Bout of Books 11 is going great so far. I have seen on twitter that there has been a lot of fabulous books read so far this week and we are not even half way through the week. So it is time to take a short break from reading and have some book related fun!
Today I am hosting a challenge for Bout of Books participants. The challenge is my twist on the book spine sentence challenge. For this challenge, I want you to pick some awesome books out and make a sentence with the first two words from each of your books. I have tried this myself and it can be a little tricky because the lack of verbs in the first two words of the book. Therefore, you can add another word that is not from the first two words of the books if you wish. The more ridiculous, the better.
I will be doing a giveaway for this challenge. I am giving away a $15 Amazon gift card or the equivalent of books of your choice from The Book Depository. For an entry in the giveaway post your sentences on Twitter (using #boutofbooks), on Facebook, on your blog, or in the comments below then fill out the rafflecopter form below. In order to be eligible for this giveaway, you must be an official participant of Bout of Books and 18 years of age or older. The giveaway will be open all day on Wednesday August 19, 2014 starting at midnight CST.
Here is my sentence:
I wait for not one minute and Mr. Danielle falls.
For this sentence, I used the following books:
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
- Gone by Michael Grant
- Saving Max by Antoinette van Heugten
- Wither by Lauren Destafano
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Hi jessica! :) Do the first two words have to be in order?
ReplyDeleteFor example, if book #1's first words were "I love" and book #2's were "Fall in" could you make the sentence "I fall in love" or would it have to be "i love fall in"?
Sorry if that doesn't make any sense...I'm just trying to clarify!
Thanks!
Callie from preppypageturner.blogspot.com
No, they do not have to be in order :)
DeleteThanks so much for the reply! :)
DeleteHaha, mine is hilarious! Thanks so much for the giveaway and this fun challenge. :)
ReplyDeleteI am glad that you enjoyed the challenge :)
DeleteSo I actually wanted to do this challenge only with the books I'm going to be reading in this read-a-thon, so I' sure my sentence will be hilarious! And I hope I figured the right way to do it.
ReplyDeleteEndless Knight - this is
Meant To Be - there are
Midnight Thief - this job
forbidden - I gaze
The programm - the air
Here's what I came up with: This is the air I gaze, there are this job
Haha! That is great!
DeleteOoh, what a fun idea! I love it; so creative!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting the challenge. :)
Thank you! I had fun coming up with the challenge and making my own sentence haha
DeleteMine is creepy!
ReplyDeleteIronically, since Razo hopped, fire was the hottest, and Death lived.
Angelfall – Ironically, since
River of Secrets – Razo hopped
The Burning Sky – Fire was
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix – The hottest
Gates of Thread and Stone – Death lived
Haha! All of these sentences are hilarious!
DeleteThe Midwife ~ I saw
ReplyDeleteThe Amish Blacksmith ~ the muscles
That Certain Summer ~ storms she
Oath of the Brotherhood ~ the mist
I saw the muscles when she storms the mist.
Awesome! Thanks for participating!
DeleteThis was really fun challenge, thanks for having it!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I had fun hosting it!
DeleteI like this better than using the whole title. Wait, just read your directions again. You meant inside the book and not the titles. Ugh. I'll have to re-do that...
ReplyDeleteI edited my entry with the new sentence. :) I'm going to put it here too just to share since I like seeing what everyone else did...
DeleteBooks used (in order): Dream Boy, Blackmoore, In Perfect Time, The Inheritance
Sentence: Will found a woodlark for Lt. McKenna Ashford.
That was kind of tough. I have a huge stack of books to put back in the bookcase now. Lol! Thanks for the challenge and giveaway!!
Awesome job!
DeleteMy sentence is Jaded strangers on my lady coming undone.
ReplyDeletefrom
Jaded by Anne Calhoun
Stranger on a Train anthology
My Lady, My Love by Katharine Ashe
Coming Undone by Lauren Dane
Awesome! Thanks for participating!
DeleteThis is my sentence;
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the first sunday of the circus of ridiculousness in 1941=2
my post: http://www.booksdonotbite.blogspot.in/2014/08/bout-of-books-110-day-3-update.html
Great sentence! That make me literally lol
DeleteHere it is my sentence: "My name, it has the Angeles, I think".
ReplyDeletehttp://mylovelysecret.blogspot.pt/2014/08/bout-of-books-11-read-thon-august-20th.html
Great sentence! Thanks for participating!
DeleteHere's my sentence:
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Aleksi Kullio, it was, I'd thought my name 'I am'.
For this sentence, I used the following six books:
Firegirl by Tony Abbott
The Dewey Decimal System of Love by Josephine Carr
Dr. Nightingale Rides the Elephant by Lydia Adamson
Utsubora: The Story of a Novelist by Asumiko
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
The Tapping Cure by Roberta Temes
I had a lot fun with this creative challenge!!
Awesome! Thanks for participating :)
DeleteThis challenge was really fun and kind of hard!
ReplyDeleteMy sentence is here - The Story Goes…
Great job!
DeleteLong ago, I'd heard the rapping, it wasn't a man.
ReplyDeleteBooks used:
Outlander Diana Gabaldon
The Big Disrupter Paul Markun
Storm of Visions Christina Dodd
Sleeping with Anemone Kate Collins
Wordless Adrianne Strickland
Awesome sentence!
DeleteBooks:
ReplyDeleteRock Addiction by Nalini Singh -- Her Smile
Playing with Her Heart by Lauren Blakely -- When the
Fanning the Flames by Victoria Dahl - Firefighters. The
Hell for Leather by Julie Ann Walker -- Mac was
Run to Me by Christy Reece -- Naked and
Affliction by LKH -- my gun
When the firefighters arrived , my Mac was naked and her smile the gun
Yeah. That's the best I can do LOL That was serious fun! And some of these sentences are hilarious.
Kris @ IMR
Your sentence is so great and hilarious! Thanks for participating!
DeleteThis was fun!
ReplyDeleteMy Sentence- http://angelica-2009.blogspot.com/2014/08/bout-of-books-110-mini-challenges.html
Awesome sentence! Thanks for participating!
DeleteThis was a lot of fun, thanks :-)
ReplyDeleteMy sentence - Victor readjusted my art, it was crouching in my sister.
Books used - Vicious by V.E. Schwab
Unhinged bu A.G. Howard
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder
My Sister Lives on the Mantlepiece by Annabel Pitcher
I've had a lot of fun hosting this challenge. Great sentence and thanks for participating!
DeleteWhoops! I thought this was first two words in the title. I will go back and find the first two words in some books. Although, my sentence for the titles was pretty hilarious so I may still add it in to the post!
ReplyDeleteHaha no problem. I would love to hear that sentence too!
DeleteMy sentence: Scarlet was walking to the circus, since the..., the demon wanted the screw I had.
ReplyDeleteBooks used:
Scarlet - Marissa Meyer: Scarlet was
Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor: Walking to
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern: The circus
Zombies vs. Unicorns - Holly Black & Justine Larbalestier: Since the
Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare: The demon
Cinder - Marissa Meyer: The screw
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - Ransom Riggs: I had
+Extra Word: Wanted
That is so great! Thanks for participating!
DeleteAlthough Nimeta was stark on the second-smallest stick when I jumped. First two words taken from the books I haven't finished on my list to read this read-a-thon. FUN!
ReplyDeleteAwesome job! Thanks for participating!
DeleteHey everybody! The sentences are hilarious so far!
ReplyDeleteIf you want to see my sentence CLICK HERE!!!!
Awesome sentence! Great job!
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ReplyDeleteHere is my sentence: The monster's the reason I left my mother this time......
ReplyDeleteOminous, isn't it???? If you want to see the books I used, check out my blog post: Click here for my post!
I Remember My Mother After A One Summer Somebody Stabbed The Butterfly.
ReplyDeleteFor this sentence, I used the following books:
Earthbound by Aprilynne Pike
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
Anywhere by Jon Robinson
Poor butterfly! Thanks for participating!
DeleteHere is my sentence http://jazminjade.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/bout-of-books-11-0-day-3-challenges-update/
ReplyDeleteVery fun challenge! Here's mine:
ReplyDeleteThere was this job I was lied to it's midnight.
The books used:
Forget Me by K.A. Harrington
Mortal Danger by Ann Aguirre
Midnight Thief by Livia Blackburne
Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
The Fourth Wish by Lindsay Ribar
"Mae dealt with the shutters, he's fighting dragons"
ReplyDeleteBooks used:
Gameboard of the Gods
Crown of Midnight
Unsouled
Feast for Crows
I added the 'with' and switched everything around a lot. Not sure who the he is supposed to be here. Just... some guy. Fighting a dragon
http://2writernot2write.wordpress.com/2014/08/21/bout-of-books-create-a-sentence-challenge
ReplyDeleteBooks used:
A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
Maelstrom - Peter Watts
His Last Bow - Arthur Conan Doyle
Accelerando - Charles Stross
Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
White Fang - Jack London
"It was the day I find Manfred's happy families on a few dark spruce."
Great challenge! Thanks!
This was harder than I expected. I was surprised by how many books started with variations of "there is" or "it was" or "the [noun]".
ReplyDeleteMy sentence: As she [was] walking to the streets, Coraline discovered there is the first Mr. and the unicorn not far.
Books Used:
Ruby Red - "as she"
Daughter of Smoke & Bone - "walking to"
Sapphire Blue - "the streets"
Coraline - "Coraline discovered"
Divergent - "there is"
Black Beauty - "the first"
Harry Potter #1 - "Mr. and"
The Last Unicorn - "the unicorn"
Harry Potter #2 - "not far"
My sentence ALMOST made sense! Trying to add more than this didn't help at all, though haha.
ReplyDeleteI remember the tower maybe because it still the sky
Books used:
The Sense of an Ending - I remember
Annihilation - the tower
Fifty Year Sword - maybe because
No One Belongs Here More Than You - it still
Neuromancer - the sky
I sensed Lindsey and Scott didn't stick to the plan.
ReplyDeleteGhost House by Alexandra Adornetto: I sensed
Oblivion by Sasha Dawn: Lindsey and
Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick: Scott didn't
Defiance by Lil St. Crow: stick to the plan.
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