1 -- A Pun In The Title

[Hilde]

Does this count as a pun?

It's Greek to Me! by Michael Macrone

[Holly]

The Twelve Dates of Christmas

[Kelsey]

Out of My Kind by Sharon Draper

[Hilde]

Checked the list, and remembered that I had 'Bored of the Rings' and a few more like it.

[Yasmin]

NOS4A2 by Joe Hill.

[Dominic]

Starting with "Dungeons and Drama" by Kristy Boyce

[Celena]

I read Humble Pi: When Math Goes Wrong in the Real World by Matt Parker 5/5 Stars

The humor is delightful, the author keeps the math accessible, and the anecdotes are interesting and enlightening!

[Tamara]

I read "Goodnight Tweetheart" by Teresa Medeiros

[Caitlin]

I'l read DIal A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto or Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjlian for this one!

[Kimberly]

I read Vinyl Resting Place by Olivia Blacke

[Mary]

I read Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio for this challenge.

[Maggie]

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sarah Raasch

[Krista]

Starting this a little behind, but I picked Tweet Cute (audiobook)

[Caitlin]

Read ‘A Walk in the Park’ by Kevin Fedarko for this one and it was great - worth the read!

[Amber]

Starting late... Buried in a Good Book by Tamara Berry (audiobook)

[Kristi]

I read The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year by Ally Carter.

[Barbara]

Then There Were Nun by Dakota Cassidy

[Cortney]

started a little late, I choose Careful What You Witch For by Emma Jackson

[Stacy]

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

[Jen]

I listened to Perfect Bound: A new 2024 memoir of trauma, heartbreak and recovery by Lindsay Nicholson

It's a memoir from a former magazine editor (UK Good Housekeeping) & a fascinating read.

Perfect bound is a publishing term for how magazines can be bound together, but as her memoir unfolds, those two words have different meanings in different contexts.

[Jens]

Ideas of what a pun are very different among the people who posted in this thread (or voted on the Goodreads list) 😅

That's ok! A reminder for those people who want to be more literal about it: A pun is "a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings" (Oxford reference). Not every joke is a pun.

[Denise]

Jens wrote: "Ideas of what a pun are very different among the people who posted in this thread (or voted on the Goodreads list) 😅

That's ok! A reminder for those people who want to be more literal about it: A ..."
That's kind of why I kinda don't like that this prompt shows up in one of my challenges every year. Very few titles are actual puns. I just pick a book off the lists and go with them.

[Stasie]

I'm reading "A Pirate's Life for Tea" by Rebecca Thorne for this one

[Letia]

Wanting thoughts on using The Fall Risk by Abby Jimenez. Maybe?

[Andrea]

I read Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

Since we all seem to be justifying our pun choices: this title is a turn on the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Which was referenced a couple of times throughout the story.

Fun little romance. I enjoyed it.

[Nike]

1Q84

[Lynn]

I am not reading in order, but I plan to read Eat, Shoots, Leaves for this category.

[Ana]

I'm reading Killing Me Soufflé

[Kayla]

I read First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

[Kailey]

Considering A Gorgeous Excitement because currently reading and I feel like it does work as a pun, but it isn't an obvious pun and moreso a subjective one (if one considers excitement to be gorgeous or not). What do others think? Too much of a cop out since I happen to be reading it?

[Stacy]

I read Kilt Trip by Alexandra Kiley

[Anna]

The Mean and Vulgar Bits: Fractions and Averages
Murderous Maths #4
Kjartan Poskitt

[Linda]

Is the phrase “state of wonder” a pun?

[Stephy]

Finlay Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
is mine! Super cute palate cleanser in between thrillers and smut for me! 😅

[Elsie]

Dungeons and Drama by Kristy Boyce

[Lilijana ᓚᘏᗢ]

I read The Hating Game by Sally Thorne 4🌟

[Brother Stephen]

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Sharan]

Have a Little Pun: An Illustrated Play on Words


On my TBR shelf a cute little read - wouldn't have read it otherwise.

Fun read

[Sharan]

Sharan wrote: "Have a Little Pun: An Illustrated Play on Words


On my TBR shelf a cute little read - wouldn't have read it othe..."

[Ana]

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

[Valleri]

Kneading to Die

[Stella]

i am thinking of Trust by Hernan Diaz but I am not sure if it counts

[Kelly]

“Murder is Binding” by Lorna Barrett is a great mystery with bookstores as the setting so the title has the pun ‘binding’ related to books and punishment for murder.

[Hannah]

I read Old School by Gordan Korman for this one. Really enjoyed it!

[GailW]

i listened to a play written by Billy Crystal Have a Nice Day performed with multiple actors as a script reading. An angel of death has come for his next victim, but gives him all day to finalize his priorities, ending each conversation with him by saying, "Have a Nice Day"!

[Lindsey]

I read Ace of Shades by Amanda Foody, 4 Stars

[Vi]

Reading Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz for this!

[Anna]

Murderous Maths, Fractions and Averages. The Mean and Vulgar Bits. By Kjartan Poskitt.

[Tania]

I went with Peaches and Scream by Susan Furlong-Bolliger

[Kerri]

by Ally Carter. The perfect pick-me-up anytime of year.