Bookish Challenges discussion

LET's PLAY HANGMAN!

Rules

❏ We will play 10 rounds on different topics. I will disclose the topic and let you choose levels for each round: Easy (2 points), Medium (5 points), Hard (7 points)

❏ You need to guess letters for each game depending on the letters of your book title. You can guess as many letters as you want in a round as long as you have it in your book

❏ Each incorrect guess brings you closer to being "hanged." If you guess too many incorrect letters and get hanged you won't get any points for that round.

❏ For each round, you can ask for hints. Each hint will deduct 0.5 points from that round. So for an easy round, you can take a maximum of 4 hints. If you take a hint and fail the round, no points will be deducted from your overall pool, you just won't get any points for that round.

❏ You can guess the final answer when you have less than 5 dashes left! But if you get it wrong, you will get 3 hangman dashes

❏ You have 10 hangman tries for each round!

Points:
1. 7 points
2. 7 points
3. 7 points
4. 7 points
5. 7 points
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10.

First Topic: Greek Mythology

This will consist of a Greek God, a Greek mythological creature and a Greek mythological location

You don't need to guess for them individually. But you won't know which word corresponds to which of the three above.

Please select your level: Easy (2 points), Medium (5 points), Hard (7 points)

I'm going to go for it with Hard because I love Greek Mythology!

Task:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

You can ask for hints - 0.5 points deducted for each from the total task completion of 7 points

Book/Author: Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King
Date read: Oct. 23rd, 2024
Guess: S, E

Task:

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S   _ _ _    _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E S

Wrong guess: Nil

Rule update: You may buy letters for 2 points each

Book/Author: Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds
Date read: Oct. 28th 2024
Guess: I, O, M, T, R

Book/Author: Daughters of Shandong by Eve J. Chung
Date read: Nov. 1st 2024
Guess: A, U, D

Task:

_ _ R R _ I _ _ U S   _ _ _    _ E _ A T O _ _ _ I R E S

Wrong guess: M, D

Book/Author: Pageboy by Elliot Page
Date read: Nov. 3rd, 2024
Guess: P

Book/Author: Fall of the School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
Date read: Nov. 7th 2024
Guess: L, G, N, H, C

Task:

P _ R R H I N C H U S   N _ _    H E C A T O N C H I R E S

Wrong guess: L, G


You can go ahead and guess the final full words - 3 hangman chances gone in case you get it wrong.

Next category: Hollywood Movies - Before 2000s. Please choose your level.

What about the P?

Yup, my bad, I did not see the P guess, updated above.

Nistha wrote: "Yup, my bad, I did not see the P guess, updated above."

Just wanted to make sure, if the P wasn't it, I had no idea. lmao

Guess
Pyrrhinchus
Nyx
Hecatonchires

Next Category Level
Hard again please!

Task:

_ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ - _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _!!?

You can ask for hints - 0.5 points deducted for each from the total task completion of 7 points

Book/Author: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Date read: Nov. 16th, 2024
Guess: E

Book/Author: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Date read: Nov. 20th 2024
Guess: S, R, T, I, L

Task:

T _ E    I _ _ R E _ I _ L _    S T R _ _ _ E   _ R E _ T _ R E S  _ _ _   S T _ _ _ _ _   L I _ I _ _   _ _ _  _ E _ _ _ E   _ I _ E _ - _ _  _ _ _ _ I E S!!?

Wrong guess: Nil

Book/Author: Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
Date read: Nov. 23rd, 2024
Guess: H, O, N

Book/Author: Zodiac by Romina Russell
Date read: Nov. 25th 2024
Guess: A

Task:

T H E    I N _ R E _ I _ L _    S T R A N _ E   _ R E A T _ R E S  _ H O   S T O _ _ E _   L I _ I N _   A N _  _ E _ A _ E   _ I _ E _ - _ _  _ O _ _ I E S!!?

Wrong guess: Nil

Book/Author: There's No Way I'd Die First by Lisa Springer
Date read: Nov. 30th, 2024
Guess: D, F, W

Book/Author: Say You Swear by Meagan Brandy
Date read: Dec. 6th 2024
Guess: Y, U

Task:

T H E    I N _ R E D I _ L Y    S T R A N _ E   _ R E A T U R E S  W H O   S T O _ _ E _   L I _ I N _   A N D  _ E _ A _ E   _ I _ E D - U _  _ O _ _ I E S!!?

Wrong guess: F

Book/Author: Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Date read: Dec. 6th 2024
Guess: B, G, M, P

Task:

T H E    I N _ R E D I B L Y    S T R A N G E   _ R E A T U R E S  W H O   S T O P P E D   L I _ I N _   A N D   B E _ A M E   M I _ E D - U P  _ O M B I E S!!?

Wrong guess: Nil

Book/Author: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
Date read: Dec. 8th 2024
Guess: V

Task:

T H E    I N _ R E D I B L Y    S T R A N G E   _ R E A T U R E S  W H O   S T O P P E D   L I V I N G   A N D   B E _ A M E   M I _ E D - U P  _ O M B I E S!!?

Wrong guess: Nil

Is the blank space in “LIVIN_” G?!

Yes, thats right, corrected in above! You still have 5 blanks left

Book/Author: Lucky Leap Day by Ann Marie Walker
Date read: Jan. 2nd, 2025
Guess: C

FINALLY! a letter I needed. lol

Task:

T H E    I N C R E D I B L Y    S T R A N G E   C R E A T U R E S  W H O   S T O P P E D   L I V I N G   A N D   B E C A M E   M I _ E D - U P  _ O M B I E S!!?

Wrong guess: Nil

Haha finally you can go ahead and guess the final full words - 3 hangman chances gone in case you get it wrong.

Next category: Movie stars and authors (there will be 1 of each but you won't know which is one is which). Please choose your level .

Guess
The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?

That was rough. lol

Next Category Level
Hard please!

Task:
1-

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _   

2-

_ _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

You can ask for hints - 0.5 points deducted for each from the total task completion of 7 points

Book/Author: Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Date read: Jan. 7th, 2025
Guess: E, I, S, R, M

Task:
1-

_ _ _ _ _ R E _    S I _ I _ E   

2-

_ _ _ R E _    _ I _ _ I _ E _ _ E R

Wrong guess: M

Book/Author: Legacies Reborn by Pittacus Lore
Date read: Jan. 9th, 2025
Guess: C, N, O

Book/Author: Waterfall by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Date read: Jan. 10th, 2025
Guess: A, L

Book/Author: The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
Date read: Jan. 12th, 2025
Guess: G, H, T, D

Book/Author: Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
Date read: Jan. 16th, 2025
Guess: Y, B, K

Task:
1-

G A B O _ R E Y    S I D I B E   

2-

A _ D R E Y    N I _ _ I N E G G E R

Wrong guess: C, L, H, T, K

You can go ahead and guess the final full words - 3 hangman chances gone in case you get it wrong.

Next category: TV series - Hollywood or in English (there will be 2). Please choose your level .

Guess
Gabourey Sidibe!!

Audrey Niffenegger

Next Category Level
Hard please!

Task:

1-   _ _ _    _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   

2- _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _   

You can ask for hints - 0.5 points deducted for each from the total task completion of 7 points

Book/Author: Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh
Date read: Jan. 24th, 2025
Guess: L, E, I, O, M, R

Task:

1-   _ _ E    L _ _ E    L _ _ E   _ _ O _  _ I _ _   _ R _ I _    _ E R _ _ _ O _   

2- _ _ E   E _ _ R _ O R _ I _ _ R _   _ _ _ E _ _ _ R E _    O _   _ _ L E _ _   _ E R _ E   

Wrong guess: M

Book/Author: Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
Date read: Jan. 29th, 2025
Guess: S

Book/Author: Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
Date read: Jan. 29th, 2025
Guess: T, H, G

Book/Author: Splintered by A.G. Howard
Date read: Feb. 11th, 2025
Guess: N

Book/Author: Perfect by Ellen Hopkins
Date read: Feb. 13th, 2025
Guess: F

Task:

1-   T H E    L _ T E    L _ T E   S H O _  _ I T H   _ R _ I G    F E R G _ S O N   

2- T H E   E _ T R _ O R _ I N _ R _   _ _ _ E N T _ R E S    O F   _ _ L E S    _ E R N E   

Wrong guess: Nil

Book/Author: Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen
Date read: Feb. 16th, 2025
Guess: A

Book/Author: Only When It's Us by Chloe Liese
Date read: Feb. 19th, 2025
Guess: W, U, Y

Book/Author: Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Date read: Feb. 25th, 2025
Guess: C, V

Task:

1-   T H E    L A T E    L A T E   S H O W  W I T H   C R A I G    F E R G U S O N   

2- T H E   E _ T R A O R _ I N A R Y;   A _ V E N T U R E S    O F   _ U L E S    V E R N E   

Wrong guess: Nil

You can go ahead and guess the final full words - 3 hangman chances gone in case you get it wrong.

Next category: TV Series - International (there will be 2). Please choose your level

Guess
1. The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

2. The Extraordinary Adventures of Jules Verne

Next Category Level
Hard please!

Task:

1-   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _  

2- _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _    _ _    _ _ _ _    _ _ _ _ _ _ _   

You can ask for hints - 0.5 points deducted for each from the total task completion of 7 points

Book/Author: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune
Date read: Apr. 16th, 2025
Guess: S, O, T, A

Book/Author: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
Date read: Apr. 20th, 2025
Guess: H, E, I

Book/Author: The Break-Up Pact by Emma Lord
Date read: Apr. 20th, 2025
Guess: U, P, C

Book/Author: Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Date read: Apr. 23rd, 2025
Guess: N

Book/Author: Lore by Alexandra Bracken
Date read: Apr. 28th, 2025
Guess: L

Book/Author: Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Date read: Apr. 29th, 2025
Guess: G, B, F, R

Book/Author: K-Drama School: A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television by Grace Jung
Date read: Apr. 29th, 2025
Guess: K, D

Task:

1-   T R I B H U _ A N  _ I S H R A   C A   T O P P E R 

2- T H E    B A L L A D   O F    HU GO    S A N C H E _   

Wrong guess: Nil


You can go ahead and guess the final full words - 3 hangman chances gone in case you get it wrong.

Next category: Books - Classics (there will be 2). Please choose your level