Game: What does the title make you think of?

tangerinetrees · Aug 6, 2011

hey guys, not sure if this has been done before (if it has, feel free to throw vegetation at me), but I got an idea for another thread game! hopefully it'll be picked up. aha

basically, guess the genre/what you think the book is about based on the title above you, and then post your own title

sooo I'll start! SHOUTING BOY

Chris P said:
Also, I think it would be cool to have the poster edit their post after the next person guesses and tell us what their title is actually about to see how close we are.

DrunkenLilacs · Aug 6, 2011

tangerinetrees said:
hey guys, not sure if this has been done before (if it has, feel free to throw vegetation at me), but I got an idea for another thread game! hopefully it'll be picked up. aha

basically, guess the genre/what you think the book is about based on the title above you, and then post your own title

sooo I'll start! SHOUTING BOY

I don't know why, but it makes me think of a magical realism book with a boy who howls or something.

LILLY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS

Lnlee · Aug 6, 2011

Contemporary? Romance? Reminds me of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," so maybe it has to do with the song.

NOCTURNE (hint: it's not about werewolves, people. ._.)

missesdash · Aug 6, 2011

That sounds dystopian to me
Incendie

LadyA · Aug 6, 2011

Something about a teen who likes fire/watching things burrrrrrn...

FREEING FERGUS REILLY

The_Ink_Goddess · Aug 6, 2011

LadyA said:
Something about a teen who likes fire/watching things burrrrrrn...

FREEING FERGUS REILLY

A contemporary about a repressed teenage boy, maybe? Hints of romance? Reminds me of the UK/Aus versions of Jaclyn Moriarty's books, e.g. FINDING CASSIE CRAZY.

A HEADACHE FOR LEAH MITLER

Chris P · Aug 6, 2011

I think that's a frustrated romance, where poor Leah just wants to be left alone, but circumstances put a man in her life she can't seem to let go.

PAPER THIN

Edited to explain: A paper company hires a business wonderboy who turns out to be a pedophile. The book is about everything they do to cover it up, and how it turns out (hint: badly)

Becca C. · Aug 6, 2011

Chris P said:
I think that's a frustrated romance, where poor Leah just wants to be left alone, but circumstances put a man in her life she can't seem to let go.

PAPER THIN

An issue novel about anorexia. Or maybe a compulsive liar.

THE BRIGHT FOREVER.

JamieB · Aug 6, 2011

Becca C. said:
An issue novel about anorexia. Or maybe a compulsive liar.

THE BRIGHT FOREVER.

A dystopian about a world after the sun dies out.

Nowhere Ever

DrunkenLilacs · Aug 6, 2011

JamieB said:
A dystopian about a world after the sun dies out.

Nowhere Ever

Contemp? About a boy who goes out on a search for a Somewhere?

THE BUTTERFLY CULTURE

Schnitzel · Aug 6, 2011

Hmm. Sounds vaguely contemporary to me, though I could see it being dystopian, too. Makes me think of a radical teen movement that's frighteningly obsessed with butterflies, metaphorical or otherwise.

AMERICAN SWEETHEART

Eta: Becca, I really love that title. It sounds sensational.

Lovely Decadence · Aug 6, 2011

btw to the OP, I like this game, it's really cool

Schnitzel said:
Hmm. Sounds vaguely contemporary to me, though I could see it being dystopian, too. Makes me think of a radical teen movement that's frighteningly obsessed with butterflies, metaphorical or otherwise.

AMERICAN SWEETHEART

Eta: Becca, I really love that title. It sounds sensational.

Sounds like a story about a girl next door kind of character that everyone thinks is perfect and wholesome, who in actuality is hiding a darker side to her. A sort of coming of age YA story about growing up, fighting your demons, and coming into your own.

PUK, LUCK, BLUE

Kyla Laufreyson · Aug 6, 2011

Contemporary. The "blue" part makes me think of babies for some reason ._____.

Weeping

Jehhillenberg · Aug 6, 2011

Arianna Sterling said:
Contemporary. The "blue" part makes me think of babies for some reason ._____.

Weeping

I'm thinking a a historical, or contemp, YA about girl and a [weeping willow] tree she has ties to, like home and all.

Slished & Slashed

mickeyDs4 · Aug 7, 2011

Jehhillenberg said:
I'm thinking a a historical, or contemp, YA about girl and a [weeping willow] tree she has ties to, like home and all.

Slished & Slashed

A really bad B horror flick!

A Ghost of You

Zoombie · Aug 7, 2011

Either a contemporary wherein a lover has died

OR

A wacky ghost going to prom!

Debris Dreams

amlptj · Aug 7, 2011

I'm guessing it has to deal with space and debris from explosions. Sci-fi.

The F.R.E.A.K.s

Selcaby · Aug 7, 2011

amlptj said:
The F.R.E.A.K.s

A group of teenage misfits who are secretly spies.

The Glass Embrace

Lady Ice · Aug 7, 2011

Selcaby said:
A group of teenage misfits who are secretly spies.

The Glass Embrace

A quaint historical romance set in a small town in ninteenth-century England. The man is some sort of craftsman/antique dealer and the girl is a naive pretty little thing who likes pretty things.

In The Dark

Parataxis · Aug 7, 2011

An urban fantasy full of lies and things that go bump in the night.

The Book of Worlds

Anaximander · Aug 7, 2011

Parataxis said:
The Book of Worlds

Fantasy, a mage who possesses a book in which the fate of the worlds may be written.

A Night of Fire

amlptj · Aug 7, 2011

a fantasy that deals with dragons.

The Holiday Hacker

KTC · Aug 7, 2011

amlptj said:
a fantasy that deals with dragons.

The Holiday Hacker

A murderous Santa!

THAT'S ME IN THE CORNER

AmyJay · Aug 7, 2011

A contemp where the main character deals with social anxiety. (And now I have "Losing My Religion" stuck in my head, haha.)

TIES

Imbroglio · Aug 7, 2011

A story about boys at a boarding school who are more connected than they first think they are. (Awkward...)

Deadly Fable

Game: What does the title make you think of?

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You can't sit with us!

Always lurking, never posting...

we're gonna make it out of the fire

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Growing tipsier as we speak

il terzo paradiso : inner peace

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Dragon of the Multiverse

Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!

Writer of wrongs

Makes useful distinctions

Obsessive Plotting Disorder

Speling & grammer murderer, Sorrie!

Stand in the Place Where You Live

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