WI 19-20 10.8 Single Word Title

[Kate S]

Winter contains the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, as well as February, the shortest month of the year. Read a book with a short title...so short that it only consists of one word. For this task, no subtitles are allowed.

Please post questions or recommendations for task 10.8 in this thread.

[Ed]

Would Menaechmi; Or, the Twin-Brothers by Plautus work with the words after the semi-colon being considered a sub-title?

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

No, sorry. No subtitles are allowed for this task.

[Ed]

oh boy....again the answer is in the task description. I have a stressful situation happening at home...and Its obviously affecting me.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

I hope all rights itself soon.

[Ed]

thanks...me too.

[Juniper]

a few from my 'read' shelf, in case any of these might appeal to someone else:

• February, by lisa moore
• Beloved, by toni morrison
• Commonwealth, Taft, and Run, all by ann patchett
• Vi, Mãn, and Ru, all by kim thúy
• Brother, by david chariandry
• Sweetland and Galore, both by michael crummey
• Unless, by carol shields
• Doc, by mary doria russell
• Jubilee, by margaret walker
• Grace, by natashia deón
• Chemistry, by weike wang
• Swell, by jill eisenstadt
• Outline, Transit, and Kudos, all by rachel cusk
• Lazaretto, by diane mckinney-whetstone
• Homegoing, by yaa gyasi
• LaRose, by louise erdrich


it's not coming out until next year, but i am pretty sure i will be reading Ridgerunner, by gil adamson. i loved her earlier novel The Outlander (not that outlander, heh!) so i was pretty excited to hear she has a new one on its way!!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Jennifer wrote: "it's not coming out until next year, but i am pretty sure i will be reading Ridgerunner, by gil adamson. i loved her earlier novel The Outlander (not that outlander, heh!) so i was pretty excited to hear she has a new one on its way!!"

Oohh, exciting. I, too, liked her The Outlander.

[Juniper]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Oohh, exciting."

that was my exact reaction too!

[Valerie]

Jennifer wrote: "a few from my 'read' shelf, in case any of these might appeal to someone else:

• February, by lisa moore
• Beloved, by toni morrison
• Commonwealth, [boo..."

I L!oved that book! Nice to hear about a new one! Thanks for mentioning it, I'm usually out of the loop on these things.

[Juniper]

Valerie wrote: "I L!oved that book! Nice to hear about a new one! Thanks for mentioning it, I'm usually out of the loop on these things. "

yay!! i am so happy that was useful information!!

[Penny]

Here's a couple I wrote down in my planning:

• Aria by Nazanine Hozar
• Annabel by Kathleen Winter
• Away by Jane Urquhart
• Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
• Fauna by Alyssa York
• Akin by Emma Donoghue
• Hag by Kathleen Kaufman
• Inland by Tea Obreht
• BreathBreath by Tim Winton
• Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Thanks too @Jennifer -- Galore or Sweetland by Crummey! Perfect. Bonus points too, so my originally planning is probably out the window. Ha!

[Penny]

March by Geraldine Brooks works here and bonus too for 20.2 Freedom Season. Oh and a Pulitzer Prize winner too.

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Penny wrote: "March by Geraldine Brooks works here and bonus too for 20.2 Freedom Season. Oh and a Pulitzer Prize winner too."

And it has several members giving it 5-stars! (But the Pulitzer won't count for 20.10 as it was won in 2005.)

[Penny]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Penny wrote: "March by Geraldine Brooks works here and bonus too for 20.2 Freedom Season. Oh and a Pulitzer Prize winner too."

And it has several members giving it 5-stars! (But the P..."

Oh right! Darnnit! :-) But yay - 5-star bonus points then!

[Valerie]

I don't think Ashenden works for this task. Could you confirm?!

[Elizabeth (Alaska)]

Valerie wrote: "I don't think Ashenden works for this task. Could you confirm?!"

It *does* work because the MPE is a single word title. (Glad you're going to read this, Valerie!)

[Valerie]

Elizabeth (Alaska) wrote: "Valerie wrote: "I don't think Ashenden works for this task. Could you confirm?!"

It *does* work because the MPE is a single word title. (Glad you're going to read this, Valerie!)"

Oh, ok! That's good news because I really wanted to use it for this task. I voted for it, so I 'should' read it! ;) I like Maugham.