*What’s in a Name* challenge

The What’s in a Name challenge reminds me of a scavenger hunt … click the link to sign up, here are the details:

*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

*You may overlap books with other challenges, but please don’t use the same book for more than one category.

Here is my list of books read for each category, with links to my reviews:

• profession – The Painter from Shanghai by Jennifer Cody Epstein
• time of day – Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel
• relative – Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
• body part – The Vigorous Mind: Cross-Train Your Brain to Break Through Mental, Emotional, and Professional Boundaries by Ingrid E. Cummings
• building – Step Back from the Baggage Claim: Change the World, Start at the Airport by Jason Barger
• medical condition Lopsided: How Having Breast Cancer Can Be Really Distracting by Meredith Norton