A Book By Any Other Name…True
Welcome to this week’s A Book By Any Other Name!
I know everyone has been busy with the holidays so this game might not be at the top of your to-do list. I appreciate everyone who plays. This week, I give you another offer…
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 Wannabeâ€? 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. Plus, plus, plus… This week only, if you meet the challenge, everyone who contributes gets to ask one thing of me in the area of writing. A poem, a short story, even song lyrics.
Fun, no?
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).
(Remember, why not get a friend to come and comment as well? The more, the merrier.)
Today’s Word is:
True
I Say:
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel by Louise Murphy
I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (by A. Wolf) by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
You Say: …
The True Story of Hansel and Gretel, Louise Murphy, I Know This Much Is True, Wally Lamb, The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! (by A. Wolf), Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith, The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Avi, True Believer, Nicholas Sparks
December 17th, 2007 at 12:33 am
And for a good starter… *grins*
90 Minutes in Heaven: A True Story of Death and Life by Don Piper and Cecil Murphey
The True Meaning of Smekday by Adam Rex
The True Story of the Bilderberg Group by Daniel Estulin
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives by Brian Weiss
Whatever You Do, Don’t Run: True Tales of a Botswana Safari Guide by Peter Allison
The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America’s Future by Craig Unger
And Nobody Got Hurt!: The World’s Weirdest, Wackiest True Sports Stories by Len Berman and Kent Gamble
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe’s Poorest Nation Created Our World & Everything in It by Arthur Herman
Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man’s Miraculous Survival by Joe Simpson
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice Miller
True lies by Philip Ross
December 17th, 2007 at 12:41 am
That’s twelve, you bloody smartass.
I should have known.
December 17th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
Psst. You may want to remove “(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.)”
Oh, and:
1)The true adventures of Grizzly Adams : a biography by Robert M. McClung
2)True and false : heresy and common sense for the actor by David Mamet
3) Pirates! : the true and remarkable adventures of Minerva Sharpe and Nancy Kington, female pirates by Celia Rees
4)True beauty : positive attitudes and practical tips from the world’s leading plus-size model by Emme with Daniel Paisner
5)The true book of animal babies by Pauline Adams
December 17th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
That’s what I get for working too fast.
That’s seventeen.
December 18th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Eleven!
Not 12
December 18th, 2007 at 1:04 am
And you could have gotten away with it.
Sixteen
December 18th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
This should just about do it…
Such Good Boys: The True Story of a Mother, Two Sons and a Horrifying Murder, Tina Dirmann
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Sherman Alexie
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership, Bill George, Peter Sims, and David Gergen
True Evil: A Novel, Greg Iles
Witch: The True Story of Las Vegas’ Most Notorious Female Killer (Berkley True Crime, Glenn Puit
True Colors (Star Wars: Republic Commando), Karen Traviss
True to the Game, Teri Woods
True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart, Thich Nhat Hanh
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Perennial Classics), Eric Hoffer
America’s True Heroes, Nicholas Rider
December 19th, 2007 at 1:23 am
And we’re waiting…
…waiting…
…waiting…
*grins*
December 19th, 2007 at 7:03 pm
That does it.
You all made the goal, so I will be posting up my poem and the story this weekend.
Thanks for playing! *grumble* Haha.
Feel free to suggest a new forfeit for next week.
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