Guess the Book from the Blurb

7upromana01 · Post by **7upromana01** » 21 Apr 2012, 14:31

Fiona,does a night mean 4 days to you?

Fiona1986 · Post by **Fiona1986** » 21 Apr 2012, 15:07

7up, does the word "try" mean nothing to you?

7upromana01 · Post by **7upromana01** » 21 Apr 2012, 15:27

I was just pointing out that you hadn't replied and I saw your post so i thught that maybe you had forgotten

Moonraker · Post by **Moonraker** » 23 Apr 2012, 10:49

She probably had! Still, the seven days are up now!

Loony the Dog · Post by **Loony the Dog** » 23 Apr 2012, 15:42

Easy new one:

Six Children. Two families... One 'namby pamby', one rough.

Loony the Dog · Post by **Loony the Dog** » 28 Apr 2012, 17:58

Can nobody get this?

Fiona1986 · Post by **Fiona1986** » 28 Apr 2012, 18:33

Those Dreadful Children (I was giving someone else the chance to answer seeing as it was me who hadn't posted a new Q in time).

Loony the Dog · Post by **Loony the Dog** » 30 Apr 2012, 19:31

Yes, next question, please

MJE · Post by **MJE** » 03 May 2012, 18:37

Loony the Dog wrote:Easy new one:

Six Children. Two families... One 'namby pamby', one rough.

Couldn't this also be the "Six Cousins" books?
If the clues are cryptic enough, there are usually a number of books they could refer to.

Regards, Michael.

Fiona1986 · Post by **Fiona1986** » 03 May 2012, 21:35

A horse's life is threatened, and someone is offered temporary membership of an secret gang. Money is raised, the horse is saved but the story isn't over.

Loony the Dog · Post by **Loony the Dog** » 04 May 2012, 15:41

MJE wrote:
Loony the Dog wrote:Easy new one:

Six Children. Two families... One 'namby pamby', one rough.
Couldn't this also be the "Six Cousins" books?
If the clues are cryptic enough, there are usually a number of books they could refer to.

Regards, Michael.

It could have been Six Cousins, as you said, but I don't believe the word 'namby pamby' was in Six Cousins.

MJE · Post by **MJE** » 04 May 2012, 16:02

Loony the Dog wrote:It could have been Six Cousins, as you said, but I don't believe the word 'namby pamby' was in Six Cousins.

Well, I get the feeling some of these summaries are merely paraphrasing the original blurbs or text, not using the same literal words.
If I can successfully answer a question (and post it before anyone else gets in), I'll see if I can come up with one myself. I gather it's okay to change the wording of the plot summary as much as you like, as long as the meaning of it still applies to the story.

Regards, Michael.

MJE · Post by **MJE** » 05 May 2012, 12:03

Fiona1986 wrote:A horse's life is threatened, and someone is offered temporary membership of an secret gang. Money is raised, the horse is saved but the story isn't over.

I think this is "Fun for the Secret Seven", and Bob Smith is the temporary member of the Secret Seven. And I assume the bit about the story not being over yet is referring to the late episode where the horse-thieves break in to try to steal Tolly's horse, until they are deflated a bit by being jabbed with a pitchfork!

Regards, Michael.

MJE · Post by **MJE** » 05 May 2012, 12:10

The mystery seems to increasingly centre around the entrance to a secret place, which seems to suck things down into it without ever disgorging anything, until finally some of the children are sucked down there also, and end up helpless in a very tight corner from which they may not have escaped without sudden outside help.

That's my paraphrase, of course - a literal description would make it too obvious. If it's too cryptic, I'll try and rephrase, if people want.

Regards, Michael.

MJE · Post by **MJE** » 05 May 2012, 12:16

Ooops - sorry: I forgot to wait for confirmation of the correctness of my answer before posting my own. Shall I just leave it in case I'm right (I feel pretty sure of it, actually)?
Could we actually speed things up a bit here by having several questions on the table at the same time, anyway?

Regards, Michael.

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