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It’s All In The Title
It’s All In The TitleLevel: Difficult 8-12 books per category
88/120 books read
Color
1. Hope and Red - 14/3/2019
2. Blue Murder at the Pink Parrot - 20/5/2019
3. Spinning Silver - 12/6/2019
4. Blue Remembered Earth - 24/10/2019
5. Shades of Grey - 13/12/2019
6. The Red Heir - 15/12/2019
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Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
1. The Midnight Star - 11/1/2019
2. River of Stars - 27/1/2019
3. Moonshine - 15/4/2019
4. The Madonna on the Moon - 3/7/2019
5. In the Month of the Midnight Sun - 2/10/2019
6. The Brightest Star in the Sky - 16/10/2019
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Food or Drink
1. The Girl Under the Olive Tree - 6/3/2019
2. A Family Recipe - 17/3/2019
3. All Among The Barley - 15/10/2019
4. Sugar - 4/11/2019
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Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
1. And the Ocean Was Our Sky - 7/2/2019
2. Ocean of Storms - 18/3/2019
3. River of Smoke - 3/4/2019
4. River of Ink - 4/7/2019
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Person’s First or Last Name - 8/8 read
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Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
1. Let's Talk About Love - 14/1/2019
2. The Japanese Lover - 24/4/2019
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One Word Title 8/8 read
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Number in Title 8/8 read
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Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
1. House of Glass - 9/1/2019
2. House of Thieves - 17/3/2019
3. The Hitman's Guide to Housecleaning - 6/4/2019
4. The Shelters of Stone - 5/6/2019
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Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
1. Please Don't Tell My Parents I'm A Supervillain - 7/4/2019
2. The Elephant Keeper's Daughter - 12/3/2019
3. The Necromancer's Nephew - 20/3/2019
4. Brother - 21/6/2019
5. Children of Time - 14/8/2019
6. Why Mummy Drinks - 27/8/2019
7. Children of Blood and Bone - 1/11/2019
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Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
1. Norwegian by Night - 2/1/2019
2. New Pompeii - 13/4/2019
3. Out of Africa - 1/5/2019
4. Tokyo Ueno Station - 30/5/2019
5. The Book Smugglers of Timbuktu - 29/7/2019
6. Europe in Winter - 17/8/2019
7. The News From Paraguay - 22/10/2019
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A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.) 8/8 books completed
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Animal - 8/8 books completed
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Body part - 8/8 books completed
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Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
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I'm going to try it for 2019!Level: Easy- 3 books per category
Main Categories:
17/30 as of 12/14/19
1. Color
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2. Sky - 1/3
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3. Food or Drink - 3/3 DONE
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4. Body of Water
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5. Person’s First or Last Name - 2/3
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6. Romantic Word: 2/3
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7. One Word Title: 3/3 DONE
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8. Number in Title: 2/3
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9. Type of Home: 3/3 DONE
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10. Family Member: 1/3
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Bonus:
4/5 as of 12/14/19
✔1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group) - Miracle at St Andrews: 8/2/19
✔2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.) - A Crafter Knits a Clue: 8/24/19
✔3. Animal - The Whole Cat and Caboodle: 1/22/19
✔4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc) - The Body in the Belfry: 7/17/19
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
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Going for Moderate!Categories
1. Color
The White Queen DONE
The Silver Linings Playbook DONE
Naturally Tan DONE
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI DONE
We Walked the Sky DONE
3. Food or Drink
Gin Austen: 50 Cocktails to Celebrate the Novels of Jane Austen DONE
The Story of the Great British Bake Off - done
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
5. Person’s First or Last Name
The Invention of Hugo Cabret - DONE
Marilla of Green Gables DONE
Wildheart: the daring adventures of John Muir DONE
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
The Wedding - DONE
The Proposal - DONE
7. One Word Title
Sparks! - DONE
Persuasion
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
Daisy Jones & The Six - DONE
Ready Player One - DONE
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
The Bungalow - DONE
Howl's Moving Castle - DONE
Haunted Castles of England - DONE
Northanger Abbey - DONE
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Coltural (a real place, language, people group)
The Amityville Horror - DONE
English Medieval Embroidery: Opus Anglicanum DONE
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
The Alchemist: A Graphic Novel - DONE
The Accidental Beauty Queen DONE
Hark! A Vagrant - done
3. Animal
To Kill a Mockingbird DONE
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
Amber: Jewelry, Art & Science - done
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It’s All In The Title
January - December 2019
My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 368)
Moderate Level: 4 books per category
60 of 60 Books Read
✔✔1. Color
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✔✔2. Sky
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✔✔3. Food or Drink
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✔✔4. Body of Water
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✔✔5. Person’s First or Last Name
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✔✔6. Romantic Word
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✔✔7. One Word Title
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✔✔8. Number in Title
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✔✔9. Type of home
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✔✔10. Family Membe
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Bonus
✔✔1. Cultural
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✔✔2. A profession
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✔✔3. Animal
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✔✔4. Body part
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✔✔5. Clothing
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Finally done. The last couple books took me forever. :)NBRC It's All in the Title
Duration: started March 1, 2016
Level: Difficult - 12 Per Category
180/180
COLOUR
1. The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux - 3/06/16
2. Red Rabbit by Tom Clancy - 3/14/16
3. Lavender Morning by Jude Deveraux - 4/03/16
4. Gunpowder Green by Laura Childs - 4/10/16
5. The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley - 4/18/16
6. White Hot by Sandra Brown - 5/28/16
7. Days of Gold by Jude Deveraux - 9/07/16
8. Shades of Blue by Melyssa Winchester - 9/24/16
9. The Woman in Blue by Elly Griffiths - 12/04/16
10. Black Ribbon by Susan Conant - 1/29/17
11. Cradle of Gold: The Story of Hiram Bingham, a Real-Life Indiana Jones, and the Search for Machu Picchu by Christopher Heaney - 2/07/17
12. The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley - 2/09/17
SKY (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
1. The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - 3/16/16
2. Moon Called by Patricia Briggs - 5/01/16
3. Late Nights on Air by Elizabeth Hay - 6/28/16
4. Country Heaven by Ava Miles - 11/01/16
5. An Ice Cold Grave by Charlaine Harris - 12/18/16
6. The Snow Bride by Debbie Macomber - 12/25/16
7. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan - 1/01/17
8. When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi - 1/06/17
9. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson - 1/25/17
10. Bad Boy Rock Star by Candy J. Starr - 2/26/17
11. Moon Signs by Helen Haught Fanick - 3/03/17
12. The Heaven Tree by Edith Pargeter - 4/09/17
FOOD OR DRINK
1. Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs - 3/30/16
2. Raspberry Kisses by Cecelia Dowdy - 5/17/16
3. Killer Cupcakes by Leighann Dobbs - 5/26/16
4. Cupcakes, Trinkets, and Other Deadly Magic by Meghan Ciana Doidge - 5/29/16
5. Dying For Danish by Leighann Dobbs - 8/04/16
6. The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames - 11/25/16
7. Pies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams - 12/12/16
8. Lost and Fondue by Avery Aames - 1/05/17
9. Clobbered by Camembert by Avery Aames - 1/10/17
10. Champagne and Lemon Drops by Jean Oram - 2/05/17
11. State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy - 2/24/17
12. Milk and Honey by Faye Kellerman - 3/05/17
BODY OF WATER (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
1. The Lake of Dreams by Kim Edwards - 4/06/16
2. Dream Lake by Lisa Kleypas - 11/11/16
3. The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan - 4/13/17
4. Dead Low Tide by Bret Lott - 5/15/17
5. In Too Deep by Jude Watson - 6/24/17
6. The Kills by Linda Fairstein - 6/29/17
7. The Cove by Catherine Coulter - 10/04/17
8. The Lake House by Kate Morton - 10/14/17
9. Burning Water by Mercedes Lackey - 1/22/18
10. River Lady by Jude Deveraux - 8/21/18
11. Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch - 1/07/19
12. Flat Water Tuesday by Ron Irwin - 1/31/19
PERSON'S FIRST OR LAST NAME
1. Looking For Rachel Wallace by Robert B. Parker - 3/12/16
2. How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets by Garth Stein - 3/13/16
3. Saint Peter's Fair by Ellis Peters - 4/01/16
4. The Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters - 4/18/16
5. A Canticle for Liebowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr. - 4/20/16
6. Xoe: or Vampires, and Werewolves, and Demons, Oh My! by Sara C. Roethle - 5/15/16
7. The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum - 5/27/16
8. Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper by J.L. Bryan - 7/14/16
9. My Dear Charlotte by Hazel Holt - 8/10/16
10. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - 1/09/17
11. The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 1/22/17
12. The Year I Became Isabella Anders by Jessica Sorensen - 2/06/17
ROMANTIC WORD (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
1. The Loves of Harry Dancer by Lawrence Sanders - 3/12/16
2. Eternity by Jude Deveraux - 3/21/16
3. Death of a Valentine by M.C. Beaton - 3/28/16
4. The Princess Bride by William Goldman - 4/09/16
5. Matched by Ally Condie - 5/15/16
6. Love Handles by Gretchen Galway - 6/01/16
7. Sacred Hearts by Sarah Dunant - 7/08/16
8. The Passion of Molly T. by Lawrence Sanders - 7/11/16
9. A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K. Hamilton - 8/15/16
10. Eternal Eden by Nicole Williams - 12/01/16
11. Forever and Always by Jude Deveraux - 12/10/16
12. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You by Ally Carter - 12/28/16
ONE WORD TITLE
1. Flawless by Sara Shepard - 3/06/16
2. Yondering by Louis L'Amour - 3/06/16
3. Perfect by Sara Shepard - 3/16/16
4. Unbelievable by Sara Shepard - 3/19/16
5. Soulless by Gail Carriger - 4/07/16
6. Away by B.A. Wolfe - 4/09/16
7. Backfire by Catherine Coulter - 4/19/16
8. Neuromancer by William Gibson - 4/26/16
9. Alone by Robert J. Crane - 6/09/16
10. Prizes by Erich Segal - 8/11/16
11. Inkspell by Cornelia Funke - 10/10/16
12. Nemesis by Catherine Coulter - 11/11/16
NUMBER IN TITLE (once, twice, etc can count as well)
1. The Big Four by Agatha Christie - 3/07/16
2. The 13th Hour by Richard Doetsch - 3/24/16
3. Third Girl by Agatha Christie - 4/08/16
4. The One by Kiera Cass - 5/04/16
5. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich - 5/07/16
6. Z-Minus 1 by Perrin Briar - 5/12/16
7. Three Times a Bridesmaid by Kate Silver - 5/24/16
8. Knit One, Kill Two by Maggie Sefton - 5/25/16
9. Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie - 11/06/16
10. Field of Thirteen: Short Stories by Dick Francis - 12/26/16
11. Carry the One by Carol Anshaw - 1/01/17
12. Second Grave on the Left by Darynda Jones - 2/17/17
TYPE OF HOME (house, manor, cabin, etc)
1. The Deadhouse by Linda Fairstein - 3/28/16
2. Too Close to Home by Linwood Barclay - 5/09/16
3. The Land of Painted Caves by Jean M. Auel - 9/22/16
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson - 12/06/16
5. A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home by Steve Pemberton - 1/08/17
6. Castles We Build by Alyson Reuben - 1/16/17
7. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë - 2/03/17
8. The Viper's Nest by Peter Lerangis - 6/26/17
9. The Black Tower by P.D. James - 8/06/17
10. All Your Base Are Belong to Us: How Fifty Years of Videogames Conquered Pop Culture by Harold Goldberg - 8/14/17
11. Company Town by Madeline Ashby - 8/19/17
12. The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom - 10/25/17
FAMILY MEMBER (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
1. The Other Daughter by Lauren Willig - 3/03/16
2. Guilty Wives by James Patterson - 11/01/16
3. Death of a Perfect Wife by M.C. Beaton - 3/02/17
4. Relative Identity by Holly Patrone - 4/26/17
5. Eight Cousins by Louisa May Alcott - 8/21/17
6. Obasan by Joy Kogawa - 9/05/17
Obasan is Japanese for aunt.
7. The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir by Cylin Busby - 9/18/17
8. My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni - 10/06/17
9. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 by J.K. Rowling - 10/16/17
10. One Deadly Sister by Rod Hoisington - 10/23/17
11. The Society Wife by India Grey - 11/15/17
12. Marilyn and Me: Sisters, Rivals, Friends by Susan Strasberg - 12/20/17
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.CULTURAL (a real place, language, people group)
1. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown - 4/16/16
2. 4:50 from Paddington by Agatha Christie - 5/17/16
3. Innocent in Las Vegas by A.R. Winters - 5/19/16
4. The Billionaire Wins the Game by Melody Anne - 6/13/16
5. Mrs. 'Arris Goes To New York by Paul Gallico - 7/12/16
6. Old Man's War by John Scalzi - 8/22/16
7. Paris Match by Stuart Woods - 11/10/16
8. The Ghost Fields by Elly Griffiths - 11/25/16
9. Nobody's Princess by Esther M. Friesner - 12/09/16
10. Christmas Letters by Debbie Macomber - 12/20/16
11. Murder at Monticello by Rita Mae Brown - 12/21/16
12. There's Something about Christmas by Debbie Macomber - 12/25/16
PROFESSION (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
1. Death of a Dustman by M.C. Beaton - 3/18/16
2. Death of a Chimney Sweep by M.C. Beaton - 3/29/16
3. The Woodcutter by Reginald Hill - 10/17/16
4. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden - 11/01/16
5. Maids of Misfortune by M. Louisa Locke - 1/03/17
6. Banker by Dick Francis - 1/23/17
7. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly - 4/18/17
8. Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter - 4/27/17
9. Hired by the Cowboy by Donna Alward - 8/24/17
10. The Lineup: The World's Greatest Crime Writers Tell the Inside Story of Their Greatest Detectives by Otto Penzler - 9/12/17
11. Apprentice in Death by J.D. Robb - 10/21/17
12. Rebel Queen by Michelle Moran - 10/28/17
ANIMAL
1. The Judas Goat by Robert B. Parker - 3/01/16
2. Year of the Chick by Romi Moondi - 5/04/16
3. The Shepherd, the Angel, and Walter the Christmas Miracle Dog by Dave Barry - 5/15/16
4. The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth - 11/02/16
5. The Cat Who Went Underground by Lilian Jackson Braun - 11/29/16
6. The Cat Who Turned On And Off by Lilian Jackson Braun - 12/08/16
7.Desperate Housedogs by Sparkle Abbey - 4/07/17
8. The Raven In The Foregate by Ellis Peters - 4/10/17
9. All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders - 4/17/17
10. The Cat Who Sniffed Glue by Lilian Jackson Braun - 4/20/17
11. Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese - 5/04/17
12. Not over You by Amanda Torrey - 5/05/17
BODY PART (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
1. Bones Never Lie by Kathy Reichs - 4/24/16
2, Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs - 5/01/16
3. The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan - 5/31/16
4. Hearts of Clover: Half My Heart & Change My Heart by Danielle Stewart - 6/20/16
5. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell - 9/17/16
6. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke - 10/06/16
7. Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl - 12/06/16
8. Bloodstone by Barbra Annino - 2/06/17
9. Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers - 2/11/17
10. Bones of the Lost by Kathy Reichs - 3/15/17
11. Bone Box by Faye Kellerman - 3/21/17
12. Heart of Evil by Heather Graham - 3/27/17
CLOTHING (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
1. Unraveled Sleeve by Monica Ferris - 3/16/16
2. Redshirts by John Scalzi - 4/21/16
3. Bootscootin' Blahniks by D.D. Scott - 5/30/16
4. Larceny and Old Lace by Tamar Myers - 12/04/16
5. Another Man's Moccasins by Craig Johnson - 7/09/17
6. Into the Gauntlet by Margaret Peterson Haddix - 8/06/17
7. The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley - 8/27/17
8. Red Velvet, Dead Velvet by Mary Maxwell - 2/10/18
9. The Bad Luck Wedding Dress by Geralyn Dawson - 5/30/18
10. Below the Belt by Stuart Woods - 7/08/18
11. Veil of Night by Linda Howard - 12/27/18
12. Velvet Promise by Jude Deveraux - 2/08/19
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I did this challenge awhile back and had a really hard time with the "clothing" bonus for some reason...so I'm going with the difficult level but leaving the bonuses optional! The food or drink one was difficult also, but we shall see!It's All in the Title
March 8, 2019-?
Level: Difficult (8-12 books)
(74/120)
Books Read: 99
Finished Categories: 4
Bonus Words: 27
Categories
1. Color
(3/12)
1. The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day 6/15/19
2. The Blue by Lucy Clarke 2/22/20
3. Little Boy Blue by M.J. Arlidge 5/29/20
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2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
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1. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James 5/1/20
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3. Food or Drink
(2/12)
1. Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner 7/14/19
2. Apple of My Eye by Claire Allan 8/23/20
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4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
(4/12)
1. Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman 8/28/19
2. Thief River Falls by Brian Freeman 1/15/20
3. Long Bright River by Liz Moore 2/17/20
4. Miracle Creek by Angie Kim 6/30/30
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✔ 5. Person’s First or Last Name
(12/12)
1. Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz 3/9/19
2. The Summer I Met Jack by Michelle Gable 3/19/19
3. The House of Hawthorne by Erika Robuck 4/16/19
4. Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple 4/26/19
5. Adèle by Leïla Slimani 5/17/19
6. The Night Olivia Fell by Christina McDonald 6/6/19
7. Saving Meghan by D.J. Palmer 7/22/19
8. Katherine of Aragon, the True Queen by Alison Weir 9/20/19
9. Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by Alison Weir 9/21/19
10. Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir 9/27/19
11. The Queen of Last Hopes: The Story of Margaret of Anjou by Susan Higginbotham 10/7/19
12. Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone 1/14/20
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
(10/12)
1. Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier 4/6/19
2. Love and Ruin by Paula McLain 4/22/19
3. The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton 5/11/19
4. Hard to Love: Essays and Confessions by Briallen Hopper 9/10/19
5. Stone Cold Heart by Caz Frear 9/12/19
6. Love You More by Lisa Gardner 10/16/19
7. The Stolen Crown: The Secret Marriage that Forever Changed the Fate of England by Susan Higginbotham 10/14/19
8. Dear Wife by Kimberly Belle 3/30/20
9. My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing 3/31/20
10. Love Me Not by M.J. Arlidge 5/30/20
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✔ 7. One Word Title
(12/12)
1. Hunted by Elizabeth Heiter 4/19/19
2. Triptych by Karin Slaughter 5/17/19
3. Temper by Layne Fargo 8/1/19
4. Gone by Lisa Gardner 10/27/19
5. Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter 11/7/19
6. Sister by Rosamund Lupton 3/16/20
7. Sadie by Courtney Summers 5/18/20
8. Freefall by Jessica Barry 7/29/20
9. Hangman by Daniel Cole 8/2/20
10. Fragile by Lisa Unger 8/4/20
11. Ragdoll by Daniel Cole 8/4/20
12. Bloodlines by Neville Frankel 10/11/20
✔ 8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
(12/12)
1. The Third Victim by Phillip Margolin 4/26/16
2. The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand 5/20/19
3. Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty 6/19/19
4. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben 6/20/19
5. One More Lie by Amy Lloyd 7/12/19
6. Her One Mistake by Heidi Perks 8/3/19
7. The Third Victim by Lisa Gardner 10/17/19
8. American Princess: A Novel of First Daughter Alice Roosevelt by Stephanie Marie Thornton 11/22/19
9. Born to Rule: Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria by Julia P. Gelardi 1/19/20
10. The First Mistake by Sandie Jones 3/26/20
11. Two Girls Down by Louisa Luna 6/26/20
12. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 7/10/20
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
(6/12)
1. The Home for Unwanted Girls by Joanna Goodman
2. Close to Home by Cara Hunter 5/1/19
3. The Comforts of Home by Susan Hill 6/1/19
4. The Killing House by Claire McGowan 11/17/19
5. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda 1/6/20
6. The Doll's House by M.J. Arlidge 5/28/20
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✔ 10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
(12/12)
1. The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin 4/19/19
2. The Better Sister by Alafair Burke 5/24/19
3. My Sister and Other Liars by Ruth Dugdall 8/7/19
4. The Good Twin by Marti Green 8/15/19
5. The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth 8/28/19
6. A Treasury of Great American Scandals: Tantalizing True Tales of Historic Misbehavior by the Founding Fathers and Others Who Let Freedom Swing by Michael Farquhar 9/22/19
7. The King's Daughter by Sandra Worth 10/11/19
8. The Other Wife by Claire McGowan 12/20/19
9. The Quintland Sisters by Shelley Wood 11/23/19
10. The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda 12/3/19
11. The Secret Wife by Gill Paul 12/15/10
12. The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner 1/6/20
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
✔ 1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
1. Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton 3/11/19
2. Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler 4/13/19
3. Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner 4/26/19
4. American Duchess: A Novel of Consuelo Vanderbilt by Karen Harper 4/30/19
5. Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin 6/4/19
6. When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton 6/10/19
7. Anna of Kleve: The Princess in the Portrait by Alison Weir 8/26/19
8. Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel 7/26/20
9. The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner 10/9/20
10. The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia by C.W. Gortner 10/10/20
11. Katheryn Howard, the Scandalous Queen by Alison Weir 10/23/20
12. The Other Windsor Girl: A Novel of Princess Margaret, Royal Rebel by Georgie Blalock 10/24/20
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
1. The Temp by Michelle Frances 8/6/19
2. The Taster by V.S. Alexander 9/28/19
3. The Fear of Doing Nothing: Notes of a Young Therapist by Valery Hazanov 12/20/19
4. The Secretary by Renée Knight 3/3/20
5. The Au Pair by Emma Rous 3/14/20
6. The Nanny by Gilly Macmillan 3/15/20
7. The Assistant by S.K. Tremayne 4/3/20
8. The Banker’s Wife by Cristina Alger 5/24/20
3. Animal
1. Pop Goes the Weasel by M.J. Arlidge 6/9/19
2. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 12/11/19
3. The Butterfly Garden by Dot Hutchison 12/29/19
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
1. In Her Eyes by Sarah Alderson 4/8/20
2. Open Your Eyes by Paula Daly 7/19/20
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
1. The Gown: A Novel of the Royal Wedding by Jennifer Robson 6/30/19
2. Beneath the Skin by Nicci French 1/25/20
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Color1. Between Shades of Gray 1/23
2. The Tree of Red Stars 12/9
Sky
1. Wandering Star 7/30
2. Zodiac States 9/1
Food or Drink
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1. On Such a Full Sea 5/15
Person’s First or Last Name
1. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 1/20
2. Sofi Mendoza's Guide to Getting Lost in Mexico 5/21
3. An Abundance of Katherines 7/27
4. Oliver Crum and the Briarwood Witch 9/5
5. Educating Esmé
Romantic Word
1. Kiss the Dust 4/4
2. How Poetry Can Change Your Heart 5/28
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1. Educated 1/19
2. Scythe 3/22
3. Zodiac 4/13
4. Legion 5/12
5. Shadowshaper 5/24
6. Fangirl 8/6
7. Deadly 12/22
8. Poison 12/29
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1. Three Dark Crowns 2/8
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1. Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting 6/14
Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
1. American Shaolin 2/2
A profession
1. Pirates! 8/19
Animal
1. How to Walk a Puma 4/5
2. Exit, Pursued by a Bear 12/19
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1. Skin Deep 5/29
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Challenge complete (for 2019)!! I'll be back for 2020... really love this challenge :-DUpdated post: My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 366)
Moderate Level: 4 books per category
60 of 60 Books Read
It’s All In The Title
January - December 2020
My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 373)
Moderate Level: 5 books per category | 75 Books Read
✔✔1. Color
✔🍬White Hot ~ 01.03 ★★★★
✔🍬Sapphire Flames ~ 09.18 ★★★★
✔🍬Blue Moon Over Texas ~ 04.04 ★★★
✔🍬The Navy SEAL's E-Mail Order Bride ~ 08.15 ★★★
✔🍬The Lemon Sisters ~ 01.18 ★★★★
✔✔2. Sky
✔🍬Seeing Stars ~ 10.11 ★★★★
✔🍬Jewels of the Sun ~ 01.23 ★★★★
✔🍬Moon Called ~ 05.12 ★★★★
✔🍬Stardust Miracle ~ 10.26 ★★★
✔🍬Kiera's Moon ~ 06.14 ★★★
✔✔3. Food or Drink
✔🍬Like Water for Chocolate ~ 01.06 ★★★
✔🍬Wedding Cake and Big Mistakes ~ 04.02 ★★★
✔🍬Sugar Free ~ 03.23 ★★★★
✔🍬The Chocolate Rose ~ 07.17 ★★★★
✔🍬Champagne Toast ~ 12.20 ★★★
✔✔4. Body of Water
✔🍬Swamp Sniper ~ 01.28 ★★★
✔🍬Serendipity Falls ~ 01.22 ★★★
✔🍬Hot Ice ~ 03.14 ★★★★
✔🍬On Thin Ice ~ 02.27 ★★★★
✔🍬The Fall of Rain ~ 04.19 ★★★★
✔✔5. Person’s First or Last Name
✔🍬My Own Mr. Darcy ~ 07.08 ★★★
✔🍬Loving Laura ~ 08.14 ★★★
✔🍬Bloody Mary ~ 06.09 ★★★
✔🍬Kitty and the Midnight Hour ~ 04.10 ★★★
✔🍬Sweet Sofie ~ 08.17 ★★★
✔✔6. Romantic Word
✔🍬Saved By The Bride ~ 07.30 ★★★
✔🍬About That Kiss ~ 06.21 ★★★★
✔🍬Love Handles ~ 10.11 ★★★★
✔🍬The Fairy Tale Bride ~ 06.06 ★★★★
✔🍬Secret Pleasures ~ 08.02 ★★★★
✔✔7. One Word Title
✔🍬Hooked ~ 08.06 ★★★★
✔🍬Rebel ~ 10.28 ★★★★
✔🍬Ryker ~ 11.21 ★★★★
✔🍬Risk ~ 04.16 ★★★★
✔🍬Madly ~ 02.14 ★★★★
✔✔8. Number in Title
✔🍬Four Weddings and a Fireman ~ 01.20 ★★★
✔🍬One Starlit Night ~ 04.25 ★★★
✔🍬The Trouble with Twelfth Grave ~ 04.05 ★★★★
✔🍬Twenty-Nine and a Half Reasons ~ 03.22 ★★★
✔🍬One Fell Sweep ~ 09.11 ★★★★
✔✔9. Type of home
✔🍬Sommersgate House ~ 11.15 ★★★★
✔🍬Neptune's Lair ~ 06.22 ★★★
✔🍬The House of Lies ~ 08.07 ★★★
✔🍬Room at the Inn ~ 08.15 ★★★
✔🍬Hero's Haven ~ 01.31 ★★★★
✔✔10. Family Member
✔🍬Father Christmas ~ 01.31 ★★★
✔🍬Somebody's Wife ~ 12.13 ★★★
✔🍬Trophy Husband ~ 09.26 ★★★★
✔🍬The Parent Pact ~ 06.29 ★★★
✔🍬Husband Hunting 101 ~ 07.26 ★★★
Bonus
✔✔1. Cultural
✔🍬The Paris Incident: Finale ~ 03.05 ★★★
✔🍬Montana Royalty ~ 07.10 ★★★
✔🍬Wild Montana Sky ~ 06.04 ★★★
✔🍬Welcome Back to Apple Grove ~ 05.18 ★★★
✔🍬Naughty in Norway ~ 09.19 ★★★
✔✔2. A profession
✔🍬The Night Belongs to Fireman ~ 02.23 ★★★★
✔🍬The Cowboy's Claim ~ 02.03 ★★★
✔🍬The Ballerina & the Fighter ~ 06.21 ★★★★
✔🍬Second Chance Cowboy ~ 02.03 ★★★
✔🍬Beauty and the Blacksmith ~ 03.10 ★★★★
✔✔3. Animal
✔🍬Dial C For Chihuahua ~ 10.08 ★★
✔🍬Rescued by the Wolf ~ 10.19 ★★★★
✔🍬Serpent's Kiss ~ 07.25 ★★★★
✔🍬Luck of the Dragon ~ 09.01 ★★★
✔🍬Bear Meets Girl ~ 10.24 ★★★★
✔✔4. Body part
✔🍬Breaking Hearts ~ 09.10 ★★★★
✔🍬Of Blood and Bone ~ 06.18 ★★★★★
✔🍬The Bluest Eyes in Texas ~ 12.03 ★★★
✔🍬Greedy Bones ~ 03.07 ★★★★
✔🍬Bound by Blood ~ 04.04 ★★★
✔✔5. Clothing
✔🍬Stella in Stilettos ~ 03.22 ★★★
✔🍬Of Silk and Steam ~ 02.20 ★★★★
✔🍬Spies & Stilettos ~ 08.18 ★★★
✔🍬If the Shoe Fits ~ 07.23 ★★★★
✔🍬Boots and Roses ~ 09.06 ★★★
It's All in the TitleOriginal Post: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
~ Starting over since that was started in 2014
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I'm going to give it a go - it looks like fun!Levels:
Easy 1-3 books per category
Moderate 4-7 per category
Difficult 8-12 books per category
I'm going for 1-3 per category.
CATEGORIES
1. Color
1. Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard March 12, 2020
2. Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout June 29, 2021
3. The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris March 9, 2022
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
1. The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James October 24, 2020
2. The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen February 7, 2021
3. Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren February 28, 2021
3. Food or Drink
1. Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch September 23, 2020
2. The Ghostly Grounds: Murder and Breakfast by Sophie Love October 31, 2020
3. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty March 27, 2022
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
1. Beach Read by Emily Henry August 22, 2020
2. The Things you find in Rockpools by Gregg Dunnett November 2, 2021
3. The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel April 14, 2022
5. Person’s First or Last Name
1. The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane May 19, 2020
2. The Overdue Life of Amy Byler by Kelly Harms June 25, 2020
3. Jane Doe by Victoria Helen Stone June 27, 2020
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
1. Chat Love by Justine Faeth February 22, 2020
2. The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren February 15, 2021
3. Love Your Life by Sophie Kinsella June 11, 2021
7. One Word Title
1. Dreamland by Sarah Dessen April 30, 2020
2. Trespassing by Brandi Reeds May 25, 2020
3. Sadie by Courtney Summers September 13, 2020
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie March 21, 2020
2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel May 10, 2020
3. The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton July 7, 2020
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
1. The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden January 11, 2020
2. The Flatshare by Beth O'Leary July 28, 2020
3. The Candy House by Jennifer Egan April 21, 2022
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
1. The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter June 20, 2020
2. The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth July 4, 2020
3. Mother May I by Joshilyn Jackson May 30, 2021
BONUS - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
1. American Royals by Katharine McGee February 9, 2020
2. I See London, I See France by Sarah Mlynowski July 22, 2020
3. 'Salem's Lot by Stephen King October 19, 2020
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
1. Writers & Lovers by Lily King July 2, 2021
2. The Maid by Nita Prose April 10, 2022
3. The Last Policeman by Ben H. Winters May 7, 2022
3. Animal
1. The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden January 1, 2020
2. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green April 15, 2020
3. The Pale Horse by Agatha Christie September 10, 2020
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
1. The Hand on the Wall by Maureen Johnson August 14, 2020
2. Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson April 29, 2021
3. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk June 13, 2022
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
1. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews December 28, 2022
2. Serafina and the Black Cloak by Robert Beatty February 15, 2023
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It’s All In The TitleCompleted: 53
1/1/2020 - 3/30/2020
Level: Easy 1-3 books per category, posting as I stumble across the books
Categories
1. Color
◈Blue Iris: Poems and Essays Mary Oliver 1/22
◈A Pale Light in the Black K.B. Wagers 3/25
◈Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston 3/29
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
◈The Last Sun K.D. Edwards 1/22
◈Life on Mars: Poems Tracy K. Smith 2/7
◈Stars Beyond (Stars Uncharted, #2) S.K. Dunstall 2/9
◈Earth Star Janet Edwards 3/5
◈Moontangled Stephanie Burgis 3/10
3. Food or Drink
◈Sinner's Gin Rhys Ford 1/31
◈Whiskey and Wry Rhys Ford 2/1
◈The Devil's Brew Rhys Ford 2/1
◈I Shall Survive Using Potions! (Manga) Volume 2 FUNA 2/22
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
◈Shifting Seas T.A. White 2/7
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5. Person’s First or Last Name
◈Penric’s Mission Lois McMaster Bujold 1/2
◈Mira's Last Dance Lois McMaster Bujold 1/2
◈Lavinia Ursula K. Le Guin 1/13
◈Lord John and the Hand of Devils Diana Gabaldon 3/1
◈The Iron Will of Genie Lo F.C. Yee 3/11
◈Taji from Beyond the Rings R. Cooper 3/18
◈Paladin's Grace T. Kingfisher 3/23
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
◈My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding anthology 2/3
◈My Big Fat Supernatural Honeymoon anthology 2/11
◈The Epic Crush of Genie Lo F.C. Yee 2/14
◈The Ancient Magus' Bride Vol. 12 Kore Yamazaki 2/25
◈Book Love Debbie Tung 3/12
7. One Word Title
◈Bake Rachel Allen 1/24
◈Evidence: Poems* Mary Oliver 1/27
◈Felicity: Poems* Mary Oliver 2/2
◈Resurgence C.J. Cherryh 2/18
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
◈A Thousand Mornings Mary Oliver 1/7
◈One-Eyed Jack Elizabeth Bear 1/15
◈The Tenants of 7C Alice Degan 2/16
◈Earth 2788: The Earth Girl Short Stories Janet Edwards 3/4
◈Eleventh Hour Elin Gregory 3/27
◈My First Cookbook: Fun recipes to cook together . . . with as much mixing, rolling, scrunching, and squishing as possible! 3/30
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
◈Master of the House of Darts Aliette de Bodard 1/9
◈The Monstrous Citadel Mirah Bolender 2/27
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
◈A Murderous Relation Deanna Raybourn 3/12
◈Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier Vol. 3 Miya Kazuki 3/19
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
◈Midwest Made: Big, Bold Baking from the Heartland Shauna Sever 1/6
◈The Gurkha and the Lord of Tuesday Saad Hossain 2/6
◈Big Flavors from Italian America: Family-Style Favorites from Coast to Coast America's Test Kitchen 2/7
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
◈The Alchemist Who Survived Now Dreams of a Quiet City Life (light novel), Vol. 2 1/2
◈Ascendance of a Bookworm: Part 1 Daughter of a Soldier (light novel) Vol. 2 Miya Kazuki 3/14
◈Ascendance of a Bookworm (light novel): Part 2 Apprentice Shrine Maiden Vol. 1 Miya Kazuki 3/20
3. Animal
◈The Magpie Lord (A Charm of Magpies, #1) K.J. Charles 1/17
◈Flight of Magpies (A Charm of Magpies, #3) K.J. Charles 1/19
◈The Hanged Man K.D. Edwards 1/23
◈Murder on Black Swan Lane Andrea Penrose 2/28
◈Meat Cute: The Hedgehog Incident Gail Carriger 2/28
◈Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays Mary Oliver 3/10
◈Catfishing on CatNet Naomi Kritzer 3/16
◈FukuFuku: Kitten Tales 1 Kanata Konami 3/29
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
*Wikipedia & the book's title pages list titles as Evidence and Felicity.
It's All in the Title
Completed: 5/25
Duration: Open-Ended
Start Date: 01/022/2020
End Date: ???
Level: Easy 1-3 books per category (for now)
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1. The Fault in Our Stars
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1. Live and Let Chai
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1. Dear Evan Hansen
2. Stalking Jack the Ripper
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1.Murder at The Mill
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5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
Completed: 5/25
Duration: Open-Ended
Start Date: 01/022/2020
End Date: ???
Level: Easy 1-3 books per category (for now)
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2. Stalking Jack the Ripper
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It's All in the TitleLevel: Difficult
Dates: August 1, 2020 -
Completed: 0/120
Color
1. The Girl with the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts - 1/30/2021
2. Manx Gold by Agatha Christie - 1/31/2021
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1. Stars of Fortune by Nora Roberts - 1/9/2021
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1. Killer Chardonnay by Kate Lansing - 1/16/2021
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1. Stolen at Sea by Susan Harper - 1/4/2021
2. Bay of Sighs by Nora Roberts - 1/16/2021
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1. Shielding Jayme by Susan Stoker - 1/14/2021
2. Dorothy Must Die: Stories Vol. 2 by Danielle Paige - 1/15/2021
3. Dorothy Must Die: Stories Vol. 3 by Danielle Paige - 1/17/2021
4. Redemption For Avery by Jordan Dane - 1/22/2021
5. Shielding Riley by Susan Stoker - 2/4/2021
6. Protecting Jessyka by Susan Stoker - 2/6/2021
7. Betting on Benny by M.J. Nightingale - 2/7/2021
8. Protecting Caroline by Susan Stoker - 2/10/2021
Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
1. Fate of the Gods: A Reverse Harem Romance by Laura Wylde - 1/30/2021
2. Seducing Their Princess: A Reverse Harem Romance by Michelle Hughes - 1/30/2021
3. Date with the Devil by Olivia Rupprecht - 2/20/21
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1. Untamed by Glennon Doyle - 1/29/2021
2. Nocturna by Maya Motayne - 1/30/2021
3. Lost by S.A. Bodeen - 2/5/2021
4. Trapped by S.A. Bodeen - 2/5/2021
5. Found by S.A. Bodeen - 2/5/2021
6. Deserted by Tasha Lewis - 2/10/2021
7. Stranded by Eve Vaughn - 2/11/2021
8. Gallant by Melissa Combs - 2/12/2021
Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
1. Once Hunted, Twice Shy by Mandy M. Roth - 1/3/2021
2. Stranded with Her Second Chance by Bonnie R. Paulson - 2/6/2021
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1. Brotherhood in Death by J.D. Robb - 1/2/2021
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1. Alpine for You by Maddy Hunter - 1/2/2021
2. The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl: A Short Story by Agatha Christie - 1/2/2021
3. Hawaii Magic by Beverly Jenkins - 1/31/2021
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1. The Librarians and the Mother Goose Chase by Greg Cox - 1/5/2021
2. The Medical Examiner by James Patterson - 1/10/2021
3. Stranded with the Navy SEAL by Susan Cliff - 1/14/2021
4. Stranded with the Quarterback by Elana Johnson - 2/7/2021
5. Stranded with the Cowboy Billionaire by Elana Johnson - 2/7/2021
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1. Swan Song by Agatha Christie - 1/2/2021
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I have done this one before and it's a fun challenge. I don't think I finished it the last time, so I'm going to give it another try.It's In All the Title
Duration: 10/01/20 - Open ended
Categories:
Color
1. The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom 12/20/20
2. The Yellow Bird Sings by Jennifer Rosner 1/8/21
3. Red Hands by Christopher Golden 5/11/21
4. Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson 5/14/21
5. Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston 5/20/21
Sky (Cloud, Star, Moon, Sun, etc.)
1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill 2/5/21
2. Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff 6/21/21
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Food or Drink
1. Plum Spooky by Janet Evanovich 1/22/21
2. A Killer Cupcake by Fiona Grace 5/31/21
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Body of Water
1. River Road by Carol Goodman 7/13/21
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Person's First or Last Name
1. Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams 11/13/20
2. Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader by Troy Jackson 12/5/20
3. The Jane Austen Society by Natalie Jenner 1/5/21
4. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict 2/25/21
5. The Other Emily
Romantic Word (Kiss, Wedding, Bride, etc.)
1. Let Love Rule by Lenny Kravitz 12/21/20
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One Word Title
1. Empty by Susan Burton 10/16/20
2. Educated by Tara Westover 1/12/21
3. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon 2/17/21
4. Snow by John Banville 3/13/21
5. Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer 4/2/21
Number In Title
1. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 10/30/20
2. Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich 10/31/20
3. The 19th Christmas by James Patterson 11/25/20
4. Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich 6/11/21
5. 21st Birthday by James Patterson 8/7/21
Type of Home (House, Manor, Cabin, etc.)
1. The Murder at the Vicarage by Agathe Christie 10/14/20
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1. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones 10/4/20
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A Profession (Doctor, Solider, Preacher, Cowboy, etc.)
1. every crooked nanny by Mary Kay Andrews 10/7/20
2. The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi 8/3/21
3. An Irish Country Doctor by Patrick Taylor 8/26/21
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1. The Last Coyote by Michael Connelly 10/9/20
2. The Rooster Bar by John Grisham 8/24/21
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1. Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones 10/28/20
2. Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier 4/12/21
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Finished for 2020! I'll be back for the new year - a great challenge, one of my favorites!Updated post: My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 373)
Moderate Level: 5 books per category | 75 Books Read
It’s All In The Title
January - December 2021
My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 382)
Moderate Level: 5 books per category | 75 Books Read
✔✔1. Color
✔🔹Emerald Blaze - 01.17 ★★★★
✔🔹Silver Storm - 05.22 ★★★
✔🔹White Heat - 01.22 ★★★★
✔🔹Even Tree Nymphs Get the Blues - 01.01 ★★★★
✔🔹Scarlett Red - 08.09 ★★★
✔✔2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
✔🔹Moon Dance - 03.26 ★★★★
✔🔹Shopaholic to the Stars - 01.31 ★★★
✔🔹Unwanted Stars - 06.30★★★
✔🔹Kiera's Sun - 06.12 ★★★
✔🔹Tears of the Moon -12.17 ★★★★
✔✔3. Food or Drink
✔🔹Pumpkin Spiced Omega - 07.12 ★★★
✔🔹Gimme Some Sugar - 08.26 ★★★★
✔🔹A Good Day for Chardonnay - 08.07 ★★★★
✔🔹Ain't She a Peach - 06.08 ★★★★
✔🔹Miracle Pie - 05.29 ★★★
✔✔4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
✔🔹Ocean's Secret - 06.01 ★★★
✔🔹Ice - 09.12 ★★★★
✔🔹Seaside Dreams - 03.20 ★★★★
✔🔹Swamp Team 3 - 10.16 ★★★
✔🔹Bayou Moon - 11.20 ★★★★
✔✔5. Person’s First or Last Name
✔🔹Everly Dalton's Dating Disasters - 01.15 ★★★★
✔🔹Alison Wonderland - 12.05 ★★
✔🔹Embracing Elise - 09.12 ★★★
✔🔹Needing Nicole - 07.24 ★★★
✔🔹Zane - 12.27 ★★★
✔✔6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
✔🔹Love in a Snow Storm - 06.15 ★★★★
✔🔹Summer Promises - 06.18 ★★★
✔🔹The Heat of a Kiss - 03.29 ★★★
✔🔹Sex, Lies and Valentines - 08.16 ★★★
✔🔹When You Kiss Me - 12.07 ★★★★
✔✔7. One Word Title
✔🔹Darkfever - 06.20 ★★★★
✔🔹Reckless - 04.28 ★★★
✔🔹Restless - 02.09 ★★★★
✔🔹Play - 05.15 ★★★★
✔🔹Maze - 11.14 ★★★
✔✔8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
✔🔹Between Two Worlds - 09.15 ★★★
✔🔹30 Pieces of Silver - 10.09 ★★★★
✔🔹Three Sisters - 02.05 ★★★★
✔🔹One Good Dragon Deserves Another - 10.26 ★★★★
✔🔹One Man's Art - 04.17 ★★★★
✔✔9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
✔🔹Honeymoon Hotel - 10.08 ★★★
✔🔹Coming Home - 04.13 ★★★★
✔🔹Home For Christmas - 12.12 ★★★
✔🔹Lacybourne Manor - 05.11 ★★★★
✔🔹Room for You - 04.01 ★★★★
✔✔10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
✔🔹A Son - 01.25 ★★★
✔🔹Sisters by Choice - 08.31 ★★★★
✔🔹A Child's Heart - 05.14 ★★★
✔🔹Wife for a Day - 05.17 ★★★
✔🔹Falling for Her Husband - 05.01 ★★★
Bonus
✔✔1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
✔🔹Your French Kisses - 03.09 ★★★
✔🔹Beneath a Texas Star - 08.23 ★★★
✔🔹Stormy Montana Sky - 05.26 ★★★
✔🔹Scene of the Crime: Bridgewater, Texas - 09.18 ★★★
✔🔹Painted Montana Sky - 06.13 ★★★
✔✔2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
✔🔹The Gravedigger’s Son - 06.25 ★★★★
✔🔹The Immortal Hunter - 11.28 ★★★★
✔🔹Cowboy with a Cause - 02.14 ★★★
✔🔹The Governess Game - 11.06 ★★★★
✔🔹What a Cowgirl Wants - 12.30 ★★★
✔✔3. Animal
✔🔹Charmed by the Wolf - 09.14 ★★★
✔🔹Red's Bear - 07.07 ★★★
✔🔹Wolf with Benefits - 09.30 ★★★★
✔🔹Dogs of Orninica - 03.06 ★★★
✔🔹Kitty Takes a Holiday - 07.09 ★★★★
✔✔4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
✔🔹Only With the Heart - 04.25 ★★★
✔🔹Blood Bound - 06.07 ★★★★
✔🔹Mo's Heart - 07.20 ★★★
✔🔹Smarty Bones - 11.27 ★★★★
✔🔹By the Pricking of My Thumbs - 01.08 ★★★
✔✔5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
✔🔹Love, Diamonds, and Spades - 10.19 ★★★★
✔🔹Bones of a Feather - 06.22 ★★★★
✔🔹Wrapped Up in You - 06.17 ★★★★
✔🔹Leather, Lace and Rock-n-Roll - 11.24 ★★★
✔🔹Undressed - 04.14 ★★★
It’s All In The TitleCategories:
COLOR
↪ Letters Written in White by Kathryn Perez ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 10/3
↪ The Silver Cage by Anonymous ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/4
Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
Food or Drink
Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
PERSON'S FIRST OR LAST NAME
↪ Kulti by Mariana Zapata ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 13/3
↪ Margot by Danielle James ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 9/3
↪ Jasmine by Jennifer Bene ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/3
ROMANTIC WORD
↪ Love Me Whole by Nicky James⭐⭐⭐⭐ 15/2
↪ Love and Other Words by Christina Lauren ⭐⭐⭐ 24/2
↪ Like You Love Me by Adriana Locke ⭐⭐⭐ 31/3
ONE WORD TITLE
↪ Impact by Haley Jenner ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 1/2
↪ Blindsided by Amy Daws ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/2
↪ Omens by Suzanne Wright ⭐⭐⭐ 24/1
Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
FAMILY MEMBER
↪ The Mother Road by Meghan Quinn ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 30/3
Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
Animal
BODY PART
↪ Heart Strings by Melanie Moreland ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 7/1
Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
Challenge complete for 2021 - I might have gotten a little creative on the clothing options... but I think it works! Be back for 2022!Updated post: My It’s All In The Title Challenge (msg 382)
Moderate Level: 5 books per category | 75 Books Read
It’s All In The Title
January - December 2022
My It’s All In The Title Challenge 2022 (msg 386)
Moderate Level ➺ 5 books per category ➺ 74/75 Books Read
1. Color
🔹Blue Flame ➺ 08.08 ★★★★
🔹The Magnolia Chronicles: Adventures In Dating ➺ 12.24 ★★★★
🔹Blackout After Dark ➺ 05.23 ★★★★
🔹Out of the Blue ➺ 06.15 ★★★★
🔹Golden in Death ➺ 03.10 ★★★★
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
🔹Rain Shadow ➺ 02.20 ★★★
🔹When Stars Collide ➺ 02.07 ★★★★
🔹Dark Moon ➺ 04.03 ★★★
🔹The Girl in the Mist ➺ 07.13 ★★★★
🔹Vampire Moon ➺ 07.07 ★★★★
3. Food or Drink
🔹Whiskey Flick ➺ 03.03 ★★★★
🔹Better Than Chocolate ➺ 07.25 ★★★
🔹Rusty Nail ➺ 08.23 ★★★★
🔹Pecan Pie and Deadly Lies ➺ 06.04 ★★★★
🔹Dirty Martini ➺ 11.06 ★★★★
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
🔹Bones on the Bayou ➺ 12.09 ★★★
🔹Ride the Tide ➺ 09.29 ★★★★
🔹Under Currents
🔹Skating on Thin Ice ➺ 01.28 ★★★
🔹Fortune on Moon Lake ➺ 01.20 ★★★
5. Person’s First or Last Name
🔹Guarding Kelsey ➺ 03.19 ★★★
🔹The Seduction of Emily ➺ 04.14 ★★★★
🔹Blitzing Emily ➺ 04.16 ★★★
🔹Tess's Tale ➺ 07.20 ★★★
🔹Fatty Patty ➺ 11.24 ★★★
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
🔹Love for Beginners ➺ 01.16 ★★★★
🔹The Tycoon's Kiss ➺ 10.29 ★★★
🔹Kiss the Girl ➺ 10.18 ★★★★
🔹Dragonfly Kisses ➺ 10.08 ★★★★
🔹Aphrodite's Embrace ➺ 02.13 ★★★
7. One Word Title
🔹Crashed ➺ 02.02 ★★★★
🔹Tangled ➺ 03.08 ★★★
🔹Completely ➺ 02.19 ★★★★
🔹Bewitched ➺ 09.06 ★★★★
🔹Heartless ➺ 10.08 ★★★★
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
🔹8 Bodies is Enough ➺ 03.16 ★★★
🔹21 Stolen Kisses ➺ 05.28 ★★★★
🔹It Happened One Summer ➺ 09.11 ★★★★
🔹Hot Six ➺ 08.22 ★★★
🔹First Comes Scandal ➺ 03.20 ★★★★
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
🔹Home to Stay ➺ 07.17 ★★★★
🔹Eliza's Home ➺ 12.16 ★★★★
🔹Riley Thorn and the Dead Guy Next Door ➺ 02.18 ★★★★
🔹The Lighthouse Keeper's Bride ➺ 07.21 ★★★
🔹The Ghoul Next Door ➺ 10.26 ★★
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
🔹Wild Child ➺ 07.31 ★★★★
🔹Blood Heir ➺ 01.13 ★★★★
🔹A Song for My Mother ➺ 12.04 ★★★
🔹Mrs. Saint Nick ➺ 12.21 ★★★
🔹Rent A Husband ➺ 11.10 ★★★
Bonus
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
🔹The Trouble with Texas Cowboys ➺ 08.29 ★★★
🔹California Wine ➺ 02.09 ★★★
🔹Kidnapping the Brazilian Tycoon ➺ 05.03 ★★★
🔹A Week in New York ➺ 01.09 ★★★★
🔹Autumn in London ➺ 06.19 ★★★★
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
🔹The Dancer ➺ 059.03 ★★★
🔹The Cowboy Wins a Bride ➺ 05.10 ★★★
🔹Spy Night on Union Station ➺ 04.18 ★★★
🔹Professor Feelgood ➺ 01.17 ★★★★
🔹The Lawman ➺ 03.19 ★★★
3. Animal
🔹Tamed by the She-Wolf ➺ 09.25 ★★★
🔹Lion in the Valley ➺ 07.03 ★★★★
🔹In a Badger Way ➺ 04.21 ★★★★
🔹The 5th Horseman ➺ 05.31 ★★★★
🔹Kitty and the Silver Bullet ➺ 02.13 ★★★★
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
🔹Love on the Brain ➺ 09.02 ★★★★
🔹Eye of the Beholder ➺ 12.27 ★★★
🔹By the Pricking of My Thumbs ➺ 07.15 ★★★
🔹It's In His Heart ➺ 03.05 ★★★★
🔹The Queen of Zombie Hearts ➺ 09.24 ★★★★
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
🔹Boots & Dirty Tricks ➺ 08.17 ★★★
🔹Booty Bones ➺ 06.18 ★★★
🔹No Shoes, No Shirt, No Spells ➺ 06.19 ★★
🔹Unveiled ➺ 12.19 ★★★★
🔹Leashed ➺ 10.11 ★★★
Level:Moderate 4-7 per category (5 books per category)
Categories
✔1. Color
⪧ The Purple Alien Prince's Pregnant Captive - 23 Jan 2022
⪧ All Systems Red - 14 feb 2022
⪧ Single White Vampire - 12 Mar 2022
⪧ Dark Needs at Night's Edge
⪧ Blue Exorcist, Vol. 1
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
⪧ Constelação
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⪧ Ruth's Bonded
⪧ Gron's Fated
⪧ JoAyyn
⪧ Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life
⪧ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
⪧ The Darkest Kiss
⪧ Lady Isabella's Scandalous Marriage
⪧ The Alien's Mail-Order Bride
⪧ Wedded in Winter
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✔7. One Word Title
⪧ Sunstone Vol. 3
⪧ Runed
⪧ Sinestesia
⪧ Sunstone Vol. 4
⪧ Sidetracked
✔8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
⪧ Attack on Titan, Vol. 18
⪧ Attack on Titan Vol. 19
⪧ Attack on Titan Vol. 20
⪧ Attack on Titan Vol. 21
⪧ Attack on Titan, Vol. 22
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It's All In The TitleJanuary 1, 2022 - Open Ended
Level: Easy 1-3 books per category (to start)
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Start: 12/28/22
End:
Moderate 4-7 per category
Read: 21/60-105
✔1. Color
✾ The Red Room: - H.G. Wells 💚💚💚 1/9/23
✾ The City of Brass - S.A. Chakraborty 💚💚💚 6/8/23
✾ Jade - Jennifer Malone Wright 💚 6/14/23
✾ Obsidian - Jennifer L. Armentrout 💚💚💚 9/1/23
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
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3. Food or Drink
✾ Sour Candy - Kealan Patrick Burke 💚💚💚💚 4/3/23
✾ Chocolate Raspberry Magic - Tena Stetler 💚💚💚 7/20/23
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4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
✾ River Marked - Patricia Briggs 💙💙💙💙 9/7/23
✾ The Sea of Monsters - Rick Riordan 💙💙💙💙 9/9/23
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✔5. Person’s First or Last Name
✾ James Herriot's Favorite Dog Stories - James Herriot 💚💚💚💚 1/12/23
✾ Noah's Ark - Andrew J. Morgan 💚💚 1/25/23
✾ The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde 💚💚💚 2/7/23
✾ Album of Dr. Moreau - Daryl Gregory 💚💚💚💚💚 5/21/23
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
✾ Beloved - Toni Morrison 💚💚💚💚 4/30/23
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✔7. One Word Title
✾ Changeless - Gail Carriger 💚💚 2/16/23
✾ Contagion - Erin Bowman 💚💚💚 3/5/23
✾ Episode Thirteen - Craig DiLouie 💚💚💚💚💚 5/15/23
✾ Kismet - Amina Akhtar 💚💚💚💚 5/24/23
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
✾ Two Truths and a Lie - April Henry 💚💚💚 1/27/23
✾ Five Survive - Holly Jackson 💚💚💚💚 5/3/23
✾ Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros 💚💚💚💚 8/2/23
✾ 14 Ways to Die - Vincent Ralph 💙💙💙💙 9/22/23
✔9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
✾ How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix 💚💚💚💚 4/6/23
✾ The Cabin at the End of the World - Paul Tremblay 💚💚💚 4/7/23
✾ Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six - Lisa Unger 💚💚💚 5/5/23
✾ Howl’s Moving Castle - Diana Wynne Jones 💚💚💚 7/19/23
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
✾ I'm Glad My Mom Died - Jennette McCurdy 💚💚💚💚💚 4/2/23
✾ The Daughter of Doctor Moreau - Silvia Moreno-Garcia 💚💚💚💚 5/20/23
✾ Dial A for Aunties - Jesse Q. Sutanto 💚💚💚💚 8/24/23
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Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
✾ Samurai Game - Christine Feehan 💚💚💚💚 3/18/23
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2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
✾ Clown in a Cornfield - Adam Cesare 💚💚💚 3/15/23
✾ Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton 💚💚💚 8/28/23
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3. Animal
✾ Sleeping Dogs Lie - Samantha Downing 💚💚💚💚 2/25/23
✾ Viper Game - Christine Feehan 💚💚💚💚 7/27/23
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4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
✾ Carrie Soto Is Back - Taylor Jenkins Reid 💚💚💚💚 7/22/23
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It's All in the TitleJanuary 1st 2023 - Open-ended
Level: Moderate 4-7 per category
Progress: 40/40+
Categories
1. Color
♡ Whiteout by Dhonielle Clayton 3/1
♡ Yellowface by R.F. Kuang 25/6
♡ Girl in a Pink Dress by Kylie Needham 4/11
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2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
♡ Raft of Stars by Andrew J. Graff 20/1
♡ Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice 7/1
♡ A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus 6/7
♡
3. Food or Drink
♡ Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman 5/1
♡ Salt Magic by Hope Larson 12/4
♡ Ma vie de gâteau sec (My Life of Dry Cake) by Élizabeth Baril-Lessard 15/6
♡ Death by Bubble Tea by Jennifer J. Chow 3/8
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
♡ Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment 18/6
♡ The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman 15/7
♡ The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager 17/8
♡
5. Person’s First or Last Name
♡ Where'd You Go, Bernadette 1/1
♡ Margaret the First by Danielle Dutton 21/1
♡ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
♡ Dear Laura by Gemma Amor 1/4
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
♡ My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth 5/1
♡ Chef's Kiss by T.J. Alexander 18/1
♡ Love for Imperfect Things: How to Accept Yourself in a World Striving for Perfection by Haemin Sunim 22/6
♡ Love as Always, Mum xxx by Mae West 21/7
7. One Word Title
♡ Arca by Van Jensen 1/3
♡ Absent by Katie Williams 12/4
♡ Elektra by Jennifer Saint 19/4
♡ Medusa by Jessie Burton 23/6
♡ Attachments by Rainbow Rowell 29/7
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
♡ One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus 3/2
♡ The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid 6/2
♡ What the Other Three Don't Know by Spencer Hyde 7/2
♡ 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul 7/2
♡ Four Found Dead by Natalie D. Richards 4/8
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
♡ House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson 6/1
♡ The Villa by Rachel Hawkins 3/3
♡ The Dutch House by Ann Patchett 8/5
♡ The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright 18/7
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
♡ My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 3/3
♡ I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy 1/4
♡ The Books That Devoured My Father by Afonso Cruz 30/1
♡ The Ex-Husband by Samantha Hayes 14/7
♡ Love as Always, Mum xxx by Mae West 21/7
Completed challenge for this year. Read all but one - probably won't get to it.Updated post: My It’s All In The Title Challenge 2022 (msg 386)
Moderate Level ➺ 5 books per category ➺ 74/75 Books Read
It’s All In The Title
January - December 2023
My It’s All In The Title Challenge 2023 (msg 392)
Moderate Level ➖ 5 books per category ➖ 75 Books Read
✅1. Color
➖Edge of Black ➖ 6.08 ★★★★
➖The Black Moth ➖ 01.26 ★★★★
➖Ruby Fever ➖ 02.18 ★★★★
➖Seeing Red ➖ 06.10 ★★★★
➖All Systems Red ➖ 11.17 ★★★★
✅2. Sky
➖Until the Sun Falls from the Sky ➖ 03.25 ★★★★
➖Moonlight and Magic ➖ 04.14 ★★★★
➖Snowbound in Starlight Bend ➖ 07.07 ★★★
➖Shopaholic to the Stars ➖ 10.22 ★★★
➖Oracle's Moon ➖ 05.27 ★★★★
✅3. Food or Drink
➖The Honey Trap ➖ 08.13 ★★★
➖Cherry Bomb ➖ 08.19 ★★★★
➖Gimme Some Sugar ➖ 11.21 ★★★★
➖A Killer Cupcake ➖ 07.29 ★★
➖Whiskey for Breakfast ➖ 07.08 ★★★
✅4. Body of Water
➖Deeper Than The Ocean ➖ 08.22 ★★★★
➖Heart of the Sea ➖ 05.04 ★★★★
➖Home to Whiskey Creek ➖ 03.12 ★★★★
➖The Girls of Mischief Bay ➖ 06.04 ★★★★
➖Magic Tides ➖ 05.20 ★★★★
✅5. Person’s First or Last Name
➖The Christine + Jake Affair ➖ 12.03 ★★★
➖Drew + Fable Forever ➖ 06.22 ★★★
➖Zoey And The Nice Guy ➖ 06.14 ★★★★
➖Finlay Donovan Is Killing It ➖ 02.27 ★★★
➖Garrett's Destiny ➖ 03.27 ★★★★
✅6. Romantic Word
➖Love Me Always ➖ 06.18 ★★★
➖Captive Kisses ➖ 12.25 ★★★
➖Sweet Rapture ➖ 08.04 ★★★
➖Aphrodite's Passion ➖ 11.08 ★★
➖Part-Time Lover ➖ 01.04 ★★★★
✅7. One Word Title
➖Adam ➖ 01.31 ★★★★
➖Xavier ➖ 06.16 ★★★
➖Destiny ➖ 12.10 ★★★★
➖Exposed ➖ 12.22 ★★★★
➖Jagged ➖ 04.25 ★★★★
✅8. Number in Title
➖The 6th Target ➖ 11.18 ★★★★
➖How to Lose a Groom in 10 Days ➖ 06.22 ★★★
➖Just One Night ➖ 07.08 ★★★★
➖SE6 ➖ 05.10 ★★★
➖10 Bodies Lying ➖ 06.04 ★★★
✅9. Type of home
➖The Honeymoon Cottage ➖ 07.10 ★★★★
➖Bet the House ➖ 03.11 ★★★
➖Penmort Castle ➖ 11.12 ★★★★
➖Christmas on the Royal Yacht ➖ 10.20 ★★★
➖A Cranberry Inn Christmas ➖ 04.30 ★★★
✅10. Family Member
➖The Mummy Trap ➖ 10.06 ★★★
➖Hot Single Dad ➖ 04.02 ★★★★
➖The Housewife Assassin's Killer App ➖ 03.18 ★★★
➖Son of the Morning ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
➖Winning Back His Wife ➖ 11.30 ★★★
Bonus
✅1. Cultural
➖Frenched ➖ 06.13 ★★★★
➖New Year in Manhattan ➖ 01.07 ★★★
➖Two Turtle Island Doves ➖ 01.08 ★★★
➖Christmas On Anchor Island ➖ 12.03 ★★★
➖Dakota Heat ➖ 07.13 ★★★
✅2. A profession
➖The Naughty, The Nice and The Nanny ➖ 12.11 ★★★★
➖Judge vs Nuts ➖ 06.17 ★★★
➖The Quilter and the Quarterback ➖ 05.27 ★★
➖Knight ➖ 04.12 ★★★★
➖Officer off Limits ➖ 06.18 ★★★★
✅3. Animal
➖Gator Bait ➖ 02.22 ★★★
➖Hansel's Bear ➖ 01.06 ★★★
➖Hungry Like the Wolf ➖ 05.06 ★★★★
➖Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand ➖ 02.25 ★★★★
➖Bear's Snow ➖ 07.01 ★★★
✅4. Body part
➖Badger to the Bone ➖ 10.16 ★★★★
➖Fuzzy Navel ➖ 02.25 ★★★
➖In Over Her Head ➖ 02.26 ★★★★
➖Grin and Beard It ➖ 07.22 ★★★★
➖Safe in His Arms ➖ 03.09 ★★★
✅5. Clothing
➖Boots and Twisters ➖ 01.31 ★★★
➖If the Shoe Fits ➖ 06.17 ★★★★
➖Unmasked ➖ 05.14 ★★★★
➖Laying Down His Colors ➖ 01.08 ★★★
➖Twisted Threads ➖ 04.28 ★★★★
It's All in the TitleOpen-Ended
starting January 1, 2023
Level 2: 4 per category
60 out of 60
1. Color DONE
✾ Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace D.L. Hughley 3-3-23 (White)
✾ Black Man, White House: An Oral History of the Obama Years D.L. Hughley 3-24-23 (Black, White)
✾ Black Thursday and Other Lost Australian Bushfire Stories Fiannuala Morgan 4-12-23 (Black)
✾ The Red Man's Continent: A Chronicle of Aboriginal America Ellsworth Huntington 4-26-23 (Red)
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.) DONE
✾ Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson Alan Pell Crawford 1-1-23
✾ The Cow Tripped Over the Moon: A Nursery Rhyme Emergency Jeanne Willis 8-31-23
✾ Cloud Chaser Anne-Fleur Drillon 9-13-23
✾ Cloud Babies Eoin Colfer 9-13-23
3. Food or Drink DONE
✾ The First Tortilla: A Bilingual Story Rudolfo Anaya 1-29-23 (Tortilla)
✾ Goodbye Salad Days: Kevin Faces Adulthood Traer Scott 2-10-23 (Salad)
✾ Meennunyakaa / Blueberry Patch Jennifer Leason 6-28-23 (Blueberry)
✾ Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us Michael Moss 7-17-23 (Sugar)
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.) DONE
++✾ The Life and Death of a Minke Whale in the Amazon Fábio Zuker 4-25-23 (Amazon River)
++✾ Birrarung Wilam: A Story from Aboriginal Australia Aunty Joy Murphy 5-1-23 (Birrarung means Yarra River)
++✾ The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon Brad Stone 7-18-23 (Amazon River)
++ ✾ River of Dust: The Life-Giving Link Between North Africa and the Amazon Jilanne Hoffmann 9-11-23
5. Person’s First or Last Name DONE
✾ Clifford's Christmas Norman Bridwell 1-10-23
✾ Hondo Louis L'Amour 1-18-23
✾ Leila, la brujita perfecta Flavia Z. Drago 1-24-23
✾ Todos Con Vanesa Kerascoët
1-29-23
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.) DONE
✾ Amor de la Oruga Muy Hambrienta Eric Carle 1-24-23 (Amor = Love)
✾ Los abrazos de papá Karen Katz 3-31-23 (Abrazos= Hugs)
✾ Love at First Bark Debbie Burns 4-4-23 (Love)
✾ Beloved Dog Maira Kalman 5-8-23 (Beloved)
7. One Word Title DONE
✾ Simpsons Comics-- Unchained Matt Groening 1-9-23 (Unchained)
✾ Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family Melissa Shapiro 1-24-23 (Piglet)
✾ Chester Mélanie Watt 1-30-23 (Chester)
✾ Godspeed Nickolas Butler 2-7-23 (Godspeed)
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well) DONE
✾ Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now Jaron Lanier 1-14-23 (Ten)
✾ Five Fortunes Barbara Venkataraman 2-4-23 (Five)
✾ First Degree David Rosenfelt 4-25-23 (First)
✾ Three White Cats of Avignon Anna Bird Stewart 5-8-23 (Three)
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc) DONE
✾ Parliament House, Canberra: A Building for the Nation Haig Beck 5-9-23 House)
✾ The Artist's Cabin: Solve Your Way Out! Kevin Wood 7-15-23 (Cabin)
✾ A Castle Full of Cats Ruth Sanderson 7-24-23 (Castle)
✾ Haunted Houses and Mansions Thomas Kingsley Troupe 8-2-23 (Mansions)
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.) DONE
✾ The General's Daughter Nelson DeMille 1-29-23
✾ Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow: Stories about Saints and Animals Eric A. Kimmel 3-26-23
✾ I’m Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy 5-1-23
✾ Uncle Elephant Arnold Lobel 8-4-23
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
11. Cultural (a real place, language, people group) DONE
✾ Hanukkah Bear Eric A. Kimmel 1-10-23 (Jews)
✾ A Practical Guide to Racism C.H. Dalton 1-23-23 (Many cultures)
✾ Mary McLean and the St. Patrick's Day Parade Steven Kroll 3-15-23 (Catholics)
✾The Warden Anthony Trollope 4-7-23 (Anglicans)
12. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.) DONE
✾ Keeper of the Light: Juliet Fish Nichols Fights the San Francisco Fog Caroline Arnold 2-24-23 (Lighthouse keeper)
✾ The President Is Missing Bill Clinton 2-28-23 (President)
✾ My First Mission George Q. Cannon 3-26-23 (Mormon)
✾ Clergymen Of The Church Of England Anthony Trollope 4-7-23 (Anglican)
13. Animal DONE
✾ If My Dogs Were a Pair of Middle-Aged Men Matthew Inman 1-23-23 (Dogs)
✾ The Birds of Pandemonium Michele Raffin 1-23-23 (Birds)
✾ Cats and Carols Lesley Anne Ivory 1-24-23 (Cats)
✾ Toucan Keep a Secret Donna Andrews 1-29-23 (Toucan)
14. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc) DONE
✾ The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler 1-1-23
✾ The Tell Tail Heart Cate Conte 1-14-23
✾ The Hearts of Men Nickolas Butler 1-18-23
✾ The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science Norman Doidge 2-11-23
15. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc) DONE
✾ Do Your Laundry or You'll Die Alone: Advice Your Mom Would Give if She Thought You Were Listening Becky Blades 2-11-23 (Laundry)
✾ My Pants Are Haunted Jim Benton 4-25-23 (Pants)
✾ Here's What You Do When You Can't Find Your Shoe: Andrea Perry 6-28-23 (Shoe)
✾ Bridal Boot Camp Meg Cabot 8-4-23 (Boot)
It's All in the Title - 2023Duration: Open Ended
Difficult 8-12 books per category
Categories
1. Color
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
3. Food or Drink
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
5. Person’s First or Last Name
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
7. One Word Title
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
3. Animal
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
It's All in the Title Duration: May 14, 2023 - ??
Difficult 8-12 books per category
Categories
1. Color
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
3. Food or Drink
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
5. Person’s First or Last Name
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
7. One Word Title
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
3. Animal
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
I'm going to do easy, 1-3 per category, from June 2023-December 2023:Completed December 2, 2023!!
categories;
✔1. Color
✔1. The Brazen Bluestocking 7/21/23
✔2. Crome Yellow 8/10/23
✔3. The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Graphic Novel
✔2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
✔1. The Moonstone 7/3/23
✔2. CatStronauts: Mission Moon 10/5/23
✔3. I Abducted My Second Chance Alien Rock Star: A Sci Fi Alien Enemies to Lovers Romance 9/2023
✔3. Food or Drink
✔1. Winesburg, Ohio 10/1/23
✔2. Pizza and Taco: Super-Awesome Comic! 10/4/23
✔3. Snow, Glass, Apples 11/5/23
✔4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
✔1. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
✔2. In the Heart of the Seas 10/29/23
✔3. Into the Water 11/28/23
✔5. Person’s First or Last Name
✔1. Arsenic with Austen 6/6/23
✔2. Thank You, Jeeves 6/25/23
✔3. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 6/27/23
✔6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
✔1. The Wedding Party
✔2. Kiss The Rake Hello
✔3. While We Were Dating 7/5/23
✔7. One Word Title
✔1. Rebecca 6/30/23
✔2. Fangirl, Vol. 2: The Manga 6/30/23
✔3. Insider 7/10/23
✔8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
✔1. The 13 Clocks 6/22/23
✔2. Party of Two 6/23/23
✔3. Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions 6/26/23
✔9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
✔1. Uncle Tom's Cabin 6/10/23
✔2. House of Stairs 6/27/23
✔3.Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 9/29/23
✔10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
✔1. The Brothers Karamazov 9/21/23
✔2. Take Me to Your Best Friend's House: A Dad's Best Friend Novella 10/5/23
✔3. There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent 10/21/23
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
✔1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
✔1. The Mystery of the Roanoke Colony 6/12/23
✔2. Falling for the Highlander 8/24/23
✔3. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 8/30/23
✔2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
✔1. The Captive Duke 6/10/23
✔️2. The Postman Always Rings Twice 7/1/23
✔️3. Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief 7/12/23
✔3. Animal
✔1. Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel 6/29/23
✔2. The Hound of the Baskervilles 8/23/23
✔3. Flaubert's Parrot 9/9/23
✔4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
✔1. Body Movers 6/7/23
✔2. 2 Bodies for the Price of 1 6/25/23
✔3. 3 Men and a Body 7/4//23
✔5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
✔1. The Duke and the Dressmaker 10/21/23
✔2. Serafina and the Black Cloak 12/1/23
✔3. That Amethyst Jacket 12/2/23
Duration: (Backdating) from January 1 to December 31, 2023Challenge level: Easy (1-3 books per category)
Current total: 21 books
Categories
1. Color
2. Sky
- The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley
3. Food or Drink
4. Body of Water
- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
- The Sea Wall by Marguerite Duras
5. First or Last Name
- Romancing Mister Bridgerton by Julia Quinn
- Les Sentiments du prince Charles by Liv Strömquist
- Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
6. Romantic Word
- To Sir Phillip, With Love by Julia Quinn
- Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
- The Lover by Marguerite Duras
7. One Word Title
- Sandition by Jane Austen
- Sororité by Chloé Delaume
- Shibumi by Trevanian
8. Number in Title
- The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
9. Type of home
- The House by Michael McDowell
10. Family Member
- The Seven Sisters by Lucinda Riley
- Book of My Mother by Albert Cohen
Bonus
1. Cultural
- Murder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
2. A profession
3. Animal
- The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
4. Body part
- By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie
- Le Corps des femmes. La bataille de l'intime by Camille Froidevaux-Metterie
5. Clothing
It’s All In The Title ~1/8/23 - open
Difficult 8-12 books per category
✔Color (view spoiler)
✔Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.) (view spoiler)
✔Food or Drink (view spoiler)
✔Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.) (view spoiler)
✔Person’s First or Last Name (view spoiler)
✔Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.) (view spoiler)
✔One Word Title (view spoiler)
✔Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well) (view spoiler)
✔Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc) (view spoiler)
✔Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.) (view spoiler)
It’s All In The Title ~1/8/23 - open
Difficult 8-12 books per category
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
✔Cultural (a real place, language, people group) (view spoiler)
✔A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.) (view spoiler)
✔Animal (view spoiler)
✔Body part (view spoiler)
Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
1. One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Agatha Christie 21/9 4★
2. Someone Else's Shoes by Jojo Moyes 3/1 2★
3. Lady with a Black Umbrella by Mary Balogh 1/3 2★
4. Blue Shoes and Happiness by Alexander McCall Smith 24/5 4★
5. Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley 8/6 4★
6. The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston 16/11 3.5★
7. Grey Mask by Patricia Wentworth 26/2 3★
8. The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews 1/4 2.5★
9.
Started 01/01/2024 - Progress: 42/50
Levels:
Easy 1-3 books per category
Moderate 4-7 per category
Difficult 8-12 books per category
Categories
1. Color
-Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
-Greymist Fair by Francesca Zappia
-Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
-House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas
-Night Star by Alyson Noel
-Stormcrow by Rachel Caine
-Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
3. Food or Drink
-The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
-Sweet: Desserts from London's Ottolenghi by Yotam Ottolenghi
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
-Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger
-The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
5. Person’s First or Last Name
-The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
-Darius by J.R. Ward
-Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
-The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by Victoria Schwab
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
-The Secret Bridesmaid by Katy Birchall
-Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry
-Eternal Flame by Alyson Noel
-Pillow Talk: What's Wrong with My Sewing? by Craig Conover
7. One Word Title
-Evermore by Alyson Noel
-Shadowland by Alyson Noel
-Everlasting by Alyson Noel
-Allegiant by Veronica Roth
8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
-Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
-One of the Good Guys by Araminta Hall
-One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
-Zone One by Colson Whitehead
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
-House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas
-House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
-The Institute by Stephen King
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
-The Startup Wife by Tahmima Anam
-Baby X by Kira Peikoff
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
-The End of Your Life Book Club by Will Schwalbe
2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
-The Mystery Writer by Sulari Gentill
-A New Model: What Confidence, Beauty, and Power Really Look Like by Ashley Graham
-The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
3. Animal
-The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins
-The Wolves of Winter by Tyrell Johnson
-Lone Wolf by Gregg Andrew Hurwitz
-Crochet Your Own Dog: 14 Lifesize Amigurumi Pups to Make & Love! by Mieko Shindo
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
-Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
-Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
Finished for 2023 - a annual favorite for me!Updated post for 2023: My It’s All In The Title Challenge 2023 (msg 392)
Moderate Level ➖ 5 books per category ➖ 75 Books Read
It’s All In The Title
January - December 2024
My It’s All In The Title Challenge 2024 (msg 399)
Moderate Level🚦5 books per category
Books Read🚦75
✅1. Color
🚥Lavender's Blue🚦02.10 ★★★★
🚥Silver Borne🚦03.28 ★★★★
🚥Little White Sins🚦05.02 ★★★
🚥Peach Pies and Alibis🚦02.23 ★★★
🚥The Golden Dragon🚦07.31★★★
✅2. Sky
🚥Moon Child🚦03.24 ★★★★
🚥Ice Planet Honeymoon: Raahosh & Liz🚦07.07 ★★★★
🚥Christmas Moon🚦12.21 ★★★
🚥Heaven is for Real🚦02.07 ★★★★
🚥7th Heaven🚦08.20 ★★★★
✅3. Food or Drink
🚥Champagne and Lemon Drops🚦01.21 ★★★
🚥Cakewalk🚦05.29 ★★★★
🚥California Thyme🚦09.06 ★★★
🚥Shot of Tequila🚦02.26 ★★★★
🚥Pies and Potions🚦04.13 ★★
✅4. Body of Water
🚥The Woman by the Lake🚦12.10 ★★★★
🚥Silver River Romeo🚦01.21 ★★★
🚥Butterfly Bayou🚦08.15 ★★★★
🚥The Hippopotamus Pool🚦10.02 ★★★★
🚥River Marked🚦09.21 ★★★★
✅5. Person’s First or Last Name
🚥Taming Natasha🚦04.14 ★★★★
🚥Finding Kate Huntley🚦07.28 ★★★
🚥The Pride of Jared MacKade🚦07.01 ★★★★
🚥Maya And The Tough Guy🚦05.27 ★★★★
🚥Hawke🚦04.03 ★★★★
✅6. Romantic Word
🚥Love, Theoretically🚦04.25 ★★★★
🚥A SEAL's Seduction🚦05.05 ★★★★
🚥How Much I Love🚦06.09 ★★★★
🚥Seducing the Bridesmaid🚦05.18 ★★★
🚥Kiss Me🚦03.13 ★★★
✅7. One Word Title
🚥Play🚦10.10 ★★★★
🚥Shucked🚦03.23 ★★★★
🚥Identity🚦02.24 ★★★★
🚥March🚦01.04 ★★★
🚥Found🚦09.19 ★★★★
✅8. Number in Title
🚥Recipe for Second Chances🚦02.03 ★★★★
🚥Twice Tempted🚦07.18 ★★★
🚥One Dakota Night🚦10.02 ★★★
🚥One Night with Her🚦01.06 ★★★★
🚥Below Zero🚦07.10 ★★★★
✅9. Type of home
🚥The Boy Next Door🚦02.29 ★★★★
🚥The Christmas Cookie House🚦12.07 ★★★
🚥The Love Shack🚦08.08 ★★★★
🚥Roommaid🚦08.31 ★★★★
🚥Hideaway🚦07.30 ★★★★
✅10. Family Member
🚥Check & Mate🚦04.30 ★★★★
🚥A Vampire’s Mate🚦09.11 ★★★★
🚥Husband Material🚦02.22 ★★★
🚥His Brother's Wife🚦11.21 ★★★★
🚥Three Bells, Two Bows and One Brother's Best Friend🚦12.15 ★★★★
Bonus
✅1. Cultural
🚥The Last Phone Booth in Manhattan🚦01.07 ★★★★
🚥Death in Kew Gardens🚦04.13 ★★★★
🚥How to Fake It in Hollywood🚦06.13 ★★★★
🚥Roman Crazy🚦06.21 ★★★★
🚥One Hot Italian Summer🚦07.24 ★★★★
✅2. A profession
🚥Dakota Cowboy🚦03.23★★★
🚥Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper🚦01.06 ★★★
🚥SEAL Under Covers🚦03.06 ★★★
🚥The Rancher🚦05.29 ★★★
🚥The Army Doctor's Wedding🚦05.23 ★★★★
✅3. Animal
🚥Wolf Unleashed🚦04.27 ★★★★
🚥Wolf Hunt🚦08.03 ★★★
🚥Passion & Ponies🚦01.18 ★★★
🚥Irish Thoroughbred🚦09.02 ★★★★
🚥Kitty Raises Hell🚦04.10 ★★★★
✅4. Body part
🚥His Dakota Heart🚦01.02 ★★★
🚥Tattoos and Tatas🚦03.21 ★★★★
🚥Hold on to My Heart🚦10.04 ★★★
🚥Rock-a-Bye Bones🚦10.16 ★★★★
🚥Beard Science🚦11.19 ★★★★
✅5. Clothing
🚥With This Ring🚦10.26 ★★★
🚥Once Upon Stilettos🚦12.19 ★★★
🚥The Veil🚦09.29 ★★★★
🚥Blame It on the Bikini🚦07.28 ★★★
🚥Hell On Heels🚦10.09 ★★★
It's All In The Title 2025This was harder than I thought! Going to try again in 2025. 4 in each main category and 2 in the bonus
Date Started: 01/01/2025
Completed: 29/50
Categories
✓1. Color
Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros
All Systems Red by Martha Wells
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Quicksilver by Callie Hart
2. Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
The Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King by Carissa Broadbent
3. Food or Drink
4. Body of Water (sea, pond, creek, etc.)
✓5. Person’s First or Last Name
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
Julie Chan Is Dead by Liann Zhang
6. Romantic Word (kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Ugly Love by Colleen Hoover
It's a Love Story by Annabel Monaghan
✓7. One Word Title
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
Dissolution by Nicholas Binge
Yesterworld by Rebecca Phelps
Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner
✓8. Number in Title (once, twice, etc can count as well)
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Love at First by Kate Clayborn
One of Us Is Next by Karen M. McManus
Six Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
9. Type of home (house, manor, cabin, etc)
The Woman in Suite 11 by Ruth Ware
10. Family Member (sister, father, wife, aunt, uncle, step-sister, cousin, etc.)
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth
Bonus - You may elect to do none, one, a few, or all. These are optional.
✓1. Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab
El Dorado Drive by Megan Abbott
✓2. A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl
The Broker by John Grisham
3. Animal
4. Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
5. Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)
Nothing But Reading Challenges
Books mentioned in this topic
Children of Memory (other topics)Children of Ruin (other topics)
A Game of Gods (other topics)
Sun and Moon, Ice and Snow (other topics)
Children of Time (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
John Grisham (other topics)Nora Roberts (other topics)
Jennifer Hartmann (other topics)
Ally Carter (other topics)
Angel Lawson (other topics)
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Level: Easy (1-3 books per category)
Goal: 30 + x Bonus
Finished : 16/30 + 6 (Bonus)
Categories Finished: 2/10 + 1/5 (Bonus)
1 - Color
1. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer - 03/02/2019
2. Red Rising by Pierce Brown - 08/06/2019
3.
2 - Sky (cloud, star, moon, sun, etc.)
1. Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo - 02/21/2019
2. Le cosmos est mon campement by Eric Henninot - 03/27/2019
3.
3 - Food or Drink
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2.
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4 - Body of Water
1.
2.
3.
5 - Person’s First or Last Name
1. Dans la combi de Thomas Pesquet by Thomas Pesquet - 01/28/2019
2.
3.
6 - Romantic Word(kiss, wedding, bride, etc.)
1. The Winner's Kiss by Marie Rutkoski - 02/10/2019
2. The Traitor's Kiss by Erin Beaty - 04/12/2019
3.
7 - One Word Title
1. Zouck by Pierre Bottero - 01/11/2019
2. Illuminae by Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff - 02/26/2019
3. Cinder by Marissa Meyer - 02/27/2019
8 - Number in Title
1. Year One by Nora Roberts - 01/11/2019
2. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 06/06/2019
3.
9 - Type of home
1. Un Palais d'épines et de roses by Sarah J. Maas - 01/19/2019
2. Le Château des Brumes by Kristen Gier - 03/16/2019
3.
10 - Family Member
1. Maman a tort by Michel Bussi - 05/21/2019
2. Golden Son by Pierce Brown - 08/18/2019
3.
BONUS :
1 - Cultural (a real place, language, people group)
2 - A profession (doctor, soldier, preacher, cowboy, etc.)
1. The Empress by S.J Kinckaid - 05/16/2019
2.
3.
3 - Animal
1. The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen - 04/30/2019
2. Catwoman: Soulstealer by Sarah J Maas - 05/28/2019
3. Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo - 06/16/2019
4 - Body part (head, hands, arms, eyes, etc)
1. Closed Hearts by Susan Kaye Quinn - 01/25/2019
2. Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo - 02/19/2019
5 - Clothing (dress, pants, shoes, etc)