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What is a paperback?
This is the name of a book with a soft, paper cover.
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What is true
True or false: books can have painted edges of their paper.
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Who is Jacob Marley
I wear the chain I forged in life! I made it link by link and yard by yard! I gartered it on of my own free will and by my own free will, I wore it!
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What is LGBTQ+
Romance/coming of age stories based around queer characters
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What is the Bible
This is the book that has sold the most copies in the world.
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What is a publisher?
This is the name of the company that prints and distributes books
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What is a hardback
The way that a popular book is often published, before it is made into a paperback that is much cheaper.
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Who is Percy Jackson
“If my life is going to mean anything, I have to live it myself.”
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What is slasher
Horror in which people are killed a lot and there's a lot of gore
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What is one
Theodore Roosevelt read this many books a day
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What is a dust jacket?
This cover can be removed from a hardback, for easier reading
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What is ribbon
This material is used to make an in-built bookmark in fancy books
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Who is Peeves
‘We did it, we bashed them, wee Potter’s the One,
And Voldy’s gone mouldy, so now let’s have fun!’ |
What is a thriller
Mystery story which is very twisty and anxiety-inducing
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What is Leonardo Da Vinci's diary
This is the most expensive book in the world
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What is a bookmark?
A piece of paper or card, or sometimes just whatever you have lying around, that saves your place in a book
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What is
The name of a popular British bookshop known worldwide for their beautiful editions of new books.
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Who is Mr Darcy
“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.”
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What is kitchen sink
Family drama
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What is 130 million
This is the number of published books in the world
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What is dog-earing
The practice of folding over the top of the page to mark your place.
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What is deckled edges
When not all of the pages are cut the same, giving it a torn look.
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Who is Smaug
"I kill where I wish and none dare resist. I laid low the warriors of old and their like is not in the world today. Then I was but young and tender. Now I am old and strong, strong strong."
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What is a space opera
Sci-Fi set exclusively in space
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What is 1.8 million
If you read 20 minutes a day, this is how many words a year you would read
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