A Book By Any Other Name…Night
Welcome to this week’s A Book By Any Other Name!
We didn’t have any takers last week, but with Thanksgiving going on and a harder than usual word to find titles for, I’m not surprised. This week we get to take a breather and we get a word that is quite popular in titles, so making this week’s goal should be easy for you!
The game works like this: Each week I will choose a word and offer a few titles that I’ve come up with containing that word in the title. Then it’s your turn to come up with book titles containing the same word, without duplication (yes, that includes my titles.) I would also like the author, but that is just so I can find the book if I want to read it.
The current challenge: I challenge you all to reach 25 titles containing the weekly word by midnight Friday, (with no more than 10 titles commented per person and not including *my* titles in the total.)
My forfeit? I think for this first challenge, I’ll offer up one of my favourite poems that I’ve written: “Coffee Shop Poet Wannabe� Ah, but that’s not all. I have in my possession a story I wrote in second grade that I am willing to type up - errors and all - and post here along with my poem if you can reach the goal.
If you don’t reach the goal, we’ll try again next week. If you reach the goal, I’ll have a brand new challenge for you next Monday along with a new forfeit (I’ll think of something really good).
(If you’re feeling pouty about the five titles per person limit, why not get a friend to come and comment as well? The more, the merrier.)
Your word for this week: Night
I say…
Night Watch by Stephen Kendrick
National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky by Mark Chartrand
Children of the Night by Mercedes Lackey
Night by Elie Wiesel
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
You say…
Night Watch, Stephen Kendrick, National Audubon Society Field Guide to the Night Sky, Mark Chartrand, Children of the Night, Mercedes Lackey, Night, Elie Wiesel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon
November 26th, 2007 at 12:35 am
Dead of Night by Mary Blayney
30 Days of Night by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Note from Auria: Is Night’s allowed?)
Night Tales: Night Shift & Night Shadow by Nora Roberts
The Music of the Night by Lydia Joyce
November 26th, 2007 at 1:08 am
That’s five!
Yep, nights and night’s are allowed.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:28 am
After thinking about it, “Night Tales: Night Shift & Night Shadow by Nora Roberts” should count as three because the word Night appears three times.
I’m just saying.
November 26th, 2007 at 5:38 am
Alas, it’s ten titles per person. Mwahaha.
Just saying. Ahem.
November 26th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
playing hard to get…nice.
The Story of the Night by Colm Toibin
Aladdin and Other Favorite Arabian Nights Stories by Philip Smith
Good Night! by Claire Masurel and Marie Henry
Night Train to Memphis by Elizabeth Peters
Borrower of the Night (Vicky Bliss Mysteries) by Elizabeth Peters
November 26th, 2007 at 7:29 pm
I don’t play hard to get; I am hard to get.
That’s ten.
November 26th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
LOL…nice comeback, JM.
November 27th, 2007 at 5:00 am
Once every three months I manage to say something clever.
November 27th, 2007 at 12:34 pm
I would love to read the poem you wrote in the second grade so I’m hoping others will participate in this game.
Come on people. Don’t you want to see the cuteness that is JM as a kid?
November 27th, 2007 at 4:17 pm
i hope there isn’t a requirement to have heard of or read these books. i’m also not sure what the rules are - can i just search for Night on Amazon? If not, i’ll take credit for ‘Dark Night of the Soul, ‘Nightfall’, and ‘Night of the Living Dead’
Dark Night of the Soul, St. John of the Cross
Night Watchman, James, V. Viscosi
The Night Watchman, William Gwin
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown (does that count?)
Nightfall, Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
Night Fall, Nelson DeMille
Night of the Living Dead, John A. Russo
Snowmen at Night, Caralyn Buehner
On the Night You Were Born, Nancy Tillman
November 27th, 2007 at 6:28 pm
Chad - No such requirement, so no worries. And goodnight does count.
Nineteen.