Last week's assignment involved creating a review or a scene out of random words and a random phrase. Participation was pretty sparse (was it too hard? Are you all on vacation? Were you trying to make it easy on me when I posted the answers?) but those intrepid Geeks who did it wrote such fun posts! If you haven't had a chance to read them, go do it now, before I give away the answers.
OK, ready? Did you post your guesses in the comments?
Go ahead, the answers will still be here when you're done, and it won't be nearly as fun if you've already peeked at them.
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Ready now?
Let's start with the real books.
1. First of all, please welcome Gigi, the Solitary Spinster. This was her first WG post and she did such a good job that for a moment I thought she hadn't followed the directions. She reviewed a tattoo book called Body Type, using the random phrase psychological sizing therapy, the sentence, the killer listens and the words orientation, indicator, and regret.
2. Jason of Moored at Sea is a relatively new Geek, and I enjoyed checking out his blog for the first time. Beautiful poetry, among other things. He did a stunning job modifying an Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem, Aurora Leigh, modifying the random sentence Extremist trade charms a crown to fit the meter, and adding the random words Junior, Adaptor, and Escape.
3. The book I reviewed is one I got from Mini Book Expo, called Something Drastic. I made up a quote using the random sentence, The debt rattles into the Jack coach, and my random words were robot, slogan, and bus.
4. Lahni, of Nose in a Book, included a scene from a real book but she didn't tell me which one. Her random words were annoyance, delivery and opening. Her random sentence was The hardened likelihood passes the wish.
5. At Farm Lane Books, Jackie reviewed a short piece. Yes, F. Scott Fitzgerald really entitled it Mr. Icky, and the quotes are real. Her random words were Happiness, Prize, and Garble, and her random phrase was The jazz lusts through the pot.
6. Bookworm Kristen used a passage from A Lady Raised High by Laurien Gardner. The added words and phrases were: modeling, sinking, crush, 'furry mixture' and 'The reckless stair weds.'
7. Emily chose a book about an artist, replacing the artist's name to make it especially tricky to guess. She says, "The entry I came up with is a description of an actual piece of art by installation artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois, and the actual book referred to is Louise Bourgeois: Memory and Architecture." Her random sentence was The cage closes on a lighted landscape, and her three words were career, minus, and conducting.
Now, on to the fake books.
1. Unfinished Person (Just a Reading Fool) kept his short and sweet, using only three sentences to write an intriguingly bizarre scene with the random words wow, Fall, Pumping, and the random sentence, An every realm persists.
2. By contrast, Coversgirl wrote a scene that was almost a short story in itself (not that it was too long, but she managed to fit in some suspense and a plot!), using the random words: pedestrian, notation, miss; the random sentence: The juice disables an idle independence, and the unnecessary random phrase: worthwhile scarlet.
3. Another Cookie Crumbles reviewed a fake book, which the random phrase generator entitled Circumferential Dragon. I want to read this one! The random words were drink, taxi and sneak
and the sentence was The machine despairs.
4. Gautami made up a book with the randomly phrased title, Seraphic Mandrake. Her random words were Hypothesis, hero and enterprising, and she says, "The random sentences were obvious!" so I think we can assume they are the quotes from the book.
5. And, saving the first poster for last, Kerrie was inspired by the random phrase Hot Typewriter to review a fake mystery. Her random words were Witch, Neck and Mean, and her random sentence was An urban heaven blinks.
That's it--but if more come in today, I'll get them added to this post by the end of the weekend.
How'd you do with the guessing?