Sunday, December 21, 2008

What's in a Name Challenge


I'm signing up for this year's What's in a Name Challenge. The instructions are as follows:

*Dates: January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009
*The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories.

1. A book with a "profession" in its title. Examples might include: The Book Thief, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Historian

2. A book with a "time of day" in its title. Examples might include: Twilight, Four Past Midnight, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

3. A book with a "relative" in its title. Examples might include: Eight Cousins, My Father's Dragon, The Daughter of Time

4. A book with a "body part" in its title. Examples might include: The Bluest Eye, Bag of Bones, The Heart of Darkness

5. A book with a "building" in its title. Examples might include: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Little House on the Prairie, The Looming Tower

6. A book with a "medical condition" in its title. Examples might include: Insomnia, Coma, The Plague

Sounds like lots of fun. I've got lots of books that fill these categories, but here are some thoughts:

1. Margaret Atwood, The Robber Bride (perhaps it's stretching it to consider thievery a profession, perhaps I will change it to The Handyman by Carolyn See)

2. Kaye Gibbons, On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon

3. Lori Parks, Getting Mother's Body

4. Renate Dorrestein, A Heart of Stone

5. Elizabeth McCracken, The Giant's House

6. Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country

These titles are, of course, all subject to change!

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