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Put your bookworm reputation on the line and prove your literary knowledge with this collection of quizzes for book whizzes. Book lovers can answer questions by themselves or host a quiz among friends with twenty-four quizzes to keep you guessing with a variety of question styles including: - 'Blankety Books', where you must fill in the missing word in each title - Anagrams to decipher - 'Two of a Kind', where you must identify a character and author who share the same initials - Guess the book with 'Say What You See' pictures and badly drawn covers - 'Book Bingo' The quizzes are carefully weighted so avid bookworms will get a workout, while more casual readers can still have lots of fun having a go. All questions are designed to aid guessing, with multiple-choice answers and hints, and make the reader smile with amusing wrong answers, clever red herrings, little-known facts and footnotes.

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"Perfect for the home, the pub or waiting in a queue, The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2 will remind you of your favourite books and give you a list of new ones to search out. The questions range from ""I know that!"" to ones that will make your brain attempt a desperate bid for freedom. In other words, an absolute delight of a book -- Johnny Main, award-winning editor and creator of Dead Funny: Horror Stories By Comedians An entertaining challenge for all book-lovers -- Claire Fuller, award-winning author of Unsettled Ground A delightful book that leads to yet more delightful books - there are no wrong answers, because every time you can't answer the question you'll be excited that has led to a book that you need to get to know. Best read near a library -- Robin Ince For someone like me who loves books and loves quizzes, this is perfection. But I'm struggling to answer the question, ""Is this a book about quizzes or a quiz about books?"" -- Charlie Higson, writer, comedian and actor The questions are brilliantly funny, wide-ranging and surprising -- Bethan Roberts, author of My Policeman"

"Perfect for the home, the pub or waiting in a queue, The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2 will remind you of your favourite books and give you a list of new ones to search out. The questions range from ""I know that!"" to ones that will make your brain attempt a desperate bid for freedom. In other words, an absolute delight of a book -- Johnny Main, award-winning editor and creator of Dead Funny: Horror Stories By Comedians An entertaining challenge for all book-lovers -- Claire Fuller, award-winning author of Unsettled Ground A delightful book that leads to yet more delightful books - there are no wrong answers, because every time you can't answer the question you'll be excited that has led to a book that you need to get to know. Best read near a library -- Robin Ince For someone like me who loves books and loves quizzes, this is perfection. But I'm struggling to answer the question, ""Is this a book about quizzes or a quiz about books?"" -- Charlie Higson, writer, comedian and actor"

"Perfect for the home, the pub or waiting in a queue, The Book Lover's Quiz Book 2 will remind you of your favourite books and give you a list of new ones to search out. The questions range from ""I know that!"" to ones that will make your brain attempt a desperate bid for freedom. In other words, an absolute delight of a book -- Johnny Main, award-winning editor and creator of Dead Funny: Horror Stories By Comedians"

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Gary Wigglesworth was born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, and now lives in the south with his wife, Caroline. A bookseller for sixteen years, he now works in publishing. Currently his book quiz has a monthly residency at The Betsey Trotwood pub in Farringdon and provides the only monthly book quiz for London's literature lovers.

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