Welcome back to Book Break! Today we are playing a game. We are taking the 25 books challenge. This
is a BookTube challenge that was created by books under covers, so I will link to his original video
below. We are putting our own little spin on it though. So the basic game is you have two minutes,
you have five prompts, and you have to name off the top of your head, five books for each
prompt. So that's 25 books in two minutes, and then once the timer runs out you can pick five
books from that list to talk about. The reason I've said we've put our own little spin on it,
is we are not using the original five prompts from the challenge. We actually reached out to
you guys on Instagram, and you have sent in so many challenges for me, I haven't looked
at these yet, I'm gonna pick five randomly from your suggestions. But you sent in so many which
was great, so let us know in the comments if you want me to do this again because I've got loads of
inspiration in here. I'm feeling nervous, I'm not good at thinking on the spot, so I've got no idea
how this is gonna go, but let's start the timer. Two minutes, starting now. OK the first prompt:
books with body parts in the title. OK um Behind Her Eyes is one, um The Handmaid's Tale, hands,
does that count? Oh it's so hard, there's gonna be something with like a head in it, or um
Breasts and Eggs, breasts, very good, um If I Had Your Face, by Frances Cha. Body parts,
body parts. I have a book right there called Headscarves and Hymens, does that count? Okay
five of those. Next prompt, books with twins in them. OK there's a book called The Girls
that has twins in it, Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger is about twins, Harry Potter's
got twins in it, Anne of Green Gables has got twins in it, later in the series she has twins,
and The Vanishing Half is about twins right? Third prompt, books with numbers in the title.
OK The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Um, oh, oh my god, there's got to be so many of these,
uh, The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Can I look
at my shelves? Is that cheating? The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and the 450 from Paddington
by Agatha Christie. OK prompt number four, books with a type of food in the title. OK Gingerbread
definitely by Helen Oyeyemi, um then we could also have, books with food, Apple Tree Yard,
food food food - oh no! That was difficult. Okay so the five books I've got here to talk about.
Firstly I've got Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi. It's no secret I love this book, I talk about it
on Book Break all the time. Helen Oyeyemi has this really magical dark surreal fairytaley style of
writing that I absolutely love. Gingerbread is a very very loose Hansel and Gretel inspired story,
but that doesn't really do it justice at all. This story has got to be read to be believed. Breasts
and Eggs is the next one i picked up, this is a book I haven't read yet but it is top of my TBR.
I've heard so many good things and I just love that title. This one is about three different
women from the same family and their different relationships with their body and the way their
bodies are changing over time. That's a kind of similar theme to If I Had Your Face by Frances
Cha. This one is set in South Korea where Breasts and Eggs were set in Japan but they're both about
beauty standards and they tell the story through the perspectives of different women. Apple Tree
Yard by Louise Doughty is a court case thriller that I absolutely loved. It's very feminist, it's
very tense, it's got so many twists and turns, highly recommend. And then for a mystery that's
less scary, more cosy, 450 from Paddington by Agatha Christie is a classic Miss Marple. It's set
around Christmas. It is perfect weekend reading. So there you go, I failed the 25 books challenge,
but that was really fun, and I'm really determined to beat it next time. So leave a comment below if
you want to see me try this again soon, or if you've got any prompt suggestions, and I'll
give it another go. If you want to do the 25 book challenge yourself, I will link to the original
video from books under covers below. So you can check out his prompts, or if you want us to
invent a challenge for you, leave a comment below letting us know you're going to give it a go, and
I will invent five prompts for you. I will link to our playlist here of all of the other videos of
times we have played games here on Book Break, so click through to have a browse. See you next time!