The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.7. Feeling possessive?
Read a book with a possessive noun in its title or subtitle. Examples: The Shape-Changer's Wife, The Beekeeper's Apprentice, The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite Planet

Books that work:
Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures
Yesterday's Sun
Ender's Game
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon
Hangman's Root
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks
Breakfast at Tiffany's
The Pilot's Wife
Hunter's Moon

books that don't work:
Nobody's Baby But Mine (pronoun)

Are proper names okay? Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures

Jayme VA wrote: "Are proper names okay? Laura Lamont's Life in Pictures"

Sure - they're still nouns.

Thanks Sandy!

Yesterday's Sun - with yesterday being the noun?

Dee wrote: "Yesterday's Sun - with yesterday being the noun?"

sure thing

Can you use nobody's?
Nobody's Baby But Mine

Cathy wrote: "Can you use nobody's?
Nobody's Baby But Mine"

Sorry, in this context "nobody" is a pronoun.

Does Ender's Game work?

I am planning to read The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon. I have had it on my plan for a couple of seasons, so maybe Spring will be the majic season for reading it.

Katrina wrote: "Does Ender's Game work?"

yes

Bea wrote: "I am planning to read The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon. I have had it on my plan for a couple of seasons, so maybe Spring will be the majic season for r..."

Don't you love the way some books keep continuing on the list from season to season to season............ And it's not because they're not good books, just because other things keep getting in the way.

Sandy, this season I want to clear some of those recurring books. And, you are right, they are books I want to read but somehow, I think because I own them, they keep getting pushed to the back of the line.

Bea wrote: "Sandy, this season I want to clear some of those recurring books. And, you are right, they are books I want to read but somehow, I think because I own them, they keep getting pushed to the back of..."

I think that's a big part of it for me - I tend to focus on the library books, since they have to go back, while the ones I own can just hang on and on and on. And the craziest part of that is that if I own it, it must mean that I thought it looked really good, enough for me to buy it, or that my husband/kids thought I would really like it!

Sandy wrote: "Bea wrote: "Sandy, this season I want to clear some of those recurring books. And, you are right, they are books I want to read but somehow, I think because I own them, they keep getting pushed to..."

Same here. Library books take precedence; and, since we do not typically buy books, if I have it on my shelves, it was chosen because it looked good or I wanted to read it (had heard of it).

Will either of these work?

Hangman's Root
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

Valorie wrote: "Will either of these work?

Hangman's Root
The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks"

both work - and the second works twice!

Would Breakfast at Tiffany's work?

Meghan wrote: "Would Breakfast at Tiffany's work?"

yes

The Pilot's Wife? :)

Great, thanks!

Kristine wrote: "The Pilot's Wife? :)"

certainly.

Hunter's Moon?

Vi wrote: "Hunter's Moon?"

sure

to confirm The Pirate's Daughter or The Bonesetter's Daughter?

Aleksandra wrote: "to confirm The Pirate's Daughter or The Bonesetter's Daughter?"

both are fine

Im going to read A dog's purpose

Kirsty wrote: "Im going to read A dog's purpose"

"dog's" works.

I'm thinking of reading Fate's Edge for this.

I'm going to read The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King.

Can I confirm Spider's Bite?

Vi wrote: "Can I confirm Spider's Bite?"

Sure, "spider" is a noun.