26 - A book with a misleading title

[Sunshine]

Reading Calypso by David Sedaris. Book of essays about life at his vacation home in the Carolinas.

[Sunshine]

Jessica wrote: "I am considering A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. It sounds kind of misleading, right?"

Yes. It's a fun read,

[Preeti]

I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I read this book for the first time many, many years ago but only after putting it off for ages thinking it literally had to do with trees growing in Brooklyn. 😆

[Shannon]

;) Growing trees in Brooklyn. I love it. It's been years since I read this one. Time for a reread. Good suggestion. :)

[Preeti]

Shannon wrote: ";) Growing trees in Brooklyn. I love it. It's been years since I read this one. Time for a reread. Good suggestion. :)"

It was the same for me. I read this book last more than 20 years ago and had been meaning to read it again for ages.

I would highly recommend the audiobook narrated by Kate Burton. She does a fabulous job bringing the characters and setting to life.

[Amanda]

I thought Beach Read was misleading! There wasn’t much hanging out on a beach and it was a lake house. It wasn’t what I expected.

[Lyn]

Paper Moon by Joe David Brown. And then enjoy the movie.

[JessicaMHR]

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid (3 stars)

Still not entirely sure why it makes the misleading title category. But, it is a choice for the April group read so, I will be putting this here.

I do feel like this book was a little overhyped...or my expectations were a bit too high, IDK.

[JessicaMHR]

Miranda wrote: "I read Down and Dirty Pictures last year and had to explain multiple times that it was about the rise of independent films, not the porn industry..."

I could see why they'd think that.

[JessicaMHR]

Amanda wrote: "I thought Beach Read was misleading! There wasn’t much hanging out on a beach and it was a lake house. It wasn’t what I expected."

OMG...for like a week later I was still going this cover is misleading and why is it called beach read...granted it is on a lake with a "beach" but it has nothing to do with the beach.

[Nadine in NY]

Amanda wrote: "I thought Beach Read was misleading! There wasn’t much hanging out on a beach and it was a lake house. It wasn’t what I expected."


Jessica wrote: "OMG...for like a week later I was still going this cover is misleading and why is it called beach read...granted it is on a lake with a "beach" but it has nothing to do with the beach."


YES!! I was disappointed by that, I took it with me on a beach vacation, thinking it would "sync" and ... it did not.

[Nadine in NY]

Preeti wrote: "I read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. I read this book for the first time many, many years ago but only after putting it off for ages thinking it literally had to do with trees growing i..."


there IS a tree growing outside her Brooklyn apartment, though. She looks at it and thinks about it and writes about it in the story. I felt like seeing that tree gave her hope and motivated her to keep going. So I didn't think the title was misleading.

[Kaiti]

I'm almost done with The Liz Taylor Ring by Brenda Janowitz. There is a ring and it's called The Liz Taylor Ring, but other than that Liz Taylor actually doesn't have a major role at all.

[Miriam]

I think I might read A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell for this. Its a nonfiction book about "WW2's most dangerous spy" and while I imagine the title is based on the fact that she probably kept her spy life a secret, some of the quotes on the Amazon page imply that this female spy was VERY important. So seems quite misleading on purpose.

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

I finished The Body for this one, as until I picked it up I didnt realise it was what the film Stand By Me was based on. So very deceptive

[Ron]

Miriam wrote: "I think I might read A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell for this. Its a nonfiction book about "WW2's most dangerous spy" and while I imagine the title is based on the fact that she probably ..."

Sounds good. This one has been on my tbr pile for a very long time, since its release I believe. I keep saying I'll get to it but I don't.

[LeahS]

I'm using The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham, because the title misled me when I saw it in the library. I thought it was going to be another book with amusing anecdotes about working in a bookshop like The Diary of a Bookseller. In fact, it's a miscellany about loving books, the history of reading and printing, where to read, writing in books - bookshops do feature, but it is mainly a homage to reading, and a book where I had to keep reading bits out.

I'd also recommend The Autobiography of My Mother - it isn't an autobiography.

[Lilly]

What do you all think about the book How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur?

[Milena]

Lilly wrote: "What do you all think about the book How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur?"

I am on the waiting list for this from the library. If it fits, thank you for the idea, I didn't know where I would put it.

[Jamie]

I used Stalemate by Icchokas Meras for this one, although I didn't realize it'd work until after I'd read it. Can't say much more without spoilers, but it's a great book.

[Sherri]

I read A Good Girl's Guide to Murder. I enjoyed it.

[Jaime]

Does This is How You Lose the Time War work here? It's in the listopia and I've seen it in a few members' challenge posts under this prompt.

[Jacqie]

I don't think This is How You Lose the Time War is a misleading title.

[Jessica]

I am planning on starting Luckiest Girl Alive today

[Ron]

I'm going with The Ship of Dreams: The Sinking of the Titanic and the End of the Edwardian Era .

Even though it's about the Titanic, most of the book deals with the people involved who were on the ship. Later is when it deals with the sinking aspect.

[poshpenny]

Lilly wrote: "What do you all think about the book How to Be Perfect: The Correct Answer to Every Moral Question by Michael Schur?"

I've read this and wouldn't use it here. He discusses several philosophical doctrines and how they would answer the question. The entire book is at least attempting to live up to the title, albeit in an amusing way.

[Brandon]

Whether it fits here or not, thanks for bringing the Schur book to my attention. The Good Place examined a lot of those questions in entertaining ways, and I'm interested to see what the show's creator has to say about them in a different format.

[Sarah]

I thought I'd have trouble finding something for this category, but I just looked at this month's book club pick for my church group, and we're reading the memoir The Dragons, the Giant, the Women: A Memoir- which as far as I can assume, does not have dragons OR giants in it ;)

[Joanne]

"Afterlife" by Julia Alvarez isn't about the afterlife per se. Antonia has just retired, become a widow, had a pregnant Mexican teenager come to her house, and had a sister go missing.

I love this book and won't give any spoilers. I had so many emotions. I listened to the audiobook and the narration suited it perfectly

[Britany]

Finished A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

My Review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Claire]

I saw Hamnet listed as a book with a misleading title and I happen to be reading it currently for a book club. I'm personally uncertain how the title is misleading for this one though - does anyone have any insight or input as to whether this counts for #26?

[Gem ~ZeroShelfControl~]

Claire wrote: "I saw Hamnet listed as a book with a misleading title and I happen to be reading it currently for a book club. I'm personally uncertain how the title is misleading for this one thou..."

Id say it counts as william shakespeare is writing hamlet in the book but they dont use his name or the correct name of the play.

[Jacqie]

I myself don't see anything misleading about the title. The book's about Hamnet. And his mother.

[Regan]

I just finished How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse which was very good and fun, but did not actually contain a multiverse, and very little destruction overall.

[Ron]

-All The Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation

*****

I went with this one. I finished it and the title makes it seem like this is all the author covers however there comes a point where she reaches one conclusion that relationships/marriage are a goal that women should strive towards even though before she seemed to be anti-relationship/marriage. So it leaves some confusion and as a result the title doesn't work well.

[Samantha]

Does Anxious People by Backman work? I wouldn’t necessarily use the term anxious to describe the characters in this book.

[Vaish]

I read Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. I was very surprised that I found myself looking forward to read this book as the first few chapters confused and bored me a little, however I soon found Eleanor Oliphant to be completely charming and not fine as we are made to automatically let society believe for ourselves.
The varying themes (loneliness, alcoholism and child trauma in particular) were fascinating as we learn more about her and her simplistic view of the world. I understand Reese Witherspoon's production company has won the film rights for this - I look forward to seeing this on screen and do not want to be disappointed! What a wonderful, unpredictable and thought-provoking read!