What’s in a name (reference, moniker)?
This is an annual challenge (contest, competition) hosted by Beth Fish Reads.
Each year (365 days, 12 months), she composes a list (items) of categories (classes, divisions), and asks us to read books (print edition, audio format, e-book) for each.
This year’s categories, and some examples of titles that would meet each theme:
- A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Black Hills, Purgatory Ridge, Emily of Deep Valley
- A book with something you’d see in the sky in the title: Moon Called, Seeing Stars, Cloud Atlas
- A book with a creepy crawly in the title: Little Bee, Spider Bones, The Witches of Worm
- A book with a type of house in the title: The Glass Castle, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Ape House
- A book with something you’d carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title: Sarah’s Key, The Scarlet Letter, Devlin Diary
- A book with a something you’d find on a calendar in the title: Day of the Jackal, Elegy for April, Freaky Friday, Year of Magical Thinking
Yes, I’m throwing my hat in the ring and joining the What’s in a Name (5) Challenge!
Find all the details and sign-up information for the What’s in a Name (5) Challenge at Beth Fish Reads; I’ll update this post as I read my books, and post a wrap-up when I’ve completed the challenge.
The books I’ve read:
- A book with a topographical feature (land formation) in the title: Running the Rift
- A book with something you’d see in the sky in the title:
- A book with a creepy crawly in the title:
- A book with a type of house in the title:
- A book with something you’d carry in your pocket, purse, or backpack in the title:
- A book with a something you’d find on a calendar in the title:












This is the only challenge I’ve signed up for this year!
Good luck with this one!
I’m not joining (officially) any challenges this year but I may try this one on an unofficial basis. It’s always so much fun.
Yay!!!! I’m glad you’re joining in. I have as much fun coming up with the categories as I do finding books.
Good luck with this challenge. Its something that I’ve thought about each year its offered, but I haven’t signed up yet.