Where Does This Book Fit? the 2022 edition

[Beth]

Sorry if this is a duplicate. Computer problems.
Laura wrote "Does anyone have any clue where any of these could go?"

You could try the sister cities prompt. "If I Had Your Face" is set in Seoul, Korea. It has 23 sister cities. I think one is Honolulu.
Also, check to see if any titles could fit the published in 2022 prompt.

[Alicia]

If I Had Your Face also has multiple POVs. It's an excellent book!

[Ron]

Heather L wrote: "Ron wrote: "Would Interview with the Vampire or Prince Lestat fit in any of the categories?

I can't seem to find one that could work."

They fit prompt #12, a book ..."

Wow thanks!

[RaeRae]

Does anyone think that
could be used for Social Horror because of the medical testing on people even though it ended up not being the main issue

[Nicole]

I am looking for help with fitting in the following:

One Two Three
Love & Gelato
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Thank you!

[Mandy]

Nicole wrote: "I am looking for help with fitting in the following:

One Two Three Man made disaster maybe
Love & Gelato sister city if there is a sister city for Tuscany.
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane no idea on this one.

Since I ahven't read them, I'm going off of reviews and synopsis.

[Jen K]

Nicole wrote: "I am looking for help with fitting in the following:

One Two Three
Love & Gelato
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

Thank you!"

I used Love & Gelato for my favorite season- summer.

[Heather L]

I read The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane a few years ago, but had to think about what prompts it would fit. Maybe prompt #20, starts with last letter of your previous read. I don’t remember if a specific season was mentioned (#19). Oh! I think it also fits #24, a book you can read in one sitting.

[Sherri]

I have 2 books I was wondering if either one or both or neither would work for the advanced prompt A book with two POV’s ?
1. One Hundred Years of Lenni & Margot by Marianne Cronin.
2. Broken for You by Stephanie Kallos.

[Katrina]

I was just wondering how strictly we are holding to the categories? I am wanting to use Act Your Age, Eve Brown for 43. Palindrome in the title. Do you think this is allowable or is it pushing it?

[Mandy]

Katrina wrote: "I was just wondering how strictly we are holding to the categories? I am wanting to use Act Your Age, Eve Brown for 43. Palindrome in the title. Do you think this is allowable or is..."

I think as long as there is a palindrome in the title it’s okay. It’s fudging it a little, but I would rather fudge and enjoy a book than make it a chore by reading something that doesn’t appeal.

[Katrina]

Mandy wrote: "Katrina wrote: "I was just wondering how strictly we are holding to the categories? I am wanting to use Act Your Age, Eve Brown for 43. Palindrome in the title. Do you think this is..."

That is totally what I was thinking.

[Medini]

the viscount who loved me (Bridgerton 2) by Julia Quinn
(other than becoming a movie/TV show in 2022)

[Nadine in NY]

Medini wrote: "the viscount who loved me (Bridgerton 2) by Julia Quinn
(other than becoming a movie/TV show in 2022)"


If you read a book by her last year, it works for "A different book by an author you read in 2021" or maybe one of your favorite authors has a quote on the cover.


It's been a long time since I read it, but most romances are two POVs, so it might work for that.

Does Lady Danbury use a cane in the books? Then you could use it for "protagonist who uses a mobility aid" (yes this is a stretch, since she's not a MAIN protagonist).

The feelings between Anthony & Kate are sort of kept secret, so maybe use it for "about a secret."

I feel certain it features a party (those books always do!).

And most of it is set in London so you could use it as one half of your "sister cities" pair - London has a lot of sister cities.

[Jenny Dahl Bakken]

Books I would love to fit in:
Brian Aldiss’ «Cryptozoic!»
Becky Chambers «Record of a spaceborn few» (probably fit for found family but I have already filled that prompt). «Little Women» by Louisa May Alcott.
Elif Shafaks «10 minutes and 38 seconds in this Strange world» (have this up for afterlife now but might be a bit dubious)
Caimh McDonell «The Final Game»
Several of the Witcher-books

[LeahS]

Little Women: '34. A book set in Victorian times''. You could stretch it to '28. Book set during a holiday as it starts at Christmas'.

[Beth]

The Final Game would fit in A book about a secret.

[Ashleigh]

Where might Frankenstein: The 1818 Text fit?

[LeahS]

If you're using the book shown in the link, it would work for prompt 41, 'A book with a reflected image or 'mirror' in the title'. Because of the way the monster was made, you could perhaps fit it into 12. 'A book about the afterlife' or it could fit 31. ' A book featuring a man-made disaster'.

[Heather L]

LeahS wrote: "If you're using the book shown in the link, it would work for prompt 41, 'A book with a reflected image or 'mirror' in the title'. Because of the way the monster was made, you could perhaps fit it ..."

I think it would also fit social horror.

[Leonie]

Question: Does A thousand splendid suns- Khlaed Hosseini - fit the prompt for two POV? I think it does because we have Mariam and Lalia’s stories. Has any read this?

[Stephanie]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "Books I would love to fit in:
Brian Aldiss’ «Cryptozoic!»
Becky Chambers «Record of a spaceborn few» (probably fit for found family but I have already filled that prompt). «Little Women» by Louisa..."

The Record of a spaceborn few could fit into an #OwnVoices SFF prompt

[Clarissa]

I finished Miracle Creek by Angie Kim on Sunday but I'm not sure which prompt it could fit. The ones I was thinking of are:
#8 - A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
#25 - A book about a secret (but I've already read a book for this prompt and have another one in my 2022 TBR)
#31 - A book featuring a man-made disaster
What do you think?

[Nadine in NY]

Clarissa wrote: "I finished Miracle Creek by Angie Kim on Sunday but I'm not sure which prompt it could fit. The ones I was thinking of are:
#8 - A book with a protagonist who uses a mobility aid
#25 - A book about..."


I read that a few years ago and I loved it!! But details are fuzzy. I don't remember someone using a mobility aid. I think it would definitely fit "secret" or "disaster." It's a small disaster based on number of people affected, but it's definitely a disaster and it's caused by people.


I don't see any other categories for it.

[Clarissa]

Nadine in NY wrote: "I read that a few years ago and I loved it!! But details are fuzzy. I don't remember someone using a mobility aid. I think it would definitely fit "secret" or "disaster." It's a small disaster based on number of people affected, but it's definitely a disaster and it's caused by people.

I don't see any other categories for it."

One of the protagonists uses a wheelchair that's why I thought about that prompt. I'm gonna put it in the disaster prompt for now bc I'm not sure I'll be reading something that fits that one.

Thank you so much!

[Ellen]

I'm trying to fit in all my unread Book of the Month books this year. If anyone has suggestions for what prompts they'd fit I would appreciate it!

The Book of Cold Cases
The Paris Apartment
The Lincoln Highway
Razorblade Tears
People We Meet on Vacation
The Lost Apothecary
Anxious People
Head Over Heels
A Good Marriage
The Ex Hex (other than book with witches)

Thank you!

[Ellen]

Katrina wrote: "I was just wondering how strictly we are holding to the categories? I am wanting to use Act Your Age, Eve Brown for 43. Palindrome in the title. Do you think this is allowable or is..."

I am planning on using that book for the same prompt!

[Stephanie]

Ellen wrote: "I'm trying to fit in all my unread Book of the Month books this year. If anyone has suggestions for what prompts they'd fit I would appreciate it!

The Book of Cold Cases
[book:The ..."

I've only read a couple of these, but

The Paris Apartment - book about a secret; features two languages (there is French sprinkled throughout); sister cities (Paris is sister city to Rome)

Anxious People - found family; I read it a few years ago so can't quite remember but might fit the double life prompt as well

[Ellen]

Stephanie wrote: "Ellen wrote: "I'm trying to fit in all my unread Book of the Month books this year. If anyone has suggestions for what prompts they'd fit I would appreciate it!

[book:The Book of Cold Cases|583714..."

Thank you!

[Amanda]

Can anyone give me ideas where this book would fit in? I picked it up on a whim at the bookstore and really would like to use it towards the challenge! Thanks!
Last Girl Ghosted

[Nadine in NY]

Amanda wrote: "Can anyone give me ideas where this book would fit in? I picked it up on a whim at the bookstore and really would like to use it towards the challenge! Thanks!
Last Girl Ghosted"


about a secret?

[Jenny Dahl Bakken]

«Girl, Woman, Other» by Bernadine Evaristo
«Remarkably Bright Creatures» by Shelby Van Pelt
«Harlem Shuffle» by Colson Whitehead
«My Sister, the Serial Killer» by Oyinkan Braithwaite
«The Hate U Give» by Angie Thomas
«Little Women» by Theresa May Alcott

Thanks in advance! (For some reasons I don’t get notifications of replies, but hoping I’ll see your answers)

[Medini]

Where does little fires everywhere by Celeste ng fit?

[Alicia]

Little Women can be set in Victorian times and The Hate U Give could be social horror

Little Fires Everywhere you can do a secret

[Nadine in NY]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "«Girl, Woman, Other» by Bernadine Evaristo
«Remarkably Bright Creatures» by Shelby Van Pelt
«Harlem Shuffle» by Colson Whitehead
«My Sister, the Serial Killer» by Oyinkan Braithwaite
«The Hate U Give» by Angie Thomas
«Little Women» by Theresa May Alcott..."


"shuffle" is onomatopoeia

My Sister the Serial Killer involves a few secrets (primarily, the secret of her sister killing people).

At least one of the characters in Girl Woman Other is a lesbian, so you could probably use this for "sapphic." (I have not read this book though so I'm not certain of this.)


Remarkably Bright Creatures is published in 2022, and it's partially about unravelling the secret of what happened to her son. (Again, I have not read this, so I'm just guessing.)

[Heather L]

My Sister, the Serial Killer also fits past prompts of an author’s debut novel (2019) or a book by a woman of color (2020) and for this year fits the BookTok prompt.

[Kaia]

Jenny Dahl Bakken wrote: "«Girl, Woman, Other» by Bernadine Evaristo
«Remarkably Bright Creatures» by Shelby Van Pelt
«Harlem Shuffle» by Colson Whitehead
«My Sister, the Serial Killer» by Oyinkan Braithwaite
«The Hate U Gi..."

Little Women features a party. My strongest memories of it are the Christmas scenes, so you could stretch it to set during a holiday, though it's really only featuring a holiday, I guess. Lastly, it's set in Concord so you could use it for one of the sister cities prompts. However, it's sister cities are Saint-Mande in France and Nanae, Japan, and I'm not sure about any books set there. If you argued that Concord is now part of Greater Boston, you get a bigger selection of sister cities, including Melbourne, Kyoto, Barcelona, Belfast and Padua (The Taming of the Shrew?)

[Medini]

The magicians by Lev Grossman
can anyone tell me where this could fit?

[LeahS]

Medini wrote: "The magicians by Lev Grossman
can anyone tell me where this could fit?"

Possibilities: Found family; Book about a secret; Book featuring a parallel reality.

[Ron]

Looks like I'll have to go to the bookstore for these particular books:

-Onomatopoeia
-Cutlery

I'm looking specifically for nonfiction that are not cook books, children, or YA so it's been pretty tricky.

Also published within the years 2018-2022.

I know I am being extremely specific which only makes it harder.

[K.L.]

Ron wrote: "Looks like I'll have to go to the bookstore for these particular books:

-Onomatopoeia
-Cutlery

I'm looking specifically for nonfiction that are not cook books, children, or YA so it's been pretty..."

I haven't read it, but I do know that Mary Roach has written a book called Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal that would definitely work for the onomatopoeia prompt. It was published in 2013, however.

[Ron]

Cool, thanks for the suggestion.

[Nadine in NY]

Ron wrote: "Looks like I'll have to go to the bookstore for these particular books:

-Onomatopoeia
-Cutlery

I'm looking specifically for nonfiction that are not cook books, children, or YA so it's been pretty..."


For Onomatopoeia there are a lot of books with words like "boom" in the title. I just searched for various onomatopoeia words. A few that meet your other criteria (I have not read these):
Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding, Its Apocalyptic Weather, Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis
Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom
Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression
Sonic Boom: The Impossible Rise of Warner Bros. Records, from Hendrix to Fleetwood Mac to Madonna to Prince
Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees
Buzz, Sting, Bite: Why We Need Insects
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Before the Big Bang: The Origin of the Universe and What Lies Beyond

and if you're willing to go outside the publication years you list, Mary Roach has got you covered:
Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex
Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War


For cutlery, these are outside your pub year range, so maybe it won't work for you, but I couldn't find anything more recent:
Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
Sugar: A Bittersweet History

[Alicia]

You could do the Heartbeat of Wounded knee for omnopaetia

Then it’s out of the date range, but I used Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain which is an EXCELLENT book

[Ron]

Wow, thanks so much for your help everyone.

Nadine, really like the list you provided. I have the book 'Fuzz' but I wasn't entirely sure if it was considered an onomotopeia word.

The 'Sonic Boom' especially sounds interesting.

*****

And Alicia, I like the 'Heartbeat of Wounded Knee'. That's actually right up my alley since it's a book I have and it's Native American history so it's perfect.

*****

I look forward to seeing which one I decide.

[Elizabeth]

I really want to read Pandora's Jar by Natalie Haynes, but I don't know where I can fit it in for this challenge. Any Ideas?

[Heather L]

Alicia wrote: "You could do the Heartbeat of Wounded knee for omnopaetia"

Strictly speaking, the word “heartbeat” isn’t onomatopoeia. While it describes a function, it isn’t actually the sound of a beating heart. The word has to sound like the thing it’s describing. A bee sounds like it’s saying “buzz,” popcorn sounds like it’s going “pop.”

[Ron]

Heather L wrote: "Alicia wrote: "You could do the Heartbeat of Wounded knee for omnopaetia"

Strictly speaking, the word “heartbeat” isn’t onomatopoeia. While it describes a function, it isn’t actually the sound of ..."

Okay, thanks.

[Alicia]

Wouldn’t the “beat” part of heartbeat count as a sound. It is the pulsating sound and if you heard it you would call it “beating”.

It’s like saying “boom”. A boom is what we use to describe that specific sound. Same with the other examples given like grunt or gulp.

[Heather L]

Alicia wrote: "Wouldn’t the “beat” part of heartbeat count as a sound. It is the pulsating sound and if you heard it you would call it “beating”.

It’s like saying “boom”. A boom is what we use to describe that ..."

But it isn’t a word that sounds like the noise it describes. A “beat” could refer to a stroke of music as well as the steady staccato of a heart function.