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Challenge 2 of 2016: Title Chain!
Amber wrote: "Stolen: A Letter to My Captor looks really good! But I'm also considering Stolen Songbird.
Gremlin, if I go with this second pick, would I be able to use the word ..."
Hi Amber! Yes, I'm allowing people to break down compound words (such as Songbird) to their two root words, in order to make things a little easier/give a few more options.
Wendy F wrote: "Grem, what about Crown and Crows? Would that count?"Sadly, Wendy, I wouldn't count this. While the letters are practically matching, these words are actually entirely different (as one is a bird or a sound, and the other is an object usually placed on the head of royalty).
If you were to use the word "crown" from one book and "crowning" or "crowned" or "crowns" from another, that would be acceptable, because the base/root word is crown.
Is that more clear?
I'd like to join this one. First round complete!9/9
Red Rising (finished 4/4)
The Wicked Will Rise (finished 4/7)
The Wicked and the Just (finished 4/9)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (finished 4/13)
Time Between Us (finished 4/16)
Between Two Thorns (finished 4/19)
A Court of Thorns and Roses (finished 4/22)
Killing Ruby Rose (finished 4/25)
Ruby Red (finished 4/26)
And bonus round with the word queen complete!
7/7
The Star-Touched Queen (finished 4/30)
The Shadow Queen (finished 5/11)
The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things (finished 5/14)
The Impostor Queen (finished 5/14)
Queen of Hearts (finished 5/25)
The Chess Queen Enigma (finished 6/4)
Queen (finished 6/21)
Kelly wrote: "I'd like to join this one. I have the first four planned out and a couple of different directions I'm considering after those. I'll plan on six for now. Red Rising (finished 4/4)
..."
Welcome aboard, Kelly!
Gremlin wrote: "Wendy F wrote: "Grem, what about Crown and Crows? Would that count?"Sadly, Wendy, I wouldn't count this. While the letters are practically matching, these words are actually entirely different (a..."
Yeah, lmao. I knew it was a long shot.
I'm going to give Challenge 2:Title Chain a try. Will these work?A few will be rereads, but I think you said that will be OK.
The Girl with All the Gifts
The Girl of Fire and Thorns
A Court of Thorns and Roses
Princess of Thorns
Princess of Glass
Throne of Glass
The Bone Flower Throne
City of Bones
City of Ashes
Snow Like Ashes
Kgprewitt wrote: "Snow Like AshesI'm going to give Challenge 2:Title Chain a try. Will these work?A few will be rereads, but I think you said that will be OK.
[book:The Girl with All the Gifts|17235..."
Looks good to me, Kgprewitt! Welcome to the challenge :)
Finished my 1st one:
Which was great by the way!
is next.
#45So I just finished my first book of my chain,
.Guys, this book is fantastic! The world-building is AMAZING and the heroine is so badass. I still can't get over it. If you have amazon prime you can read it for free. If you like Throne of Glass or Shadow and Bone I think you should really add this to your TBR list!!
Finshed my first three books in my chain
down
fall
Updated post #13
Finished my first
. I will be using the word "White" for the next book in the chain. Updated post #17.
I finished my 2nd and third in the chain (have to wait for the library for #4 unless I break down and buy it)#2 was
unsing Night from the previous book (it was fantastic!)#3 was
Using crown from above (also phenomenal!)
Finished my 2nd
using the word "white" from my previous book. I will be using "queen" for my next book. Updated post #17.
Finished
a bit ago and forgot to post it! So that is my 2nd one. Using the word "Silver" From previous book
Finished #1 
Finished my first one
Updated post #4
Updated! Keep up the good work, friends!(And get to reading, self! Hahaha!)
Oh my gosh, you guys are crazy! But this sounds like fun, so count me in for 6 books. I'm really lagging this year, so maybe this will pick me up. Don't have a working computer right now, so my blog is defunct and my motivation is a lot less! :(Possible Chain
?????
Finished my 3rd. Updated post 16
Using "blood" from my previous book
(which has a beautiful cover btw)
Gremlin wrote: "Everyone is updated! Including actually adding Cissy to the list, which I somehow failed to do earlier (apologies, Cissy! But you're up there now)."Gremlin wrote: "Everyone is updated! Including actually adding Cissy to the list, which I somehow failed to do earlier (apologies, Cissy! But you're up there now)."
Cissy wrote: "I'm loving this challenge! Finished 8.
"Queen" 
"Poison" 
"Princess"
"Thorns" 
"Court"
"Mist" 
"Born" 
Everyone is updated! Including actually adding Cissy to the list, which I somehow failed to do earlier (apologies, Cissy! But you're up there now).
Finally finished my first:
. I loved it. Can't believe it took me so long, considering how good it was. But, alas, I've been busy. Regardless, I'm moving on to my second with the connecting word being "Six" :
.
Finished book 2:
! I flew through this book. And it was wonderful.Moving on to #3:
- connecting word "Thing".Original post#47.
I've been kinda cruising through my books for this challenge, I'm at 7 of 9 currently. 
-rise(ing)-
-wicked-
-just-
-us-
-between-
-thorns-
Updated post 54.
Finished my 4th
using the word "Starlight" from "Days of Blood and Starlight"I may change my next one.
Finished my 3rd
using the word "queen" from my previous book. Updated post #17.
Finished #3:
.Moving on to
- connecting word "Stolen".Updated original post# 47.
I finished #4 and #5 of the 8 I will need to complete the chain.
using ember from the previous book and
using ashes from the previous book.
Sorry to be quiet for so long, everyone, but I was on vacation (and completely off the grid. So delightful!). You all should be updated now! Good work, everyone! I'll jump into this challenge myself soon (at least I'm almost done with book 1).
Finished books 4-6continuing with the word "before"
"we"
"all"
Updated post #13
Finished my first!
It was a really good read! Now tracking down the rest of the books in the chain - I just had to return one to the library (unread) so I might start heading in the other direction. Challenges!!
Just finished
, and all I can say is WOW! I thought it was better than the first book, which I loved. I must admit, I haven't had this big a crush on one of the main characters since I read Outlander almost 10 years ago.
Finished #4 -
. This is adult, not YA.I had to switch it up a bit because the book I was going to read wasn't available, but this fit in perfect! Moving on to #5 -
. Connecting word "Life".Updated original post# 47.
I've finished my first chain with
and
. Starting the bonus round with
and
. Updated post #54.
Finished my 4th
using the word "Beauty/Beautiful" from my previous book. Updated post #17.
Finished #6 with
using Like from the previous book. I only have two more books to close the chain. I think I am going to take a slight break though because almost all of my books are YA fantasy and the characters and plot lines are getting a bit muddled in my mind. I have been pleased with all the books I've chosen so far there are just too many similarities.
#45So I finally finished my second book in the chain: Crown of Midnight. With school, it took me forever to read this book. Fortunately, my semester is done and I can now resume reading!
Unfortunately, I'm going to have to bow out of this challenge. There are some other books that I really want to read for the summer and the books on my chain are just too gloomy.
Good luck with the challenge everyone!!
I had to change my plans because, once again, the book I was planning to read was checked out. So, I've completely altered my plan and updated my original post# 47 to reflect this. Ugh. Darn people checking out books I want. LOL.So, question. Is Little Women considered Children's or YA? Both tags are on the book page for Goodreads, but it was tagged YA on my library's ebook website, so I'm not sure.
Finished my 5th
using the word "days" from my previous book. Updated post #17.
Amber wrote: "So, question. Is Little Women considered Children's or YA? Both tags are on the book page for Goodreads, but it was tagged YA on my library's ebook website, so I'm not sure. "I would count it - I think it's one of those books that fits into Kids/YA & Adult. But I think of it as similar to Anne of Green Gables and I would totally count it.
Thanks, Gremlin. I appreciate the ruling.
Finished my 5th one!
using Crystal from
I lent my third book for this chain to a student, so I'm kind of stalled because they have to be read in order. Attempts to fix up a new chain have been unsuccessful... Hopefully I can catch up when school lets out in June.
Finished #5 -
.Moving on to something/unsure - connecting word "Little".
Updated original post# 47.
Finished #2/6
Updated post #4. I'm so far behind on this challenge!
Kdbrand wrote: "Updated post #4. I'm so far behind on this challenge!"Me too, Kdbrand! I just finished my second one this morning! (Thank goodness I planned to loop my list, because the 2nd one in the bunch doesn't seem to be coming from the library very quickly - so I had to go in the other direction. Ha!)
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But I'm also considering Stolen Songbird.
Gremlin, if I go with this second pick, would I be able to use the word "song" or "bird" as my linking word? I found a couple other YA titles with "Songbird", but they're all single word titles, so I wouldn't be able to link them with anything.