Blanko!

[pedln]

                                       

Welcome to our newest brain teaser: BLANKO

The rules are simple:

The Challenger poses and indicates either a title or the name of an author, but not both.


The Contestants guess the title or author and post their answer; if they can, the solve the entire title.   They can also suggest another letter to fill in one of the blanks.

At  the end of the day if the puzzle is not solved,
the Challenger then must add only  one of the suggested letters the contestants have suggested, everywhere it appears.

The winner becomes the new challenger. 


Ex:

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

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


What is it?

Good Luck !!

Fiction.  Fairly recent -- maybe 2012?    From my TBR list

___  ___         ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ' ___

___  ___  -  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  E

[PatH]

N?

[pedln]

One N for the lady.


___  ___         ___  ___  N  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ' ___

___  ___  -  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  E

[jane]

S

[JoanP]

L?

[pedln]

A few eSes, no L's.



___  ___         ___  ___  N  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ‘ S

___  ___  -  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  S  ___  ___  ___  E


Letters guessed:  N,  S, L,

[JoanP]

C?  I'm after a revealing consonant...

[JoanK]

And as always I'm after vowels. E?

[Frybabe]

an unlikely Y?

[pedln]

There are no C's, but there is another E, JoanK
And there is no Y -- neither likely nor unlikely.


___  ___         ___  E  N  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ‘ S

___  ___  -  ___  ___  ___  ___

___  ___  ___  ___  S  ___  ___  ___  E


Letters guessed:  N,  S, L, E, C, Y

[JoanP]

R, then?

[Frybabe]

O?

[pedln]

Ho  Ho  Ho   --- somebody's going to get it now !!!  Right, Frybabe   ?



___  R         ___  E  N  ___  ___  ___  ___  ___  ‘ S

___  ___  -  ___ O ___  ___

___  O O  ___  S  ___ O R  E


Letters guessed:  N,  S, L, E, C, Y, R, O

[PatH]

Well, it's Mr somebody's something Bookstore, but I don't know what the blanks are.

[JoanP]

I do.  Pretty clever, Pedln...the number was eluding me.  Have you read it?  Good Readers rave about it!

Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore.

[PatH]

JoanP, you really started something with your numbers and symbols.  It's fun.

[pedln]

Winner!!!   Winner!!!   Winner!!!

She did it again.  Very very good, JoanP.  Congratulations

I haven't read it yet, but it's on my  TBR list.

[JoanP]

Well, it was clearly MR and then the O's revealed Bookstore.  I read a review of the book in Goodreads recently, very highly regarded - first time author.  (Whose name I don't recall, but will recognize when I see it again.)

Here's another new - fiction, not a first time author. (no numbers...or symbols this time )

_  _  _        _  _  _        _  _  _  _  _  _   _  _  S         _  _  _  _  _  _     

[Frybabe]

T?

[JoanK]

Give me my E

[JoanP]

Two for each of you!

_  _  _        T   _  E       _  _  _  _  T  _   _  _  S         E  _  _  _  _  _  

[Frybabe]

This calls for an N or two.

You know what? I'd say that is And the Mountains Echoed, but I think there is one letter too many in the last word. This book is on my wishlist.

[JoanP]

How about if I take the extra space off the last word...slipped in there when I put in the E? :
You're the winner, Fry!

[Frybabe]

This one is on my wishlist. I do believe this is the longest title we've had on Blanko.

__ __ __     __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ __ __:

__ __ __ __ __,    __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __,

__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __,    __ __ __    __ __ __

__ __ __ __     __ __ __ __ __    __ __

__ __ __ __ __     __ __ __ S __ __

[JoanP]

I wonder just how many letters it will take to solve this, Fry. 
I'll start with T...

[jane]

E's?

Fiction or Nonfiction? Not that I'm sure that helps me any. 

[JoanK]

And N

[Frybabe]

T __ E     __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ N T:

__ __ __ __ __,    __ E __ __ __ __T __ __ N,

__ E T __ __ __ __ __,    __ N __    T __ E

__ E __ __     __ __ __ N T    __ __

__ __ __ T E     __ __ __ S T __

used: E, N, S, T,

[JoanP]

Any more S's besides the one you gave us at the start?

[Frybabe]

No more S's.

[JoanP]

Another Consonant then...how about an H?

[Frybabe]

Two H's only.

T H E     __ __ __ __ __    __ __ __ N T:

__ __ __ __ __,    __ E __ __ __ __T __ __ N,

__ E T __ __ __ __ __,    __ N __    T H E

__ E __ __     __ __ __ N T    __ __

__ __ __ T E     __ __ __ S T __

used: E, H, N, S, T,

[PatH]

I?

[JoanK]

And A

[JoanP]

W?

[Frybabe]

Sorry, no W's JoanP, but there are a few A's and I's
I see I missed an N.

T H E     __ __ A __ __    __ __ __ N T:

__ __ __ __ __,    __ E __ __ __ __T I __ N,

__ E T __ A __ A __,    A N __    T H E

__ E A __     __ __ __ N T    __ __

__ __ N T E     __ __ I S T __

used: A, E, I, H, N, S, T, W

[JoanP]

R?

[Frybabe]

Yes, there are R's.

Do you see it yet? Out last year, Pulitzer Prize winner.


T H E     __ __ A __ __    __ __ __ N T:

__ __ __ R __,    R E __ __ __ __T I __ N,

__ E T R A __ A __,    A N __    T H E

R E A __     __ __ __ N T    __ __

__ __ N T E     __ R I S T __

used: A, E, I, H, N, R, S, T, W

[pedln]

O  ?

[Frybabe]

Oh, yes, the O's.

T H E     __ __ A __ __    __ O __ N T:

__ __ O R __,    R E __ O __ __T I O N,

__ E T R A __ A __,    A N __    T H E

R E A __     __ O __ N T    O __

__ O N T E     __ R I S T O

used: A, E, I, H, N, O, R, S, T, W