37. A book that uses all five vowels in the title and/or author's name

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

A E I O U

Time to get to hunting! For an easier version, find a book with all 5 located across the title and author's name. To make it harder for yourself, try to find a book where either the title or the author's name have all 5. To make it really hard for yourself, try finding all five in both! Happy hunting!

What book are you reading and what books did you find that would fit the prompt?

Listopia:
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

[Dubhease]

I'm going to finally read Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. All the vowels are in his name if you spell out "Junior".

[dalex]

I’m planning to use The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon for this prompt.

[Shannon SA]

dalex wrote: "I’m planning to use The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon for this prompt."

Loved that book, dalex :)

[T.]

Anything by Leigh Bardugo works for this.

[Nancy]

I have several possibilities, and I'm only using title for this one.

The Chosen and the Beautiful
The Most Beautiful Girl in Cuba
The Once and Future Witches
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

Just find a book with "beautiful" in the title and chances are there's another word with an "o" in it!

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Nancy, The Chosen and the Beautiful was one of my best books this year! Highly recommend.

[Nancy]

I'm definitely going to read it next year, just need to figure out which prompt. I have it down as a possibility for set during 1900-1951 too.

[dalex]

Shannon wrote: "dalex wrote: "I’m planning to use The Trouble with Goats and Sheep by Joanna Cannon for this prompt."

Loved that book, dalex :)"

It's been on my reading list for ages! I really must read it next year.

[Karen]

I'm going to read Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro. It has all 5 vowels both in the title and author's name. I love the economy of it, too: Alice Munro has just five vowels in her name, one of each, and Too Much Happiness has only 6 vowels! Alice Munro is one of my favorite writers.

[Sam]

Nancy wrote: "I'm definitely going to read it next year, just need to figure out which prompt. I have it down as a possibility for set during 1900-1951 too."

I read it at the end of 2020 as an ARC but it's still so memorable and fresh in my mind, echo Emily that this is such a great book and hope you enjoy it too!

I think I am going to use On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong because it has all 5 vowels in both the title and author, and it's been sitting on my shelf for some time!

[Angie]

Agatha Christie seems made for this challenge. I added several titles of hers that work to our listopia. My plan is:

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

[Judy]

Euphoria has all five letters in one word.

[Pearl]

Olive, Again byElizabeth Strout
Oh William! by Oh William!
Euphoria by Lily King
The Chosen and the Beautiful byNghi Vo
The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Sam wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I'm definitely going to read it next year, just need to figure out which prompt. I have it down as a possibility for set during 1900-1951 too."

I read it at the end of 2020 as an ARC..."

Sam, that might be the push I need to read On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous!

[Pam]

I plan to limit it to books I own and just the author's name, which leaves me with:

Accordion Crimes by Annie Proulx
Talent by Juliet Lapidos
The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
No Crystal Stair: A Documentary Novel of the Life and Work of Lewis Michaux, Harlem Bookseller by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson
Friend of My Youth by Alice Munro

Alternatively, I might go with just the title, which gives me 6 options.

[Dana]

Angie wrote: "Agatha Christie seems made for this challenge. I added several titles of hers that work to our listopia. My plan is:

Hercule Poirot's Christmas

[bookcover:Hercule Poirot's Christmas|..."

I read this one this year and I totally recommend!!

[Steve]

I was surprised how many I was able to find off my TBR, so I may do a BIO and limit it to just the title or just the author OR a "must be in AEIOU" order OR "must also include Y."

[Jill]

I think I am going to go with The Secret Keeper of Jaipur.

[Sam]

Emily wrote: "Sam wrote: "Nancy wrote: "I'm definitely going to read it next year, just need to figure out which prompt. I have it down as a possibility for set during 1900-1951 too."

I read it at the end of 20..."

Yes, let's do it, and everyone else who's interested it'll be a fun co-read!

[Tsipi]

General or historical fiction:
* Mornings in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
* Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
* Firekeeper's Daughter by Angeline Boulley
* The Unknown Errors of Our Lives by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
* In the Country of Others by Leïla Slimani
* Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
* The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories by Mariana Enríquez
* The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls by Ursula Hegi
* Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson
* Thousand Pieces of Gold by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
* Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
* The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
* Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
* Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
* Memento Mori and
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
* The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
* Summer Bird Blue by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Sci Fi

* Anything by Octavia E. Butler:
** Parable of the Sower
** Dawn
** Kindred
* A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers
* The Outside by Ada Hoffmann
* Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin
* The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

Non-fiction
Poetry, memoir, other NF

* My Threatening Poem - Memoir of a Poet in Occupation Prisons by Dareen Tatour
* Love Falls On Us: A Story of American Ideas and African LGBT Lives by Robbie Corey-Boulet
* An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
* Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
* With a Closed Fist: Growing Up in Canada's Toughest Neighborhood by Kathy Dobson
* Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution by Shiri Eisner

Fantasy
* Poisoned Pearls by Leah R. Cutter
* The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion by Margaret Killjoy
* The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
* When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain by Nghi Vo
* Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Dystopian/Post-apocalyptic
* The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison

[Nina]

I was surprised at how many books on my TBR would fit this one and am almost tempted to do a BIO where both the author’s name and the title have to have all five vowels. I’ve only found a couple of those, though, and the descriptions don’t thrill me.

[Emily, Conterminous Mod]

Excellent list, Tsipi! Thanks!

[Sunny]

Well darn! I have several suggestions/ideas for this one, but my planning notes got left at home. I'll post again tomorrow sharing the others I came up with.

Here's the one I'm planning on reading:

*Absolution by Murder

Not only do I have A E I O U I got the sometimes Y :)

[Rebecca]

Currently considering for this prompt and for the under 5000 ratings prompt:

The Girl and the Mountain by Mark Lawrence

The Weight of a Thousand Oceans by Jillian Webster

Mysterious Ways by Abbie Evans

[NancyJ]

Thanks for the great lists! I definitely want to read something by Octavia Butler this year, for the Earth Day prompt, this prompt, or another one.

My BIO for this one will be to choose one that fits one of the rejected prompts.

[Sunny]

Some Morer A E I O U

Curiosity Killed the Cat Sitter (sometimes Y)
A Graveyard for Lunatics (sometimes Y)
Writers of the Purple Sage
Ashes to Ashes Mary Monica Pulver
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse

[Amy (Other Amy)]

Wow, I was thinking about rereading Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire, but so many other suggestions are on my TBR. I'll leave that one for anyone who wants it.

[DeeDee]

I plan to read Persuasion by Jane Austin - all 5 vowels in one word!

[Laurel]

I would do Persuasion, but I already read it at least once a year.

[NancyJ]

Dee Dee& Laurel, Persuasion and Euphoria are great choices for this one. They are definitely worthy of reading again.

[RachelG.]

I am looking forward to reading Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost and might also read a book by Victoria Laurie for this prompt.

[Kathy]

I using only the author's name for this one. Looking forward to reading of these:

Anything Is Possible - Elizabeth Strout
A Study in Murder (A Victorian Book Club Mystery #1) - Callie Hutton
The Moons of Jupiter - Alice Munro

[Stacey]

Emily wrote: "Nancy, The Chosen and the Beautiful was one of my best books this year! Highly recommend."

Me too, Emily. I loved it!

[D.L.]

I have a ton of cozy mysteries on my shelf that need to be read and this one fits: Murder with Reservations

[Sydney]

My top contenders for this one are King of Scars by Leigh Bardugo or The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman (I may go with The Blacktongue Thief only because all five vowels are used in the title AND the author's name)

[Misty]

I'm reading The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde. AEIOU and sometimes Y! :) Also, it's included in my Audible subscription. Win-win.

[Monica]

I'm going to read The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum.

[Joy D]

I think I'll read one that has all the vowels in both title and author's name:
Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

[CrystalIsReading on StoryGraph]

I have so many options on my shelves right now. How to Marry Keanu Reeves in 90 Days would be fun. Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country sounds less fun, but very interesting and relevant. Telesa: The Covenant Keeper is an older YA that retells Samoan myths, by a Samoan American author, and has been on my shelf for years. Never Say You Can't Survive: How to Get Through Hard Times by Making Up Stories is about writing and hope in hard times.Drunk Flies and Stoned Dolphins: A Trip Through the World of Animal Intoxication is about intoxication in the animal world.

[Regitze Xenia]

This prompt messed me up so much. I never knew English only considers Y a vowel sometimes. In Danish it is always a vowel XD

But the upside is that doing it with only the English vowels is a loooot easier than the Danish ones. We also have 3 more in addition to the Y. (Being the characer Æ, Ø and Å, which are sometimes substituted for "A E", "O E" and "A A", just to make it more complicated).

[Dana]

I recommend:
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie


What I would like to read:
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
Stillhouse Lake by Rachel Caine
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair by Joël Dicker
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green

[Tamula]

I am going to read:
These Vicious Masks -- been meaning to read this one for a long time now.

[Anne]

I am reading 'On the Banks of Plum Creek' by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
One book to fit this prompt is 'The Atom of Delight' by Neil M Gunn and another is 'In the Company of Cheerful Ladies' by Alexander McCall Smith.

[Jody]

I listened to Release the Beast by Bimini Bom Boulash for this. I expected this to be more of a memoir, but this was instead a collection of 10 "lessons" - Bimini is such an intelligent, thoughtful person, and I especially loved listening to the parts they spoke on about gender non-conformity (as the mother of a gender non-conforming child myself).

[Adam]

Reading Invaders of the Rokujouma!? Volume 39.

The 39th book in the Rokujouma series. Every book features all five vowels in the title.

This is a very funny Japanese light novel series that surprisingly manages to maintain character development and growth despite being a long running harem drama at the core. The basic premise is a high school boy moving into a rundown one bedroom apartment only for all manner of invaders to appear, ranging from ghosts to aliens to magical girls, deadset on stealing the room out from under him. Well worth checking out. It also had an anime that ended shortly after the end of the first arc.

[Joan]

I'm reading Anxious People for this prompt. It has been on my to read list for awhile. I thought this would be a good place for it. I'm 75% into it and I'm enjoying it. It's different from the other books I normally read.

Persuasion would be good for this prompt. That was one of my favorites. There are many more that seem to fit this prompt than what I was originally thinking.

[Joy D]

I read;
Faithful by Alice Hoffman - My Review (many love this but it was not for me)

[Pam]

I went with all vowels in the author's name: The Aviator by Eugene Vodolazkin. Interesting book but dragged a bit in the middle. It could also be used for #7 Psychology/neuroscience.

[Siobhan]

I read Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I for this one. All the vowels are in the title, including the 'sometimes' vowel y!