I was coming up dry, so I posed the Bookish Party Mini Challenge to my family at dinner.

My husband's idea was a Moby Dick Themed Party:

We would serve hardtack & bloody steaks

We would drink grog

We would play darts (with harpoons) and pin the harpoon on the whale

The guests would go home with a plushy white whale

My younger son's idea was a Hobbit Party

We would serve midnight bacon and tomatoes

We would drink beer

We would play riddle games

The guests would go home with a precious ring

Thanks for a wonderful topic of conversation for a bookish family.