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I picked out Oliver Twist from the 1001 books speadsheet on mobileread! I did a search on all the book titles with a V to narrow it down and then checked those for a W as well which made searching easier.
I'm not sure I would have worked it out myself even though I got all the letters. The last letter I thought someone was being daft and didn't believe it was the right letter until I had it confirmed by Ravenne! |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Denmark
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I'm not sure why, but at day 4, the answer stared me in the face. I wonder if it made a difference that I collected the images and not only wrote down the letters.
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'I am very hungry and tired,' replied Oliver: the tears standing in his eyes as he spoke. 'I have walked a long way. I have been looking for lettered stars these eleven days.'
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#695 |
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When I read that in the last attachment with the letter isn't any information that it is 11. letter I thought that it must be some clue in the post. So I was searching for a post including the word "letter". It was the first post I opened.
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Grand Sorcerer
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I figured it out once we got the "W". I mean, how many well-known books are there with a "W" in it?
I did search on google though, as I have heard of Oliver Twist, but I had no idea that it was the title of the book, and not only the main person... |
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As for letter 11, I have avatars turned off so I now know why I never found it! grrrr! Didn't matter in the end though. Cheers, PKFFW |
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a pthread?? where? where?
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I found funny to start and end with the same letter
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Space Cadet
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I got it right! Collected all 11 letters and could figure out the title. Had to read through a list of classics before it finally clicked... No wonder I'm so bad with names!
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What is the definite time when the winners will be notified via private message about their victory?
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Grand Sorcerer
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My reasoning went as follows: Well known book, forum with three languages, same letters for everyone. It had to be a title that was not translated at least across these three languages. How many of those are there? It was a high probability it was a name, and after three letters, I already suspected what the name was.
But it was fun looking for the letters. I actually miss beginning my day with a search. Could we possibly continue the challenge? No need for prizes this time ![]() |
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Even though at times I almost gave up looking; I couldn't. I became a letter searching maniac! Thanks to all the organizers and to PocketBook for a great competition and getting us starry eyed. ![]() |
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#705 |
Scholar
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Denmark
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"Private Messages: Unread 0" I assume that something is wrong, or the letters haven't been send out yet?
![]() I any event, I really loved this competition. It made me see parts of the forum I hadn't seen before (Or even knew existed). I especially learned about a lot about profiles, and karma, since I saw a lot of administator walls.. ^_^ And the best thing I realised was, that this forum is probably the most civilized and friendly place on the Internet at the moment. It actually made me want to read more, so I could discuss books with all these nice people! |
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