Beyond Reality discussion

How about another game? Write a clickbait title for a book! Example - "How inviting strangers for tea changed this guy's life forever!" (The Hobbit)

“Don’t touch the standing stone circle or this might happen to you!”
(Outlander by Diana Gabaldon)

"She Swore She’d Never Marry… Until He Walked In With 10,000 a Year!"

(Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen)

“They Told Him It Was Just a Simulation… They Lied.”

(Ender’s Game)

"She Was Born with a Curse That Made Her Feel Pleasure in Pain—You Won’t Believe What They Trained Her to Do!"

(Kushiel's Dart)

"She Has No Soul—So Naturally, She Punched a Vampire at a Party!"

(Parasol Protectorate series by Gail Carriger)

Dawn, you've found your calling! These are hilarious! And they make me want to avoid all those books....

I had help, I'm not quite that clever on my own. But I know people who are very funny. :)

I quite love the Pride & Prejudice one, I think it is hilarious.

“She opened the wardrobe… What she found on the other side will blow your mind!”

(The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis)

“This killer robot was built to obey… Then it started watching soap operas!”

(All Systems Red by Martha Wells)

“High society thought they knew everything—until she started spilling their secrets!”

(Bridgerton by Julia Quinn)

“One wrong word, one smashed slate… and now she’s sworn a lifelong grudge!”

(Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery)

Dawn, these are great! 😁

Ahaha I knew someone would come through! So fun! I'll try and come back later with a few :)

You guys are way more creative than I am. :)

"World’s Saddest Cowboy Walks Into the Desert — Immediately Regrets Everything"

(The Gunslinger)

"Mechanic by Day, Chaos Magnet by Night — How Does She Still Have Health Insurance?"

(Mercy Thompson by Patricia Biggs)

"Why Do Millions of Women Secretly Love a Billionaire Who’s Basically a Walking Emotional Mess? We Investigate"

(Fifty Shades of Grey)

"They Wanted Answers, Got Existential Dread and a Blade-Wielding Nightmare Instead"

(Hyperion by Dan Simmons)

Just to be clear, so no one thinks I'm this clever, I am crowd sourcing this stuff. And posting the best ones. :)

Dawn wrote: "Just to be clear, so no one thinks I'm this clever, I am crowd sourcing this stuff. And posting the best ones. :)"

You & your friends definitely are clever!

These are so good. lol

"One Book. Thousands of Years. Miracles, Betrayals, Plagues — And a Twist Ending That Changed the World."

(The Bible)

“He Said an Angel Gave Him Golden Plates — Then Things Got Really Weird.”

(The Book of Mormon)

Oh, maybe we could do a future one of these but as tabloid headlines. Because I got this suggestion.....

“PROPHET FOUND ANCIENT TABLETS BEHIND HOUSE — EXPERTS BAFFLED”

(The Book of Mormon)

“MYSTERIOUS WIZARD RECRUITS HOBBIT FOR ‘BURGLARY JOB’ — FAMILY OUTRAGED”
“He was just making tea!” says confused relative.

Or this headline for The Hobbit!

Ok, yes, you and your crowd need to come back with headlines!