Challenge: What's in a Name 4

Beth of Beth Fish Reads is hosting the What's in a Name challenge - fun unrelated categories I love making lists for! :-) The 2010 edition was great fun - and one of the few challenges I actually completed during this busy year. This year's categories are below - getting more and more creative, I think!

If you have any suggestions let me know - I can't think of many choices for some of the categories!

The challenge runs from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.

Completed: ALL 6/6 as of December 30, 2011 (see my wrap-up post here)

A book with a number in the title: The Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

A book with jewelery or a gem in the title: Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

A book with a size in the title: The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne

A book with travel or movement in the title: When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead

A book with evil in the title: Hell's Belles by Jackie Kessler

A book with a life stage in the title: Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris

What's In a Name 3 Challenge completed!

Challenges are wonderful things. You read a list of usually unrelated books and at the end of it you feel SUCH a feeling of accomplishment. If I'd read these same books but not participated in this challenge, I would not feel anywhere near this proud. I guess it just means I should join as many challenges as possible right? :-)

Anyway - What's In a Name is one of my favorites because the categories are such random fun. Many thanks to Beth for running it!

Here's what I read:

A book with a food in the title: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

A book with a body of water in the title: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

A book with a plant in the title: The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn

A book with a place name in the title: Gods in Alabama by Joshlyn Jackson

A book with a music term in the title: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee


I loved most of them. I loved Flavia of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie most, I think, I can't think of more lovable 11-year-old protagonist. I loved Percy Jackson - how could I not, he's the son of a Greek god after all! I loved The Sugar Queen - Sarah Addison Allen's magical storytelling is right up my alley. I loved The Piano Teacher for showing me a different side of World War II, a side I never really thought about.

I didn't love The Ivy Chronicles or Gods in Alabama, but I sure liked them a whole lot. This must mean that the What's in a Name challenge was a huge success for me - yay!

The challenge officially runs until the end of the year - that's too bad, I would have liked to already start making lists to fit some new great categories! :-)

What's in a Name 3 Challenge

The third edition of What's in a Name is hosted by Beth of Beth Fish Reads. I've always really liked Beth's blog, I hope to spend more time there than I have up till now!

The challenge blog itself is elsewhere though - check it out for the exact rules and to see how everyone is doing. The challenge lasts till the end of 2010, the categories, along with my possibles, are listed below.

I love this challenge! :-)

Completed: ALL 6/6 as of 15 September 2010 (read my wrap-up post here)

A book with a food in the title: The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley

A book with a body of water in the title: Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen

A book with a plant in the title: The Ivy Chronicles by Karen Quinn

A book with a place name in the title: Gods in Alabama by Joshlyn Jackson

A book with a music term in the title: The Piano Teacher by Janice Y.K. Lee