Annie - who is the daughter of Debi - is hosting a creative reading challenge for 2008. It's called What's in a Name? and the six selections for the challenge must contain a specific element in the title:
- A book with a color in its title
- A book with an animal in its title
- A book with a first name in its title
- A book with a place in its title
- A book with a weather event in its title
- A book with a plant in its title
These are my picks:
- Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Mind of an Autistic Savant
by Daniel Tammet - Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
- We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
- The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
- House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
- Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Ohhh, I read House of Sand and Fog a few years ago and remember enjoying it--a sort of literary thriller--ha ha!. I'm taking on challenges with caution for 2008, but I keep seeing this one and think its such a fun idea.
ReplyDeleteHey, I am participating in this too. :D This month, I'm reading Peony in Love for category 'A book with a plant in its title'.
ReplyDeleteI joined this challenge and thought I would peruse a few other's choices. I have seen you comment on a few other blogs I visit so yours was one of my stops! Your list looks great--I really mean to, but keep forgetting to read House of Sand and Fog. My little 90 year old grandmother raved about that book to me a couple of years ago when she read it!
ReplyDeleteI am reading Icy Sparks for my weather related title this month.
Happy reading--
Kim