22. A book with alliteration in the title

[Piajensen13]

Mo wrote: "I think i'm going with Etiquette & Espionage for this prompt. I believe that all the books in the Finishing School series would work for this as well."

I started the Finishing School series last year and used one of Gail Carriger's books in this series for this prompt.
Other than Etiquette & Espionage there is also Curtsies & Conspiracies, Waistcoats & Weaponry and Manners & Mutiny.
They are all steampunk books with lots of strong female characters!

[Johanne]

Piajensen13 wrote: "Mo wrote: "I think i'm going with Etiquette & Espionage for this prompt. I believe that all the books in the Finishing School series would work for this as well."


I really enjoyed that series.

[Kim]

I found a fun book on my Overdrive recommendations. It's a children's book, but is completely about rhyming! (I think it's going to be a combination of alliteration and rhyming, but at least the title is, for sure). It's A Greyhound, A Groundhog, by Emily Jenkins, and it has the added plus of having wonderful illustrations! The illustrations were done by Chris Appelhans, known for his work on the animated film, Coraline.

[Kim]

A couple of you have mentioned Dodie Smith's, I Capture the Castle. I've had that book on my shelves for decades! I think my grandparents gave it to me. I have never read it, and now is the time. I'll do TWO books for this prompt, since the other one is a children's book and seems too easy.

[Cornerofmadness]

I just finished Lethal Licorice for this prompt but I was going to use Takedown Twenty (Note I had an ARC for Licorice, it won't be out for a few weeks). I thought it was a decent cozy mystery.

[Roman]

Verkizen wrote: "Hey Roman -- I don't really care how people choose to tackle these prompts, but I do feel like I should tell you "I am Legend" does not have alliteration in the title. Maybe you meant to post this ..."

Yes! OOPS. Definitely meant to go in the book that's a movie thread!
Good catch.

[Nichelle]

For this prompt, I'm currently reading Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour. I'm trying to read more non-fiction books.

[Stephanie]

I just finished reading Daughter of Sand and Stone. There were many great ones that I saw people suggest for this category, but I'm trying to read books that I already own, because my buying habits usually look like this: read 1 book, buy 5 more.

I ended up totally loving it. I didn't realize it was (loosely) based on a real person. Definitely made me want to read up on her more!

[Juliebean]

I haven't seen this one mentioned, and I think it counts: Year of Yes: How to Dance It Out, Stand In the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes.

[Ashlee]

I’ve had Nick & Nora’s Infinite Playlist on my TBR list for a while, would this for or am I just grasping at straws?

[Jess]

I read

for this prompt. Completed 2/4/18

[Laura]

I read Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Hoeg. It can also be used for the Nordic Noir category.

[Mike]

Just finished The Haunting of Hill House over the weekend. Meh.

[Julie]

I read:

for this prompt.
Finished Feb 2018

[Elisabeth]

Can a series title be used for this prompt? I got sucked into the Soul Screamers Series by Rachel Vincent and should be done with the last book in a couple of days. (Polishing this series off in about two weeks.) While the individual books in the series don't match up with any of the prompts, I'd love to be able to still use the series as a whole for the challenge.

[Michele]

Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. One of my all time favorite novels.

[Mirel]

Rachel wrote: "Can I count Nevernight even though it's only 1 word?"



Yes, the alliteration is within the word, I think that falls under the definition of the term. Enjoy!

[Mirel]

Picked up some freebies on bookshout yesterday:
Seeking Scarlet
Silver Scorpion #1 (a comic, used it for the read harder challenge)
and on Amazon prime:
Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom

other books I've read (before January, so I can't use them):
Tempest in the Tea Room
Turn of the Tide
In Farleigh Field
Round Robin
Wives Of War
Beneath a Scarlet Sky

[Johanne]

@Elisabeth; yes I think you can use the series title. And not even stretching the prompt.

[Elisabeth]

Johanne wrote: "@Elisabeth; yes I think you can use the series title. And not even stretching the prompt."

Awesome. Thanks, Johanne. Just finished the last book in the series today. They were like candy.

[Ruth]

I just read A Week in Winter for this prompt.

[Jenn]

Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich...I picked this out of the "Audiobooks recommended for your commute" section from our library

[Erika]

I chose Harvesting the Heart

[Melinda]

Captain Corelli’s Mandolin

[Nancy]

Listened to an Audiobook of The Great Gatsby

[Melissa]

Just finished Coincidence of Coconut Cake! As one reviewer wrote part travel guide, part food porn disguised as chick lit

[Karla]

Hi
Would “Someday,Someday, maybe” fit here?
Thanks

[Serendipity]

Audubon, On The Wings Of The World is a good choice for those who like graphic novels and/or have an interest in birds.

[Darja]

I read Glory in Death for this prompt.
It doesn´t sound like an alliteration, does it? But in czech it is an alliteration :-)

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

I read Pawn of Prophecy for this prompt. It's the beginning of a series that's technically YA fantasy, but it don't read like modern YA at all. It's just a bit easier to read than an adult novel, and without much inappropriate content. I haven't quite finished the series, but I'm loving the whole thing so far.

Other books I've enjoyed that would fit this prompt--

YA fantasy:
A Dance of Silver and Shadow: A Retelling of The Twelve Dancing Princesses (This one also has twins in it, as the does the sequel A Tale of Beauty and Beast: A Retelling of Beauty and the Beast, so you could easily fit both books into the prompts.)

Beauty and the Beast (Lots of other Beauty and the Beast retellings out there too, of course.)

Curiouser and Curiouser (This one tackles some darker stuff, but I thought it was handled well.)

Followed by Frost

The Master Magician (Third in a series...)

Princess Paisley

YA Sci-fi:
Have Space Suit—Will Travel

Children's:
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

The Song of Glory and Ghost (Second in a series...)

Poo-Poo and the Dragons (It's out of print, but I just got a copy and need to re-read this one, because I remember at being quite good from my childhood. The writing style is a lot of fun.)

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Avonlea (The second book, in case you want to use the first for childhood classic or favorite color.)

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Absolutely Amazing Adventures of Agent Auggie Spinoza

Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with a Circus (Haven't read this one since childhood, but I enjoyed it then.)

Nonfiction:
Blood, Sweat, and Pixels: The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made

168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think

The Lifegiving Home: Creating a Place of Belonging and Becoming

Eve in Exile and the Restoration of Femininity

Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love

The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life

Miniatures and Morals: The Christian Novels of Jane Austen

What I Learned Lying Down (subtitle is: Hope for the Chronically Ill--not sure why it doesn't show up in the goodread title)

Classics:
A Christmas Carol

The Count of Monte Cristo (A bit of a stretch perhaps, but I'd say the C words are 'close together'.)

Sci-Fi/Fantasy:
The Green and the Gray

Streams of Silver (second in a series...)

Mystery:
The Hills of Homicide

[Tina]

I think I'll go with this The Woman Warrior

[Abbie]

I think I'll use My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food by Lidia Bastianich for this one. She stopped in Dallas for her book tour last night and gave a wonderful talk about her story!

[Amber]

I went with Crooked Kingdom, which is the sequel to Six of Crows (great for a book involving a heist!)

[Emma]

Hickory Dickory Dock
Parker Pyne Investigates
Three act tragedy
Murder in Mesopotamia
Murder in the Mews

All by Agatha Christie.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

Marga wrote: "I just started The Floating Admiral. The choice makes sense when translated into Spanish: El almirante flotante."

Seems like that's a rhyming title rather than alliterative. Am I missing something?

[Shelley]

While I had plenty of choices on my to-read list, my book club book this month is Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World which is much more intentional alliteration than the others I was looking at so perfect!

I would have preferred much more details in the book (it's only 175 pages so if any of you have a feminist slanted book club, it's a good choice), but it did cause me to search for more information on a few of the women. I learned quite a few new things.

[Elizabeth]

Would Everything Everything by Nicola Toon fall here?

[Tania]

Well, I finally read a book for this prompt - I won't say found, since I'd actually had 3 picked out from my bookshelves that would work but happened to read a completely different book on Kindle that fits:

Secret Sister by Emelle Gamble - I loved the book, if not necessarily the characters, it's probably saying something if I didn't have a favorite character but still couldn't put the book down (this book also works for a book about death or grief

The other ones that were on my list were:
Alfred Hitchcock's Sinister Spies
The Great Gatsby
Second Stringer

[Susan]

Would either of these work?

Let Me Lie
or
Every Single Secret

[Linda]

Susan wrote: "Would either of these work?

Let Me Lie
or
Every Single Secret"

Susan, I'd say yes to both!!

[Sylvia]

I read Gerald’s Game by Stephen King. It counts right???
Book was much better than the movie.

[Linda]

Sylvia wrote: "I read Gerald’s Game by Stephen King. It counts right???
Book was much better than the movie."

No, unfortunately that title is not alliteration. Some definitions may say same initial letters, because it usually is, but ONLY if it is also the same sounds. Here's a pretty good explanation: https://literaryterms.net/alliteration/

[Brittany]

I'm planning on reading Bruja Born for this prompt when it comes out in June. Both the book title and series name (Brooklyn Brujas) have alliteration and I really enjoyed the first book in the series Labyrinth Lost which would also work for this prompt. They are both YA fantasy which is pretty much my favorite genre.

[Sylvia]

Linda wrote: "Sylvia wrote: "I read Gerald’s Game by Stephen King. It counts right???
Book was much better than the movie."

No, unfortunately that title is not alliteration. Some definitions may say same initia..."

I kinda knew that just had no place to put it. Just seeing if anyone was paying attention. Thank you.

[Patricia]

I have been deciding between The Promise of Pierson Orchard or Burning Bright.

Both sound pretty good.

[Sandra]

Would State of Sorrow count for this prompt?

[Susan]

Linda wrote: "Susan wrote: "Would either of these work?

Let Me Lie
or
Every Single Secret"

Susan, I'd say yes to both!!"

Thanks Linda! I worry when things can be subjective.......such a stickler for the rules!

[Sally]

I read Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks.

[Dcbk]

I am going to read The Deep Dark Descending by Allen Eskens

[Johanne]

I have never actually read Pride and Prejudice... After revealing this to my sister, and she didn't disown me, I think it may be time to do so. I'm 42, a librarian, have always read a lot, and my sister teaches English and studied English in university, just to put perspective on the atrocity.