Opposite Title Puzzle Challenge
// By Jessica 41 Comments
14 Oct
2012

Opposite Title Puzzle Challenge

Welcome to the Opposite Title Puzzle Challenge for Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-a-thon! It’s hour 21. Are you starting to feel like this?

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Well if you are, then I have a fun challenge for you.

Take one of the books you are reading for the read-a-thon and change all the words to be the exact opposite.

Some examples (real titles on the right):

  • Of Rats and Women = Of Mice and Men
  • Here with the Breeze = Gone with the Wind
  • The Life Disease = The Death Cure

Fun right!

A couple of rules:

  1. There must be the same number of words as the original title. “Gone with the Wind” has four words so your opposite title for that book would have to have 4 words.
  2. You don’t have to change words like “the,” “and,” “of,” “in” etc.

Leave your opposite title creation (with the answer!) in the comments along with your email so I can contact the winner.  I will pick the most creative one to win a $10 gift card to either Amazon or a $20 book of your choice from the Book Depository. I will also randomly select a second winner from all the entries for a $5 gift card from iTunes or Amazon.  The winners will be announced on the Dewey’s 24-hour Read-a-thon site in 3 hours.  You must be a read-a-thon participant to enter this giveaway. Good luck!

Contest Closed.

The winner is,,,,

Jessica with her Answery Sitter for Riddley Walker.  I thought that one looked so hard to do and she came up with a great title!

I read all the entries.  The titles you guys came up with are so funny!

The second winner is….

#26 – D. Ann

Thanks for entering! I’ve emailed the winners.

Posted on: October 14, 2012 1:00 am By Jessica Filed Under: Events 41 Comments
  • Abbey

    Light Attack = Dark Kiss

    abbeyann29[at]aol[dot]com

  • http://twitter.com/inconceivably Allison

    Girl of Fire & Thorns = Boy of Water & Cashmere

  • Pogue

    I am reading The Historian right now so The Clairvoyant. For predicting the future.
    Poguereid(at)hotmail(dot)com

  • http://twitter.com/neabarabea nea barabea

    The Lost Prince – The Found (uh huh) Mortal? hihihi I wouldn’t know the opposite of a prince – well common human being but that’s just too many words :P Awesome challenge! :) Enjoy the readathon! :D :D

    lizzika@gmail.com

  • Jennifer Waggoner Hartling

    One of the books I read today was How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen

    I think the opposite of that would be: How Television Ruined My Life

    Happy Readathon!!

  • Caro G

    Pick Alive Sick = Drop Dead Healthy
    His corageous disproportion = Her fearful symmetry

  • Martina

    I read Snow White and the Huntsman earlier so how about Sunny Black and the Farmer?

    Okay, don’t laugh.. it’s 1am! lol

    martinack_75@ hotmail DOT com

  • Nicole

    Witch Hunt- Sorceress Pursuit
    Body Bags- Cadaver Sack,
    Bag of Bones- Haversack of Osseins Gone- Missing
    https://twitter.com/NicoleMac19

  • Jessica

    I couldn’t decide between these two, I hope that’s okay!

    Riddley Walker = Answery Sitter
    The Warmth of Other Suns = The Chill of Familiar Darkness

    penrynsdreams at gmail dot com

    • Jessica

      I put the real title first, if that’s not clear, sorry! >.<

  • D. Ann

    I love your last one.

    Here’s mine: Oration of the Cherished Sea = Murmur of the Lonely Brook (Original)

    d(dot)ann(at)overflowingbookshelves(dot)com

  • frodosco

    Bright Shadows of Night = Dark Light of Day
    biochemguy22(at)yahoo(dot)com

  • Lilac

    Cowardly Old Universe = Brave New World
    maggiemcgonagll[at]yahoo[dot]com

  • http://twitter.com/mazzlestar Madelaine

    … and then she regurgitated my girl-repellers!

    One of the books in my pile is “… and then he ate my boy-entrancers”, one of the Georgia Nicholson Diaries series by Louise Rennison.

    • http://twitter.com/mazzlestar Madelaine

      Oops, my email is madelaine(dot)elliott(at)googlemail(dot)com

  • Kayla L.

    The Steam Adult=The Snow Child

    I wasn’t really sure what the opposite word for snow would be, but I figured steam worked pretty well :)

  • Shirin

    Repulsed by Sunlight = Seduced by Moonlight

    shishirin at hotmail dot com

  • Kayla L.

    Forgot my email-sorry!

    klambert410 (at) gmail (dot) com

  • Meredith

    Strip Complete Strangers of Silk and Satin=Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

    mer_elliott@shaw.ca

  • Megan@YA? Why Not?

    How about The Man in White-The Woman in Black or The Past of Them-The Future of Us
    m.alabaugh@rrpl.org

  • Mia

    Oh man, none of my books have easy opposites. Let’s see:

    In Gifting Panthers = Out Stealing Horses

    (As for the opposite of horses, they’re herbivorous pack animals so I tried to think of a solitary carnivore…)

    figwiggin-at-gmail-dot-com

  • E

    The Embarkation of the Peacenik

    orig. The Return of the Soldier, by Rebecca West

    Great challenge!
    pseudoeden[at]gmail[dot]com

  • nfmgirl

    So tired. One is all I will even TRY to come up with!

    The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy = The Driver’s Misguidance of the Individual

    Thanks for the challenge!

    nfmgirl AT gmail DOT com

  • Titania

    The Stepsister Scheme becomes… The Blood Brother Chaos.
    kaannajosivua(at)gmail(dot)com

  • Joy Renee

    I’m about to start listening to Deborah Harkeness’s A Discovery of Witches. How about: An Obfuscation of Angels?

    joystory@gmail.com

  • stacey

    When She Woke = After He Slept

  • http://twitter.com/inspringthedawn tanabata

    Earlier I read Small Damages by Beth Kephart … which becomes Generous Blessings.

    inspringthedawn at gmail dot com

  • http://twitter.com/confuzzledbooks confuzzledbooks

    The Boy Who Stared at Air (is actually The Girl Who Played With Fire)

    confuzzleddesigns(at)gmail(dot)com

  • http://twitter.com/nolatari Nolatari

    “The Writer’s Compass” –> “The Reader’s Meandering”

    Ooo… this was kind of tough for my title! But I love it!
    Nolatari ~ phrenetic.mind@gmail.com

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  • http://twitter.com/toofondbeth Beth

    The Stranger’s Child = The Acquaintance’s Parent

    Easy enough for that one! :)

    toofondbeth(at)gmail(dot)com

  • http://twitter.com/4ahappierme Melissa C. (Mel)

    Thank you for hosting this challenge!

    Earlier I was reading Memory’s Wake.

    Oblivion’s Slumber=Memory’s Wake

    4ahappierme@gmail.com

  • Olivia

    A Farewell to Arms – A Hello to legs …(or something like that ;-) )

    ozajkas at gmail dot com

    • Tea Juretich

      Ha ha ha, now that is funny XD

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  • http://twitter.com/MySeryniti NovaReylin

    Before Daylight = After Dark :D

    myseryniti at live dot com

  • azuki

    Big Breasts and Wide Hips – Small Back and Narrow Shoulders
    azukibc at gmail

  • Jencey Gortney

    Catching Fire= Going Out with Water

    jenceyg at gmail dot com

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  • Jenny

    Fun idea! Sorry I missed it but congrats to the winners!