Do you have a games night at your house? I grew up in a family that had religiously regular games of Kalooki, which I always enjoy, and which my father is still fanatical about, but something about games night smacks of a pushy cruise director, and I tend to resist being involved in them.
This might change my mind.
Here is an article about the game at The New Yorker.
And a post from Bookslut about book lovers playing the game.
I actually have this game and was sadly disappointed in it! I know books, love books, and love to be challenged by things I don’t know, and have several bookish friends that feel the same way, but when we tried to play we found that the questions were SO obscure that it actually wasn’t fun. It seemed like any possible trivia one might know about a book was included in the clue, and the question then asked something like the title of chapter 2.
Maybe we just had a bad draw of cards, though, or maybe I was too distracted to play correctly. We ended up creating our own – more lax, allowing cheating – rules. Could be worth another shot, perhaps? Would love to hear your thoughts if you ever do play it!
That does sound disappointing. I was hoping for something along the lines of The Guardian’s weekly book quiz–challenging but not impossible.