Book scavenger hunt

[Miss Chicken]

Booklovers. It’s time to search your shelves and find 12 books that fit the prompts. Books can be in any format - printed, eBook, audiobook, graphic novel

1) A book with a colour in its title
2) A book with a long title
3) A book with a dragon in it
4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title
5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa
6) The smallest book you own
7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not)
8) A book that features an ocean or a sea
9) a book with a single word title
10) A book by an author with an X in their name.

 

[John Clark]

Off the top of my head, and I'll be missing a few.

1) A book with a colour in its title
The Hunt For Red October

2) A book with a long title
European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman (Not really long - but that's the one I can spot at the moment)

3) A book with a dragon in it (ETA - Misread the question)
Dragons of Winter Night

4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title
Friday Night Bites

5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa
Kings Shilling (if I remember correctly)

6) The smallest book you own
Just So Stories

7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not)
Splinter of the Minds Eye. Just So also counts as my Gran used to read that to me.

8) A book that features an ocean or a sea
Master and Commander (or if you mean in the title), War in The Pacific

9) a book with a single word title
Goliath

10) A book by an author with an X in their name.[/QUOTE]
Stormfront to Narvik - Alexander Fullerton

 

[Relayer1]

All books I own :

1) A book with a colour in its title -
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
2) A book with a long title -
The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett
3) A book with a dragon in it -
A Dance With Dragons by George RR Martin
4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title - Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks
5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa -
Solo by William Boyd
6) The smallest book you own -
Chairman Mao's Little Red Book
7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not) -
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkien
8) A book that features an ocean or a sea -
Jaws by Peter Benchley
9) A book with a single word title -
Sepulchre by James Herbert
10) A book by an author with an X in their name -
the Ruby's Curse by Alex Kingston

 

[Spock .]

1) A book with a colour in its title - Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
2) A book with a long title - More Words You Should Know - 1500 More Words Every Educated Person Should Be Able To Use and Define by Michelle Bevilacqua
3) A book with a dragon in it - Raising Dragons by Bryan Davis
4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title - Beyond Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa - The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
6) The smallest book you own - The Odyssey by Homer
7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not) - Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8) A book that features an ocean or a sea - Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne
9) a book with a single word title - Sarek by A.C. Crispin
10) A book by an author with an X in their name. - A Contest of Principles by Greg Cox

 

[Oddish]

1 and 4. Black Sunday, Thomas Harris
2 and 6. The Languid Goat is Always Thin: The World's Strangest Proverbs. The book is about 10cm square.
3. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by CS Lewis
5. Misery by Stephen King. Though set entirely in a farmhouse in Boulder, CO, this is the first book I think of when Africa is mentioned.
7. The Fire Cat, don't remember who wrote it.
8. Sharpe's Trafalgar, part of the Sharpe series by Cornwell. I was tempted to double up Dawn Treader here.
9. Insomnia by Stephen King. It was in front of me.
10. The Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter

 

[Miss Chicken]

My own answers

1) A book with a colour in its title

A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (a Flavia de Luce mystery)

2) A book with a long title

Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World by Mudrooroo (Colin Johnson) (historical fiction about Tasmanian Aboriginals)

3) A book with a dragon in it

The Part About the Dragon was [Mostly] True by Sean Gibson

4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Catherine Webb

5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa

Remote Control by Nnedi Okorafor (I highly recommend this book)

6) The smallest book you own

I have this tiny book of quotes from The Little Prince. If that is not acceptable than full book of The Little Prince in the photo is about 6 inches tall

7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not)

The Blue Elephant by Peter Thornhill. I took it to class when I was seven years old and the teacher read it out to the class over a few days. I still own it.

8) A book that features an ocean or a sea

The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

9) a book with a single word title

Hyperthermia by Arnaldur Indridason (Icelandic mystery)

10) A book by an author with an X in their name.

Machine Man by Max Barry (about a man who gradually replaces his body parts with machinery)

 

[JirinPanthosa]

1) A book with a colour in its title

White Noise by Dom Delillo

2) A book with a long title

Nazi Literature of the Americas by Roberto Bolano

3) A book with a dragon in it

I think I have a copy of the Hobbit around here somewhere.

4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title

None

5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa

None I can remember

6) The smallest book you own

Something that came with one of my CDs.

7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not)

How Much Is A Million

8) A book that features an ocean or a sea

On Blue's Waves by Gene Wolfe

9) a book with a single word title

2666 by Roberto Bolano

10) A book by an author with an X in their name.

None

 

[Avro Arrow]

I tend to purchase my ebooks when they go on sale for a dollar or two (or three), and then never seem to have time to read them all! So I can't claim to have actually read everything on this list.

1) A book with a colour in its title

I guess I'll start off with a Star Trek book: The Red King by Andy Mangels & Michael A. Martin

2) A book with a long title

Just sticking with fiction: Active Reader and Other Cautionary Tales from the Book World by Mark Leslie. I don't know if it's the absolute longest I have, but it's the longest I can find quickly.

3) A book with a dragon in it

Highfire by Eoin Colfer

4) A book with a day of the week, or a month in its title

The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow. (Maybe a bit of a cheat, as January in the title refers to the main character's name, not the month.)

5) A book set entirely or partially in Africa

Queen of Egypt by Kylie Quillinian

6) The smallest book you own

???

7) A book you loved as a child (whether you own it now or not)

Don't remember

8) A book that features an ocean or a sea

Ship of Magic by Robin Hobb

9) a book with a single word title

Lots to choose from, but let's go with Vox by Christina Dalcher (which I imagine is also probably one of the shortest titles I have)

10) A book by an author with an X in their name.

My answer for #4 would qualify here, but just for variety, let's go with Salvaged by Madeleine Roux. This wasn't as difficult as I originally expected, as I seem to have a fair number where the author's name is a variation of "Alex*", either as a first name or last name. Plus there are all those Star Trek books by Greg Cox...

 

[Spock .]

3) A book with a dragon in it

I think I have a copy of the Hobbit around here somewhere.


None

I loved the Hobbit and the Lord of The Rings... Our copies are well-used...

 

[Mrs. Silvercrest]

1. The Blue Book
2.The Very Best Book of Baby Names
3. The Hobbit
4. The March Birthday Book
5.The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilizations or The Mysterious Caravan (Hardy Boys)
6. A book of Baby Names
7. Cinderella and also Snow White (I have them both)
8. Noah's Ark (several books on that)
9.Cats
10. Alexandra Ripley
I did it! I had to keep going into my bedroom and climbing on my bed to reach the book shelf above my bed, but I did it!! Yeah, ME! That was fun...