A couple weeks ago, I came across this challenge on the web. I found it here, but when I tried to find the original creator, the link didn’t work. I’ve probably never mentioned this one my blog, but I have an absolutely horrible memory. I have a great short-term memory, but if you ask me six months after I finished a book what the details of it are, I will probably just stare at you blankly. I’m trying to get better at this by doing more recall exercises, but it is still a struggle.
This presents a problem with this challenge, because the whole point is that you “must answer these questions without looking anything up on the internet and without looking at your bookshelves.” So this may be a challenge for me, but I’m always up for a challenge. Alright, let’s go!
Name a book written by an author named Michael

This is easy, because I just finished Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton, so it’s fresh in my mind.
Name a book with a dragon on the cover

The first book which comes to mind is Dealing With Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede. It’s a great book which I haven’t read in years.
Name a book about a character named George

The first character I can think of named George is George Cooper from The Song of the Lioness series by Tamora Pierce. Technically, he’s not the main character, but he is a character, so it counts. I haven’t read this series in over a decade, but I enjoyed it as a teen.
Name a book with an author with the surname of Smith

This is super easy, because I’m a massive fan of Sherwood Smith’s books. One of my favorites (and perhaps one of her lesser known works) is The Trouble With Kings by Sherwood Smith.
Name a book set in Australia
I can’t think of anyone off the top of my head. Give me a moment…Nope. This sounds horrible, but I’m not sure I’ve read a book set in Australia. I need to change this immediately…
(Note from me as I’m editing this. Apparently, I have read at least one book set in Australia: Dingoes at Dinnertime by Mary Pope Osborne, which is part of the Magic Tree House series. But you can’t really blame me for not remembering.)
Name a book with the name of a month in the title

The first one which comes to mind is The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy (I couldn’t remember who wrote it so I cheated on the author, just for reference). I love the movie, but I have not read the book.
Name a book with a knife on the cover

The only one I can think of is The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman. It’s the sequel to The Golden Compass and every cover I’ve seen has a knife on the cover.
Name a book with the word ‘one’ in the title
…Nope, can’t think of one. Ha ha! Get it. I can’t think of one…I’m horrible at jokes.
(Edit: I have read many books with one in the title, like One for Sorrow by Mary Downing Hahn, One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey, but for some reason I couldn’t think of them when writing this post.)
Name a book with an eponymous title

So, I’ve never heard of the word eponymous. I looked it up and apparently it means “something or someone that gives its name to something else.” So, pretty much, this challenge is asking you to name a title which is named after a character within the book.
I’ll go with Emma by Jane Austen. It’s the first example which comes to mind.
Name a book turned into a movie

The first one I can think of is The Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve. The book was really good, the movie was…okay. I didn’t hate it as much as a lot of people did, however.
Until next time…
Would you be able to do this challenge just using recall? I know I struggled, and gave up on a couple, but I was happy that I could think of most of them.
As always, I’m not tagging anyone, but if you want to do this challenge, I’d love to read your answers! Let me know your thoughts on this challenge and the books I picked in the comments, follow my blog for more musings and, as always,
Best wishes in your life full of adventure,
Madame Writer
I wouldn’t have done well on this is I tried
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Clearly I think about books way too much…and it was really hard.
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I don’t even think I can pick an answer of some of those
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lol I think I went with Song of Lioness books too for the George question.
This one was fun to do.
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Really? Great minds think alike! And this challenge was really fun to do!
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What a fun challenge! And Dealing with Dragons looks really cool too š
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It was fun, but challenging. And Dealing with Dragons is an amazing book!
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Ooh, yes, I’m up for this challenge! Looks easy enough at first glance… until I sit down to write my answers! š
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I can’t wait to read your answers, if you end up doing it! It’s fun but deceptively difficult.
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I’m definitely doing this challenge. Hopefully, I’ll complete it before the week is out.
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I would’ve sucked at this. At a glance, my score is about two out of, what, ten? Let’s not worry, though, somebody told me recently that people with poor memories tend to live happier lives… š
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Lol, I do tend to forget all the bad things too, so I agree that ‘somebody’ was right. And I thought I would have done even worse. Most of the time writing this post I just sat staring at the questions, trying to remember.
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This is a funny challenge but some questions are not that easy. It took me ages to think of a book with a character name George. I finally remembered that Adrian’s father in the Adrian Mole series is named George.
For the question about Australia, I knew I had read one book set in the country but could not remember the title. I had to check on the Internet and the title is The Light Between Oceans by M.L Stedman.
The easiest questions are the one with the eponymous title and the one with the book turned into a movie. There are many of them. The question about the book with a dragon on the cover is easy if you read a lot of fantasy.
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I agree! A lot of the questions were really hard to answer. Some of them were easy, like the eponymous and book to movie one, but some are so hard! I can’t imagine how anyone would be able to answer the dragon on the cover one if they don’t read much fantasy.
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This is awesome… I had a lot of fun doing the challenge too šš
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I agree! It’s so much fun to do!
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