What’s in a Name? Challenge Completed

I completed another challenge this week. Hosted by Annie, The What’s in a Name? Challenge had such a fun premise that I couldn’t resist. We had to choose our books based on words in the titles, and read one book from each category. It was surprisingly easy to find books to fit most of the categories and surprisingly difficult to find books for all six.

The books I read for each category were:

A book with a color in its title: Leavin’ Trunk Blues by Ace Atkins – a moody noirish mystery with a blues soundtrack to the writing style.

A book with an animal in its title: The Monkey’s Raincoat by Robert Crais – my first Crais and his first Elvis Cole book – lots of fun.

A book with a first name in its title: Peter the Great by Robert K. Massie – A complex biography of both the man and the world of his time.

A book with a place in its title: London Bridges by James Patterson – typical Alex Cross mystery.

A book with a weather event in its title: Black Wind by Clive and Dirk Cussler – another one of my brain candy series.

A book with a plant in its title: Jasmine Moon Murder – a cozy mystery set in one of my favorite cities (Charleston, SC)


This challenge led me to choose quite a variety of genres and I had a great time. I need to keep an eye out for what Annie’s got up her sleeve next.