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Caboodle - National Book Tokens competition

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Indinana Tue 13-Dec-16 09:38:58

Anyone else been doing this? I didn't get the email alert until a few days ago, but I've been hooked ever since and have finally worked out all the clues smile.
If anyone needs extra clues, just ask - you can get entered into a draw to win a year's supply of books!

caboodle.nationalbooktokens.com/

Indinana Tue 13-Dec-16 13:05:45

No-one? Oh ok ... sad

yggdrasil Tue 13-Dec-16 13:27:22

I hadn't known of it till I saw your post. And since then I have been doing it on and off :-)
I have got them all except the Right of Way road sign and the SOS on the beach

Indinana Tue 13-Dec-16 13:57:26

The right of way sign is a very popular, contemporary book that has been made into a film.

And what do you need when you say SOS?

yggdrasil Tue 13-Dec-16 14:11:45

OK I got SOS, I had not heard of that book, and was looking for Beach or sand or something:-)
I'll have to keep thinking about the road sign

Indinana Tue 13-Dec-16 14:28:09

That book you hadn't heard of is well worth a read yggdrasil.

Think about who goes first on the priority sign.

CariGransnet (GNHQ) Tue 13-Dec-16 14:46:12

I got 11 with no bother and a bit scuppered with the rest but tonight I will give it another go.

yggdrasil Tue 13-Dec-16 15:02:10

Another one I hadn't heard of, but I don't usually do romantic books.
Thank you, but now I have no more to play with smile

Indinana Tue 13-Dec-16 20:08:58

Cari that's how I was - I was on a roll for the first dozen or so and then ground to a halt for a while. Got there in the end though with a bit of perseverance and lateral thinking!

Treebee Wed 14-Dec-16 19:11:15

Ah, thanks for the priority sign one, I now have 14.
Clue for the gravedigger one please?

merlotgran Wed 14-Dec-16 20:30:36

I'm stuck on ten as well. Gissa clue for the gravedigger?

chelseababy Wed 14-Dec-16 20:45:37

Just started this.....might take some time!

merlotgran Wed 14-Dec-16 22:54:54

I'm up to thirteen. Brain ache setting in.

Greyduster Thu 15-Dec-16 07:02:01

I got eleven of them and then my iPad kept freezing! Too early for its poor brain (or mine!) ?

Grannaby Thu 15-Dec-16 08:46:22

This is sooooo frustrating! I have got up to 15 but am now completely stuck. Have had a few lucky guesses but yes I am stuck on the gravedigger, the right of way sign and probably oh so easy for some, the paradise one, the go this way, and suez. I'm sure they are all so obvious when I eventually get there, but I am feeling really stupid right now!!

Thanks for the link Indinana at least it's got the brain cogs moving!

Grannaby Thu 15-Dec-16 09:44:00

still wasting time - not even dressed yet, no but have only one to go!

merlotgran Thu 15-Dec-16 09:51:30

The Suez one has me stumped as well. I've been thinking Red Sea must be in the title somewhere but even browsing Amazon hasn't helped.

Grannaby Thu 15-Dec-16 13:10:48

Yay I've got there!!!

merlotgran a clue for you: you have to "pass through" the suez canal, make that a noun and I think you will get it!

Beammeupscottie Thu 15-Dec-16 13:19:28

Done it.

The suez canal is a passage to .........

Indinana Thu 15-Dec-16 18:47:21

Gravedigger had me stumped for ages. Ok, clue: what if the gravediggers aren't burying someone, but doing the opposite? And what do you call the dead people?
And I was just about to give a clue about the Suez Canal one, but I see
beammeupscottie has practically given it away, lol grin

Indinana Thu 15-Dec-16 18:52:28

Grannaby the paradise one - think of another name for paradise and where you would be (i.e. Which compass point) if you needed to go west to get there.
Go this way - enlarge the picture and have a look at the surround. What is it? Think of synonyms.

Treebee Thu 15-Dec-16 19:36:05

Brilliant, gravedigger one solved!
How about the Go This Way one? In the Greek font a clue?

Indinana Thu 15-Dec-16 19:43:48

No - it's not Greek. I wasted time on that too, but if you zoom in you'll see it's not Greek at all. It represents something else. Big clue: there's one at Hampton Court!

annodomini Thu 15-Dec-16 20:33:32

I found it on Facebook and did some of the clues then I lost it again!

Beammeupscottie Thu 15-Dec-16 22:34:28

A book written by a women with the name as a fashion model!