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message 1: by Zaz (new)

Zaz | 2969 comments To be a true sentence, the title needs to have at least a subject AND a verb (so "This blue book is awesome" works, but not "This blue awesome book").

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List of titles that are a whole sentence
Titles with a Question Mark (pick only the ones with a true sentence!)
Best Picture Book Title (pick only the ones with a true sentence!)

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Optional questions:
- What are you reading for this category?
- Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.


message 2: by Tracy (last edited Dec 16, 2017 02:54PM) (new)

Tracy (tracyisreading) | 2573 comments Another no brainer for me because I have My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry sitting on my shelf.
I loved Ove, so hopefully I'll enjoy this as well. I have 2 Backmans on my challenge list.


message 4: by Pam (last edited Dec 18, 2017 09:41PM) (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 3839 comments I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin, set in South Korea, is my first choice. I've never read anything set in North or South Korea.
Alternate name based on the cover: I was Caught in a Storm
I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin


message 7: by Emily, Conterminous Mod (new)

Emily Bourque (emilyardoin) | 11184 comments Mod
Tracy wrote: "Another no brainer for me because I have My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry sitting on my shelf.
I loved Ove, so hopefully I'll enjoy this as well. I have 2 Backmans on..."


I was so disappointed with that book and with Britt-Marie (the sequel). I read A Man Called Ove first, so my expectations were way high. It's not a bad book, but make sure you adjust your expectations. Ove and Beartown were much better!


message 9: by Brandy (new)

Brandy B (bybrandy) | 97 comments Emily wrote: "Tracy wrote: "Another no brainer for me because I have My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry sitting on my shelf.
I loved Ove, so hopefully I'll enjoy this as well. I have..."


Beartown was my favorite read of 2017. But I enjoyed Britt-Marie Was Here a lot when I read it a couple of years ago. I didn't much like Grandmother, though.


message 10: by Sharla (new)

Sharla Desy I'd like to read The Sun is Also a Star for this one.


message 11: by Mely (new)

Mely (mneg) | 28 comments Reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith with one of my groups.


message 13: by Tamula (new)

Tamula | 65 comments I'm going to read Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw. I got it through my UpperCase subscription a while ago and never read it. It's a YA contemporary novel.

Can someone tell me how to create the book title link that you guys all have in your posts. I can't figure it out!


message 14: by Tracy (new)

Tracy (tracyisreading) | 2573 comments Tamula wrote: "I'm going to read Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here by Anna Breslaw. I got it through my UpperCase subscription a while ago and never read it. It's a YA contemporary novel.

Can someone tell me how to..."


When you are typing in the comment box at the very top where it says "add book/author" you can type in the name and select either the title or the cover .


message 15: by Tamula (new)

Tamula | 65 comments Thank you, Tracy!


message 16: by Tamula (new)

Tamula | 65 comments Okay, I just figured out it that the "add book/author" feature doesn't appear if I am using my phone to comment.


message 17: by Mely (new)

Mely (mneg) | 28 comments yeah, it sux that I can't do a lot of html stuff in comments. GR app is very limited. 🙁


message 18: by Tracy (new)

Tracy (tracyisreading) | 2573 comments The app is horrible. Most of the time I can see half of the writing in the comments ( not all, it gets cut off) and the book titles or covers never show up :-(


message 19: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 3839 comments Tamula - You can use your phone to link books, etc. but you have to use the desktop version rather than the App. Unfortunately, the App is limited in its functionality, for us serious users.


message 20: by Michele (new)

Michele (spookybookshelfie) For this decided to read We Need to Talk About Kevin I am really looking forward to reading it!


message 22: by dalex (new)

dalex (912dalex) | 2646 comments For this category I am going to read We Are Here by Michael Marshall.


message 23: by Corinne (last edited Jan 07, 2018 10:57AM) (new)

Corinne | 13 comments Would The Girl Who Drank the Moon count for this prompt? It is definitely a long title, but I'm not sure it counts as a sentence. I guess it could be a response to a question (Q: Who is that? A: The girl who drank the moon). Thoughts?


message 24: by dalex (new)

dalex (912dalex) | 2646 comments Corinne wrote: "Would The Girl Who Drank the Moon count for this prompt?"

No, it a clause. A sentence is a subject and a predicate (and sometimes one or more clauses). If it was something like "The girl, who drank the moon, had blonde hair" or "The girl drank the moon" it would be a sentence.

Sorry. :)


message 25: by Corinne (new)

Corinne | 13 comments Corinne wrote: "Would The Girl Who Drank the Moon count for this prompt? It is definitely a long title, but I'm not sure it counts as a sentence. I guess it could be a response to a question (Q: Wh..."

Thanks for confirming my suspicions, I knew it didn't sound quite right! I'll have to pick another. :)


message 26: by Nadine in NY (new)

Nadine in NY Jones | 2285 comments I'm thinking about using "It Happened on Love Street," because I love The Doors, and this book also works for "song lyric" in Popsugar. That's a full sentence, right?


message 27: by Ruth (new)

Ruth | 119 comments Pam wrote: "I'll Be Right There by Kyung-Sook Shin, set in South Korea, is my first choice. I've never read anything set in North or South Korea.
Alternate name based on the co..."

Thanks for suggesting this, I've wanted to read something set in Korea and this looks an interesting read.


message 28: by Jill (new)

Jill Frick (jillyfay) | 28 comments Would “All is Not Forgotten” by Wendy Walker work?


message 29: by Kim (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 539 comments What are you reading for this category?
Who Will Care For Us? Long-Term Care and the Long-Term Workforce: Long-Term Care and the Long-Term Workforce by Paul Osterman.
- Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.
Guess what? It's going to happen to you, too.


message 30: by Elise (new)

Elise (theblackhorizon) Jill wrote: "Would “All is Not Forgotten” by Wendy Walker work?"

Yes, it has the subject "all" and predicate "is not forgotten".


message 31: by Carol (new)

Carol | 67 comments Agatha Christie – Lord Edgeware Dies by Agatha Christie


message 32: by Beth (new)

Beth | 450 comments I didn't have many options for this category and none really jumped out at me. In the end I decided to go for Did You Ever Have a Family which I added to my TBR a long, long time ago. I had forgotten what it's about (hence my initial lack of interest) but after checking the reviews just now I'm quite intrigued by it.


message 33: by Wendorej (new)

Wendorej | 55 comments What are you reading for this category?
Les cafards n'ont pas de roi (Cockroaches have no king) - D. E. Weiss
Les cafards n'ont pas de roi by D. E. Weiss

Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.
To kiss a cockroach


message 34: by Silvia (new)

Silvia Turcios | 1058 comments - What are you reading for this category? The Sun Is Also a Star

- Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.
The Sun Is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
There are many lines in a story


message 35: by Kimberley (new)

Kimberley Stoeger brzozowski | 42 comments This was another book from my friend Stefanie's list I discovered when looking for a book for week 20. The Woman in Cabin 10


message 36: by Hellie (new)

Hellie | 35 comments Where Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster

Haven't read any E M Forster so looking forward to this.


message 37: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 552 comments I was originally going to read And Then There Were None but I got Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman in my Book of the Month box so I decided to go with it instead.


message 38: by Rachelnyc (new)

Rachelnyc | 943 comments Charity wrote: "I was originally going to read And Then There Were None but I got Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman in my Book of the Month box so I decided to go wi..."

I read Eleanor Oliphant for this prompt and it's one of my favorites so far this year. Hope you enjoy it.


message 39: by Jody (new)

Jody (jodybell) | 3477 comments I’m planning on Eleanor for this prompt too, if it’s killing me to have to wait till Week 43! I see this book everywhere and people seem to almost universally love it.


message 40: by Emily, Conterminous Mod (new)

Emily Bourque (emilyardoin) | 11184 comments Mod
Jody wrote: "I’m planning on Eleanor for this prompt too, if it’s killing me to have to wait till Week 43! I see this book everywhere and people seem to almost universally love it."

It was one of my favorite reads of the year! I read it on January 1st, as soon as all the new challenges started because I couldn't wait 😂


message 41: by Perri (new)

Perri | 886 comments What are you reading for this category?
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
- Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.
Eleanor Says She Is Fine, But Really, Not So Much


message 42: by Maris (new)

Maris (maristocratic) | 36 comments I am currently reading Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe for this challenge.


message 43: by Sheri (new)

Sheri | 119 comments - What are you reading for this category?

Britt-Marie Was Here

- Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.

She Likes Cleaning, Rats, and Football.


message 44: by Serendipity (new)

Serendipity | 441 comments H is for Hawk . Not the most exciting sentence admittedly. Perhaps Falconry can be Part of the Grieving Process (although you can't tell that from the cover!).


message 45: by Anastasia (new)

Anastasia (anastasiaharris) | 1730 comments Like many others I chose Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine.


message 46: by Pam (new)

Pam (bluegrasspam) | 3839 comments I'm reading I'm Not Stiller. The title is perfect for the story!

A title based on the bizarre e-book cover, which is quite different from the paperback, I'm Not Stiller by Max Frisch : My Life is a Crazy Mess


message 47: by Andrea (new)

Andrea | 456 comments I read I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak for this task. It is a really cute and uplifting tale.


message 48: by Jill (new)

Jill (dogbotsmum) | 1356 comments What are you reading for this category?
I read The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

Look at the cover and give a new sentence title to your book.
Several stories of one man's life.


message 49: by Pamela, Arciform Mod (new)

Pamela | 2273 comments Mod
Charity wrote: "I was originally going to read And Then There Were None but I got Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman in my Book of the Month box so I decided to go wi..."

I did Eleanor for this prompt too and after not being so sure I really liked it


message 50: by Brittany (new)

Brittany Morrison | 478 comments I just finished reading The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder for this prompt. It was a very interesting read, especially since I am a nurse. I didn't realize that this guy was the reason some laws and practices are in effect.

The Good Nurse A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder by Charles Graeber A new title would be Man at a Hospital. I do not feel like the cover really gives any indication that you're about to read a book about murder.


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