I've decided to set up a blog just for the What's in a Name? Challenge. I didn't know that so many people would sign up, so I decided to create a separate blog for challenge info.
I listed all of the participants on the sidebar. Please check to make sure I didn't miss you, or tell me if I got your name wrong! Please check back often to read about contests and things like that. I will be setting up a separate post for each category so you can link up your reviews!
Below is the original post from my blog stating the guidelines for the challenge:
Up for a challenge?
I hope you answered "yes!" and that you'll join me in my reading challenge! I've been wanting to host a reading challenge for a while now, and finally decided to just take the plunge. Be patient with me though, since I've never done this before, o.k.?
This is a challenge that anyone can join, no matter what types of books they like to read. You should be able to find books from any genre that will work.
I'm sorry I don't have a banner for the challenge. I just don't know how to make one.
Update: Thanks to Court, we now have a couple of buttons to choose from. They're wonderful! Thank you, Court!
Update: Angela has also created some great buttons you might like. Find them at her icon journal. Thanks, Angela!
"What's In A Name?" Reading Challenge
Dates: January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008
The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories.
1. A book with a color in its title. Examples might include: The Amber Spyglass, The Red Pony, Blue Blood
2. A book with an animal in its title. Examples might include: The Hound of the Baskervilles, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julie of the Wolves
3. A book with a first name in its title. Examples might include: Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter books, Anne of Green Gables
4. A book with a place in its title. Examples might include: From Russia with Love, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Out of Africa
5. A book with a weather event in its title. Examples might include: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Red Storm Rising, Tornado Alley
6. A book with a plant in its title. Examples might include: Where the Red Fern Grows, The Name of the Rose, Flowers for Algernon
--You may overlap books with other challenges, but please don't use the same book for more than one category. (For example, you can use The Red Pony for either a "color" book or an "animal" book, but not for both.)
Prizes: Yes. There will be some small prizes (unless someone can convince my parents to raise my allowance!) awarded throughout the challenge, and a larger grand prize at the end. More details about this later.
To join in, simply leave a comment on this post with a link your list. I will post a list of participants here as they sign up.
Once the challenge has begun, I'll make a new post where I will link up everyone's reviews.
See, isn't this easy? Just six books in one year!
Have I left anything out? If so, please feel free to ask!
Answers to questions:
1. You don't need a blog to participate. Just put your list in the comments, and I'll post it here.
2. Feel free to change your list throughout the year, if something new pops up that fits the category.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
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this is going to be fun! thanks, annie!
Count me in. My list can be found at www.susanlovestoread.blogspot.com
Thanks,
Susan L
I would like to participate as well!
http://aceandhoserblook.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
Cool new site...i'll be back periodically to check things out!
Hi Annie,
Looks like I didn't make the list so I'll sign up again :-)
My list is posted at http://printedpage.blogspot.com
Great idea to set up a separate blog :) Thanks for letting me know!
Thanks to a little "idea stealing" my list is as follows:
What’s in a Name Challenge list:
Book w/a color in the title: Perma Red* - Debra Earling
Book w/an animal in the title: Wizard of the Crow Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O
Book w/a first name in the title: Anna of the Five Towns* - Arnold Bennett
Book w/a place in the title: Motherless Brooklyn* - Jonathan Letham
Book w/weather in the title: The Cloud Atlas* – David Mitchell
Book w/a plant in the title: Rose of No Man’s Land* - Michelle Tea
Trying again to sign up, must of done something wrong.
My list is here:
http://cafeshree.wordpress.com/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-challenge/
This should be lots of fun.
Fantastic idea to creat a blog specifically for the challenge.
I'd like to sign up for this one, too! It's a great idea!
My list is posted here:
http://bibliophilesanonymous2.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
Thanks again!
I keep coming back to this so I guess I'd better just surrender and sign up. Add me to the list and I'll pick my books before the first.
I think it's going to be a fun challenge, Annie! Thanks for hosting it.
cjh
I am so excited for this challenge and look forward to seeing the reviews.
an exciting reading adventure begins.
I'm in! My list is here:
http://krinek.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
sounds interesting. ;)
http://www.jinxx.net
Greets,
Klaudia
What a fun idea! Would you mind terribly if I hosted a French counterpart of this challenge on my blog? That would be neat, and of course I would give you full credit, but I understand if you'd prefer to keep the exclusivity!
;-)
You may answer here or on my blog, at your convenience!
I thought I'd joined a couple of weeks ago, but maybe I was in a fugue state. I'll have a list this weekend.
-V-
My list for the challenge!!! I had fun looking this up!
http://iyamvixenbooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge-list.html
I'm going to play along!! Great challenge!
My Challenge
Hi! I'm kind of a lurker, and I'm trying to start a book blog (more like personal record) of my own. I found your challenge, and I'd love to join. My list is here: http://1year100books.livejournal.com/2996.html
This Challenge really sounds fun. I'll join in; my list can be found on my blog. Thanks!
I'm in! I'm in!!
Here's my list
I would like to join as well...
It sounds like such fun, I've decided to play along too.
My list can be found here.
Hope I'm not too late to join the fun! My list can be found here.
Looking forward to it!
Hello, Masanobu Tomoe here.
I don't have a Blogger blog, but my list can be found in LiveJournal, here:
http://masanobu-tomoe.livejournal.com/15606.html?mode=reply
So please count me in!
(Great challenge, by the way)
Hi Annie! Thanks for your answer! This is going to be fun!
Annie, Please add us to the list! We're looking forward to the challenge.
Our picks
I'm in! my list can be found at http://dianas-glob.blogspot.com/2007/12/reading-challenge-for-2008-whats-in.html
this sounds fun. thanks for doing the work!
Sorry, I fogot to leave my name: Bine will join as well!
Best regards and merry christmas!
What's In A Name Challenge List:
COLOR: The Bluest Eye (Toni Morrison)
ANIMAL: Chosen by a Horse: A Memoir
(Susan Richards)
NAME: Angela's Ashes (Frank McCourt)
PLACE: Between, Georgia (Joshilyn Jackson)
WEATHER: The Children's Blizzard (David Laskin)
PLANT: House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest (Craig Childs)
Correction to Ashley's List:
PLANT: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
I join! :)
My list will be posted at my lj profile (name-link)
right now I have this year's 100 book challenge list.
Great idea! My list can be found here: http://adventuresofabibliophile.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
I hope it's not too late to be counted it?
Hello1 I would like to join and I have my list ready. I hope I haven/t over stepped by doing this before I've been excepted! thanks
Add me please. My list is up on my sidebar at
http://www.abookloverforever.blogspot.com
1. A book with a color in its title.
Black Beauty
2. A book with an animal in its title.
TBA
3. A book with a first name in its title.
Robinson Crusoe
4. A book with a place in its title.
TBA
5. A book with a weather event in its title.
Storm Rising
6. A book with a plant in its title.
TBA
I'll have to get back to you on 2, 4, and 6, because I don't know any books with animals, plants and places in the title, so that requires a bit of research.
my first challenge :D have not completely decided on my list but Ill be updating as i go on . thanks for the challenge
http://ideru.kansaiblogger.com/2007/12/26/whats-in-a-name/
Okay, let me try this again. The link didn't work for some reason.
I do love the idea behind this challenge! Thanks for hosting it.
You can find my list here.
This should be fun! Great idea! My list is:
Color: Red Dragon
Animal: Animal Farm
Name: Mary Mary
Place: Devil in the White City
Weather: The Shadow of the Wind
Plant: Flowers for Algernon
afs1101@hotmail.com
Please sign me up!
Here's my list
Thanks for a neat and creative challenge! My list is up over here:
http://jennyupthehill.com/2007/12/28/whats-in-a-name-challenge-2008/
I hope I'm not too late to join! I don't have my list yet, but I'll try to do that by tomorrow.
Meanwhile, my blog is:
http://tiffanynorris.blogspot.com.
Annie, I just wanted to let you know that my list has moved to my new domain:
http://foxywriter.com/2007/11/05/whats-in-a-name-reading-challenge/
(The post is still available at the old location, but could be deleted at any time.)
Thank you!
I would like to participate too. Here is a link to my post with my book choices listed:
http://mom-musings.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
Lets try the link again:
http://mom-musings.blogspot.com/2007/12/whats-in-name-challenge.html
Okay----the link apparently is too long. Here is a link to my blog:
http://mom-musings.blogspot.com/
My book list is posted in a entry on December 1st--if anyone is interested in looking at my choices.
This was great challenge and I hope to peruse other lists tomorrow!
*smiles*
Annie,
I've had the most fun choosing books for this challenge. I decided that in addition to your "rules" I would add another and select only books that are already on my shelves that I've been meaning to read. Now I will, thanks to you. Here's my list:
Color: The Blue Flower, Penelope Fitzgerald
Animal: Memed, My Hawk, Yashar Kamal
Name: Antigone, Sophocles
Place: Slouching Towards Bethlehem, Joan Didion
Weather: Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
Plant: Seeds of Change, Henry Hobhouse
Thanks again,
Mary
I just found out about this great reading challenge and I am planning to participate:) I didn't select any book titles yet though.
I would love to participate! This sounds like lots of fun! I will get my list up shortly.
I'm joining in the fun too! Thanks for hosting this. :D
sounds like a great challenge! Count me in :)
http://emilyrenee.blogspot.com/2007/12/fall-into-reading.html
Oh, I love this idea. Please add me to the list of participants. My list can be found at http://www.lavenroseramblings.blogspot.com/ I will pull it together sometime this week! Great idea!
Deb
This one looks like fun! I had really sworn off reading challenges, but for you Annie - I'm in :)
My post is up here
Happy New Year, and Happy Reading!
I couldnt pass this up
sounded too interesting :)
well done
Im in
Jen at http://my3boysandi.wordpress.com
You must be very proud of yourself for having made up a challenge and so many people respond well done you 10 year book lover
i LOVE books too :)
Jen at
http://my3boysandi.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/whats-in-a-name-reading-challenge/
Hi, I'm up for this!!
My post is here:
http://tarasreadingchallenges.blogspot.com/search/label/What%27s%20in%20a%20Name%20Challenge
can we still join? I would love to.
http://think_pink.typepad.com/books
Here's my list!
http://astripedarmchair.wordpress.com/2008/01/01/resolutions-and-challenges-08
I hope I'm not too late! :) Thanks so much for hosting this.
Here's the link to my challenge.
This is a great challenge. I"m in!
My list can be found at redroomlibrary.com
i'm joining in!
http://www.shebecameabutterfly.net
Can I join? I have chosen my books in the hope I am able to play!
http://abookinthelife.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-in-name-challenge.html
this sounds like fun and I hope it's not too late for me to join in. I'll get my list up on my blog tomorrow - great idea, Annie! :)
duh, I forgot the link - my list is here.
OK I have finished my first book for the challenge woohoo! My link is
http://abookinthelife.blogspot.com/2008/01/short-history-of-tractors-in-ukrainian.html
Is that right to do?
I've decided to join and try! My list is at my blog.
http://angelkutty.livejournal.com/534087.html
I'm so in!
My list is at http://robinmsills.blogspot.com/
Can't wait!
A bit late posting my list, but here it is!
http://tiffanynorris.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-in-name.html
Annie - I changed one of the book for this challenge. My "place" book changed from PEACHTREE ROAD to ITALIAN LESSONS. The updated list is on my blog.
Sign me up! Here's my list.
Thanks for thinking up such a great challenge!
is it too late to join?
hi, I've posted my list!
here it is:
http://valentinasroom.blogspot.com/2008/01/whats-in-name-challenge.html
Hi Annie,
I just posted my book-list in my blog and would like to participate to this challange. I hope it's not too late. Here's my list:
http://coconblanc.blogspot.com/2008/01/reading-challange-whats-in-name.html
Regards
Gabi
Sounds great! I have posted my intended list here.
I hope I'm not too late to join this RAL. I love the idea. I'm even currently reading an animal-named book! :-) It'll take me a while to come up with my list, though.
My first post is here.
Better late than never! I'm going to join in, as well, and here is my list: http://www.divinemistakes.net/tag/whats-in-a-name
I finally thought to check my TBR box for titles and now have my list up here. This looks like it's going to be a great year for reading challenges!
Count me in!
I'm thinking of my list already!
Annie, I've had my list on my blog for a few weeks, but I'm just now officially signing up. Hope its not too late! Thanks for hosting such a fun challenge!
Hi, Annie...I'm a sucker for a challenge. Here's my list.
I'm reading too, and my list is here: http://musingsfromthesofa.wordpress.com/whats-in-a-name-challenge/
I'll join!
http://clemxenx.blogspot.com
I started a little late, but you can find my list at http://nightstandnotes.blogspot.com/. A very fun challenge.
My list
1. Color - Roses Are Red (James Patterson)
2. Animal - Pop Goes the Weasel (James Patterson)
3. First name - Hannibal Rising (Thomas Harris)
4. Place - London Bridges (James Patterson)
5. Weather Event - When the Wind Blows (James Patterson)
6. Plant - Flowers in the Attic (VC Andrews)
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