Tuesday, December 12, 2017

What's In A Name Reading Challenge


My decision not to participate in any reading challenges in 2017 meant not participating in one of my favorite challenges, the What's In A Name Reading Challenge hosted by Charlie of The Worm Hole. I plan to join in the fun in 2018, however. I already have some ideas for what books on my TBR shelves to fit into a few of the categories. And although the chances of me sticking to any list I make is low, I still enjoy coming up with some possibilities of books when putting together my sign up post. This time is no different.  I think this one will be quite fun this year!

The challenges runs from January to December, and the idea is to read one book per category. A book cannot count for more than one category. The categories this year are

The Word "The" Used Twice in the Title
- Between the Blade and the Heart by Amanda Hocking
- The Night the Lights Went Out by Karen White
- The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn
- The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

A Fruit or Vegetable in the Title
- The Cherry Harvest by Lucy Sanna
- Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
- The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows

A Shape in the Title
- Weave a Circle Round by Kari Maaren
- A Distant Heart by Dev Sonali
- Queen of Hearts by Colleen Oakes
- Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down by Anne Valente

A Title That Begins With Z (can be after "The" or "A")
- The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
- Zorro by Isabel Allende
- Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi

A Nationality in the Title
- The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
- The Spanish Bow by Anromeda Romano-Lax
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez
- A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder by Shamini Flint

A Season in the Title
- The Last Winter of Dani Lancing by P.D. Viner
- Summer Wives by Beatriz Williams
- Spring Forward by Catherine Anderson
- Fall of Poppies: Stories of Love and the Great War by Heather Webb et al

Will you be participating in the What's In A Name Challenge this coming year? Have you read any of my possible selections?


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18 comments:

  1. The only ones I've read are The Zookeeper's Wife and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Both were excellent!

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    1. Jenclair - I have had them on my wish list for a while--especially The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. My copy is hardcover even! I am glad to hear you liked both.

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    1. Kathy - I am glad to be participating again. :-) Thank you!

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  3. I did this challenge once and you're right, it is a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy it! :D

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    1. Lark - I think it will be a lot of fun. I've done it off and on for the last several years and it remains a favorite.

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  4. Have fun and looking forward to your reviews, Wendy. :)

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    1. Melody - Thank you! I'm looking forward to seeing what I end up reading for each category.

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  5. Thus challenge sounds fun! I recently read The Woman in the Window. I really, really enjoyed it. My review for that should be up later this week. The Bear and the Nightingale and Queen of hearts were both really good, too.
    Good luck with this challenge Wendy!

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    1. Karen - I am glad to hear you enjoyed The Woman in the Window. I hope to get to that one soon!

      Thank you!

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  6. I love these kinds of challenges though I've proven to be very very bad at them! It seems like a lot of fun to find books that fit into each category!

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    1. Katherine - We'll see how I do this year with it. I enjoyed not doing any challenges this past year, but I kind of missed them. I think my favorite part is the beginning when I'm coming up with ideas of what to read. LOL

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  7. Some excellent titles there. Several of your 'nationality' books sound interesting so will look into those. Also, The Fall of Poppies. Have fun!

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    1. Cath - Thank you! Some of these books have been on my TBR shelves for quite a while so this would be the perfect excuse to get to them.

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  8. I didn't do so well with the challenge this year but I'll be signing up for the 2018 one! You've got some good potential reads so you'll no doubt have fun participating!

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    1. Iliana - I enjoyed my year off and considered not joining any this year, but I couldn't help myself. I won't do many though. I am glad you are participating too!

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  9. It's an extraordinarily rare thing for me to do any form of a challenge 'cause I can't add one more thing to any of my many "to do" lists that already exceed the paper their written on lol I'm loving the lists you've got here. You never cease to amaze me!

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    1. Donna Marie - I figure it isn't all that hard for me to do--I just have to fit the reading I'll already be doing in with the challenges. :-)

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