Monday, November 30, 2015

What's In A Name Reading Challenge 2016

Link to sign-up post
Dates: January 1 - December 31, 2016
Host: Charlie @ The Worm Hole

● See my original post about the challenge HERE.
● See my wrap-up post HERE.
● See the challenge announcement/sign-up post HERE.
● See the challenge Gateway post for linking reviews HERE.


MY READING LIST (books I've read, with links to reviews):
  • A country: 
  • An item of clothing: 
  • An item of furniture: The Clocks (Hercule Poirot #34). Agatha Christie 
  • A profession: Dreaming Spies. Laurie R. King
  • A month of the year: The Last September. Nina de Gramont [note to self: linked to review page 7/14/2016]
  • Title with the word "tree" in it: 

Other Possibilities:
  • Category 1 - A country
    The China Governess. Margery Allingham
    Death in Kenya. M.M. Kaye
    England Made Me. Graham Greene
    From Russia With Love. Ian Fleming
    Little Egypt. Lesley Glaister 

  • Category 2 - An item of clothing
    Death in a White Tie. Ngaio Marsh
    The Dutch Shoe Mystery
    . Ellery Queen
    The Green Hat. Michael Arlen
    The Roman Hat Mystery. Ellery Queen
    The Spanish Cape Mystery. Ellery Queen

  • Category 3 - An item of furniture
    The Cabinet of Curiosities. Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
    The Clocks. Agatha Christie
    Isabel's Bed. Elinor Lipman
    Separate Beds. Elizabeth Buchan
    They Do It with Mirrors. Agatha Christie

  • Category 4 - A profession
    The Nine Tailors. Dorothy L. Sayers
    The Watchmaker of Filigree Street. Natasha Pulley

  • Category 5 - A month of the year
    August Folly. Angela Thirkell
    The Enchanted April. Elizabeth von Arnim
    July and August. Nancy Clark
    Three Junes. Julia Glass
    The Violets of March. Sarah Jio

  • Category 6 - Title with the word "tree" in it
    Gently in Trees. Alan Hunter
    The Grail Tree. Jonathan Gash
    The King in the Tree: Three Novellas. Steven Millhauser
    Silver on the Tree. Susan Cooper
    The Wizard in the Tree. Lloyd Alexander


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