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

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Many of us take on reading challenges to help us pick our next book to read. When there are prompts to follow, it's easier to know which book to pick up next. This week, we are relying on a random word generator to help us pick our next read.

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Suggestions:

Random Word Generator
How you use this generator is up to you. You can choose to limit yourself to one word option, or expand it to 10. You can search only verbs or nouns. Maybe you're picking your words now (in 2020), or maybe you are waiting until January or whenever you get this prompt to generate your words. It's totally up to you!

If you want a bit more of a challenge (and/or more camaraderie) for this prompt, check out this listopia for the five words that the mods got when they used the word generator, and join in the discussion at this thread.

ATY Group Listopia

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Optional Questions:
1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
2. What are you reading for this category?
3. How does this book connect to your word choice?

[Thomas]

I got movie. So i went through all my choices that had become a movie and eventually picked Christine

[dalex]

I did five adjectives and got elderly, adventurous, quirky, merciful, environmental. What a fun group of words! I have several options for each and I'm not sure yet what I'll choose.

[Ellie]

I've gone for five words too, I'm really happy with them, got plenty of witch and STEM books I want to read:

witch, stable, player, stem, mask

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I did 10 words because I am indecisive and don't trust random generators lol.

I got: know, number, mail, diet, chair, computing, move, no, dozen, complain

Will probably go with a number in the title, because that's the easiest... Tentatively slot in The Four Winds here, but it does fit a bunch of prompts so I may put something else here.

[Nancy]

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. But I may go the band route and read something with music, possibly a memoir.

[Sam]

I tried the generator with 5 words but I didn't enjoy them/don't trust them: fuss, traction, contribution, beg, and cow. And maybe I am being unimaginative and could come up with something related to cow or beg... but I'm just not about it.

So I think I am going to use the mod list for this one, and use "hand" and read The Left Hand of Darkness which I have never read and been meaning to.

[Lizzy]

I went for 3 words, and got news, realism, rhythm. I figure I’ll do a nonfiction based on something or someone in the news... and if I can find something to do with a musician or dancer, that would be even better.

[Chrissy]

I did 10 words: do, horoscope, orchestra, anniversary, biscuit, observation, excavation, hay, retain, misery

I like excavation most, and could use Underland: A Deep Time Journey for it, I think. I also like orchestra and anniversary, and I'd be chuffed if something I read happens to involve one of those without planning!

[Sarah]

I did five words and got:

tradition
wording
bow
administration
runner

I can think of options for all of those, but I really like "tradition." I might go with something that really leans into traditional genre tropes, like a classic fantasy novel.

[Viktoria]

I did 7 words back when we were voting and got:
second, sea, redundancy, heir, circle, favour, treasurer

I've chosen 'second' and will use it for a second book in a series. I have put several books that are first in a series for other prompts, so will have plenty of options later in the year.

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

I rolled for one word and got: hostile

I am a happy little mystery reader :)

[Heather]

My word is poem. I chose Citizen by Claudia Rankine.

[SadieReadsAgain]

The first word I got was novel! But that seemed a bit too on-the-nose, so I ran it again and got dictionary. So, as a dictionary contains every word, I'm going with Everything I Know About Love.

[Robin P, Orbicular Mod]

I am in luck because one of my words was witness and I read lots of mysteries.

[Dana]

I got “transaction “ for my word. I’m not sure yet, which book this will be.

[Stacey]

I'm really anal about this prompt. When should I run the generator? Should I pick some specific, meaningful day? How many words should I roll for? Oy. Maybe I'll just choose to run it on Jan 1 and go with one word only so there are "no backsies".

Decisions decisions. How'd y'all choose?

[Johanne]

Hahaha! I'm currently making myself crazy with the same questions, Stacey. You'd think there were more important things to worry about.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I rolled for fun and got a few words I liked so I'm going to stick with it, but if I hadn't done that, I would probably roll on January 1st and go with whatever it tells me... I wouldn't leave it up to one word though, because I would definitely feel the need to cheat until I got something I wanted. I went with 10 words so I knew I'd have at least one in the first roll that would work.

[Rebecca]

mine were infection horror violation

I am going with horror.

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum is my pick

[Stacey]

Stacey wrote: "I'm really anal about this prompt. When should I run the generator? Should I pick some specific, meaningful day? How many words should I roll for? Oy. Maybe I'll just choose to run it on Jan 1 and ..."

Oh, what could be more important? It's not like we're in a global pandemic or in a struggle against a horrible orange monster. (That sentence is really mindblowing.)

[Stacey]

Emily wrote: "I rolled for fun and got a few words I liked so I'm going to stick with it, but if I hadn't done that, I would probably roll on January 1st and go with whatever it tells me... I wouldn't leave it u..."

That sounds like a really good plan, Emily. One word just isn't enough.

[Stacey]

Rebecca wrote: "mine were infection horror violation

I am going with horror.

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum is my pick"

I sense a theme here, Rebecca.

[Jillian]

Eight is my favorite number so I went with eight words. I rolled when the prompt was brought up in Wild Discussion and I liked my words so I kept them.

[Kathy]

I did 10 words: insurance, contrary, relation, missile, attract, to, constitutional, stadium, tactic, opponent

I'm going with attract, probably, and using a romance or love story.

Arabella- Georgette Heyer
The Shivering Sands - Victoria Holt
Romancing the Duke (Castle Ever After #1) - Tessa Dare
North and South - Elizabeth Gaskell
Giant's Bread - Mary Westmacott
500 Miles from You (Scottish Bookshop #3) - Jenny Colgan

[Nicole]

I decided to make whatever work with 1 word, all word types and one try: SOLID

I have Mad River Road, The House of the Spirits and And the Mountains Echoedon my bookshelf. So I guess I'll read one of these since roads, houses and mountains are pretty solid.

[Tanu]

My word was ‘grind’, so I’ll either go with The Leafcutter Ants: Civilization by Instinct (since they grind leaves) or a book related to coffee, such as Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company orBefore the Coffee Gets Cold

[Dubhease]

Committee and case. So maybe some kind of detective story.

[Rachel]

I think I cheated a tiny bit. I hadn't quite set on when I would pick my words or my book. I knew I wanted to set my generator to 5 and get a range of options. I played around with it a couple of times but never made note of what came up.

Last time, I got: friend, fan, argument, absence and retailer. I really want to read both When You Were Everything and We Used To Be Friends, which both deal with friendship breakups so those would both work for friend, argument and potentially even absence. I wasn't planning on committing to a choice so soon, but it seemed too perfect to pass up.

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

I rolled for one word and got 'register'.

Huh.

Maybe I'll go with Convenience Store Woman, but I'm open to other suggestions in case that doesn't work out. 😂

[Ashley]

I rolled for 10 and got:
championship, moment, throat, protection, dinner, perspective, tea, nation, assumption, people and what stuck out to me was tea lol.
As I wanted to read The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul next year this was perfect.

[Stacey]

I couldn't wait til Jan 1, so I rolled for 5 yesterday (12/17 - an important date for me) and got: eliminate, step, volume, headquarters and one other word that I've forgotten. Eliminate was the first word that came up, and so it was a done deal, since I'd wanted to read Disappearing Earth anyway ;))

[Wendy]

I rolled "phone", which had me stumped until I remembered that Memento Mori by Muriel Spark involves mysterious phone calls saying "remember that you will die". I think I'll do that.

While I was stumped I decided to roll a few more: carpet, passion, preparation and thanks. (passion feels almost too easy, so the plan is to stick with phone unless I'm really not feeling it)

[Calvin]

I rolled for one, and it gave me "revenge" so Vengeful was just sitting on my Kindle waiting to be picked for that one.

As for some weeks I have many options and others I only have one, it's likely I'll come back to this word generator and see what it gives me later in the year, just for larks.

[Heidi]

Oh, I scored! I got the word "paragraph"--guess this means I can read pretty much anything written in prose!

[Conny]

I decided that today was the day, so I went and got my ten random words:
wonder, wreck, finished, multimedia, charm, by, deteriorate, lonely, electronics, complete
I haven't quite decided yet, but here are my thoughts (all books from my existing TBR):

"wreck": The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 audiobook
"multimedia": Daisy Jones & The Six audiobook
"charm": Picture Perfect Lie
"by": Dying by the Hour
"lonely": Pushing the Limits

I guess I'll just keep these in mind and see what I feel like when the time comes to fulfill that prompt.

[Susan]

I really like this prompt.
1. my word was ground
2. The City of Ember by Jeanne Dupree
3. set undergroun

[Brittany]

So I just went ahead and went with one word. I got joystick. I never read Ready Player One and I already own it. Since its very game heavy I figured it has to work!

[NancyJ]

38. A book related to a word given by a random word generator. My 10 words: Strikebreaker, Immune, West, Corner, Eternal, Appreciate, Fragrant, Preparation, Surgeon, Strong

My very first word was "strikebreaker." It seemed really far-out there (and the term has negative connotations), so I kept hitting the button. But I think I'll stick with it because it's interesting and different. I'll read something related to labor relations or unions. (The first class I ever taught was labor relations, but that was a very long time ago.)

My goal this year is to read more international books, and this book looks perfect so far, as it's international, historical, and the women are engaged in a labor dispute:
Women of the Silk

My second choice is word #2 "Immune," and I would pick something related to the immune system or pandemics.

[Arunimaa]

I got three words - stick, trial, issue.

Now I don't think I will have any problems finding books for either a trial or an issue. So my aim would be to go for stick and if I don't find anything then I'll choose either of the last 2.

[Rebecca]

I picked 5 words
Negligence Colony Cooperation Day Birthday
Then I found this on borrowbox Birthday
I love the cover

[Stephanie]

I opted for 10 words to give myself wiggle room. I got railroad, excess, gift, decorative, mix, reservoir, outline, infection, champagne, and housing. Overall lots of cool options but I've been wanting to read How to Kill a City: Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood so I'm going with housing for my word.

[Ruth]

I picked 10 words. Ended up with gift, bend, bite, captivate, dialect, nerve, researcher, discipline, orgy (say WHAT???? lol), and gown. Plenty of options. I may end up going back, having it pick just one word, to make it harder on me. Because with these, I would have way too many options. (Except orgy. Still scratching my head on that one.)

[Erin]

One of my words was “line”. Happily for me, I love Allie Brosh’s line drawings and I have a copy of her new book “Solutions and Other Problems.” It’s full of her drawings.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

I drew 10 words, and they gave me a lot of options. But I just read The Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict, and two of my words were "stage" and "freedom", both of which apply beautifully to the book. So I slotted it in here!

[Roxana]

I got the word "copyright" which I love for this prompt! I'm going to use something that's in public domain, or something that exists because of public domain, probably The Chosen and the Beautiful, Nghi Vo's upcoming queer Asian American spin on The Great Gatsby.

[Evelyn]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Fire
2. What are you reading for this category?
With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
The word fire is on the title.

[Marie]

1. What word(s) did you pick for this category?
Wolf
2. What are you reading for this category?
Wolf's Curse by Kelley Armstrong
3. How does this book connect to your word choice?
The title! But more specifically, we have werewolves!.

[Sherri]

Optional Questions:
1. What word(s) did you pick for this category? I didn't write down the word I used & I have no idea what it was.
2. What are you reading for this category? The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
3. How does this book connect to your word choice? My generated words were grandmother,budge,produce,node,Vegetation. The book was about his family tree,genetics,history of food in the Old South. He spoke a lot about his grandparents & vegetables.

[Andrea]

I used dictionary.com's first 2021 word-of-the-day, carpe diem, as my random word and chose Carpet Diem by Justin Lee Anderson. It played upon the term and was a fun read.