Read your name Challenge

[Lu]

Duration Now - December 31st.

This is a new challenge Lauren thought up, and i think its going to be a lot of fun.

It works like this:

We get a point everytime we read a book, that has our name/surname/middle-name in the title, or if the author has the same name/surname/middle-name as you.

For example

Lauren - Fallen by Lauren Kate (1)
Jill - Jack & Jill by James Patterson (1)
Fraser - Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (1)

Now if she reads:
Undercover Attraction by Lauren Fraser
she will get 2 points

Now some of us have hard names, like me:
Lu-Marie Combrink

Now because there are no Lu-marie's, I can do this:

Lu - A New Lu (example of title) (1)
Marie - Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser (1)
Combrink Kwinksinnig by Johan Combrink (I got the short straw here lol) (1)

Now I am going to try not to do this, but if you have a hard name, like Lu, different spelling of it can be allowed, like Lou. Or Niecole can use Nicole.

Also you can try keep in interesting by not reading the same author, but trying new ones :)

Hope this explains it, everyone can start posting their lists, and tick them off as they go :) It starts now until December 31st.

[Lu]

My list:


Lu:

Breathing Underwater by Lu Vickers

Marie:

Marie Antoinette: The Journey by Antonia Fraser
Darkfever / Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
Roane / Rachel's Totem / The Dragon's Demon / The Fire Within by Marie Harte
Fall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
The Bride of Atlantis / Eternity by Marie Morin
The Perilous Gard by Elizabeth Marie Pope
Gods Behaving Badly: A Novel by Marie Phillips
Mina: The Dracula Story Continues byMarie Kiraly
Night Rising by Chris Marie Green
Midnight Man by Lisa Marie Rice
Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him by Danielle Ganek
Heat Wave: A Novel by Jill Marie Landis
The Wallflower by Dana Marie Bell

Combrink:
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Points:

[Emma]

What a great challenge!! Quite difficult though hence the “Challenge part” There really isn’t such a big choice when you come to look for books depending on your name. I couldn’t find anything with my surname it is very unusual so I only had my first and middle names to go with. I ended up repeating authors although I didn’t want to do this, as the books that I found I didn’t want to read, or I couldn’t find them to read. Anyway looking forward to it, and happy that this challenge introduced me to new authors.

Thanks Lauren for the idea 

EMMA

Emma By Jane Austen
The Nanny Diaries By Emma Mcloughlin
War for the oaks By Emma Bull

LOUISE

Four Souls By Louise Erdrich
Angus, thongs and full frontal snogging By Louise Rennison
Brutal Telling By Louise Penny

On the Bright Side, I'm Now the Girlfriend of a Sex God: By Louise Rennison

Knocked Out by My Nunga-Nungas By Louise Rennison
Dancing in my Nuddy pants – By Louise Rennison
Away laughing on a fast CAMEL By Louise Rennison.

[Lauren]

Nice idea!

For now I'll just use what's on my shelf, but I can expand later. I don't have a second name, but my name is pretty easy :)

Lauren
Moxyland - Lauren Beukes (already re-read this this year, not sure if I want to do it again so soon)

Smith
Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
On Beauty by Zadie Smith
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
The Accidental by Ali Smith

[[deleted user]]

Ah some of you have it easy!!!
But thanks for the Name change there Lu!!!
Reading Niecole would be very difficult, and Smit to.

Emma, you seem to have a few good books there hehe and I think the ones by Louise Rennison sounds super fun :)

Ok here goes

Niecole (Nicole)
Girl on Top: Your Guide to Turning Dating Rules into Career Success by Nicole Williams
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Kommt ein Mann ins Zimmer. 7 CDs . Hörbuch by Nicole Krauss
Die Geschichte der Liebe by
Nicole Krauss
Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc
The Last Chinese Chef by Nicole Mones
Nicole by Jack Weyland
The Truth About Diamonds: A Novel by Nicole Richie
Tempest Rising by Nicole Peeler
The Fool's Tale: A Novel by Nicole Galland
A Cup of Light by Nicole Mones
The Turtle Catcher by Nicole Helget
To Seduce a Bride: A Novel by Nicole Jordan
Invincible Summer by Nicole Georges
Violet Eyes by Nicole Luiken
The Seduction by Nicole Jordan
Casting Off by Nicole R. Dickson
Revenge of the Rose: A Novel by Nicole Galland
Ecstasy: A Novel by Nicole Jordan
After The Leaves Fall by Nicole Baart

Ok so there are waaaaaaaaaaaay to many Nicole authors for me to put them all down here, seems that Nicole is a very common name hehe

Here goes Smit

Sneaker Wars: The Brothers Who Founded Adidas and Puma and the Family Feud That Forever Changed the Business of Sport by Barbara Smit
Loves Me, Loves Me Not: The Ethics of Unrequited Love by Laura A. Smit
De Prooi: Blinde trots breekt ABN Amro
by Jeroen Smit
EDEN by Tim Smit
The Lost Gardens Of Heligan by Tim Smit
Captain In The Cauldron: The John Smit Story by Mike Greenaway
Die Keiser by Bartho Smit
Heks by Susan Smit
Die wêreld van Susanna Smit, 1799-1863 by Karel Schoeman
Die Bybel Vir Kleuters by Louise Smit
Haas Das Se Nuuskas by Louise Smit

And many many more...

[Lauren]

Man, I'm so grateful for the 'h' in my surname! Otherwise I'd have next to nothing to read, since I can't read in Afrikaans (I understand it, but not well enough to read a book).

On the other hand, if I was Smit instead of Smith, my Afrikaans would probably be better...

[[deleted user]]

Hehe for sure...
I must say I knew that Smit was a common afrikaans surname, but not THIS common haha... there are soooo many.
But the Nicole part, there seems to be a few good books I'd love to read. Um but there are like 903 pages full of them!!!! I'd need so many years to read all of the Nicole books, maybe I should stick to my normal name, Niecole, there arent ANY books to go with that hehe

[Emma]

It seems you are way ahead of the game Nieole, seeing as I only picked 10!! I think ou did really well i finding so many. Like I mentioned earlier I only chose the books that I am going to read, as there are other authors with the name Emma, but I am just not interested in reading their books.

I have never heard of Louise Renisson before, so due to this challenge it seems that I have stumbled upon some fun books. I cant wait to read one.

Surely if your last name is Smit..then you can look for Smith? Isnt it just the Afrikaans version of english Smith? Not that I know a thing about the Afrikaans language ofcourse

I still dont understand why people would think I would want to buy a donkey. ;-)

[Lu]

Glad you guys are joining!

Yea Niecole, you can definitely go for smith :)

[[deleted user]]

Ah please dont let me :), then I'll totally win this challenge, Nicole Smith might just be the most common name this site has seen then hehe, I'll have millions to cover! :)

[Sonette]

Noooooooo!!!! Know any good writers named Sonette?? And any books with Lancaster which is not HISTORY????

[[deleted user]]

Hehe... thats going to be a hard one, or you're going to find these really highly English books... good luck is all I can say

[Lu]

Sonette here are quite a few that look promising:
http://www.goodreads.com/search/searc...

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Hi
Im posting as I read and will update as I go. My list is still a work in progress.

LAUREN JILL FRASER

Lauren Oliver - Before I fall
Lauren Dane - Laid Bare
Jillian Lauren - Some Girls: My Life in a Harem
Jill Barnett - Bewitching
The Frasers Clay - Ana Leigh
The fraser Bride - Lois Greiman

[Lauren (Sugar & Snark)]

Lu wrote: Now if she reads:
Undercover Attraction by Lauren Fraser
she will get 2 points
..."

Any Ideas on where I could find this book?

[Lu]

Points update

Lauren - 1

[Lauren]

Lauren Smith

1 - Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith

[Lu]

Points update

Lauren - 1

Lauren Smith - 1

[Lu]

I need to get in on this action!

[[deleted user]]

So do I!
I havent read my name anywhere yet!!!!
Not even my surname or something like Nicole Smith :(

[[deleted user]]

Ok Cool I read the name Nicole in
It was great reading my name :)

[Lauren]

I think your name has to be in the title or author's name for this one I'm afraid :)

[[deleted user]]

Ah boo :(
I've got a list but I havent read any of them

[Lu]

Sigh yea i should also really start reading one on my list lol

[Lauren]

Lauren Smith

1 - Only Forward by Michael Marshall Smith
2 - Zoo City by Lauren Beukes

[Lu]

Points update

Lauren - 1

Lauren Smith - 2