Top Ten Tuesday: Books With Colors in the Title

This week's topic is:   Books With Colors in the Title

This week's topic was so easy it was almost hard! There are a lot of books I've read that have colors in their title, so I decided to try to pick one and just go in rainbow order as best as possible, then just added in some extra colors at the end. I also tried to pick books that I don't talk about that often here on the blog rather than just pick ones I've mentioned over and over (such as The Crimson Petal and the White or A Cavern of Black Ice) and I have to say this was pretty fun to put together this week! Take a look:

Have you read any of these books? What are some books you can think of with colors in the title?

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Titles With Numbers in Them

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!

This week's topic is: Book Titles With Numbers

This was a fun topic! I decided to just pick some random books I've read with numbers in the title and then order them from lowest to highest. And I chose more than ten, but hey, what else is new? :)


One Way by SJ Morden


Patriot Number One by Lauren Hilgers


Three Dark Crowns by Kendare Blake


The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell & Dustin Thomason


Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City by K.J. Parker


The Girls at 17 Swann Street by Yara Zgheib


Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan


172 Hours on the Moon by John Harstad


City of a Thousand Dolls by Miriam Forster


1Q84 by Haruki Murakami


The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow


Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights by Salman Rushdie
(in all honestly, I hated this book a lot, but what better book for a number in the title than this one?)



Have you read any of these books?

Top Ten Tuesday: Some of My Favorite Long Book Titles

Top Ten Tuesday is weekly book blog meme now hosted by Jana over at The Artsy Reader Girl!

This week's topic is: Frequently Used Words In [Insert Genre/Age Group] Titles

I decided to tweak this idea (well, basically just take the word 'title' and run with it) and feature some of my favorite titles that run just a bit longer than the average title. Basically, if I want to abbreviate the title then I'm classifying it as long. I actually really like the occasional long, clever book title; I feel like they add some automatic quirkiness and intrigue to a book. Here's a few that I like!

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente

and, of course, subsequent titles in the series:
The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There

The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson

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Colorless Tsukuru and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami

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American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West by Nate Blakeslee

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman

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Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President by Candice Millard

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Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, She Thinks I'm a Piano Player in a Whorehouse by Paul Carter

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*Note: I've never actually read this book, but I saw this one a while ago and just love this title. 

What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami

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Courtesans and Fishcakes: The Consuming Passions of Classical Athens by James Davidson

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Bonus: 

I have absoutely no idea what this book is about, but I saw this the other day and thought it would be a perfect title to add in here:

Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, Tinctures, Tonics, and Essences; With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory

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What are some of your favorite long book titles?

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Top Ten Tuesday: Unique Book Titles!

Top Ten Tuesday is weekly book blog meme hosted by the lovely girls over at The Broke and the Bookish.

This week's Top Ten Tuesday theme is: unique book titles!

I wasn't sure exactly what direction I wanted to go with this, so I just decided to stick to the basics and pick some titles that particularly stand out to me and don't fit the mold of most titles that you see out in the book world. 

S. 

by J.J. Abrams & Doug Dorst

A single letter for a title doesn't seem overly common.

1Q84

by Haruki Murkami

The mix of letters and numbers makes this one a bit tricky at first glance and always proves for an interesting title.

Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights 

by Salman Rushdie

(Review)

And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks

by William S. Burroughs & Jack Kerouac

I feel as though this one is self-explanatory... (poor hippos) 

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making/

The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There/ 

The Girl Who Soared Over Fairyland and Cut the Moon in Two

by Catherynne Valente 

I personally just love these titles. I love the length, the whimsical sound of them, and how they just promise a story full of adventure and fantasy.

You

by Charles Benoit

It just feels much more personal than most titles...

Q&A

by Vikas Swarup

What is the What 

by Dave Eggers

But really, what is the what? 

Seriously though, this is the type of title where you say, "I'm reading a book called What is the What." 

"What?"

"What is the What."

"No, you're not funny. What are you reading?"

"What is the what."

"Ugh, nevermind."

(Review)

Alice I Have Been 

by Melanie Benjamin

And Jordan I have been. I actually really like this title.

Courtesans and Fishcakes

by James Davidson

Okay, so the format of this title isn't all that unique, but how often to do you hear courtesans and fishcakes being used int he same phrase?

Dance Dance Dance 

by Haruki Murakami

I also don't see many titles with the same word repeated not just once, but an additional two times.

What are some of the most unique titles you've heard?

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