Be Excellent To Each Other

Hello,

I’ve been working through this at odd moments today. There’s a prize draw at the end, but it’s fun/a distraction even if you don’t want to enter:

https://caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com ... on=14&sp=1

I got 3.

Books are not my thing.

I got 3 too, and books are my thing, but not those books it seems...

I managed three, I think, then tried another one and got 12 before I got fed up with it.

It could do with a bit of fuzzy logic on the answers. I should be allowed to miss "The" from the title of a book (even though my A-Level-English-Literature-student-self knows it can have a major impact on meaning.)

The stupid thing Is that it does have that - because if you miss off 'The' it says 'Nearly!'

ha, good point!

I read loads and I only got 2. And I had to google those two for the exact titles because apparently I couldn't get the words exactly right (I also missed off 'The')

I got one. My self esteem is crushed.

Was it The Tiger That Came To Tea?

I got two

Have you never read nor even seen The Wind In The Willows? Back in the 80s there was a wonderful stop-motion animation by, I think, Cosgrove Hall, with a wonderful theme sung by Ralph McTell (‘do Streets Of London!’), where Toad was voiced by David Jason. Loads of other great actors voicing characters, too. It’s definitely stand up to watching today. It was joyous.

I don't remember reading it as a kid, but in my early 20s I found a beautifully-illustrated version on my parents' bookshelves and was captivated by it. It's just such a lovely evocation of the Edwardian era, and the characters are all very memorable. "Wayfarers all" is my favourite tale.

(You can read it as an attack on the twin evils of new money and radical politics disrupting the harmony of the established natural order, but that's an argument for the pub)

It was The Wind in the Willows

I thought that was winnie the pooh! and when it wasn't I gave up. I got 2 others.

I got the Tiger who came to tea! Good book that... I've read it several times to my girls. I also got the Wind in the Willows. We saw that at a theatre in Birmingham the other year and it was brilliant.

There was one more in the quiz which I thought was obvious.....

I thought

were quite simple ones, also. With some of them the author’s name is written into the clue.

Clearly I don't read enough books, as I haven't heard of any of those four "obvious" ones.

I tried

That first one is definitely right.

Those are the two I got.

Don't know how I missed Good Omens - as soon as I read that I knew where it should be

I tried about eight different variations on the tiger that came to tea, and none of them were apparently even close, so I gave up.

It's called The Tiger Who Came To Tea.

With a bit of searching, and a tip that the Booker Prize longlist helps, I have a few more.

Oh thank god. I have finished it. If you want some answers, then there are 8 more below.

If you want clues, guidance and some answers, then there's a thread on Mumsnet (https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/3743 ... ks-is-back) that is long and helpful.