What's in a Name? 3

Completed 11.26.10

The challenge: Between January 1 and December 31, 2010, read one book in each of the following categories: a book with a food in the title, a book with a body of water in the title, a book with a title (queen, president) in the title, a book with a plant in the title, a book with a place name (city, country) in the title, a book with a music term in the title.

My original tentative list:

1. Food in the title: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake: A Novel by Aimee Bender
2. Body of water in the title: Either Colson Whitehead’s Sag Harbor, or John Banville’s The Sea
3. Title (queen, president) in the title: Lord of the Flies by William Golding
4. Plant in the title: Hija of the Valley: Cactus Mood by my friend, Lina Suarez
5. Place (city, country) in the title: Either Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison or The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden
6. Music term in the title: Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski

My actual list (I’ll add them as I finish them):

1. Food: The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender [review]
2. Water: On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan [review]
3. Title: Lord of the Flies by William Golding [review]
4. Plant: The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield [review]
5. Place: Brownsville: Stories by Oscar Casares [review]
6. Music: Hot Water Music by Charles Bukowski [review]