July 2020 Reporting - What's in a Name?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

"Rusalka found another randomiser" really should be the name of this topic. But this a weird one. What I would like you to do is to click this link:

https://www.behindthename.com/random/...

This will bring you up a random name generated out of this name database. But what is different, is it gives you a "demographic" snapshot of this fictional person. Why? Who knows. But you betcha we can read a book about them!!

So what does it look like and how will this work? You'll end up with a snapshot like this:



I need to read a book that ties into fictional Beáta here.

I could read a book by an author called Beáta. Or Erzsébet. Or the main character maybe.
I could read a YA book.
I could read a book by a Slovakian author, or set in Slovakia, or translated from Slovakian.
Something published in 1992.
Something with a protagonist of 27. Or 87.
Something that has a theme of respiratory disease.

As long as you can explain the link and it is reasonably coherent so that my isolated addled brain can work it out, you're golden.

General Rules:
1. The book may be in any format - paperback, ebook, audiobook.
2. The book may be in any genre.
3. The book may NOT be combined with the Year Long Challenge.
4. The book must be read between July 1 – July 31, 2020 (based on your local time zone).
5. The challenge is for one book. You may read more books if you chose.
6. Books must be at least 175 pages long.
➽ In the case of ebooks & audiobooks, use the hardcover or paperback edition to determine page length. From the book page, select “all editions”, then select the first paper edition as your guide. If reading an ebook and there is no paper edition, ask for a ruling. If reading an audiobook and there is no paper edition, your book must be a minimum of 6 hours long.

Scoring:

How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
5 pts – 5
4 pts - 4
3 pts - 3
2 pts – 2
1 pt - 1

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
5 pts – 501+
4 pts - 401-500
3 pts - 301-400
2 pts – 201-300
1 pt - 200 or less

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
• The protagonist is a Person of Colour
• There is a plague in your book
• Your protagonist has a pet dog (mad or not)
• Your cover is over 75% red (check http://labs.tineye.com/color/ if unsure)
• There is a shark in your book
• A character in your book is in the military
• There is a boat on the cover of your book
• Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation
• People in your book believe they have seen a UFO
• There are stars on the cover of your book
• Your author was born in Belgium, Romania, Tunisia, the Bahamas, Peru, or Thailand
• The cover of your book has a bonfire on it
• Lexx's random points - Something that bugs you about your house also occurs in your book. Eg. the light switch is installed backwards. Or the front step is wobbly. Just random examples that may have nothing to do with our flat... Please tell us what that annoyance is.

[Esther]

My name

Ties:
author: nigerian-american. : character is nigerian
Setting: africa (fictitious)
Character: adolescent and female.

Scoring:
How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
4 pts - 4

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
5 pts – 501+

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
• The protagonist is a Person of Colour
• A character in your book is in the military

total` 13 points
I will copy it when the report thread is up. If I do not do report it now. I never will.

[Ashley]

Wall of Fame: Ashley

I read The Perfect Child


Ties: 2 points
Type:Child - The main character is a child
Age:7 - The main character turns 7 in the book

Pages- 3 points

Total= 5 points

[Almeta]

WoF Almeta

Name
Rahim Piripi
Basics
✔️Gender: Masculine Lots of male characters directly involved in this espionage story (see below)
Type: Adolescent
✔️Nationality:Marcus Tio Iraqi proprietor of the Tio Hotel
✔️Location: Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)
✔️Language: Arabic- "Henry Carmichael ....speaks Arabic, Persian,Kurdish,...."
Life & Times
Age:16
✔️Birth date: April 5, 2004 (2:58 PM) (first published on the 5th of a month.)
Physical
✔️Height: 5 ft 10 in ~ Henry Carmichael ~ "brown hair, dark eyes, five-foot-ten...."
Weight: 71 kg / 157 lbs
✔️Handedness: Mrs. Hamilton Clipp breaks her right arm
Blood type: A+
Future Outlook
Death date: June 27, 2085 (7:21 PM)
Lifespan: 81
✔️Cause of death: Unspecified Illness ~ Christie died peacefully on 12 January 1976 at age 85 from natural causes at home at Winterbrook House.

Book
They Came to Baghdad by Agatha Christie 8 Jul

Scoring:
How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
5 pts – 14 Ties!!!!!!!!!

How many pages?
2 pts – 254 pages

Random July Points!
2 pts ✔️• A character in your book is in the military Captain Crosbie
2 pts ✔️• Mrs. Hamilton Clipp goes on a holiday

✔️Christie went on archaeological digs and married an archaeologist Characters Richard Baker British and Dr. Pauncefoot Jones are archaeologists.

✔️Agatha disappeared from her home, leaving behind a letter for her secretary saying that she was going to Yorkshire. Her disappearance caused an outcry from the public, many of whom were admirers of her novels. Despite a massive manhunt, she was not found for eleven days. Character Victoria disappeared for several days.(was kidnapped and escaped)

✔️Christy was born in Torquay, Devon, England, The United Kingdom. Many of the characters in this book are British.

✔️Sir Max Edgar Lucien Mallowan, Christie's 2nd husband and book's character Sir Rupert Crofton Lee had been knighted.

Characters
Edward Goring Briton Private secretary to Dr. Rathbobe
Henry Carmichael British agent born and raised in the Middle East; speaks several languages.
Richard Baker British archaeologist
Mr. Clayton is Consul-General at the British Consulate in Basrah, Iraq.
Marcus Tio Iraqi proprietor of the Tio Hotel in Baghdad.
Sir Rupert Crofton Lee Famous British adventurerand author.
Lionel Shrivenham Young career man at the British Embassy in Baghdad.
Mr. Dakin Iraq Oil Company executive undercover espionage
Dr. Pauncefoot Jones Renowned British archaeologist in Iraq
Mr. & Mrs. Hamilton Clipp Americans hire Victoria as a companion to Mrs. Clipp
Dr. Rathbone at the Olive Branch cultural center in Baghdad.
Anna Scheele is private secretary to financier Mr. Morgenthal of New York City.
Victoria Jones Cockney-born and bred, not very successful shorthand typist. Tall and slender with dark bobbed hair and navy blue eyes.

ALL THAT FOR 11 POINTS!

[Margo]

WoF margo

I read Under the Skin. My randomly generated person was Scottish and this book is set in Scotland.

Scoring:

How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
1 pt - 1

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
2 pts – 201-300

Random July Points! - 0pts

TOTAL: 3pts

But the story was FREAKING GREAT!!!

[Sarah]

WoF Sarah

My person was Brigit Kaan.

Gender: Female
Type: Adult
Nationality: Irish
Language: English
Age: 39
Birth date: May 30, 1981 (8:15 PM)
Height: 169 cm / 5 ft 7 in
Weight: 64 kgs / 142 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: B+
Death date: April 4, 2062 (6:00 AM)
Cause of death: Heart Disease

I chose to read Tricked as the main character was born in Ireland. Additionally, Brigid (my character's name) is a goddess from Irish Mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Tuatha Dé Danann was mentioned frequently in the book and Brigid even got a couple of mentions although she didn't appear. However, Morrigan did appear (she is also one of the Tuatha Dé Danann).

Scoring:
How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
5 pts – 5 (Irish MC, Brigid mentioned, published in English, Adult MC, a side character had a heart attack)

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
3 pts - 301-400 (341pgs)

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
• Your protagonist has a pet dog (mad or not) - Oberon
• Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation - at the end, they go to the Scottish Highlands

Total = 10pts

[Jenn]

WoF - Jenn


Pauline Romão
Basics
Gender: Feminine
Type: Young Adult
Nationality: Danish
Location: Denmark
Language: Danish
Life & Times
Age: 21
Birth date: June 8, 1999 (6:33 PM)
Physical
Height: 172 cm / 5 ft 8 in
Weight: 45 kg / 98 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: O+
Future Outlook
Death date: January 9, 2076 (3:55 PM)
Lifespan: 76
Cause of death: Unspecified Illness

Ruby Red


Scoring
Ties - 2 - 2 pts (female, young adult)
Pages - 324 - 3 pts
Random - Red cover - 2 pts

Total - 7 pts

[Cherie]

WoF Cherie

Marija Zümra
-->Gender: Feminine
-->Type: Young Adult
Nationality: Slovene
Location: Slovenia
Language: Slovene
Age: 24
-->Birth date: December 23, 1995 (12:25 PM)
-->Height: 160 cm / 5 ft 3 in
Weight: 67 kg / 147 lbs
-->Handedness: Right
Blood type: O+
Death date: January 5, 2082 (6:08 PM)
Lifespan: 86
Cause of death: Unspecified Illness

I read Bitterblue, which was published in 2012 and is the third book in the Graceling Realm series.

The characteristics I have indicated with --> are the ones I can link directly to my book.

Associations
Gender: MC, Queen Bitterblue is female
Type: Queen Bitterblue is 19 (young adult) in the story and the genre of the book is "YA"
Handed: Inferred - Bitterblue is right handed. She breaks her left arm and is stabbed in the back of her left shoulder, and is only able to use her "good hand".
Height: Queen Bitterblue is short.3, 4, or 5 pts depending on question answers.

Pages
5 pts (576) pages in hc (I read an ebook copy from my library)

No bonus points apply.

Total points: 9

[Cherie]

Esther - what book did you read?

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Esther - what book did you read?"

Good question!

[Lynn]

WoF - Lynn

Random Person - Nathaniel Ginnie

Basics
Gender: Masculine
Type: Adult
Nationality: American
Location: Rochester, New York, United States
Language: English

Life & Times
Age: 45
Birth date: October 5, 1974 (11:13 PM)

Physical
Height: 166 cm / 5 ft 5 in
Weight: 93 kg / 206 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: A+

Future Outlook
Death date: December 21, 2034 (3:03 PM)
Lifespan: 60
Cause of death: Heart Disease

Book: The Toll

Links: Author is
1. Male
2. American
3. From the state of New York

Scoring:

Ties - 3 pts

Pages - 5 pts

Random July Points! - 0 pts

Total Points - 8 points

[Jayme, Moderator]

WoF Jayme

Felip Jitendra
Adult -Male - Age 59
Spanish
Valencia, Spain
Catalan
Birth date: Sptember 8, 1960 (11:00 PM)
Height: 177 cm / 5 ft 10 in
Weight: 73 kg / 161 lbs
Handedness: Left
Blood type: A+
Death date: April 13, 2048 (3:04 AM)
Lifespan: 87
Cause of death: Unspecified Illness

Book Read: Alberto's Lost Birthday

Links: 4 pts
Person and MC are both male.
Person and MC are both older gentlemen. (59 and 70)
Spanish is spoken in the book.
Book takes place in Spain.

Pages: 3 pts
334 pages

Random Points: 6
Albertino gets a dog at the end of the book.
Captain Garcia is a captain in the Nationalist army.
Alberto and Albertino take a holiday trip together to search for Alberto's birthday.

Total Points: 13

[Kristie, Moderator]

WoF: Kristie



I read The Girls with No Names
Connection - Assigned person and MC are both teenage girls.

How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
2 pts – 2 - female & teenagers

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
3 pts - 301-400 - 336p

Random July Points! - 0

Total: 5 points

[Trudy]

WoF TrudyAn

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Connection: The book’s setting is Northern Ireland, which is the character’s birthplace.

Ties: 3 pts: novel is set in Northern Ireland; author and character both born in Northern Ireland; male protagonist.

Pages: 4 pts - 401-500 (431 pages)

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
2 pts - Your protagonist has a pet dog (mad or not): MC O’Reilly has a big Labrador named Arthur Guinness
2 pts - A character in your book is in the military: several, including Captain O’Bwien-Kelly (ch 20)
2 pts - Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation: Patricia takes a little holiday to Newry while awaiting her test results


Total 13 points

[Sharon]

WoF SharonBiskit

Character: Vasilios Efige^nia
Gender: Masculine
Type: Elderly
Nationality: Greek
Location: Greece
Language: Greece
Age: 66
DOB: 7/12/53

Hgt : 5ft 11 in
Wgt.p: 230 lbs
Right handed
Blood Type: A+
DOD: 2/4/43
89 years
Cancer

I read the third book in the trilogy, The Corfu Trilogy: Garden of The Gods by


Gerald Darrel

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...

Points:

Ties: 3. Masculine, Takes place inGreece, speaks Greek
Pages. 203=2 pts.
Goes on Holiday: both family members and Gerry (Main character) 2 pts.
Pet Dog: 3. Roger, Widdle and Puke. 2 pts.

Total Points= 9

[Peggy]

WoF Peggy

My person:
Frige Geena

Basics
Gender: Feminine
Type: Adult
Nationality: Bengali
Location: Bangladesh

Life & Times
Age: 34
Birth date: February 22, 1986 (10:59 AM)

Physical
Height: 157 cm / 5 ft 2 in
Weight: 45 kg / 100 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: O+

Future Outlook
Death date: March 22, 2060 (8:42 AM)
Lifespan: 74
Cause of death: Cancer

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My book:

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill


The link is that both my fictional person and the MC from the book are adult women.

How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
3 pts - 3
gender: both female
type: both adult
height/weight: Frige is 157 cm and 45 kilos, the MC is described several times as small and slender

How many pages? (following the rules above) :
3 pts - 301-400

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation (at the very end of the book, the MC decided to go on a road trip to Mexico. It's then said that she did that, but nothing of the trip is described. Does it count?)

Total: 8 (or 6) points

[Suzanne]

Wall of Fame: Suzanne

My Person:
Name: Gioacchinno Elia
Gender: Masculine
Type: Child
Location: Apulia, Italy
Language: Italian
Age: 8
Birth Date: June 1, 2012 (11:46 p.m.)
Height: 127 cm / 4 ft 2 in
Weight: 21.8 kg / 48.2 pounds
Handedness: Right
Blood Type: O+
Death Date: May 12, 2096 (1:48 p.m.)
Lifespan: 83
Cause of Death: Alzheimer's

My Book:
The Tuscan Child by Rhys Bowen


3 pts - How Many Ties
- male
- child
- Italy

3 pts - 336 Pages

2 pts - Random July Points!
- character is in the military
- character is on vacation

8 pts Total

I enjoyed this book. An interesting mystery set in Italy during World War II. Add a little romance and good food, and it's a winner for me! I'll definitely be reading more by this author.

[Renee]

Basics
Gender: Feminine
Type: Adolescent
Nationality: Russian
Location: Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia
Language: Russian
Life & Times
Age: 18
Birth date: September 26, 2001 (8:33 AM)
Physical
Height: 166 cm / 5 ft 5 in
Weight: 56 kg / 124 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: O+
Future Outlook
Death date: July 1, 2081 (2:19 AM)
Lifespan: 79
Cause of death: Heart Disease

My girl was irinuska Alojzjij

I read Agnes Grey. The connection was adolescents. The main char is a young woman who's family comes on hard times. The book never really says how young she is but she reads like she is around 18. Adolescence is the physical and psychological development that starts with puberty and ends with adulthood. Both Agnes and several of her pupils fit this category

WOF Renee
2points tie

Female and adolescent

2 pts –250 pages


Random July Points! - 2 pts each


•2 points A character in your book is in the military
•
•2 points Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation
• 2 points Lexx's random points - One of the places she live is drafty like my family room

total 10 points

[Janice, Moderator]

WoF - Janice

I got:


The book I chose for this challenge was The Only Good Indians. The name Síomha means 'peace' and 'good' so I chose a book with the word "Good" in the title. The story itself was anything but peaceful.

Scoring:

1 pt - Number of connections
3 pts - Pages totalled 320 in hardcover. I read the audiobook
2 pts - Protagonist(s) were POC (Native American)
2 pts - There was a pet dog

Total points: 8

[Lanelle]

WoF Name - Lanelle

My person was:
Melpomeni Theodoros

Gender: Feminine
Type: Child
Nationality: Greek
Location: Greece
Language: Greek

Age: 12
Birth date: September 8, 2007 (1:25 AM)

Height: 4 ft 10 in
Weight: 103 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: A+

Death date: September 10, 2073 (4:24 AM)
Lifespan: 66
Cause of death: Respiratory Disease

I read A Season for the Heart. The main character's name is Melpomeme.

Here's my scoring:
How many ties between your book and your fictional person?
2 - 2 points (name and female)

How many pages?
2 pts – 201-300 (224 pages)

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
• A character in your book is in the military (the mc's uncle is in the military)

Total points: 6

[Ayacchi]

WoF Aya

Random Person - Lynwood Silvia

Basics
Gender: Masculine
Type: Young Adult
Nationality: American
Location: North Carolina, United States
Language: English

Life & Times
Age: 28
Birth date: May 12, 1992 (9:41 AM)

Physical
Height: 183 cm / 6 ft
Weight: 93 kg / 206 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: A+

Future Outlook
Death date: February 9, 2081 (1:16 PM)
Lifespan: 88
Cause of death: Heart Disease

I read The Lucky One and glad I could keep my one year one book by author goal

Scoring:

Ties:
5 pts －
Gender: Masculine (both author and MC are male)
Nationality: American
Location: North Carolina, United States
Language: English
Age: 28 (MC are 28 years old)

Pages:
3 pts － 336 pages

Random Points:
2pts － Your protagonist has a pet dog (mad or not) (A German shepherd named Zeus)
2pts － A character in your book is in the military (marine)
2 pts － Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation (the Nana took a week off from the kennel and went to Greensboro)
2 pts － There are stars on the cover of your book
2 pts － Lexx's random points - Something that bugs you about your house also occurs in your book. Eg. the light switch is installed backwards. Or the front step is wobbly. Just random examples that may have nothing to do with our flat... Please tell us what that annoyance is.
(The window is painted out and couldn't be opened. I also have a window that can't be opened for years)

Total score: 18 points

[Peggy]

Wow! Impressive score Aya!

[Ayacchi]

Peggy wrote: "Wow! Impressive score Aya!"

Thank to the Location, I found the 'right' book and got many bonuses 💪

[Poongothai]

WoF Poongothai

Brandi Gordana
Gender: Feminine
Type: Adult
Nationality: American
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Language: English
Age: 57
Birth date: May 17, 1963 (7:48 PM)
Height: 157 cm / 5 ft 2 in
Weight: 57 kg / 126 lbs
Handedness: Right
Blood type: B+
Death date: April 23, 2056 (12:35 PM)
Lifespan: 92
Cause of death: Heart Disease


Broken by Rebecca Zanetti


Scoring:

How many ties between your book and your fictional person? - 5
points
Gender: Feminine (Author is Feminine)
Type: Adult (MC are adult)
Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States (Story takes place in United States)
Language: English (Book is published in English)
Birth date: May 17, 1963 (7:48 PM) (Published on May 26, 2020)

How many pages?
3 pts - 301-400 (384 pages)

Random July Points! - 2 pts each
• Your protagonist has a pet dog (mad or not) - Pet Dog Roscoe
• A character in your book is in the military - MC Wolfe is from military
• Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation - "Donald and I are going on a holiday tomorrow"


Total : 14 points

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "WoF Cherie

Marija Zümra
-->Gender: Feminine
-->Type: Young Adult
Nationality: Slovene
Location: Slovenia
Language: Slovene
Age: 24
*Birth date: December 23, 1995 (12:25 PM)
*Height: 160 cm ..."

I am going to say yes on the 12 and December link.
Okay on the short 160cms (even though I am exactly 160cms tall and I am remembering this).

But 5'3" to 3rd in series was a bit of a stretch for me, so I will leave that one

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Peggy wrote: "WoF Peggy
Characters in your book go on a holiday or vacation (at the very end of the book, the MC decided to go on a road trip to Mexico. It's then said that she did that, but nothing of the trip is described. Does it count?)."

I was thinking within the book. If it was after the book, you don't know if they actually did!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Some fantastic scores in here! You have a few hours to go, so get your reading skates on!!

[Katrisa]

WoF -Katrisa
My Person Kasi Matteo
feminine
YA
Indian
Andra Pradesh, India
Telugu
21
April 26, 1999 3:24 pm
167 cm/ 5'6"
46 kg/101 lbs
Right hand
AB+
Died June 29, 2072 (5:15 pm)
73
Stroke

I used

Connections
female MC
Indian Nationality
Set in India
3 points

Pages
368
3 points

Random Points
Protagonist is a POC
Red Cover
She has problems with her bathroom plumbing
6 points

Total 12 points

[Katrisa]

I was reporting this month's challenge book and realized that I didn't think I added my WoF name last month - and sure enough, I didn't! I fixed it now :)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Thanks Katrisa! I'll try and do badges this week, so if anyone still needs to report (*cough* me) then now is the time to do it!

[Cherie]

Rusalka wrote: "Cherie wrote: "WoF Cherie

Marija Zümra
-->Gender: Feminine
-->Type: Young Adult
Nationality: Slovene
Location: Slovenia
Language: Slovene
Age: 24
*Birth date: December 23, 1995 (12:25 PM)
*..."

Thanks, Rusalka. I updated my original post and score. ;o)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

WoF - Rusalka
Random name/person - Imeda Miroslava
Book read - She Plays with the Darkness

How many ties? - 2 pts – 2
- Male author/person
- Book published in 2000/born in 2000

2 pts – 201-300pp

Random July Points!
• The protagonist is a Person of Colour - Book is set in Lesotho and the two protagonists are siblings from a village in the hills.

Total - 6 points