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Hidden Books game 2023

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InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 12:57

I haven't seen a thread on this yet, so here's a thread to share hints for the Hidden Books Game this year:

https://hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/

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InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:18

I have 10/20 so far, stuck on

Friends lady
Morris dancer
Travel (green point)
Wedding picture
Revision
Uk bin
Bestsellers
Day after today
Kurara girl
Belle lion

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Luckymamma · 16/11/2023 13:19

Day after today - what’s the word for that?!

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:24

Thanks, now I'm up to 12 (I got the friends one too)

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InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:26

All the travel places seem to be in New York, I don't know if that's pertinent

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CABOODLEHELP · 16/11/2023 13:26

Dare I ask for a hint? I've been stuck on her and the Krampus books for agesss!

thetemptationofchocolate · 16/11/2023 13:28

Spare Time, yes, all the travel books are in the same part of NY too...

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:33

@CABOODLEHELP it's someone from friends and what they're going to do

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InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:34

@thetemptationofchocolate thanks, I was definitely overthinking that one

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CABOODLEHELP · 16/11/2023 13:41

Does anybody have any clues for the Morris Dancer or the Krampus? We have the family round here but nobody has a clue! Guess we're all overthinking them :)

thetemptationofchocolate · 16/11/2023 13:41

The wedding picture clue is one of the shortlisted books for one of the book awards.

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:46

@thetemptationofchocolate thanks, now I only have a few left

Morris
Science
Bin
Krampus
Kurara
Belle

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dontgobaconmyheart · 16/11/2023 13:47

I'm a sucker for the hidden books game and dutifully participate every year but I really don't know why. I've never once managed to actually work it out in totality myself (often nothing even approaching it) and it essentially just becomes a comprehension exercise where I get the answers on here or elsewhere and pop them in to finish it off and lose an hour in doing so. Still oddly fun though.

Bookworm68 · 16/11/2023 13:50

Morris dancer - Where does Morris dancing originate + what do you call someone who it being treated by a medical person

Bestsellers : focus on the bobbies and skull books Another name for a policeman and another name for skull

Girlontherailreplacementbusservice · 16/11/2023 13:52

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:46

@thetemptationofchocolate thanks, now I only have a few left

Morris
Science
Bin
Krampus
Kurara
Belle

Which branch of science?

CABOODLEHELP · 16/11/2023 13:52

Science - a type of science and where you might be taught it
Belle - a painting of oneself is otherwise known as...
Kurara - a girl with a name similar to this origin, and her "obsession"

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 13:55

Thanks @Bookworm68 I'd actually seen the krampus one when looking for the wedding one😖.
Up to 16 now.

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SummerLightning · 16/11/2023 14:02

I was just staring at the krampus one thinking "I'm very surprised <popular book this year> isn't on here". And it was that book!

landoflostcontent · 16/11/2023 14:05

I have two 😫I knew if I came on here someone/s would have the answers but really hoped I could do it "all by my own self" this year 😂

SummerLightning · 16/11/2023 14:07

I'm stuck on
green bin
Mythology
Fighting animal kids
Belle lion
If anyone has any clues

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 14:09

The fighting animal kids is literally the two animal names as if they were fighting in eg a boxing match.

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CABOODLEHELP · 16/11/2023 14:10

Mythology - they are each part of what gender?
Belle lion - a painting of oneself is otherwise known as a...

Do you have any clues for the colourful love library?

PricklyBob · 16/11/2023 14:12

I love this game and knew it was going to drop around now. Have been waiting for it - and for the accompanying thead. Promised myself I wouldn't get on the thread until I had worked out at least 10 for myself so here I am at the half-way mark.

I still need:
Natural History
Wedding Picture
Children dressed as animals flighting
Children reading books about trains
Belle Lion
Kurara
Mythology
Krampus etc
Open Door

Bookworm68 · 16/11/2023 14:13

I’m stuck on the headless man in the suit holding a book with magnifying glass on the cover, It’s probably very obvious. Any hints please

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 14:14

@CABOODLEHELP you're close. The subject, then the tonal status of it.

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InMySpareTime · 16/11/2023 14:15

@Bookworm68 you can see the glasses and the suit but not the wearer, because he is...

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