Grab your stopwatches, we are playing a game on Book Break today. This is the Do I Have
That Book challenge. This was created by the BookTuber Keeping Tabs, and she has made a
list of 20 challenges. I've got them open in front of me but I haven't been peeking,
and the idea is you start a timer and work your way through the list, try and find 20
books to meet each of these challenges. The time that she did it in was 8 minutes, so
I'm going to try my hardest to beat that, but who knows how this could go. And anyone
can play along with this. So if you want to do this, pause the video now so you don't
get spoilers, scroll into the description box where I've put all of the challenges,
and time yourself to see how fast you can find each of these books. Then watch the video
and see if you beat my time or not.
I'm nervous, because I am very competitive and I really want to win this thing. So I've
got my stopwatch here, go!
OK, the first challenge. Do you have a book with deckled edges? I do. This is Vile Bodies
by Evelyn Waugh, and look, deckled edges.
Do you have a book with three or more people on the cover? Ooh, that's harder. People,
people, people. Two people. One person. Two people! Yes, two people hanging from this
tree.
Do you have a book based on another fictional story? Yes. How about Gingerbread? This is
based on Hansel and Gretel.
Do you have a book with a title ten letters long? Exactly ten letters. Oh my god counting.
That was so lucky, the first one I counted, Stay With Me, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, yes!
Do you have a book with a title that starts and ends with the same letter? That's harder.
Yes! Got one. OK, The House at the Edge of Night, starts and ends with a T.
Do you have a mass market paperback book? What if my answer is just no?
I actually don't think I have one of these. I think my answer is just no, does that count?
Do you have a book written by an author using a pen name? Yes! Lemony Snicket! Here you
go, this is the final book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. His real name is Daniel
Handler.
Do you have a book with a character's name in the title? I was just looking up here,
Emma! By Jane Austen.
Do you have a book with two maps in it? Oh my god I don't even know if I have a book
with one map in it! Ohhhh that's so hard.
What would have a map?
So this book, which is S by Doug Dorst and JJ Abrams, this has loads of like bits in
it, that come out. I wonder if any of them are maps. Aha! One, that's a map drawn onto
a napkin. Cmon, you can do this, there's got to be one more map in here.
I'm so nervous about dropping everything out of this book as well.
No, I can't believe it! So much weird stuff in this book and only one of it was a map.
OK, Tombland has one map, does it have another one at the end? OK, it has, it has two of
the same map, does that count? It's still in there twice.
Do you have a book that was turned into a TV show? I'm sure I do. What was a TV show?
Mmhmm! The Handmaid's Tale, that was a TV show.
Do you have a book written by someone originally famous for something else? Celebrity, athlete,
politician, TV personality.
Ummmm yes. Where Am I Now by Mara Wilson. She's famous for being the actress who plays
Matilda.
Do you have a book with a clock on the cover? Yes! Oh no, it doesn't actually have a clock.
It has the word clock, The Clockmaker's Daughter, and it's kind of shaped like a clock. Does
that count? Is that allowed?
We're going to say that counts.
Do you have a poetry book? Yes, Never Again, this is a collection of poems all about the
war, but ones like written by women and written by ordinary soldiers and other people who
don't usually get heard.
Do you have a book with an award stamp on it? I'm sure I do. Awards, awards, what won
awards?
Yes, this was shortlisted for the Man Booker.
Do you have a book written by an author with the same initials as you? E O. Luckily, my
books are in alphabetical order which helps.
OK but the answer is no, I don't.
Do you have a book of short stories? Yes. Salt Slow by Julia Armfield, these are great
short stories.
Do you have a book between 500 and 510 pages long? That's going to be so hard to find.
Come on, good guessing. Nope, too short, way too short. Why are none of my books long enough?
Yes! Come on! This is 503 pages long, Rattle by Fiona Cummins.
Do you have a book that was turned into a movie? Yes. Little Women!
Do you have a graphic novel? I do. Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell, this is a really cute one.
And finally, do you have a book written by two or more authors? Yes. Um, where is it
though?
Here we go, You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen.
And... oh. *laughs*
That took me 12 minutes and 57 seconds. I'm so over her time. And I still didn't fill
two of the categories.
But here is my book stack. So I would love to see you guys try, see if you can beat my
12 minutes and 57 seconds. Oh I'm so disappointed in that.
And we play loads of games here on Book Break, so I've put together a whole playlist for
you to browse through and play along with us. See you next time on Book Break.