As everyone has

Chatterbox: Blab About Books

Opposite of Complications
As everyone has...

As everyone has probably seen, there's a game at the moment called Complications, where one person posts the title of a book and the next person makes a very long-drawn-out, complicated version of that title and posts the next title. This is the opposite of this game, as suggested by Lupine! A person posts a very complicated version of a book title, the next person tries to guess what the book was originally called and posts the next complicated version.

First one: A Very Miniscule Place Where People Usually Live Which Happens To Be In The Middle Of An Expanse Of Grasses, Wildflowers, Etc.

submitted by Amethyst, age many years, Arendelle
(November 13, 2022 - 9:28 am)

Rules for Stealing Stars is great, though I read it in elementary school so I don't remember it too well. Corey Ann Haydu's books in general are really good reads from what I can remember, and/but they can be heartbreaking.

I'm going to leave this unguessed 'cuz I want others to have a chance to guess. 

submitted by Wolfy, age 13, i like chocolate
(January 18, 2023 - 4:17 pm)

Nimona? That book is so good. 

A Town So Large It Can No Longer Be Called a Town, But With No Moniker (Or, Perhaps, Too Many) 

submitted by Lupine@Tsuki
(January 19, 2023 - 11:19 pm)

yes! it's nimona 

submitted by Tsuki the Skywolf
(January 21, 2023 - 12:40 pm)

The Nameless City?

Next: A Small Patch of Land Rising From the Sea, Occupied by an Abounding Amount of Valuable Objects

submitted by Miriam H., age 7777777777, the Stone Table
(February 4, 2023 - 2:40 pm)

treasure island?

Being An Appendage, Likely (But Not Certainly) Belonging to a Humanoid Entity, Used for Holding Pencils and High-Fiving and Other Such Frivolous Pursuits, Which is Currently Situated Atop or Adjacent to A Flat Vertical Plane Often Found in Houses

submitted by Artemis, Oxscini
(February 5, 2023 - 12:37 pm)

The Hand on the Wall? (I admit I had to google it but I didn't want this thread to die)

A Large Piece of Furniture Typically Used to Write At, Do Schoolwork, or Check In Guests at a Motel, as in this case. 

submitted by Lupine
(February 28, 2023 - 6:35 pm)

Front Desk!

A Concept That is Commonly Thought Of as an Opposite to Science, In This Case Of Either A Relatively Less Bright Hue or Vibrancy, Or of Relatively Little Moral Integrity

submitted by Tsuki the Skywolf
(March 6, 2023 - 9:47 am)
submitted by tipitty top top top
(March 5, 2023 - 7:35 pm)

A Darker Shade of Magic! I just read that, it's really good.

The Second Day of the Week at a Certain Large, Ornate Building Used to House Royals and the Like

submitted by Lupine@Tsuki
(March 14, 2023 - 10:00 pm)

Tuesdays at the Castle

Next one: The Form and Appearance of the Thing That Comes After Lightning On Stormy Days and Nights

submitted by Seadragon
(March 15, 2023 - 8:26 pm)

The Shape of Thunder? I liked that book.

Next one: The More Than 11th but Less Than 13th Period During the Cycle of Time that is Opposite From Day

submitted by Hex
(March 18, 2023 - 11:46 am)

the twelfth night-- i had to google it bc i didn't what the thread to die

 

European Nobleman of a Place Named "Mountain of Christ" in Spanish, Though the Book was Originally Written in French, And Which Now Refers To A Type of Sandwhich Thanks To This Very Book

(seriously i looked it up expecting to get so many results on the book because it is incredibly famous but i just got sandwiches) 

submitted by Tsuki the Skywolf
(March 24, 2023 - 12:17 pm)

The Count of Monte Cristo!

Hmmm...this one is slightly less common.

A miniature, ordinary avifauna which has been copied into a mechanical wind-up object.

submitted by Avara, she/her
(March 27, 2023 - 2:57 pm)

The Clockwork Crow?

Next: A Big Town That Is Too Big To Be Called a Town, Used As an Adjective To Describe a Group of People Who Go Around Discovering Classified Things By Sneaking, Following People Around, and Generally Snooping

submitted by Seadragon
(March 29, 2023 - 7:50 pm)

City Spies?

submitted by Suki, age 13 eons, Nowhere
(March 29, 2023 - 10:00 pm)