38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator

[Nikki]

My random word generated was "river", so I read Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield. Really enjoyed this historical fiction novel - lots of great characters.

[Samantha]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category? Wheat, Lounge and Convince
2. What are you reading for this category? Don't Look for Me
3. How does this book connect to your word choice? I was trying to find way to connect all three words but it was hard. In the end I did word search in several books I was hankering to read to see if they had all three words and found a few. The book I choose ended up being problematic for me and I thought this one also had all three but it doesn't even have one. So then I noticed the one of the fonts on the cover was a bit of a "wheat" color and I will "lounge" around when reading and now I just hope to "convince" you it works for the prompt...

[Anne]

I picked 'ego'.
I am reading The Emperor by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
It connects t ego because it is about Napopleon Bonaparte who supposedly had an inflated ego.

[Marta]

I got flock and I think I need something with birds.

[Kathy]

All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders is a sci-fi/fantasy book that's interesting.

[Marta]

Kathy wrote: "All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders is a sci-fi/fantasy book that's interesting."

Thank you! I read quite a bit of sci-fi, will check it out!

[Jill]

What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Detective
What are you reading for this category?
I read The Sea Detective by Mark Douglas-Home
How does this book connect to your word choice?
As I mainly read detective books, I decided to make this different by using the word in the actual title of the book

[Karen]

The word I used was "police," so I read Mystic River by Dennis Lehane for this prompt. The book is about a murder, and involves other criminal activity, so there's a lot of police involvement in the story.

[LeahS]

What words did you pick for this category?

Medicine, restoration, assistance. Amazingly connected words, but the first ones that came up.

What are you reading for this category?

The Horse Boy: A Father's Miraculous Journey to Heal His Son by Rupert Isaacson.

How does this book connect to your word choice?

The author's small son, Rowan, is autistic. Rowan and horses appear to have a deep understanding. When Rowan meets shamanic healers (as part of his father's work with Bushmen), he shows signs of improvement. The author and his wife embark on a journey across Mongolia to meet shamans of this horse riding people, in the hope that Rowan can be helped. Although this sounds very new-age, it is a very down to earth, but thought provoking book. Rowan receives medicines, and does show very significant improvement - restoration for his parents, who are assisted not only by the shamans, but by guides, helpers and ordinary Mongolians.

[GailW]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Daughter

2. What are you reading for this category?
I read London Calling! by Matthew Costello and Neil Richards

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
The missing person in the book is the daughter of a local couple. She went to London to get work as a dancer.

[Severina]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
I got five words: disturbance, tiptoe, picture, assume, city

2. What are you reading for this category?
I read Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
The book is about a missing person so that certainly causes a disturbance, and the cops make a lot of assumptions so assume would work too.

[Suzanne]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Using the random word generator, I got the words: exchange, relax, affair, dozen, sock, auction, subject. I decided to use "affair."

2. What are you reading for this category?
Stoner

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
The main character in the book has an affair.

[Nancy]

Nancy wrote: "I also did five and got tension, solve, operational, kidney, band.

Tension and solve lead to mysteries, so I will probably do a Flavia de Luce. "

Flavia always come through, and did again with As Chimney Sweepers Come to Dust.

[Tiffany]

I chose the word "change" and read How to Change Your Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. It was hard to get through at first, but as he gave examples of study participants' experiences, I changed my mind - see what I did there ;).I'm getting back to daily meditation.

[Laurel]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category? describe, shine, allow, disco, prefer
2. What are you reading for this category? The Llano Kid: Dead Man's Gold by Paul K. Brown
3. How does this book connect to your word choice? Gold shines

[Marie (UK)]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?

FLY

2. What are you reading for this category?



3. How does this book connect to your word choice?

the elephant is flying on the cover

[Joanne]

I ended up going with the word "accident" and read the book Accidentally Engaged by Farah Heron which is a cute romance about a woman who ends up dating in secret the man her parents have arranged for her to marry.

[LeahS]

I read House of the Tiger King: The Quest for a Lost City by the same author for the 'card character' prompt, and really enjoyed it. I'll look out for The Caliph's House.

[Misty]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
So, I just Googled "Random word generator," used the first thing that popped up, and was given these words: exile, snow, action, artist

2. What are you reading for this category?
Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
I have Audible, so I went to Audible and typed in Exile and found that Planet of Exile by Ursula K. LeGuin was included in my membership. I've never read anything by her, but I have always wanted to, so I got it. I realized pretty quickly that it was book 2 in a series, but I still read it. It was okay.

[Brittany]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
I just googled "random word generator" and was given the word 'joystick'
2. What are you reading for this category?
Halloween Boo by Sarah Spade
3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
I was originally trying to find something related to video games, but I ended up just reading smut lol

[Elizabeth]

1. Seek
2. Death Masks by Jim Butcher
3. Harry spends a good chunk of this book looking for a a stolen artifact.

[Dana]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Elevator

2. What are you reading for this category?
The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket.

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
After clicking over 10 times at the random generator, I found this word and found that I have read this book yesterday, so it's perfect.

[JessicaMHR]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Earlier in the year I got Camp and Glove. Then I did it again tonight and got betrayal and team.

2. What are you reading for this category?
Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
This book just came out and it happened to match the second options I got Betrayal and Team.

Team because Walt is charged with keeping a girl from the Lame Deer High school basketball team safe from whomever is sending her hate mail after her sister went missing. So, Walt and Henry spend their time going to most of a whole season of games with the team. Betrayal has to do with the culprit and I don't want to spoil it.

[Marie]

I read All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.

The words I got were Stamp, Onion, Divorce, Talkative, Mourning, Grand, Spring, Demand, Fountain and Excitement.

The word I used was Mourning - at the start of the story one of the main characters is mourning the death of her sister (not a spoiler!).

[Stacey]

The word I got was eliminate, so Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips fit perfectly. The book revolves around the disappearance of two young sisters in Russia's far eastern Kamchatka peninsula. This largely unknown setting is part of what makes this book so fascinating.

[Pam]

I had originally selected 5 words. The first one was "collection" so I decided to stick with it. I am reading a collection of essays and short stories Tolstoy, Rasputin, Others, and Me: The Best of Teffi by Russian author Teffi.

[NancyJ]

My 10 words: Strikebreaker, Immune, West, Corner, Eternal, Appreciate, Fragrant, Preparation, Surgeon, Strong

I didn't like the book I picked for Strikebreaker, so I moved on to Immune and West.

"Immune" about viruses/immune system
Panic in Level 4: Cannibals, Killer Viruses, and Other Journeys to the Edge of Science, by Richard Preston (Immune)

"West" - a family moves west to California during the depression era dust storms. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah (West)

This was the final book for my second round.

[Ira]

My word was rape. So I am reading Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding. I need to read more non fiction and this sounds mildly interesting.

[Hannah]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
I picked only one word: perceive.

2. What are you reading for this category?
I read Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
This book is part memoir and part self help/psychology. Frankl pulls from his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust to create a personal philosophy and therapeutic approach to life that centers around changing your perspective on your life to give it personal meaning to you.

I really enjoyed this prompt - I found it super fun to get the word from the generator and find a good book to fit it.