20.6 LDB’s Task (Seasoned Reader) - SEEING YOURSELF IN A TITLE

[Jessica-L-]

Tnx for the help, LDB and Kathryn!! Some great suggestions you came up with! This is a cool task, i like it! :)

[El]

For privacy purposes will you accept diminutives of names? Like my GR name is a short version of my full first name and I'd prefer to use that.

[Laura]

Stacey wrote: "I'm a wee bit stuck - if anyone runs across a brilliant S T A C E Y or C A T H E R I N E book, please send a suggestion my way! Fortunately I am going on vacation soon, and vacation for me usually..."

Here are some other titles to think about if you haven't read them already:
STACEY: Special Topics in Calamity Physics, Lady Chatterly's Lover
CATHERINE: The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
(sorry, my book linking doesn't seem to be working right now)

[Kate]

El wrote: "For privacy purposes will you accept diminutives of names? Like my GR name is a short version of my full first name and I'd prefer to use that."

If that is allowed, I got by "Kate" which is so much easier to find then "Kathryn".

[chucklesthescot]

I'm so glad I'm called Lynn! This has given me a good few choices for the task.

[Kate]

chucklesthescot wrote: "I'm so glad I'm called Lynn! This has given me a good few choices for the task."

I am so jealous of your name... I have always hated the spelling of my first name and everything about my middle name (for the task "I am glad my mother didn't name me..." I would totally use "Frances" but my mother did name me "Frances" so it doesn't really work).

[Laura]

El wrote: "For privacy purposes will you accept diminutives of names? Like my GR name is a short version of my full first name and I'd prefer to use that."

Because some GR names, as well as nicknames, are only a letter or two, it kind of defeats the purpose of the task. So, short versions of your name are not accepted without approval for special circumstances. However, for privacy purposes, you can make an anagram out of one of your given names (first, middle or last) (i.e., re-arrange the letters to make a new word/name) and use that. That way, you use the same letters but you are not sharing your real name if there is a reason you are hesitant to do so. I hope that works for you.

[Laura]

Kathryn wrote: "El wrote: "For privacy purposes will you accept diminutives of names? Like my GR name is a short version of my full first name and I'd prefer to use that."

If that is allowed, I got by "Kate" whi..."

See my response to El - I would like to avoid people using shortened names or nick-names unless there is a specific justification for doing so. The "K" and "Y" combination is a bit more difficult but there do seem to be a number of books out there that work.

[Diane]

Stacey wrote: "I'm a wee bit stuck - if anyone runs across a brilliant S T A C E Y or C A T H E R I N E book, please send a suggestion my way!

You may want to double-check these for accuracy:

STACEY:
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Aké: The Years of Childhood
Al Capone Does My Shirts
Al Capone Shines My Shoes
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Apocalypse Watch
Bella Tuscany
Can You Keep a Secret?
Cold Sassy Tree
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
Crazy as Chocolate
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
In the Company of the Courtesan
In a Sunburned Country
An Irish Country Village
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams (Both)
Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
Mr. Darcy's Daughter
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
The Mayor of Casterbridge
Mistress of the Vatican: The True Story of Olimpia Maidalchini
On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
The Secret History of the Pink Carnation
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Such a Pretty Fat
The Sunday Philosophy Club
Tales of the City
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Things They Carried
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day
The Devil's Dictionary
A Study in Scarlet

[Diane]

Stacey wrote: "I'm a wee bit stuck - if anyone runs across a brilliant S T A C E Y or C A T H E R I N E book, please send a suggestion my way! Fortunately I am going on vacation soon, and vacation for me usually..."

CATHERINE:
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
The Abstinence Teacher
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Mother
The Baker's Apprentice
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
The Electric Michelangelo
The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy
The Confession of Fitzwilliam Darcy
Francesca's Kitchen
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
A Gathering of Finches
The Greatest Thing Since Sliced Bread
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
The Inheritance of Loss
The Lady and the Unicorn
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
The Master Butchers Singing Club
The Mercy of Thin Air
The Midwife's Apprentice
Murder in the Cathedral
The Persian Pickle Club
Persian Mirrors: The Elusive Face of Iran
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Princess: A True Story of Life Behind the Veil in Saudi Arabia
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Russian Concubine
The Saffron Kitchen
The Satanic Verses
The Princess and the Goblin
The Merchant of Venice
The Enchanted April
The Importance of Being Earnest
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
The Year of Magical Thinking
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
The Adventures of Pinocchio
Crime and Punishment
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

[chucklesthescot]

Kathryn wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "I'm so glad I'm called Lynn! This has given me a good few choices for the task."

I am so jealous of your name... I have always hated the spelling of my first name and every..."

I had a look at your 'to read' shelf and on the first page there are at least 3 books that fit the letters of your surname ie

The Wedding Officer: A Novel of Culinary Seduction
Impulse & Initiative: What If Mr. Darcy Didn't Take No for an Answer?
Midwife of the Blue Ridge

Your surname would be a better option for this task..

[Kate]

chucklesthescot wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "I'm so glad I'm called Lynn! This has given me a good few choices for the task."

I am so jealous of your name... I have always hated the spelling of my firs..."

Thanks chuckles. These were all books I just added because of this task. I have to find them first. lol, I just wish I had a nice simple name like Sarah or the normal spellings... lol, I just moved and so the majority of my books are in storage until I can find an apartment/job so the number of books I can use are cut down.

LDB: I totally understand where you are coming from... some people just have harder names to work with. I have dealt with it my whole life. No one can say my last name properly and 9/10 times, my first name is misspelled. But thus is life!

[Diane]

Kathryn wrote: "Wow, this is interesting... I have the fact that my name has weird letters... Y in first name, F in middle name and a W in the last... oh, well. It will be fun to see what everyone can make happen!"

Wow, tough name! Here are a few I found:
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

Bitter is the New Black : Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass, Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office

The Kalahari Typing School for Men

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day

The Year of Magical Thinking

[Kate]

Diane, thanks so much. Wow, Bitter is the New Black looks good... I might do that one.

[Sara ♥]

Yeah, it seems like the longer the title (like Bitter is the New Black...!), the better everyone's chances are... Too bad there isn't a book called The Quick Red Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Brown Dog... ;)

Kathryn:
* The Friday Night Knitting Club
* Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
* The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
* Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

Other Long Titles: (Some work for Kathryn, too... I just didn't go through them all)
* How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist: And If He Is, Should You Break Up with Him?
* The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life
* Everything I Needed to Know about Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume
* Hungry Monkey: A Food-Loving Father's Quest to Raise an Adventurous Eater
* The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
* The Boyfriend List: 15 Guys, 11 Shrink Appointments, 4 Ceramic Frogs and Me, Ruby Oliver
* The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them
* The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon—and me, Ruby Oliver
* Writing Great Books for Young Adults: Everything You Need to Know, from Crafting the Idea to Landing a Publishing Deal
* Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
* The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
* The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
* Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School, and Other Scary Things
* Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
* Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
* The Freedom Writers Diary: How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
* What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaism
* Warriors Don't Cry: The Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High
* Stop Pretending: What Happened When My Big Sister Went Crazy

[Kate]

Oh my gosh, I have never heard of the book How to Tell If Your Boyfriend Is the Antichrist: And If He Is, Should You Break Up with Him?, but the title alone is hilarious. I have to look into that! I love the subtitle... wow, definitely added onto my to-read list... then again, I read the book He's Just Not That Into You (The Newly Expanded Edition): The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys based on the title and I hated it...

[Sara ♥]

It's a little book I saw at half-price books and looked HILARIOUS! Unfortunately, the hubby was with me and wouldn't let me buy such "drivel"... It was only $3! Anyway, it lists a bunch of different "scenarios"... How to tell if your bf is a zombie; vampire; a robot; renegade cop; a serial killer; a time-traveler from the past; ; etc. and gives practical (read: hilarious) reasons why you should/should not break up with him.... Hahaha... And it's not always the answer you think it would be...

If you do the "Look Inside" thing on Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/How-Tell-Your-B...), you can view the table of contents... heehee!

[Kate]

Oh my goodness, your description is funnier than the one goodreads gives. I will definitely have to hunt this book down!

[Diane]

Jessica Bpv wrote: "Best I could come up with: The Complete Novels of Jane Austen... but i kind of didn't want to read them all at once.. any ideas for J E L E N A?? I'd be much obliged.. :)

oh, Ro..."</i>

JELENA:

[book:Jefferson's Great Gamble: The Remarkable Story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the Men Behind the Louisiana Purchase

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

The Many Lives & Secret Sorrows of Josephine B.

Parallel Journeys

Sam's Letters to Jennifer

Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail

One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd

The Jane Austen Book Club

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Patty Jane's House of Curl

[Caity]

Arrrgh... I like my name. It's pretty, the entire thing flows together really well and in an almost musical way. It's lovely.

Now why in tarnation do I only have maybe 8 books with every letter needed for my first name?! Out of over 200 books on various shelves around the house, my name with nice, common letters in it shows up about 8 times. Actually, there's probably closer to 300 books around the house.

I won't go into my last name, and my middle name I don't think I have the energy to look for every letter in the title of every book.

[chucklesthescot]

Kathryn wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "chucklesthescot wrote: "I'm so glad I'm called Lynn! This has given me a good few choices for the task."

I am so jealous of your name... I have always hated..."

Yeah I noticed your earlier post about the books being in storage after I posted my message to you! Jeez that is a tough break! Some of the tasks are pretty challenging but would be much harder if not all my books were available to choose from! Good luck!

[chucklesthescot]

I was lucky, the first book on my shelves I looked at had my initials in it. I'll need to search out a few more alternatives in case I don't finish my first choice and need to go to something else. I've got so much sympathy for those with trickier names though!

[Barbara VA]

I was in a panic when I first saw this task but I found a book after a brief look at my LONG TBR list! My last name is Dietrich so I am going to read School of Essential Ingredients !

[B]

Just confirming the kosherness of using "Graceling (The Seven Kingdoms, #1)". It contains all the letters in my first name {Kristen}. Also, thought it was fun that the author's first name is Kristin! Graceling (The Seven Kingdoms, #1)

[Laura]

krisabee wrote: "Just confirming the kosherness of using "Graceling (The Seven Kingdoms, #1)". It contains all the letters in my first name {Kristen}. Also, thought it was fun that the author's first name is Krist..."

That title is fine. Enjoy!

[B]

LDB wrote: "krisabee wrote: "Just confirming the kosherness of using "Graceling (The Seven Kingdoms, #1)". It contains all the letters in my first name {Kristen}. Also, thought it was fun that the author's fi..."

Thank you much, LDB! Very excited to read it! Cool challenge, too!

[Joanie]

My real name is Joan but I go mainly by Joanie. Can I read Pope Joan?

[Laura]

Joanie wrote: "My real name is Joan but I go mainly by Joanie. Can I read Pope Joan?"

That works.

[Kim]

My name has such weird letters. I've got Kingdom Keepers II: Disney at Dawn on my TBR list for K I M but my full name is K I M B E R L Y E L I S A B E T H D E C I N A, so any of the three are hugely long and hard to fit. :c

ETA: I know it's so late to be doing this, I lost most of my TBR list in a computer crash so I'm redoing it. I've been keeping myself busy with what I remember so far.