Literature emoji game!

[Nick]

With the holidays fast approaching, what better time to catch up on some reading? While browsing a few books and trying to decide which ones to get, I realised we haven’t done a game for quite some time on the CC. 

Fear not though, the time has come, and this time is all about literature (looking at you @Ann72). You know the old saying about not judging a book by its cover, but what about emojis?

Can you identify the novels below by their emoji representation?

One thing to keep in mind: in many countries worldwide, book titles get translated, but I made the quiz according to the original US or UK titles. And as always, let's have one guess each time so more people can play. 

Have fun! 😉

Nick

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ann72]

Very appropriate @Nick 😁

[Ann72]

19 has us stumped, @Nick!  #20 is by Stevenson, I believe.  But with 19 all I could come up with was a poem, Ode on a Grecian Urn.  Will keep thinking!

[Nick]

Your guess for 20 is correct 🙂 @Ann72 

If no one else finds these later today (by tomorrow for me), I'll ask you to provide the titles so I can take them out; you have figured them out after all.

19 is a bit tricky; Greece (or Greeks) is a detail of the story and kind of describes part of the title... in a way (and no, it doesn't take place there) - I'VE SAID TOO MUCH!

[Michelle53]

@Nick   Can I take a wild guess at #19 ?   Is it a murder mystery ? (sort of). Since nobody is guessing at that one, would it perhaps be "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt ?      That was 1990's - ish.

[Ann72]

Oh wow @Michelle53 that’s what it is!!!  Well done!

[Nick]

YES @Michelle53 , YES! Wow I had my bets on @Ann72 (and her daughter) for that one, well done!

I think it was the first half of the 90s when it was published, '93 or '94? I remember reading it a few years later while in uni circa '96-'97 and loved it - such a modern take on Crime & Punishment. I was also a lot into Bret Easton Ellis at the time and couldn't keep my hands of Tartt's writing - loved that book. 

[J-Renato0]

Oh @Nick  you are back again with one more game! It is great! 🙂

# 18 - Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie 

[Nick]

That's is correct @J-Renato0! 

Hey, is 18 your lucky number? I just realised you answered 18 and asked for the 18th for Month of Celebration 🙂 

[J-Renato0]

@Nick  I have two lucky number, being them 2 and 13  🙂 

[Nick]

good thing I assigned the 13th of December for your Month of Celebration contribution then @J-Renato0 😃

[Michelle53]

@Nick  @Ann72  I have a flyer for #7 if nobody has that one yet. 

[Ann72]

I say go for it @Michelle53!

[Michelle53]

@Nick @Ann72  "Casino Royale" by Ian Fleming.

CC went down for a moment with this message :-

"The Lambda function associated with the CloudFront distribution was throttled." I thought that was interesting, as error messages go 😉

[Ann72]

So good @Michelle53 and @Nick !!!

[Emiel1]

@Michelle53 

While i was thinking of "Gambling with the Crown" by Lynn Raye Harris

(Just joking, as It is an "airport novel", but fits well with the emojis)