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This challenge is for 1 year from date started

Mad Libs is a word game where one player prompts others for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, before reading the – often comical or nonsensical – story aloud. The game is frequently played as a party game or as a pastime. It's a "fill in the blank" story, where a person asks you to give them a "noun, exclamation, verb...", then places them into blank spots of an existing paragraph.

This challenge will be similar. But as we are starting this challenge in February, we are using quotes about love instead of a story.

The challenge will ask for 4 word types per option, which you will then place into the "blank spots", in this case replace the underlined words in the quotes about love.

Example:
The challenge asks for a verb
options would be things like: run, jump, bounce

The challenge asks for a "part of the body"
options would be things like: ear, nose, elbow, knee, big toe

You can either: use titles for the requested word (be sure you indicate which word in the title you are using) or do a spell-it-out for your words.

1. Pick an Option.
2. Read books for the requested word types.

NO PEEKING AHEAD!!!!
Pick your words before you solve the quote.
Honor system people!

3. Solve the Cryptograms for your Option.
4. Replace the underlined words with the words from your titles.
5. Repeat as desired. ;)

Example of completed option
food - chocolate chip cookie - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder
adjective - hissing - Hissing Cousins: The Untold Story of Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt Longworth

"GHRDOGA RIXME RDM RIERM HFR HZ SMIGFR TFRRMU BFORM COXM FGUMBFORMN CHYM" - PDIUCOM TUHQG

"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love" - Charlie Brown

Mad Libs Version:
"Nothing takes the taste out of chocolate chip cookie quite like hissing love" - Charlie Brown

or

food - kiwi
adjective - hot

K - Kresley Cole Lothaire
I - Inamorata by Megan Chance
W - The Warrior Chronicles Chosen
I - Ilona Andrews Magic Binds

H - Helen Fielding Bridget Jones's Diary
O - Hamish Osborne The Book of Life
T - Theft of Swords by Michael J. Sullivan

"GHRDOGA RIXME RDM RIERM HFR HZ SMIGFR TFRRMU BFORM COXM FGUMBFORMN CHYM" - PDIUCOM TUHQG

"Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love" - Charlie Brown

Mad Libs Version:
"Nothing takes the taste out of kiwi quite like hot love" - Charlie Brown


OPTION 1:

verb
part of the body
part of the body
adjective

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[KAGY LO MAPFAOYW AE D OLRXKY OAZK LRNDTLSLRX SJA TAWLYO. ~ DHLOSASKY

FNVLQXVLF QSL SLEAQ FLLF GSEQ XF XIRXFXTHL QN QSL LBL. ~ S. ZEUJFNI TANGI, ZA.
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 2:

noun
noun (plural)
noun
verb

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[K DGOO GO K JIBPJF QEGSD VPOGZMPV CF MKQAEP QI OQIX OXPPSU LUPM LIEVO CPSINP OAXPEYJAIAO. ~ GMZEGV CPEZNKM

G IQZL RXEMW CIL OQKQWXY, CIQC GR BXE HXZL EMCGH GC IEKCF, CILKL TQM UL MX VXKL IEKC, XMHB VXKL HXZL. ~ VXCILK CLKLFQ
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:

preposition
noun
adverb
adverb

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[DKKF SUAK EY ZUIW LKMWG. M SENK TEGLUIG EG EC SEDK M CIYSKCC QMWOKY TLKY GLK NSUTKWC MWK OKMO. ~ UCJMW TESOK

ISMBL NSSTQE QYPSN IE CYRSYBS LMPSC EYX CGDSBLGU, JUMQS QYPMBL CYRSYBS NSSTQE LMPSC EYX AYXDHLS. ~ QHY GOX 
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 4:

part of the body
part of the body
verb
group of people

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[UMK VI XHC QMI VQIM RA NHK AMP XSVCGNKNW, FPI VQIM RA SNHKI. VI XHC QMI RA YVGC AMP EVCCNW, FPI RA CMPY. ~ ZPWA BHKYHQW

JC COV CQFZO QW SQYV VYVBAQGV KVZQUVX J EQVC. ~ ESJCQ
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 5

number
verb
part of the body
noun

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[MU ZLP QMGT VL OT E NPHCFTC, M KEHV VL QMGT VL OT E NPHCFTC JMHPW LHT CEZ WL M HTGTF NEGT VL QMGT KMVNLPV ZLP. ~ E. E. JMQHT

X CVRFGP SNXOQ FZ QSN QOKNZQ UFZBVE. ~ ISXOCNZ BFIJNGZ
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 6

noun
plant
person
adjective

Cryptograms:
(view spoiler)[ODMU HV NGU RODQUK ZDB'MU LDN ND OUN LKDQ. ~ PDGJ OUJJDJ

XT NTOH TYHIHNS EI XFH MHUEYYEYU TS V NESHNTYU DTAVYGH. ~ TIGVD LENPH
(hide spoiler)]




Lancelot & Guinevere: Complete 1 Option
Romeo & Juliet: Complete 2 - 3 Options
Tristan & Isolde: Complete 4 - 5 Options
Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy: Complete all 6 Options



Cryptogram Answer Key

Option 1:
A(view spoiler)[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (hide spoiler)]

Option 2:
A(view spoiler)[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (hide spoiler)]

Option 3:
A(view spoiler)[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu  (hide spoiler)]

Option 4:
A(view spoiler)[For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~ Judy Garland (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato (hide spoiler)]

Option 5:
A(view spoiler)[If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ~ Charles Dickens (hide spoiler)]

Option 6:
A(view spoiler)[Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon (hide spoiler)]
B(view spoiler)[To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]

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Participants:

Connie N.

Gavin

Karrie
☘KathyD☘
Keli

Maddy
Marla
Megan (bookslayerReads)
Michelle

Q

Roger - president of NBR United

Shan ~ A ~

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This looks super cool! Thanks for all the work that went into this challenge! I'm in!!

Sounds fun! I'm in!

NBRC Love Quote Mad Libs Challenge
February 5, 2017 to February 5, 2018

Love Quote Mad Libs
Duration: 2/1/17 - 1/28/18
Level: Romeo & Juliet (Complete 2 - 3 Options)
Options: 3 of 3
Progress: 20 of 12
Completed: 7/2/17

OPTION 1:

verb ~ Kiss Me If You Can - kiss
part of the body ~ The Body Finder - body
part of the body ~ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie - bottom
adjective ~ The Laughing Corpse - laughing

Cryptogram: (view spoiler)[
KAGY LO MAPFAOYW AE D OLRXKY OAZK LRNDTLSLRX SJA TAWLYO. ~ DHLOSASKY

Love IS COMPOSED OF a single SOUL inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle
Love KISS a single BODY inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle

FNVLQXVLF QSL SLEAQ FLLF GSEQ XF XIRXFXTHL QN QSL LBL. ~ S. ZEUJFNI TANGI, ZA.

Sometimes the HEART sees what is INVISIBLE to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Sometimes the BOTTOM sees what is LAUGHING to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 2:

noun ~ Sandstorm
noun (plural) ~ The Runaway Dolls - dolls
noun ~ Beneath a Marble Sky - sky
verb ~ Lover Awakened - awakened

Cryptogram: (view spoiler)[
K DGOO GO K JIBPJF QEGSD VPOGZMPV CF MKQAEP QI OQIX OXPPSU LUPM LIEVO CPSINP OAXPEYJAIAO. ~ GMZEGV CPEZNKM

A kiss is a lovely TRICK designed by nature to stop speech when WORDS become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman
A kiss is a lovely SANDSTORM designed by nature to stop speech when DOLLS become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman

G IQZL RXEMW CIL OQKQWXY, CIQC GR BXE HXZL EMCGH GC IEKCF, CILKL TQM UL MX VXKL IEKC, XMHB VXKL HXZL. ~ VXCILK CLKLFQ

I have found the PARADOX, that if you love until it HURTS, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa
I have found the SKY that if you love until it AWAKENED, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:

preposition ~ Murder at Union Station - at
noun ~ The Awakening
adverb
adverb

OPTION 4:

part of the body
part of the body ~ Back by Sunrise: A Young Readers Urban Fantasy - back
verb ~ The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf - seducing
group of people ~ Weekend Warriors - warriors

OPTION 5

number ~ The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared - 100
verb ~ Provoked - provoked
part of the body
noun ~ Grave Surprise - surprise

OPTION 6

noun ~ Winter
plant ~ Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - snow flower
person ~ The Gatekeeper's Sons - gatekeeper
adjective ~ Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop - dirty

Cryptogram: (view spoiler)[
ODMU (Winter) HV NGU RODQUK (Snow Flower) ZDB'MU LDN ND OUN LKDQ. ~ PDGJ OUJJDJ

** LOVE is the FLOWER you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon ** I actually solved crytograms.
WINTER is the SNOW FLOWER you've got to let grow.

XT NTOH TYHIHNS (Gatekeeper) EI XFH MHUEYYEYU TS V NESHNTYU (dirty) DTAVYGH. ~ TIGVD LENPH

To love ONESELF is the beginning of a LIFELONG romance. ~ Oscar Wilde
To love GATEKEEPER is the beginning of a DIRTY romance.
(hide spoiler)]

Welcome to the challenge Karrie, Q, & Marla!

Good Luck!

I loved mad-libs when I was a kid, sounds fun.
I'm going for Romeo and Juliet level.

Can we use a mix of titles and spell it out? Like for option 1 I use titles but for option 6 i use spell it out. Or should we stick to one format?

✔OPTION 1:
Verb -left - Second Grave on the Left 05/03/17
part of the body - skin - Skinwalker - 10/03/17
part of the body - hand - The Devil's Right Hand - reread -19/02/17
adjective - dark - Dark Matter - 15/02/17
Option 1:
(view spoiler)[Love left of a single skin inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle
Sometimes the hand sees what is dark to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (hide spoiler)]

✔OPTION 2:
noun - day - Ether Day: The Strange Tale of America's Greatest Medical Discovery and The Haunted Men Who Made It - 09/02/17
noun (plural) - crows - Murder of Crows - 08/02/17
noun - beginning- A Curious Beginning
- 25/02/17
verb - suck - You Suck - 29/03/17
(view spoiler)[A kiss is a lovely day designed by nature to stop speech when crows become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman 
B[I have found the beginning, that if you love until it sucks, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:
preposition - until - [book:Dead Until Dark|4602032] - 12/02/17
noun - apple- The Poison Tree - 12/03/17
adverb - quickly
Q - Meghan Quinn The Virgin Romance Novelist - 17/07/17
U - Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness - 14/12/17
I - Ilona AndrewsMagic Bites - 15/05/17
C - Cheryl Strayed Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail - 01/08/17
K - Kind One - 20/07/17
L - Lilith Saintcrow Cormorant Run - 10/12/18
Y - Yasmine Galenorn Night Myst - 06/11/17
adverb - cunningly
C Colder Than Here - 25/05/17
U
N - Nalini Singh Slave to Sensation - 23/05/17
N - Chloe Neill Some Girls Bite - 02/02/18
I - Eowyn Ivey The Snow Child - 01/08/17
N - The Nest - 14/02/18
G - Grave Sight - 17/03/17
L -
Y

OPTION 4:

part of the body - foot - The Devil's Footprints - 14/02/18
part of the body - stomach
S - Silence Fallen - 25/03/17
T - The Tempest - 31/05/17
O
M - Midnight Crossroad - 15/04/17
A - Aliette de Bodard The House of Shattered Wings - 30/05/17
C - Jim Crace Harvest - 24/08/17
H - Honor's Knight - 21/03/17
verb - like - I Like Big Dragons and I Cannot Lie 08/04/17
group of people - sinners - Saint City Sinners

✔OPTION 5
number - Nine - False Nine - 05/05/17
verb - wonder - The Wonder - 19/04/17
part of the body - face
F - The Fervor -
A - Alex - 28/02/17
C - Cursed - 24/11/17
E - Embrace - 15/07/17
noun - cuckoo - The Midwich Cuckoos - 16/03/17
(view spoiler)[
If you live to be a nine, I want to wonder to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne
A loving face is the truest cuckoo. ~ Charles Dickens (hide spoiler)]
(hide spoiler)]

✔OPTION 6
noun - vision - Vision in Silver 01/04/17
plant - rosemary - Rosemary and Rue - 30/09/17
person - witch - The Silver Witch - 11/04/17
adjective - merry - The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - 24/02/17
(view spoiler)[
Vision is the rosemary you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon 
To love a witch is the beginning of a merry romance. ~ Oscar Wilde  (hide spoiler)]

Keli wrote: "I loved mad-libs when I was a kid, sounds fun.
I'm going for Romeo and Juliet level.

Can we use a mix of titles and spell it out? Like for option 1 I use titles but for option 6 i use spell it ou..."

You can mix it up however you want. ;)

Welcome Keli & Megan!

Good Luck & have fun!

Hmm think I will go all 6
Feb 6, 2017 - Feb 6, 2018

OPTION 1: Titles

verb rescue (How to Rescue a Drowning Heart)
part of the body eye (An Eye for an Eye)
part of the body heart (Painted On My Heart) 2/17 4.5 stars
adjective big (The Big Comeback)

OPTION 2:

noun
noun (plural)
noun
verb

OPTION 3:

preposition
noun
adverb
adverb

OPTION 4:

part of the body
part of the body
verb
group of people

OPTION 5

number
verb
part of the body
noun

OPTION 6

noun
plant
person
adjective

Love Quote Mad Libs
Duration: 2/6/17 - 02/05/18
Level:Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy: Complete all 6 Options
Options: 0/6
Progress: 0/24+

OPTION 1:

verb ~ dream
part of the body ~ leg
part of the body ~ hair
adjective ~ beautiful

OPTION 2:

noun ~ flower
noun (plural) ~ cars
noun ~ boy
verb ~ jumped

OPTION 3:

preposition ~
noun ~
adverb ~
adverb ~

OPTION 4:

part of the body ~
part of the body ~
verb ~
group of people ~

OPTION 5

number
verb
part of the body
noun

OPTION 6

noun
plant
person
adjective

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Welcome Keli & Megan!

Good Luck & have fun!"

Excellent. :-)

Welcome Roger & Shan!

I am in! This sounds wonderfully fun! :)
Starting date - Feb 8, 2017
Finish date - May 9, 2017

OPTION 1:
(view spoiler)[
verb - „How to date a dragon” by Ashlyn Chase (Read Feb 8)

part of the body
H - Holding His Forever(read feb 18)
A - A Cup of Friendship (Read Mar 6)
N - New Beginnings (Read Mar 25)
D - Dagger: A Devil's Hellions Romance (read Feb 26)

part of the body
A - A Mate for the Dragon Girl (read Mar 4)
R - Alexa Riley Stolen Princess (read Mar 4)
M – Mail Order Angel (Read Feb 21)

adjective - adjective - „Dear naked neighbour” by Tara Brown (Read Feb 9)

Original :
A[Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle (hide spoiler)]

B[Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (hide spoiler)]

My version
Love dates a single hand inhabiting two bodies.
Sometimes the arm sees what is naked to the eye.
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 2:
(view spoiler)[
noun - „Wolf’s surrender” by Mandy M.Roth (Read Feb 8)
noun (plural) - „Fire and ice” by Sara York (Read Feb 13)
noun - „Blackwing dragon” by T.S.Joyce (Read Feb 15)
verb - „Bite me” by Mandy Rosko (Read Feb 14)

Original :
A[A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman (hide spoiler)]
B[I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (hide spoiler)]
my version
A kiss is a lovely surrender designed by nature to stop speech when ice become superfluous.
I have found the dragon, that if you love until it bites, there can be no more hurt, only more love.

(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:
(view spoiler)[
preposition - „Healed by the dragon” by Jessie Donovan (Read Feb 21)
noun - „The obsession” by Nora Roberts (Read Feb 17)
adverb - „Only mine” by Lauren Wood (Read Mar 2)
adverb - „Better mate than never” by Adriana Hunter (Read Mar 23)

Original :
A[Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]
B[Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu (hide spoiler)]

my version
Keep love in your heart. A life by it is like a sunless garden when the obsessions are dead.
Being only loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone never gives you courage.


(hide spoiler)]


OPTION 4:

(view spoiler)[
part of the body - „On her tail ” by Celia Kyle (read Mar 15)
part of the body -

H - „Her bodyguard” by Milly Taiden (Read Mar 12)
E - „Europeana” by Patrik Ouředník (Read Mar 13)
A - „Alien beast” by Sophie Stern (Read Mar 14)
R - Maximilian J. Rudwin „The devil in legend & literature” (Read Mar 23)
T - „Muffin top” by Tabatha Kiss (Read Mar 20)



verb - " How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you” by Matthew Inman (Read Mar 22)
group of people - „Everybody’s somebody” by D. Breeze (Read May 9)

A[For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~ Judy Garland (hide spoiler)]
B[At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ~ Plato (hide spoiler)]

My version :
For it was not into my tail you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my heart you kissed, but my soul.
At the tell of love everybody becomes a poet.


(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 5
(view spoiler)[
number - „Seven lies” by James Lasdun (Read Mar 3)
verb - „Anger, managed” by Amy Robyn (Read Mar 20)
part of the body - „Tongue in chic” by Christina Dodd (Read Mar 16)
noun - „Cowboy dragon ” by Sophie Stern (Read March 2)

Original :
A[If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne (hide spoiler)]
B[A loving heart is the truest wisdom. ~ Charles Dickens (hide spoiler)]

My version:
If you live to be a seven, I want to manage to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.
A loving tongue is the truest dragon.

(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 6
(view spoiler)[
noun - „Bear fur the princess” by Aya Morningstar (Read Mar 11)
plant - „Hurricane bride : Magnolias and moonshine” by Beth Williamson (Read Apr 18)
person - „Claimed princess ” by Alexa Riley (Read Mar 8)
adjective - „Beary guarded ” by ruby Shae (Read Mar 25)

A[Love is the flower you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon (hide spoiler)]
B[To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]

My version:
Bear is the magnolia you've got to let grow.
To love princess is the beginning of a guarded romance.
(hide spoiler)]

Welcome Maddy :)

Love Quote Mad Libs
2/11/17 - 2/11/18
Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy: Complete all 6 Options
Options: 0/7
16/28

OPTION 1:

✔verb Falling -Lessons in Falling
part of the body [the invisible hand]
part of the body
✔adjective Game -A Game of Thrones

OPTION 2:

✔noun Hex Hall -Hex
✔noun (plural) The Raven Boys -Boys
✔noun Opal
✔verb Hide and Seek -Hide

Option 2:
(view spoiler)[
A kiss is a lovely hex designed by nature to stop speech when boys become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman
I have found the opal, that if you love until it hide, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa
(hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:

✔preposition At the Mountains of Madness -at
✔noun Death of a Salesman -death
✔adverb A Long Way Home -long
adverb

OPTION 4:

part of the body
part of the body
✔verb We Awaken -awaken
✔group of people Uglies

OPTION 5

number
✔verb Don't Look Back -look
part of the body
✔noun Risuko: A Kunoichi Tale -tale

OPTION 6

✔noun Everything, Everything
✔plant The Perks of Being a Wallflower -wallflower
✔person Carrie
adjective

So, I'll be taking part in this challenge, but will just be doing option #2 though.

noun- Well (Well of Ascension by Brandon Sanderson
noun- Prophecy (Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink)
B- (Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
E- Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
D- Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers
noun (plural)-flies (Lord of the Flies)
verb- Wonder (Wonder by R.J. Palacio)

This sounds fun. I'll leave it open and see how much I can get done in a year, starting on Valentine's Day, of course.

MAD LIBS - Love Quotes
Timeframe: 2/14/17 - 2/13/18
35/35
6/6 Options

OPTION 1:
Verb - play or playing - Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen - 2/20/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - ARM
A – Author A.M. Madden - Vanishing Act - 4/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Rock Hard by Nalini Singh - 3/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
M - The Mistake by Elle Kennedy - 3/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - FACE
F – Author Dick Francis - Smokescreen - 3/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A – Author Madelyn Alt - A Charmed Death - 5/12/17 ♥♥♥
C – Author Christi Barth - Wanting It All - 2/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Exposure by Annie Jocoby - 2/15/17 ♥♥♥
adjective - red-hot - Red-Hot Texas Nights by Kimberly Raye - 4/22/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 1:
(view spoiler)[[Love PLAYS a single ARM inhabiting two bodies. ~ Aristotle
Sometimes the FACE sees what is RED-HOT to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 2:
Noun - daughter - [book:Only Daughter|29095402] by Anna Snoekstra - 2/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
noun (plural) - shadows - Thief of Shadows by Elizabeth Hoyt - 3/8/17
noun - stud - Stud for Hire by Sabrina York - 2/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
verb - leap - Leap by Jodi Lundgren - 2/23/17 ♥♥♥

Option 2:
(view spoiler)[A kiss is a lovely DAUGHTER designed by nature to stop speech when SHADOWS become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman
I have found the STUD, that if you love until it LEAPS, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 3:
Preposition - from - From This Day by Nora Roberts - 3/21/17 ♥♥♥
noun - marriage - A Negotiated Marriage by Noelle Adams - 2/27/17 ♥♥♥♥
adverb - accidentally - Accidentally in Love by Laura Drewry - 4/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
adverb - fast - Hard and Fast by Erin McCarthy - 5/20/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 3:
(view spoiler)[Keep love in your heart. A life FROM it is like a sunless garden when the MARRIAGES are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde
Being ACCIDENTALLY loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone FAST gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 4:
part of the body - LEG
L – Author Laura Griffin - Snapped - 3/13/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng - 3/3/17 ♥♥♥
G – Author Julie Garwood - The Bride - 3/31/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
part of the body
H - The Highwayman by Kerrigan Byrne - 6/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Agatha Christie - A Caribbean Mystery - 5/28/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Isn't It Rich? by Sherryl Woods - 5/29/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rock Redemption by Nalini Singh - 5/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
verb - love - Letters to Love by Soraya Lane - 3/11/17 ♥♥♥
group of people - strangers - Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb - 5/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Option 4:
(view spoiler)[For it was not into my LEG you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my HAIR you kissed, but my soul. ~ Judy Garland
At the LOVE of love A STRANGER becomes a poet. ~ Plato (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 5
Number - 20 - Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 3/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
verb - lend or lending - Lending a Paw by Laurie Cass - 3/2/17 ♥♥♥♥
part of the body - foot - One Foot in the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 4/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
noun - kiss - It's in His Kiss by Jill Shalvis - 3/6/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 5:
(view spoiler)[If you live to be 20, I want to LEND to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne
A loving FOOT is the truest KISS. ~ Charles Dickens (hide spoiler)]

OPTION 6
Noun - street - Winter Street by Elin Hilderbrand - 3/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
Plant
R - Reflex by Dick Francis - 4/3/17 ♥♥♥
O - Over the Edge by Meredith Wild - 3/18/17 ♥♥♥
S - Sweet Revenge by Rebecca Zanetti - 3/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Eternity in Death by J.D. Robb - 3/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
person - earl - Wedding Night With the Earl by Amelia Grey - 3/7/17 ♥♥♥
adjective - plain - Plain Jayne by Laura Drewry - 2/26/17 ♥♥♥♥

Option 6:
(view spoiler)[STREET is the ROSE you've got to let grow. ~ John Lennon
To love AN EARL is the beginning of a PLAIN romance. ~ Oscar Wilde (hide spoiler)]

Welcome to the challenge Connie, Michelle & Gavin!

Good Luck & have fun!

For the person spot are you looking for a name or a description like doctor or daughter?

Keli wrote: "For the person spot are you looking for a name or a description like doctor or daughter?"

Ha! That'll be up to you. ;)

Maddy wrote: "I am in! This sounds wonderfully fun! :)
Starting date - Feb 8, 2017
Finish date - Feb 8, 2018

OPTION 1:

verb
part of the body
part of the body
adjective


OPTION 2:

noun - „Wolf’s surrender” ..."

Awesome Maddy!

Might want to put your solved cryptograms and mad lib versions under a spoiler tag though ;)

i'm in!

One more point of clarification, once I've finished an option am I to figure out the crypotgram or do I just look at the solved bit and insert my words?

Keli wrote: "One more point of clarification, once I've finished an option am I to figure out the crypotgram or do I just look at the solved bit and insert my words?"

Up to you. The answer keys are there to help you if you get stuck, but you don't have to try to solve the cryptograms on your own if you don't want to.

If a word in a book's title is a noun, but can also be used as a vern , does it count as one?

I'll defo give it a go. At first, I thought it was just random lettering. I hadn't quite engaged my brain until I noticed that the same letters were being used as replacements when i looked at the solved section, that it wasn't just random. I just wanted to make sure. Ta for the super quick reply.

Gavin wrote: "If a word in a book's title is a noun, but can also be used as a vern , does it count as one?"

Yes if you want to use it as one of your verb replacement words

Shannon wrote: "Gavin wrote: "If a word in a book's title is a noun, but can also be used as a vern , does it count as one?"

Yes if you want to use it as one of your verb replacement words"

Thx!

Shannon wrote: "Maddy wrote: "I am in! This sounds wonderfully fun! :)
Starting date - Feb 8, 2017
Finish date - Feb 8, 2018

OPTION 1:

verb
part of the body
part of the body
adjective


OPTION 2:

noun - „Wolf..."

Oh, I am sorry! Didn't realize, that someone might actually look at my posts :D I'll tag spoiler there, sorry again...

I think I should have cheated :D I make the most cryptic and weirdest sentences :D

Maddy wrote: "I think I should have cheated :D I make the most cryptic and weirdest sentences :D"

Haha!

Welcome Kathy!

And Maddy has crossed the finish line!
Books used - 32
This was totally awesome. We should do more of these :)

Maddy wrote: "And Maddy has crossed the finish line!
Books used - 32
This was totally awesome. We should do more of these :)"

So glad to hear you enjoyed it! ;)

Completed the challenge in Message #23. Thanks for the fun!

Connie N. wrote: "Completed the challenge in Message #23. Thanks for the fun!"

Awesome Connie! Great sentences. ;)

I am usually good at puzzles, but I don't know how to solve cryptograms. Does anyone have any helpful hints?

Nope. I just cheated and read the "English" version under the spoiler.

I'm not great either, but I'd start with the 1 letter words trying them out as either I or A, as those would be the most likely, and then see what you get from there.

Thanks...I'll try that Shannon, but I foresee "cheating" in my future.

I solved one and then I cheated, but thank you for the challenge.

I was so close to all six but only completed 4 in a year. Thanks for the challenge it was fun.

Congratulations Keli! So glad you enjoyed it!

MAD LIBS-- LOVE QUOTES

Level: Elizabeth Bennett & Mr. Darcy= all 6 x 2 for both options= 12

December 16, 2020 for one year
Finished on September 20, 2021

12 out of 12


OPTION 1: A =FINISHED
verb= wanted The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy Jane Thayer 1-5-21
part of the body= back The Cat in the Hat Comes Back Dr. Seuss 1-13-21
part of the body= brain(s) Chicken Soup for the Soul: Recovering from Traumatic Brain Injuries: 101 Stories of Hope, Healing, and Hard Work Amy Newmark 2-11-21
adjective= little One Little, Two Little, Three Little Pilgrims B.G. Hennessy 12-19-20

Cryptograms:
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies: Aristotle.

Love WANTED a single BACK inhabiting LITTLE BRAINS.

Option 1: B =FINISHED

part of the body= arm A Shot in the Arm! Don Brown 4-30-21
verb=talk Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World Tyson Yunkaporta 2-21-21
adjective = Parvana's Parvana's Journey Deborah Ellis 2-11-21
noun= princess The Princess Diaries Meg Cabot 2-28-21

Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Sometimes the ARM TALKS about what is PARVANA'S, to the PRINCESS.



OPTION 2: A= FINISHED

noun= rain Rain Manya Stojic 12-18-20
noun (plural)=years Dog Years: Faithful Friends, Then & Now Amanda Jones 12-19-20
noun=the world's poorest president The World's Poorest President Speaks Out Yoshimi Kusaba 12-18-20
verb= sweeping Sweeping Up the Heart Kevin Henkes 12-18-20

Cryptograms:
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. ~ Ingrid Bergman

RAIN is a lovely trick designed by THE WORLD'S POOREST PRESIDENT to stop SWEEPING when YEARS become superfluous.

OPTION 2: B= FINISHED
noun= cove The Cove Catherine Coulter 1-17-21
noun= logic Furry Logic: A Guide to Life's Little Challenges Jane Seabrook 1-18-21
noun= airplane "A" is for Airplane / "A" es para Avion Theresa Howell 1-18-21
verb=loved The Boy Who Loved All Living Things: The Imaginary Childhood Journal of Albert Schweitzer Sheila Hamanaka 2-3-21

Cryptogram:
I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. ~ Mother Teresa

I have found the COVE, that if you LOVED until it hurt, there can be no more AIRPLANE, only more LOGIC.



OPTION 3: A= FINISHED

preposition=with Conversations with God Book 3: An Uncommon Dialogue Neale Donald Walsch 1-11-21
noun= rey (king) El Rey Colibri: Leyenda Guatemalteca Argentina Palacios Ziegler 12-19-20
adverb=on Christmas Eve On Christmas Eve Ann M. Martin 1-13-21
adverb= at the wall The Cat at the Wall Deborah Ellis 1-17-21

Cryptograms:
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. ~ Oscar Wilde

Keep love ON CHRISTMAS EVE. A life WITH it is like a KING AT THE WALL.

OPTION 3: B = FINISHED

adverb= on Earth The Last Kids on Earth Max Brallier 2-14-21
preposition=at Christmas at the Toy Museum David Lucas 1-30-21
noun=terrorist Terrorist John Updike 1-28-21
adverb=in from the cold In from the Cold Deborah Ellis 2-21-21

[Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. ~ Lao Tzu

Being loved by someone ON EARTH gives you A TERRORIST AT THE TOY MUSEUM, while loving someone IN FROM THE COLD gives you courage. Lao Tzu

OPTION 4: A FINISHED

part of the body=genes [book:Living with Our Genes: Why They Matter More Than You Think|398369] Dean H. Hamer 8-14-21
part of the body=heart Mi corazón se llena de alegría Monique Gray Smith 8-20-21
verb = lie to Don't Lie to Me: And Stop Trying to Steal Our Freedom Jeanine Pirro 2-12-21
group of people= The Firm John Grisham 1-12-21

Cryptograms:
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. Judy Garland.

For it was not into my GENES you whispered, but my HEART. It was not my lips you LIED TO but (to) THE FIRM.

OPTION 4: B= FINISHED

part of body= skin The Skin You Live in: Building Friendships Across Cultural Lines David D. Ireland 8-23-21
part of body=nose Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose Donald J. Sobol 9-20-21
verb= curing Curing Exceptionalism: What's Wrong with How We Think about the United States? What Can We Do about It? David Swanson 8-23-21
group of people= Indigenous peoples Can Liberal States Accommodate Indigenous Peoples? Duncan Ivison 8-28-21

At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. Plato

At the SKIN of the NOSE, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE are CURING a poet.


OPTION 5: A =FINISHED

number= one One Smile Cindy McKinley 2-14-21
verb= saved How the Penguins Saved Veronica Hazel Prior 2-2-21
part of the body=back Dave Barry Talks Back Dave Barry 6-21-21
noun= rain Rain Anders Holmer 12-29-20

Cryptograms:
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you. ~ A. A. Milne

If you live to be ONE, I want to SAVE a hundred minus one days,
so I never have to BACK without RAIN

OPTION 5: B = FINISHED

number: 40 Dave Barry Turns Forty Dave Barry 6-21-21
verb: ate Once I Ate a Pie Patricia MacLachlan 6-26-21
part of body: gene The Selfish Gene Richard Dawkins 7-7-21
noun: lifeguard Lifeguard Dogs Natalie Lunis 6-21-21

A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens

40 loving GENES ATE the truest LIFEGUARD.




OPTION 6: A =FINISHED

noun= survival Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance Noam Chomsky 12-31-20
plant=leaf The Sacred Banana Leaf Nathan Kumar Scott 2-25-21
person=Ada El violín de Ada (Ada's Violin): La historia de la Orquesta de Instrumentos Reciclados del Paraguay Susan Hood 12-29-20
verb= love Dog Loves Books Louise Yates 2-25-21

Quote:
Love is the flower you've got to let grow--John Lennon

SURVIVAL is the LEAF ADA'S got to LOVE.

Option 6: B =FINISHED

noun= dog Madeline Finn and the Library Dog Lisa Papp 3-2-21
plant=poppy The Poppy Project: How Fiji's Most Famous Dog Got Saved! Fiona Ingram 5-1-21
person=princess Princess in the Spotlight Meg Cabot 3-3-21
adj.= our Our History Is the Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance Nick Estes 3-7-21

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ~ Oscar Wilde

To love a PRINCESS is the POPPY of OUR DOG.


Thank you!