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Hello, I'm Zrin and welcome to JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER,er, NAME!

This is how you play, it's simple.

One person says the title of a book, movie, song or other form of media. For the sake of the explaination, we'll say books. The book can be either real or fictional.

The next person must try to make up what the book is about. Then that person says a book name of their own, real or fictional.

Ad naseum.

If the book is real, you can NOT use the actual content of the book. Instead, make something else up that still fits the title.

For example,

Person one says, "my book is 'How to kill a mockingbird'."

Person two makes up the content of the book while keeping the title fitting. They say, "How to kill a mockingbird. A complete guide to bird hunting. My book is 'Fantastic beats and where to find them'."

So tell me, what is "Fantastic beats and where to find them" about?

A sequel to "Where the Wild Things Are". It picks off after the first book but becomes progressively more adventurous with their search for 'the Fantastic Beasts'.

My book: The Drawing of the Three

The Drawing of The Three. A complete and comprehensive guide to drawing the number three in many arts, cultures and formats.

My book is Beyond The Blue Veil : And the Lands Thereafter.

Beyond the Blue Veil : And the Lands Thereafter. A conspiracy book discribing how all theater plays we see are actually glimpses into other dimensions. They only happen on stages with blue curtains. Ooooh, scandalous.

My book, Moby Dick.

A man is named Dick Moby, and he gets teased about his name constantly, so he changes it to Moby Dick. Alas, he still gets teased.

The House of Hades.

Ummm, best book ever

A boy and his girlfriend go through Tartarus with each other while their friends battle monsters above ground making sure they can get back

My book: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell

Agreed but we're not supposed to say what it's actually about...

Fangirl: A girl's favorite fictional character comes to life and she must hold back her rabid fangirl tendencies while helping him get back to his own world.

(if that's what it's actually about, sorry)

Brokeback Mountain. (it's a book too, right?)

Living on a mountain full of poverty, filth, and illness, one person tries to make it through the winter while crossing the true threshold of adulthood.

The Society of S.

I know, I messed up, sorry.
Also, a bunch of people who have the name that starts with S, and the form a society

Rip Van Wrinkle

A woman named Van invents a wrinkle cream, but all it does is make your skin rip, so she has to face the legal system...

Marley and Me.

Marley and Me: One man's journey through a bad trip, guided by a laid back musician.

Final Fantasy (just to see what y'all come up with)

All books except nonfiction have been banned from the world. All fiction books are burned and everybody's imagination is ruined,vuntil one day, a kid finds an ancient book that speaks of mythical creatures and magic. He begins an epic quest to return imagination to the world with this one book, the final fantasy.

My book is: The reckoners.

A bunch of old hillbillies who say "I reckon" start a band. They call themselves The Reckoners.

Holes.

A gritty noir short story, told from the perspective of a dying detective on the very brink of cracking the case. He ends up solving it in the end, but he's not sure if he'll survive to tell anyone. The Holes in his body are symbolic of the holes in his relationships as he doggedly pursued the perp in what would be his last case.

Bud, Not Buddy.

A talking dog named Buddy prefers Bud because it sounds more dignified/tougher. He tries to convince his master to change his name.

The Great Gatsby.

The lucky and unlucky adventures and mishaps of a great lord named Gatsby. It ends with him finding love, only for his love to reveal she was a former thief, thus tearing his heart in two and dying on the spot. A funny, yet tragic tale.

(If I nailed the basics, you may slap me to change it.)

Next Title: Addicted

A tale of a man named Richard and his exploits.

Next title: Echo Burning (Shoutout to all the Reacher Creatures out there)

A group of explorers go into a cave only to find out it's cursed by demons. Every time they speak inside of it and it echoes, they spontaneously combust.

Warriors: The Darkest Hour.

A He-Man and the Masters of the Universe fanfic. The premise? They're stuck in a cave of darkness. The entire story is one long descriptive paragraph about how dark it is in the cave.

How to Win Friends and Influence People

In the antebellum South, a mysterious Yankee plays a high stakes game of poker, attempting to sway the Governer while secretly working to free his wrongly enslaved best friend.

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