National Book tokens 2021 - anyone started?

[Snoodleberry]

Just received the email and can’t believe another year has come around again so quickly. At first glance it is looking tough!

Need to settle down with a cup of tea and get started.

Anyone else attempting (and happy to share clues?! )

Never mind - I got it! Never heard of the book

TheDrsDocMartens
I’m stuck on man and the C as it’s not what I thought of and I can’t think of anything else.
You’ve pretty much said the answer in your sentence! How old is the man and what’s he carrying?

I can’t get the right wording, keeps saying I’m almost there

I’ve got 16

I can’t get the natural history boy
The stop sign
Vintage shop
Or paradise boulevard

@BeefSupreme the vintage shop is owned by the main character in the book. Which country would you associate all those things with?

Paradise boulevard - think about synonyms for both words.

@TheDrsDocMartens

TheDrsDocMartens I’m stuck on man and the C as it’s not what I thought of and I can’t think of anything else. You’ve pretty much said the answer in your sentence! How old is the man and what’s he carrying?

I can’t get the right wording, keeps saying I’m almost there

He’s not a young man is he…

I've found you. I've got 10 now, the last two tanks to this thread.

The man with the C - try saying it out loud.

The man one has now been accepted. The first one I tried. Which wasn’t accepted hours ago 🙄

I’m convinced I have the answers to 5 - but all of them are coming up as wrong.

Just the stop sign to get

Just started- thanks for the reminder!
Got the nun one through a pure guess, and now to settle down and use my brain to figure out some of the others.

The man with the stop sign is my nemesis

@Sammilouwho

The man with the stop sign is my nemesis

Is that a clue or are you just saying you hate the bastard?

The dog. Why is nobody else stuck on the dog?!

I've just got the stop sign one. I hate that clue nearly as much as I hated the book!

Paradise is driving me nuts I’ve tried so many combos of synonyms

The boy and natural history museum I just can’t get

Stop sign man 😅

I've got 15 now

I'm stuck on: t
the Stop sign
French people on a bike,
Tara's caramels
The toy shop
Paradise Boulevarde

@FrankReynolds think about a book where a weird (but bad) thing happens to a dog with a garden implement.

Wish you could zoom in. My eyesight isn't good enough to see clearly what the signs say!

The boy and natural history museum I just can’t get

It's pretty much 'say what you see' - his age, what he's writing and what he's interested in.

@TattiePants
Oh no, literal face palm

I've got 18 out of 20. I'm stuck on the nun, even with the clues and I can't even see the last one. What obscurity am I missing?

I have got
1.Paradise Boulevard
2.Black Building
3.Toyshop
4.Tara's Caramels
5.Glovemaker
6.Tardis
7.Natural History Centre
8.La Casa
9.Vintage Shop
10.Bookshop
11.Dedalus' Gallery
12.French couple
13.Toddlers in puddle
14.People painting
15.Manderly
16.Dog with pitchfork
17.Stop sign
18.Man with balloon

Nun one- how would you address a nun if you spoke to one? And why would they have a poster up looking for her?

@NoDecentHandlesLeft you can zoom in. Click on the image and it should bring up the image in a small box to the left of the text box with a magnifying glass icon.

@Stillbloodyraining

I've got 18 out of 20. I'm stuck on the nun, even with the clues and I can't even see the last one. What obscurity am I missing?

I have got
1.Paradise Boulevard
2.Black Building
3.Toyshop
4.Tara's Caramels
5.Glovemaker
6.Tardis
7.Natural History Centre
8.La Casa
9.Vintage Shop
10.Bookshop
11.Dedalus' Gallery
12.French couple
13.Toddlers in puddle
14.People painting
15.Manderly
16.Dog with pitchfork
17.Stop sign
18.Man with balloon

Things ?