Happy Friday, everyone!
As I already announced in my wrap-up, you’re getting a second post today! Did I intend to do this? Not really ๐ I mean, I’m kind of busy enough as it is without double posting…
But, due to bad planning on my part, I did announce that I would give you guys my emoji quiz answers today, despite the fact that the first Friday of each month is usually reserved for my wrap-up. So there was no way around it: You’re getting both!
Anyway, thank you so much to everyone who took a stab at this! I hope you guys had fun in spite of the evilly difficult prompts I provided because I definitely had fun seeing everyone grasp at answers and despair over these! ๐๐ Although you guys actually did a really good job. Apart from Book #8, you managed to guess every single one of these, which I think is ample evidence that the blogosphere knows its literature!
But yeah, let’s not keep you in suspense any longer, but get to the answers you’ve all been waiting for!
Book #1
๐ก๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ง๐ผ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐จ๐ป๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ก๐ฉ๐ผโก๏ธ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ป๐โก๏ธ๐ก๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ง๐ผ๐คฉ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ป๐ ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐จ๐ปโก๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฑ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐จ๐ปโ๐ฆฑ๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ต๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ก๐จ๐ป๐๐จ๐ปโ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ผ๐๐๐ฉ๐ปโโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐ก๐ก๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐ณโ๐ฑ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฑโโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐กโ๐ง๐ผ๐๐๐ง๐ผโ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐ท๐ง๐ผ๐๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฅฐ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ญ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ญ๐ต๐ป๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐ซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ค๐จ๐ป๐ฅฐ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฅฐ
Me featuring a Jane Austen novel in one of these posts was long overdue, so you were bound to get one at some point. This is, indeed, Pride and Prejudice! I’m glad the effort I put into depicting all the pining between Elizabeth and Mr Darcy in emoji form apparently came across ๐
Book #2
๐๐ฉ๐ผโก๏ธโ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐ช๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒโฉ5๏ธโฃ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ง๐ฟ๐ต๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ปโ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ท๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ก๐ง๐ผ๐ธ๐โก๏ธ๐จ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ซ๐ต๏ธ๐โ๐ฑ๐ซ๐ต๏ธ๐โ๐โก๏ธโ๐ฉ๐ฝโฌ ๏ธ๐๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ปโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ซ๐ง๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ค๐โ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐จ๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐จ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ค๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐จ๐ป๐ช๐ง๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ป๐๐๐ง๐ผ๐จ๐ป๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ญ๐จ๐ป๐๐ง๐ผ๐กโซ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ช๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ผ๐คฎ๐ค๐๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐โก๏ธ๐๐ฌ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ๐ช๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ซ
Yes, this one is Holly Jackson’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Look at all the killing! And the dog! And the microphone that is supposed to represent podcast-making! This wasn’t that hard, was it?
Book #3
๐ง๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐โโ๏ธ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฟ๐โช๐๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณโก๏ธ๐จ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ง๐ฟ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ณโโโ๐ณโฌ๏ธ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ถ๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐ถ๐ฏโก๏ธ๐ถ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฟ๐ซ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฟ๐ช๐ง๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ถโก๏ธ๐๐ง๐ฟ๐ฏโก๏ธ๐๐ง๐ฟ๐ฏโก๏ธ๐๐โก๏ธโฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฏโก๏ธโ๐ง๐ฟโก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๐ตโ๐ณโ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ฎโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๐ตโโโ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฟ๐จโ๐ณ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฟ๐ฌ
This one doesn’t just send out Life of Pi vibes – it is Life of Pi. I don’t think I know any other books where someone gets shipwrecked with a tiger, so if you’ve read the book or seen the movie, this one was probably pretty obvious.
Book #4
๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ธ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ป๐ง๐ปโ๐น๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฐ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฐ๐ฅ๐๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฅด๐ฆ๐ผโฌ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธโช๐ฌ๐โ๐น๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐คฏ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธ๐ ๐๐นโ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธโช๐ง๐ผ๐ฌโญ๐๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฐ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐ฆด๐ฆด๐ง๐ป๐ฆ๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐๐ธ๐ง๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฌ๐ง โ๐ฌ๐ง๐ป๐คท๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธ๐๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐โก๏ธ๐๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐๐๐ฆ๐ฝโก๏ธโช๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผ1๏ธโฃ6๏ธโฃ๐๐๐ท๐น๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ฝ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฐ๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธ๐ ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐น๐งโโ๏ธโ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธโช๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐จ๐ผ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ก๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ง๐ผ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโก๏ธ๐ฅ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฝโ๐ฆฐโ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ผ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐ง๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ผโก๏ธ๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ญ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐๐ญ
A red-haired protagonist, a mysterious golden cup, demons, someone getting turned into a rat, vampires, and smooching in a greenhouse? I also think the probability of this happening in another book is close to zero, so, yes, this is City of Bones by Cassandra Clare!
Book #5
๐ฆ๐ปโก๏ธ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ป๐ก๐คด๐คดโฌ๏ธ๐๐บ๐บ๐บ๐ฌ๐บ๐บ๐ก๐คด๐๐ฌโโโ1๏ธโฃโ๐จ๐ป๐โ๐๐โ๐จ๐ป๐๐๐จ๐ป๐ฆ๐ผ๐ง๐ป๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ป๐ฆ๐ผ๐ง๐ป๐จโ๐บ๐บ๐2๏ธโฃ๐ง๐พโโก๏ธโโ๐ง๐พโค๐ง๐ฝ๐จ๐ก๐ง๐ฝ๐๐ง๐พ๐ญ๐ก๐ง๐พ๐ก๐คบ๐ง๐พ๐๐คโก๏ธ๐๐ต๐จ๐ผ๐ก๐ง๐พโก๏ธโ๐ง๐พ๐ง๐พโก๏ธ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐ง๐พ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ง๐พโค๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐ง๐พ๐ญ๐ซ๐โ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐พโโ๐ง๐พ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ง๐พ๐ช๐ฝ3๏ธโฃ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ณโก๏ธ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐโโโ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ญ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฉ๐ป๐ก๐ฉ๐ป๐ค๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐ช1๏ธโฃ2๏ธโฃ๐๐๐๐๐โโโโ๐จ๐๐ญ๐บ๐ก๐จ๐ป๐๐ญ๐ง๐ฝ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐๐๐๐โก๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ฆ๐ผ๐จ๐ป๐กโ๏ธ๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐งโ๐คโ๐ง๐ง๐ฝ๐จ๐ป๐
Yeah, this was supposed to be Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings. Bridges, deserts that were supposed to be plains, fighting, and storms was the best I could do, particularly since all the jumping around between different protagonists was super hard to represent in emoji form without everything getting extremely confusing ๐ Which is why I decided to represent the different plotlines separately: 1๏ธโฃ was supposed to be for Dalinar and Adolin, 2๏ธโฃ for Kaladin, and 3๏ธโฃ for Shallan… Does that kind of make sense? Please tell me it kind of makes sense!
Book #6
๐ก๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ถ๐ท๐ด๐๐โโฌ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ด๐ถ๐ถ๐ค๐ถ๐๐๐ท๐ท๐ท๐๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ด๐ถ๐ถ๐๐จ๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐จ๐ป๐ก๐โก๏ธ๐ท๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ค๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ด๐ถ๐ถ๐๐จ๐ป๐๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ท๐ท๐๏ธโ๐ท๐ญ๐๐ท๐ญโ๐ท๐จ๐๐ซ๐ท๐ท๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐ถ๐โ๐ท๐ซ๐ท๐ท๐๐ท๐ท๐ท๐ทโถ๏ธ๐ถ๐ด๐๐โโฌ๐ท๐ท๐ด๐ถ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ท๐ท๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ป๐ด๐๐ท๐๐ท๐๐ท๐๐ท๐๐ก๐๐
I think this one was probably the most-guessed book in this quiz because yeah, if you’ve read it, it’s obvious. With that many pigs, this is clearly George Orwell’s Animal Farm! Also, I hope you appreciate my attempts to distinguish between the different pigs. Like, ๐ซ๐ท๐ท=Napoleon and โ๐ท= Snowball. Genius, right? ๐
Book #7
๐ก๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ฌโ๐ฆ๐ป๐น๐ฌ๐ง๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐จ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ง๐ป๐ฉ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ปโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ปโฌ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ1๏ธโฃ๐๐โ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ป๐ง๐ปโก๏ธ๐ก๐ง๐ป๐ญ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ง๐ป๐จ๐ป๐ง๐ป๐๐๐ง๐ปโก๏ธโฆโช๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฌ๐ง๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ผโ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ง๐ป๐ฌโ๐ฆ๐ป๐โก๏ธ๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐โ๐ฌ๐ง๐ป๐โก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฑ๐น๐น๐น๐ฉ๐ผ๐ก๐ฉ๐ป๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐งโโ๏ธโ๐ซ๐๐ฅโก๏ธ๐น๐น๐น๐ฌ๐ง๐ป๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฑ๐ง๐ฝ๐น๐ป๐ป๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ผ๐๏ธ๐ง๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ฃ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐ญ๐ฃ๐โฆ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐โก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ป๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆณ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ปโก๏ธโฆโช๐งโโ๏ธ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ปโก๏ธ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ปโ๐ฆ๐ป๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฅฐ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ผโฆ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ช๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ป๐ฌ๐ซ๐ช๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ง๐ป๐โ๐ฌ๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐ช๐ง๐ป๐ป๐ง๐ฝ๐คโ๐ณ๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ฆโก๏ธ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฒโ๐ฆ๐ป
This is indeed The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden. It’s been a while since I last mentioned the Winternight Trilogy on this blog – like, probably at least a month ๐ – so I just couldn’t resist sneaking it in! ๐ฅฐ
Book #8
๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐๐๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅโก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ซ๐ถ๐ง๐ป๐ซ๐น๐ฉโ๐ซ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ญ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ฅบ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ญ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผโฉ๐๐๐๐ท๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ง๐ฝ๐ก๐ธ๐๐ธ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐บ๐๐โโ๏ธ๐๐ปโโโ๐โค๐ง๐ง๐ปโ๐ฆฐ๐คฐ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ญ๐ซ๐โ๐ซ๐โก๏ธโ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ซ๐โก๏ธ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ค
This is the only book that no one managed to guess – it was supposed to be Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library! I’m still convinced that that is very obvious, so I’m hoping the fact that no one recognized it just means you all haven’t read the book ๐
Book #9
๐ง๐ผ๐จโ๐ซ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฆ ๐๏ธ๐ง๐ผโก๏ธ๐จโ๐๐ฐโก๏ธโญโ๏ธ๐ฐ๐๐๐ง๐ผ๐ท๐ฌ๐ต๐ต๐ฌ๐ท๐๏ธ๐ชโ๏ธ๐๏ธ๐งช๐ญ๐ฌ๐ง๐ผ๐ทโก๏ธ๐ซ๐ง๐ผ๐ทโก๏ธ๐๐ท๐ค๐ง๐ผโ๐ง๐ผ๐ทโฉ๐น๐ฆ ๐ง๐ผ๐๐ท๐ง๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐น๐ฆ โฌ๐๏ธ๐ง๐ผ๐ญ๐ท๐๐ฑ๐ญ๐ง๐ผโก๏ธ๐๐ง๐ผ๐ทโก๏ธ๐ช
Yup, this is Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary! I know there aren’t technically any spiders in it, but the spider emoji was the closest thing I could find to the emoji I needed! ๐ฉ If you’ve read Project Hail Mary, please tell me that you know what I was going for and that my choice somewhat makes sense?
Book #10
๐ฎ๐น๐ญ๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐จ๐ผ๐จ๐ป๐ก๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟโฌ๏ธ๐จโฌ๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐จ๐ป๐จ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ง๐ผ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ง๐ผ๐ก๐น๐ท๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐จโโ๏ธ๐๐จ๐ฝ๐๐๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ช๐ฟ๐ง๐ผ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ง๐ผ๐ฌ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฝ๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ป๐ก๐จ๐ป๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ปโก๏ธ๐จ๐บ๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ผ๐จ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ก๐ฉ๐ผโฌ๏ธโป๐ฉ๐ปโฌ๏ธ๐โก๏ธ๐จ๐ปโป๐จ๐ป๐๐จ๐ปโก๏ธ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฌโป๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ก๐ก๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ช๐๐ฉ๐ผ๐๐ฉ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ปโปโก๏ธ๐จ๐ป๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ญ๐จ๐ป๐ช๐ฉ๐ป๐๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ช๐จ๐ป๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ก๐ฆ๐ฟ๐
It’s interesting that so many of you immediately recognized this as Shakespeare, but that only two of you got the correct play. Yes, it’s Othello. I mean, that’s my favorite Shakespeare play. Which one did you think I was going to choose? ๐
Overall, this means that the final points stand thus:
1st Place: Line (15 Points)
All the effort you put into this definitely paid off! The only one you guessed wrong was Book #9 – I actually haven’t read Children of Time either and had no idea that book even existed… ๐ Also, I’m extremely impressed that you were the only person who recognized A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, despite not having read it. I know for a fact that some of your competitors have, so that is quite the achievement!
Also, I guess that means you get to recommend a book to me? (Though just so you know, if you have a book up your sleeve that you want me to read and haven’t told me about yet, I’m gonna be kind of offended. So no pressure ๐)
2nd Place: Rachel (10 Points)
You were spot on about Pride and Prejudice, Life of Pi, and Animal Farm! And you were extremely close with Romeo and Juliet for #10 as well, but, unfortunately for you, I went with a different Shakespeare play ๐ Still, you were the first person to guess that this was Shakespeare, so I think that merits an extra point! Frankenstein for #9 was unfortunately incorrect, however. Although I do love Frankenstein, so maybe, just maybe, I’ll have to sneak it into a future one of these… ๐
3rd Place: Meena (4 Points)
Both of your guesses were spot on! Since Rachel beat you to the finish line with Animal Farm, though, you only get the full three points for correctly identifying Project Hail Mary. However, that was the book most often mistaken for something else, so you should be extremely proud of being the only person to recognize it! ๐ฅณ Apparently, you understand how my brain works ๐
4th Place: Maria (2 Points)
I knew I could count on my fellow English scholars to recognize the classics ๐ Unfortunately for you, several people beat you to these, but considering that you were a bit late to the party and swamped with exams this month, you actually did really well! A portion of that bookish honor is definitely yours ๐
So yeah, that was really it for today! You’re definitely not getting a third post ๐
I hope everyone who participated had fun guessing along, and do let me know what you thought of my emoji interpretations now that you know which books they are referring to!
A Book Owl's Corner 
This was awesome! I’m sort of mad I didn’t get the Pride and Prejudice one but it also makes sense because I’ve only read the “and zombies” one sooo yeah, didn’t get it, the emojis were missing zombies for me haha
Also, very pleased I got Project Hail Mary especially since I haven’t read this one yet! I’m hoping to soon but so many books to read (and write), so little time!
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Well, only having read Pride and Prejudice without zombies, I unfortunately couldn’t help you out there ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ But if it makes you feel better, I can always give you some zombies now to make up for it: ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ๐งโโ๏ธ
And you should definitely be proud of guessing Project Hail Mary! I can tell you’ve been paying close attention to the books I’ve been gushing about if you got it just from those space emojis! ๐
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Thank you, I appreciate the zpmbie emojis ๐๐
I do, the book does sound amazing based on all your posts of it! ๐
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yayy second place is pretty good, thank you for all the bookish honor!!
nooo i feel pretty stupid for not having guessed AGGGTM and city of bones- even tho i’ve read both of them ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
this was so much fun naemi!! you really have some serious talent bc putting entire books in emoji form is no easy feat!
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You are most welcome and definitely deserving of that bookish honor! ๐ฅ And don’t worry about AGGGTM and City of Bones – when I play this game with my friends, I never recognize my favorite books, either ๐ Or, if I do, it takes me forever…
But I’m glad you had fun and hope to see you back for the next installment! (**which will probably take me another year to write, but shhh ๐คซ๐คฃ**)
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These. Were. Hard. ๐.
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I know ๐ They were meant to make you use your little gray cells, after all ๐
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My gray cells ๐
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I know from your many pingbacks that this is your second post today but I had to read this one first obviously ๐ And yay, I won! ๐ฅณ๐ฅฐ
I knew Children of Time was farfetched because I was pretty sure you hadn’t read it but I figured I might as well attempt it ๐ But now you’re telling me the spider emojis weren’t meant to represent spiders? I feel tricked! As you know, I haven’t read Project Hail Mary yet, but I’m in a (very long) line at the library.
I’m most impressed that I guessed City of Bones because I had basically given up on that until I noticed the rats. I was sure I had never read a book that introduced vampires midway through the book only to never dedicate time to them again ๐
And I was right about The Way of Kings! I didn’t catch on to your number system, but who was that red face with the nose (don’t know the name of that emoji) supposed to represent?
I guess that I also need to confess that even though I haven’t read Life of Pi, I’ve seen the movie so maybe I should have got that one ๐ I didn’t look at it all that hard because I saw all the animals and was sure I hadn’t read it.
As for what book I want you to read? Well, I don’t actually have a favorite that I’ve just been keeping from you all this time ๐ But what if I tell you to read The Atlas Six so I’ll be able to talk to you about it soon? I know you said something about a book buying ban but if I’m “ordering” you to read it, you really can’t help it, can you? ๐ However, if you’d rather not, Timekeeper is on Scribd ๐
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I had a feeling this post might be the one you were anticipating more ๐ I was seriously tempted to push it back a few days and only give you the wrap-up today, but figured you might hate me a bit too much if I did that ๐ And also, I was dying to comment on some of your theories! ๐ค
I’m kind of pleased your library has a long waitlist for Project Hail Mary, though – that means the book is getting the attention it deserves! ๐ฅฐ Although I am, of course, also eagerly anticipating you reading it! We can talk about that spider emoji again then because I feel like it was very fitting and not THAT deceptive ๐๐
And I don’t think I would have gotten City of Bones from the rat detail, so I’m impressed! I thought my attempts at representing the Mortal Cup and all the red-headed girls would probably be what gave it away, but I guess not ๐
As for Way of Kings, those red faces are meant to represent the Parshendi ๐ ๐ I mean, what else am I supposed to use for humanoids with mottled black/white/red skin? There just aren’t enough emojis out there! It was either the red face, a normal human, or this: ๐ฝ. Which would probably have been even more confusing ๐
I also think it’s fair you didn’t guess Life of Pi ๐ The focus was on books, after all. And this way, other people at least still had a chance of providing a little competition ๐
As for you “ordering” me to read The Atlas Six – that is the best excuse I’ve ever heard ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ So of course I’m going to take you up on that! If I order it now, it should be waiting for me when I get back to Germany, so let’s do this! (And, to validate you even more, Timekeeper is actually already bookmarked on Scribd, so I’m definitely reading that at some point, too ๐)
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Well, I would have understood if you had to push this post and was also confused last week when you said you would give us the answers in a week, but figured you would probably just put it all in one ๐
I’m coming back to hold you accountable for that spider emoji then ๐ง
I don’t pay attention to the people when you make these but always try to find the emojis that stand out, the ones not every book would have. So a cup could be someone winning something which could be anything but rats and vampires? That narrows it down ๐
Ooooh, the Parshendi! Okay, I get it ๐ I was thinking it looked like a devil of some kind and you might be trying to represent an evil high prince or something (I don’t remember the beginning to The Way of Kings) ๐
I’m only happy to take the blame for you buying The Atlas Six ๐ I just don’t know if it’s dangerous to have you read a book I haven’t read myself yet. I’ll be starting it next week (I hope) but what if it’s not good?
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Like, I said, it was all bad planning! Or no planning at all, if I’m being completely honest… ๐คฃ When I posted last week, I was in more of a “let’s just make it through the day and get everything ready you need for tomorrow” mindset, so I didn’t even realize June was almost here! And then when I did, I actually did briefly consider squeezing everything into one post but quickly realized that a) the inconsistency in the structure of my wrap-ups would annoy me to no end and b) I wouldn’t be able to get everything written in time for Friday morning anyway… So I decided to just give you two posts instead and finish writing the second one on the train home, which is also why you had to wait for several hours for this one ๐ (In case it wasn’t already clear, I really wasn’t joking when I said I wrote my posts at the very last possible moment ๐ ๐)
Also, if The Atlas Six isn’t good, then I suppose we’ll at least have someone to rant about it with. Because that book had better be good!!! ๐ซ If it ends up being yet another let-down after all those raving reviews, I’m going to be extremely upset!! Particularly since it’s dark academia and I can’t recall ever having hated anything in that genre ๐ฅฐ But I suppose we’ll just have to see… I should have my copy by Wednesday and intend to start reading immediately, since there’s no guarantee I will get to anything once my break is over – so your timing looks great to me! ๐ค
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I see the problem, and I was still working during the hours we had to wait so for me it made no difference ๐
The Atlas Six has a lot of positive reviews, that’s true. However, since the moment I added it to my TBR I’ve been seeing more people not liking it ๐ฌ So I think my expectations have gone down to a more reasonable level ๐ Anyway, since we’ll be reading it at the same time, should we set up a casual Storygraph buddy read? Keyword being casual.
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Nooooo, why are there suddenly people not liking it?? ๐ But fine, I’ll try my best to rein in my expectations at least a little…
Also, sure, let’s do the buddy read! ๐ค I mean, we’re basically experts now, and as long as there isn’t as much to complain about as in Elantris, I think I should be able to do casual ๐๐ I’ll go ahead and set one up for us!
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wow….considering I’ve read 1/2 of these books i was notoriously bad ๐คฃ
also i can’t believe that i didn’t guess AGGTM, bear & nightingale & city of bones (have you read it?) ahhh!!
loved the quiz, it’s incredibly unique & i love how you’re incredible specific!
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๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ If it makes you feel better, there will for sure be a Part IV at some point, where you can try to redeem yourself! Although, judging by my track record, that’ll probably take at least a year…
And of course I’ve read City of Bones! I’m Shadowhunters trash, and besides how do you expect me to make the quiz without having read the books?! The amount of plot knowledge needed is insane, so you can trust that I probably read all books featured here several times or rather recently – otherwise I would never remember enough to convert them into emojis! ๐
Anyway, I’m really glad you enjoyed the quiz, Ash, and that we have some favorite books in common! ๐
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lmao, thank you โค โค
SERIOUSLY?? KGHJHDGD it's so nice to meet someone who likes bear and the nightingale AND shadowhunters ahhh!!! we definitely need to gush about these books now โค โค
me too!!
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Omg so clever!!!
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Thank you! ๐ฅฐ I’m glad you liked it!
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This is a super neat idea… โจ
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it! ๐
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I love this so much but I did terrible!!
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Don’t worry – I made things purposefully difficult, so you’re not alone! ๐๐คฃ I’m glad you still enjoyed it, though!
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OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I NEED TO MENTION THAT THE IDEA IS PRACTICALLY GENIUS AND I AM IN AWE! (like seriously, THINKING UP ALL THE EMOJIS TO INSERT???? THAT MUST HAVE TAKEN SO MUCH TIME AND EFFORT RIGHT????)
and secondly – my excuse for not participating. SEE I READ YOUR POST AND ALSO TRIED TO GUESS THE ANSWERS, BUT… i couldn’t get ANY of them?? but see can we blame this on me not having read any of the books please??? (except pride and perjudice but SHHH)
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I am glad my effort is being appreciated because yes – making these takes FOREVER!! ๐ ๐ But trust me, Anoushka – it is all worth it in the end because I get to see you guys struggle **MUHAHAHAHA** ๐ Like, you not recognizing Pride and Prejudice? THAT IS A TRAVESTY! ๐ I suppose I’ll just have to do this again sometime with more books you’ve read, so that you can reclaim at least a bit of your bookish honor…
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Honestly, not mad at all with that 4th place considering how fried my brain felt after trying to figure out those emojis ๐ Although I admit I’m very disappointed in myself for not getting City of Bones!!
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You definitely should be proud! After all, plenty of people with non-fried brains didn’t even attempt it! ๐
And I’ll take your frustration over City of Bones as a compliment because I guess that means you actually do find it recognizable now that you know what it’s supposed to represent ๐ After a while, I felt like I was typing so many red-headed girl emojis that I no longer had a clue whether people would be able to understand any of this… ๐คฃ
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WAIT IโVE ACTUALLY READ SOME OF THESE AND STILL COULDNโT GUESS THEM??? ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ Iโm indeed ashamed
And Iโm currently read pride and prejudice too HOW DID I NOT GUESS IT?? i really need to step up my emoji game now. Also wow city of bones was so obvious now looking back at it, like you made every detail perfect, AND I STILL DID NOT HAVE A CLUE ๐๐โโ next time you make an emoji quiz , sneak in an easy just so that I can redeem my bookish honour back. thanks HAHAHAH ;))))
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Hahaha, I’m glad they at least make sense now that you know what they are, though! ๐คฃ And as for sneaking in an easy one in my next quiz – you’ll just have to wait and see… Although I’d actually argue that if you want that bookish honor, you’ll have to work for it at least a little bit!I ๐
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Wow these were hard! For that spider one I was thinking huh?!?!
I am reading Pride and Prejudice right now, so one I found out what those meant then I look at it and was like: “Yeppers, that pretty much sums up the book.” I love the little:๐งโโ๏ธ๐ซ๐. That was hilarious!
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Well, I couldn’t make things too easy for you… To be worthy of that bookish honor, some good hard thinking is necessary! ๐
But I’m glad you think the Pride and Prejudice one makes sense, and I hope you’re enjoying the book! After all, Pride and Prejudice is one of my favorite classics ๐ฅฐ
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Yeah….. Sorta, It’s kinda slow paced at the moment but it’s picking up.
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Well, I really hope you enjoy the rest! It also took me a while to get into at first, but by the end, I was completely hooked ๐ฅฐ
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I think I’m starting to like it and I’m sure I will at least be able to finish it.
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Well, that’s something! ๐คฃ
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Yeppers
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