Read It Forward Riddle Giveaway Extravaganza 12/17/15 1PPD18+

Try your hand at cracking the bookish riddles! Every day Read It Forward will post a new riddle. The correct answers will always be the title of a book, and if you guess correctly, you’ll have the chance to enter to win a fantastic prize. They’ll post each riddle’s answer exactly 24 hours after it first goes up so you can see if you guessed correctly. Check the countdown clock to see how much time is left for the current riddle and be sure to put in your guess before time runs out! As an extra challenge, the riddles will get harder (and the prizes will get larger) each day.

Sweepstakes Rating: Okay

Eligibility: US, DC, Canada (excluding Quebec), 18 and older

Entry Dates: December 15, 2015 and 11:59 P.M. ET on December 17, 2015

Random Drawing: on or about December 19, 2015

Website Entry Form | Official Rules

Read It Forward Questions and Answers:

• From the start I surprise, and shoot for the stars. Starch and smarts help my character survive. My story’s second home is a silver screen. (I believe the answer is The Martian)
• I tell the story of sisters three, one reasoned, one passionate, one young. One marries a carnival ride, one loves a tree and a bee. My title is an excess of s. Sense and Sensibility
• I open with a clue, a scrap of ruby and gold. A mark of sin and scold. Lost at sea, or so we thought. An oyster’s treasure is produced. Sometimes, attempts to destroy only strengthen. (I believe the answer is The Scarlet Letter)

Entry Limit: one entry per person per daily question

Prizes:

Riddle Day 1 winner will receive prize pack of 5 the following five books ARV: $115

• Time Garden by Daria Song
• Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
• Dead Wake by Erik Larson
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

Riddle Day 2 winner will receive prize pack of 10 books ARV: $200

• Time Garden by Daria Song
• Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
• Dead Wake by Erik Larson
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Make It Ahead by Ina Garten
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
• Happy Cooking by Giada de Laurentiis
• The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher
• Armada by Ernest Cline

Riddle Day 3 winner will receive 25 books ARV: $450

• Time Garden by Daria Song
• Why Not Me by Mindy Kaling
• Dead Wake by Erik Larson
• The Martian by Andy Weir
• Make It Ahead by Ina Garten
• The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
• Happy Cooking by Giada de Laurentiis
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo
• The Witch of Lime Street by David Jaher
• Armada by Ernest Cline
• The Mask by Taylor Stevens
• Little Miss Basic by Dan Zevin
• Cute Emergency by Tony Heally
• The Gap of Time by Jeanette Winterson
• The Tsar of Love and Techno by Anthony Marra
• The Marauders by Tom Cooper
• Without You, There is No Us by Suki Kim
• Dataclysm by Christian Rudder
• It Was Me All Along by Andie Mitchell
• Homemade Kitchen by Alana Chernilla
• Brunch at Bobby’s by Bobby Flay
• Avenue of Spies by Alex Kershaw
• The Rising by Ryan Augostino
• Superforecasting by Dan Gardner and Philip E Tetlock
• Black Earth by Timothy Snyder