What's In A Name Challenge

[[deleted user]]

Feel free to take part in this challenge along with me!

What’s In a Name

Begin Date: 1/3/12
Finish Date:


Food - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Number - Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne
Person’s Name - Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay
Season - Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah
One Word Title - Skylark by Meagan Spooner
Holiday -
Occupation -
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
Time of Day - The Given Day by Dennis Lehane
Relative/Family Member - Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Body Part - Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore
Building - The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Medical Condition/Disease - Delirium by Lauren Oliver
Animal - The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice
Plant - Peony in Love by Lisa See
Weather Event - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Insect - Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Emotion - Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin

* means currently reading.

[Patricia]

I don't understand Blythe. Is the challenge to read a book that fits each of these topics?

[Jessica]

The title of the book has to meet each description ie:
1. A book with a food in the title
2. A book with a number in the title
etc etc

[Patricia]

Oh, very interesting, I like that idea! We could just keep the list and update it during the year or something like that. Is that what you had in mind?

[Teri Pre]

So, would "Almost Heaven" fit the "foreign place" category? :D If "yes", then out of the 3 1/2 books I've read so far, 3 will fit.

Name: Minding FRANKIE
Color: A YELLOW God: An Idol of Africa
Foreign Place: Almost HEAVEN

This is kind of fun!

[[deleted user]]

Patricia, I don't know if I'm either going to add them all at one time, or over time.

[[deleted user]]

Do you think for "weather event" Rainshadow Road will work?

[Karen]

I like this idea, a LOT. I'll be doing this challenge with you, Blythe. I already have one or two... I'll try to use the books in my TBR list first.

Begin Date: Jan 03, 2012
Finish Date: In ( )

Food - The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Number - One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are
Person’s Name - Mao, Cisero
Season - Winter Garden(1/04)
One Word Title - Quiet
Holiday -
Occupation -
Instrument - The Piano Teacher
Foreign Place - All the Flowers in Shanghai (1/16)
Color - Girls in White Dresses (1/21)
Time of Day - Blue Nights
Relative/Family Member - Daughter of Smoke and Bone(2/17)
Body Part - This Burns My Heart
Building - The Kitchen House
Medical Condition/Disease - Naked in Death (1/09)
Animal - The White Tiger(1/31)
Plant -
Weather Event - The Winter of Our Disconnect
Insect - Firefly Lane (1/07)
Emotion -

[Kathryn]

Going to give this a shot.

[Melinda]

hmm, i like this one, i will be looking at what you all choose!

[Beth (Beth~a~holic)]

Sounds like a unique challenge. Count me in!


What’s In a Name
Begin Date: January 1st 2012
Finish Date: December 31, 2012 (yup...I think I'll need a whole year to complete, lol)


Food:
Number: Eleven on Top by Janet Evanovich (currently reading)
Person’s Name: We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Season:
One Word Title:
Holiday:
Occupation:
Instrument:
Foreign Place:
Color: The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Time of Day: Four Past Midnight by Stephen King (currently reading)
Relative/Family Member: Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor
Body Part: Delia's Heart by V.C. Andrews
Building:
Medical Condition/Disease: Blindness by José Saramago
Animal:
Plant:
Weather Event:
Insect:
Emotion:

[Teri Pre]

Ok, here's mine and I'll edit it as I go. I'll add a few for now (including 3 I've already read this year)and wait to add the others later.

Begin Date: Jan. 1, 2012
Finish Date: May 14, 2012


Food - Boyfriends, Burritos & An Ocean of Trouble by Nancy Rue
Number -5 Little Peppers And Their Friends by Margaret Sydney
Person’s Name - Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
Season - Spring House: David Bowles
One Word Title - Rags: Karen Niemann
Holiday -Mysteries of Easter Island: Brian Lawrenson
Occupation -The Apothecary's Daughter by Julie Klassen
Instrument - The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations: Zhu Xiao-Mei
Foreign Place - Almost Heaven by Chris Fabry
Color - Gone to Green by Judy Christie
Time of Day - Midnight Cowboy: James Leo Herlihy
Relative/Family Member - The Traitor's Wife by Susan Higginbothem
Body Part - Heart of Stone: A Novel: Jill Marie Landis
Building -The Crossroads Cafe by Deborah Smith
Medical Condition/Disease - Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives: Cathleen Lewis
Animal - A Dog Named Slugger by Leigh Brill
Plant - Kilmeny of the Orchard: L.M.Montgomery
Weather Event - White As Snow: A Christmas Story: Donna Westover Gallup
Insect - Firefly Summer: Maeve Binchy
Emotion -Daughter of Joy: Kathleen Morgan


* Means TBR

[Karen]

Blythe wrote: "Do you think for "weather event" Rainshadow Road will work?"

I think it should work...

[Danielle]

I'll give this a try. Although I'm going to "cheat" a little and double count some books from the A to Z Challenge.

Food - Star Fish (finished 12/7)
Number - Fifty Shades of Grey (finished 4/7)
Person’s Name - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (finished 1/5)
Season - The Winter Palace (finished 4/9)
One Word Title - Villette (finished 3/3)
Holiday - Christmas at Pemberley (finished 12/19)
Occupation - Always the Baker, Never the Bride (finished 3/13)
Instrument - The First Violin (finished 1/4/13)
Foreign Place - Kissed in Paris (finished 3/18)
Color - The Masque of the Red Death (finished 8/12)
Time of Day - One O'clock Jump (finished 2/4)
Relative/Family Member - The Dashwood Sisters Tell All (finished 4/14)
Body Part - La Couleur de l'oeil de Dieu (finished 3/28)
Building - Leaving the Comfort Cafe (finished 4/27)
Medical Condition/Disease - AIDS: Taking the Long Term View (finished 9/3)
Animal - The Dovekeepers (finished 4/2)
Plant - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (finished 9/9)
Weather Event - The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (finished 3/10)
Insect - Of Moth and Butterflies (finished Nov)
Emotion - The Liberation of Alice Love (finished 2/12)

[Laura]

Oh I like this one too! I might cheat and use some books from my A-Z challenge also. LOL Let me get my list together and I'll post it!

[Laura]

Here's mine:

Food – Chocolate Mama-Helen Bradley Hall
Number – Two for the Dough-Janet Evanovich
Person’s Name –Hope and Undead Elvis-Ian Thomas Healy
Season –Summer’s Crossing-Julie Kagawa
One Word Title – Farsighted-Emlyn Chand
Holiday –Christmas in High Heels-Gemma Halliday
Occupation – The Good Physician-Kent Harrington
Instrument –The Piano Teacher-Janice Lee
Foreign Place – Shanghai Girls-Lisa See
Color –Baltimore Blue-Laura Lippman
Time of Day –Midnight and Holding-Joyce DeBacco
Relative/Family Member –Mommy Dearest-Dennis Berry
Body Part –Murder Genes-Mikael Aizen
Building –The Myth of the Garage-Dan and Chip Heath
Medical Condition/Disease –H5N1 Code Name: Greed-Jacqueline Druga
Animal – Running of the Bulls-Christopher Smith
Plant –Snow Flower and the Secret Fan-Lisa See
Weather Event –Snow Comes to Hawk’s Folly-J. Kathleen Cheney
Insect –Fireflies in December-Jennifer Erin Valent

[Noeleen]

It's great to see everyone's choices for all the challenges, it's giving us all lots of new reads for the future also

[Maralee]

I'm gonna do it too :)

Here's my list:
Food - Carrots - Colleen Helme (finished 1/13/12)
Number - 44 - Jools Sinclair
Person’s Name - Jenna's Cowboy - Sharon Gillenwater
Season - Face the Winter Naked - Bonnie Turner
One Word Title - Faith - Lori Copeland
Holiday - The Christmas Dog - Melody Carlson (finished 1/11/12)
Occupation - The Shopkeeper - James D Best
Instrument - The Drums of Jeopardy - Harold MacGrath
Foreign Place - Chasing China - Kay Bratt (finished 1/19/12)
Color - The Trouble with Green - Liv James
Time of Day - One September Morning - Rosalind Noonan
Relative/Family Member - Here, Have a Husband - Heather Gean (finished 1/7/12)
Body Part - Tiger Eye - Marjorie M Liu
Building - Straw House - Daniel Nayeri
Medical Condition/Disease - Arctic Fever - Bruce Barcott
Animal - The Parrot Talks in Chocolate - Everett Peacock
Plant - Before the White Rose - Vicki Hinze
Weather Event - Chasing Rainbows - Kathleen Long (finished 1/16/12)
Insect - The Ghost of a Flea - John Brinling
Emotion - Taming Mad Max - Theresa Ragan

[Shawna Briseno]

So, is it okay to post the books as I go or do I need to choose all the titles up front?


Food - Death by Gumbo
Number -
Person’s Name - Simon's Choice
Season -
One Word Title - Mudbound
Holiday -
Occupation -
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Orange as Marmalade
Time of Day - Night Road
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part - Turn of Mind
Building -
Medical Condition/Disease - Delirium
Animal -
Plant - Beneath the Night Tree
Weather Event - Rain Song
Insect -
Emotion -

[Teri Pre]

Shawna, I think it's up to us. It looks like some of us are doing it one way and some the other...and it's all good!

[[deleted user]]

No, Shawna. Choose whatever books you want at whatever pace you want. The books up front are just the book I chose

[[deleted user]]

Just added "Emotion" to the list

[Heather]

Yep, it would appear I'm a sucker for these challenges. I've tried to overlap some books though!
Food - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder – Joanne Fluke (finished 10/2/12)
Number - Three to get Deadly - Janet Evanovich (finished 21/5/12)
Person’s Name - Molly's Millions - Victoria Connelly (finished 28/1/12)
Season - That Summer in Ischia - Penny Feeny
One Word Title - Insurgent - Veronica Roth (finished 8/5/12)
Holiday - Holiday in Death - JD Robb (finished 17/5/12)
Occupation - The Lincoln Lawyer - Michael Connelly
Instrument - The Violin Man's Legacy - Seamus Gallacher
Foreign Place - American Gods - Neil Gaiman (it’s foreign for me!) (finished 28/2/12)
Colour - The Color Purple - Alice Walker(finished 16/2/12)
Time of Day - Midnight in Death - JD Robb (finished 18/5/12)
Relative/Family Member - Native Son - Richard Wright (finished 13/4/12)
Body Part - The Skeleton in the Closet – MC Beaton (Finished 15/1/12)
Building - The Kitchen House - Kathleen Grissom (Finished 16/3/12)
Medical Condition/Disease - Syndrome - Thomas Hoover
Animal - War Horse - Michael Morpurgo (Finished 22/1/12)
Plant - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan - Lisa See
Weather Event - The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (Finished 25/5/12)
Insect – Dragonfly in Amber
Emotion - The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss (Finished 6/8/12)

[Toni]

I love the idea of this one, do you think we could use Naked in Death for Medical Condition? Death is a medical condition, right?

[Karen]

Toni wrote: "I love the idea of this one, do you think we could use Naked in Death for Medical Condition? Death is a medical condition, right?"

Toni! I was just thinking of the same thing. Death is a diagnosis!

[Toni]

Begin Date: 1/1/12
Finish Date:

Food - The Sugar Queen (Sarah Addison Allen)
Number - Article 5 (Kristen Simmons)**
Person’s Name -
Season -
One Word Title - Shine (Lauren Myracle)*
Holiday -
Occupation - The Diviner's Tale (Bradford Morrow)
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part -
Building -
Medical Condition/Disease - Naked in Death(J.D. Robb)
Animal -
Plant -
Weather Event -
Insect -
Emotion -

* = reading

** = not out yet!!! will read when released!!

[Renee]

Could a foreign place be within the US or does it have to be from another county? I was going to put Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffrey Deaver but didn't know if it was considered a foreign place.

[Renee]

Began: 01-01-12
Finished:

Food: After the Apple by Naomi H. Rosenblatt
Number: 311 Pelican Court by Debbie Macomber
Person's Name:
Season:
One Word Title: Bang by William Butler
Holiday:
Occupation:
Instrument:
Foreign Place:
Color:
Time of Day: Deadly Night by Heather Graham
Relative/Family Member:
Body Part:
Building:
Medical Condition/Disease:
Animal:
Plant:
Weather Event:
Insect:
Emotion:

[Z]

This sounds cool and it should help decrease my TBR list!

Begin Date: 1/14/2012
Finish Date:


Food -
*Number - One for the Money
*Person’s Name - Jane Eyre
Season -
*One Word Title - Insurgent
Holiday -
*Occupation - The Handmaid's Tale
Instrument -
*Foreign Place - Shanghai Girls
Color -
*Time of Day - The Night Circus
*Relative/Family Member - Daughter of Smoke and Bone
*Body Part - Turn of Mind
*Building - Shelter
*Medical Condition/Disease - Ceremony in Death
*Animal - War Horse
Plant -
*Weather Event - The Art of Racing in the Rain
*Insect - Lord of the Flies
*Emotion - State of Wonder


* Finished

Update (6/10/2012) - Instead of decreasing my TBR list I find myself selecting new books to fill in the categories... silly me, thinking this would go any other way!

(10/17/2012) - still selecting new books!

[Karen]

Renee wrote: "Could a foreign place be within the US or does it have to be from another county? I was going to put Manhattan Is My Beat by Jeffrey Deaver but didn't know if it was considered a foreign place."

I would think a foreign place has to be outside of your home country!

[[deleted user]]

I consider foreign to be outside of your country

[Holly]

going to try this challenge also.

What’s In a Name

Begin Date:Jan 3rd, 2012
Finish Date:()



Food -
Number - one for the money- Janet Evanovich
Person’s Name -
Season -
One Word Title -
Holiday -
Occupation -
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color -
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part -
Building -
Medical Condition/Disease -
Animal -
Plant -
Weather Event -
Insect -
Emotion -

[Melinda]

I'm going to try this too! Will come back and edit my list as I choose the books

Food -
Number -
Person’s Name -Still Alice- Lisa Genova
Season - Winter Sea
One Word Title - Revolution- by Jennifer Donnelly
Holiday -
Occupation - The Queen's Dollmaker
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Between Shades of Gray
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member - Daughters- Consuela Baehr
Body Part -
Building -
Medical Condition/Disease -
Animal - Swan Song - Robert McCammon
Plant - Winnign the Wallflower- Eloise James
Weather Event -
Insect - Dragonfly in Amber- Diana Gabaldon
Emotion - The Wise Man's Fear

[Cari]

How fun! Im new to Goodreads and I think Im gna give this a try.

[Toni]

Melinda you put Queen as an occupation!!! I'm so glad, because I wasn't sure if I could get away with that being an occupation and I really wanted a reason to read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray!!! You just made my day!! Thank you!!! :)

[Melinda]

Toni wrote: "Melinda you put Queen as an occupation!!! I'm so glad, because I wasn't sure if I could get away with that being an occupation and I really wanted a reason to read Beauty Queens by Libba Bray!!! ..."

Of course! Queen sounds like a hard job to have :)

[Kathryn]

I think I;ll give this a try also.

Updated 12/30/12

Begin Date: 1/1/12
Finish Date:

Food -
Number – The Valley Girl Turns 40 by Laura Ross
Person’s Name – Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
Season – Blackberry Winter by Sarah Jio
One Word Title – (The Callahans) Destiny by Gordon Ryan
Holiday – Kiss of the Christmas Wind by Janelle Taylor
Occupation – The Litigators by John Grisham
Instrument -
Foreign Place – Married to Bhutan by Linda Leaming
Color – Yellow Crocus, A Novel by Laila Ibrahim
Time of Day - Before the Scarlet Dawn by Rita Gerlach
Relative/Family Member – Before the Scarlet Dawn: Daughters of the Potomac
Body Part – Rock Bottom by Erin Brockovich and CJ Lyons
Building - NO KILLING IN THE HALLWAYS - SCHOOL MASSACRES: Columbine, Virginia Tech, Beslan Hostage, Ecole Massacre, Red Lake High, Texas Sniper by R.J. Parker
Medical Condition/Disease -
Animal - Where the Huskies Go: A memoir of a life with the memorable Siberian Husky by Darcie Nicole
Plant – Prairie Rose by Catherine Palmer
Weather Event - Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Insect – Summer of Firefly Memories by Joan Gable
Emotion - Terror by Night by Terry Caffey
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[Karen]

Carime wrote: "How fun! Im new to Goodreads and I think Im gna give this a try."

Go for it, Carime. I usually don't set goals or do challenges. This is my first one! However, I found that laying the books out actually helps me read faster!

[Teri Pre]

I'm going to have a heck of a time with the "insect" category!! I've been through about 500 of my TBRs and can't find ONE!! I may even have to *GASP* BUY a book!!

[Kathryn]

Teri Pre wrote: "I'm going to have a heck of a time with the "insect" category!! I've been through about 500 of my TBRs and can't find ONE!! I may even have to *GASP* BUY a book!!"

Have you read The Secret Life of Bee? It's a great book. I borrowed it from the library, unfortunately last year. There's also Fireflies in December, which is free for Prime Amazon members and James Patterson;s, Along Comes A Spider.

[Teri Pre]

Thanks Kathryn, I read Fireflies in December last year and Along Came a Spider when it first came out. I haven't read "Bees" but I don't have Prime...sigh...

Ah HA! You made me think about butterflies and I find that I have "The Butterfly Effect"! Thanks!!

[Toni]

Begin Date: 1/1/12
Finish Date:

Food - The Sugar Queen (Sarah Addison Allen)
Number - Article 5 (Kristen Simmons)**
Person’s Name -
Season -
One Word Title - Ashfall (Mike Mullin)
Holiday -
Occupation - The Diviner's Tale (Bradford Morrow)
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part -
Building - Home Front (Kristin Hannah)
Medical Condition/Disease - Naked in Death(J.D. Robb)
Animal -
Plant -
Weather Event -
Insect -
Emotion -

** - will read

[Toni]

Begin Date: 1/1/12
Finish Date:

Food - The Sugar Queen (Sarah Addison Allen)
Number - Article 5 (Kristen Simmons)**
Person’s Name - DEFENDING JACOB (William Landay)
Season -
One Word Title - Ashfall (Mike Mullin)
Holiday -
Occupation - The Diviner's Tale (Bradford Morrow)
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color - Between Shades of Gray (Ruta Sepetys)
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part -
Building - Home Front (Kristin Hannah)
Medical Condition/Disease - Naked in Death(J.D. Robb)
Animal -
Plant - YELLOW CROCUS (Laila Ibrahim)
Weather Event -
Insect -
Emotion -

** - will read

[Teri Pre]

Whoo Hoo!!! Done!!! This was a fun challenge! I had a really hard time with finding a decent book for musical instrument and insect but I'm finally done!! I'll be doing this one again next year as it gets a lot of books off of my TBR list!

[Heather]

Teri Pre wrote: "Whoo Hoo!!! Done!!! This was a fun challenge! I had a really hard time with finding a decent book for musical instrument and insect but I'm finally done!! I'll be doing this one again next year..."

Musical instrument has been a tricky one for me too, but I downloaded a freebie yesterday called The Violin Man's Legacy. It sounds interesting, so I think I'll give it a go.

[Teri Pre]

That was the main reason I bought "The Secret Piano". It sounded good and was a cheap one. Glad I did. It was a pretty good read.

[Carrie]

Feel free to take part in this challenge along with me!

What’s In a Name

Begin Date: 1/3/12
Finish Date:


Food - The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Number - Sizzling Sixteen by Janet Evanovich
Person’s Name -
Season -
One Word Title -
Holiday -
Occupation -
Instrument -
Foreign Place -
Color -
Time of Day -
Relative/Family Member -
Body Part - Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich
Building -
Medical Condition/Disease -
Animal -
Plant -
Weather Event - The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Insect -
Emotion - The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss*

* means currently reading.

[Skye]

me too!

[Kathryn]

Updated on 12/30/12 and missed only 3 books. Nothing under Medical Condiion/Disease, Food or Instrument. It's updated in Message 37, if anyone wants to check it out!

[Teri Pre]

This was the only one I finished. Couldn't find a Q author nor a Z book. Oh well, I'll try again in 2013!