R       ___  R  E E  ___


Letters guessed:  E, S, G, R, T, N, A       and   C, and another K -- somewhere

[JoanK]

Pilgram at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard.

[pedln]

Winner!!  Winner!!  Winner!!

Good for you JOanK.  That was a hard one, too.   It's been ages since I read it, but I"ll never forget the little boy being bitten by the snake, and swelling up to where he couldn't see anything.

[Frybabe]

Congrats, JoanK. The title and author sound familiar. I think someone mentioned this book before.

[JoanK]

I admit to never finishing it. She is a little too mmystical even for mystical me.

Now I have to come up with something. Today or tomorrow.

[pedln]

She is a little too mmystical even for mystical me.

I'll agree with you there, JoanK.  But she did write a book that I liked very much and have given to others as a gift. The Living, a novel about the settling of Bellingham, Washington.  It's one I wouldn't mind reading again if I didn't have so many others to read for the first time.

[JoanK]

OK, here's one. I hope it hasn't been used before. Nonfiction

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