First of all, this is a weird week. For more information, see this post.
As you are getting done with Christmas break, you might still have a little time to relax. Even if you don't, you might still find this a fun game for the weekend.
This game is called "Bring Your Own Book." It's like Apples to Apples, but with books. First, everyone picks a book. A deck of prompt cards goes in the middle. Each card has two prompts on it, with one easier one and one harder. The "picker," or judge, picks a card, then picks a prompt. Everyone else has to search their book for a word, phrase, or few sentences that match the prompt. Once one person finds it, they say "Got it," and flip the timer. Everyone else has 60 seconds to find something that would match the prompt. Next, the judge picks the one they like best. That person gets the card. The first person to get four cards wins.
Also, every time someone gets two cards, you pass your book to the left.
This is a very fun game to play, because it's a book game!
Also, it's fun when you take things out of context. For example, when we were playing, the prompt was: Something overheard at a government meeting. I put in: ". . . not quite as unpleasant, I would imagine, as getting back out again" (Gidwitz 208). This makes perfect sense, but it was amusing given the whole quote:"As the ravens have already implied, there are some things that they do and some things they do not do. Dying is of the latter group.
Of course, getting trapped in the stomach of a dragon is, even for a creature that cannot die, an indescribably unpleasant experience.
Though not quite as unpleasant, I would imagine, as getting back out again." (208)
See what I mean?
Do you have this game? What hilarious phrases have been played?
Spruce Nogard
Sources: A Tale Dark and Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
