What's in a Name 4
Yesterday I mentioned that I'm going to participate in Beth Fish Read's What' In a Name 4 Reading Challenge.
I've started considering what books I'm going to read to fulfill the requirements of this challenge, based on books I am anticipating reading in 2011. But, I thought it would be fun to see what your suggestions would be for books in this challenge. So here are the requirements:
Read:
- A book with a number in the title.
- A book with jewelry or a gem in the title.
- A book with a size in the title.
- A book with travel or movement in the title.
- A book with evil in the title.
- A book with a life stage in the title.
I want to try and be creative with my choices for this. I have a couple in mind that I think are rather creative. We know the "evil in the title" is not going to be hard for me. I have a few that will meet the requirements of "a number in the title."
All right, your turn. What do you think? And remember, this is a challenge that isn't open to just bloggers. You can join too!
9 comments:
8 million ways to die by Larry Block
Diamonds are forever by Ian Fleming.
The Big Nowhere - James Ellroy
Nobody Runs Forever - Richard Stark
Evil at Heart by Chelsea Cain
Death: The Time of Your Life - Neil Gaiman
Was going to go all Larry Block's Matt Scudder on you, but couldn't find a gem. The others would be:
Number: 8 Million Ways to Die
Size: A Long Line of Dead Men
Movement: A Dance at the Slaughterhouse
Evil: Even the Wicked
Life Stage: Everybody Dies
Lo
I have some forthcoming books for you, Jen.
Gem - The Attenbury Emeralds by Jill Paton Walsh (Jan)
Number - One Was a Soldier by Julia Spencer-Fleming (April)
Movement - Catch Her if You Can by Merline Lovelance (Jan)
Life stage - A Lonely Death by Charles Todd (Jan)
Evil: Devil-Devil by Graeme Kent (Feb.)
And, one fairly new -
Size - Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Don Bruns
number: NINE DRAGONS by Michael Connelly
jewelry or gem: INSPECTOR HADLEY-THE DIAMOND MURDERS by Peter Child
travel or movement: RUNNING BLIND by Lee Child
evil: EVIL FOR EVIL by James R Benn
life stage: DAMN NEAR DEAD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF GEEZER NOIR edited by Duane Swierczynski
that was fun, Jen, thanks for letting others give ideas. :-)
Bobbie
Hello, I stopped by your blog today. This sounds a great challenge, but my TBR pile is out of control. . .
Ann
These are great suggestions! I knew this would be a good challenge for crime fiction!! Thanks everyone. Keep the suggestions coming.
On numbers, then there is every book in the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich ... I'm just saying.
On stones, one could go back in time and read "The Moonstone," by Wilkie Collins.
If one will delve into global fiction, there's "A Beautiful Way to Die," and "Let the Dead Lie," by Malla Nunn.
That's it for now.
Stones/jewels, there is also "The Shanghai Moon," by S.J. Rozan (this is about a jewel and more)
Evil: Blood of the Wicked, by Leighton Gage or A Bad Day for Sorry, or A Bad Day for Pretty, both by Sophie Littlefield
Movement: The Crossing Places, by Elly Griffiths
Size: Suffer the Little Children, by Donna Leon
Yay!!!!!!! So glad you're joining up.
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