The Challenge Factory discussion

What's Your Name Challenge:

The How To's:
Read a book that fits what you're name means. For example the name Lucy means light so you could read a book with the word light in the title or a light source on the cover. Get creative!
Now that being said that's only one book you may tie as many different books into your name as you'd like or include your kid's names or someone else participating in the challenge.
There's really no right or wrong way to do this one!

Here's a website where you can search name meanings:

Thinkbabynames

Ashley means "Ash Meadow" or "From the Ash tree meadow" and is Old English

Komal = soft or delicate. I'll browse the TBR and come back.

Melissa = honey bee or bee - Greek - book TBD

Honey ~ you're my honey - I love you

2/3 Read

2/2/14 3.75♥
2/4/14 3.5♥

Timeframe: February 2014
Completed: 6/6

First name
follower of Christ(christian mystery genre): Unspoken by Dee Henderson 2/21/14 4♥
Scandinavian origin(scandinavian author): The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2/11/14 3.5♥

Middle name
star of the sea(water on cover): Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda 2/20/14 3♥
French origin(set in France): The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 2/13/14 3♥

Last name
follower of Dionysius, Greek god of wine(wine glass on cover): Law Man by Kristen Ashley 4.5♥
Greek/English origin(set in England): Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas 2/16/14 3.5♥

Fascinating and new revelations
Using first and middle names

star of the sea + lake, waterfall or pool
English origin
shining light, sun ray

lake, waterfall or pool + English origin:
Dead in the Water by Carola Dunn

English origin = British Commonwealth country:
A Brush with Death by Elizabeth J. Duncan

shining light:
The World Without You by Joshua Henkin (fireworks on the cover)

sun ray:

Ooooh middle name..


EDIT: My middle name is also something about trees and plants.... awesome...

According to ourbabynamer.com, Lanelle is the feminine version of Lane, which of course, means 'narrow road'.

Edit: For once my unusual name is a plus! It was easy to find books.

Lane in the title
The Maid of Maiden Lane by Amelia Edith Barr - 2/24/14 ***
The Ghost of Sycamore Lane by M. E. Brady - 2/17/14 ***

a lane on the cover
Drops of Gold by Sarah M. Eden - 2/14/14 ****
Glimmer of Hope by Sarah M. Eden - 2/10/14 ****
As You Are by Sarah M. Eden - 2/22/14 ****

my name is so odd to play this game.

Patricia - latin origin
noble, patrician
(so I look up noble cuz how do you use the word to definite the word)

noble - patrician, of noble birth, regal
talk about being self absorbed.

so I did my middle and maiden & married name - noble, favored of God, gift of god, born of youth

hmmmm.....

@Pat - your middle name must be Ann/Anne - yes?? Cuz I looked up mine too,lol

yup - it is

Jennifer - means fair and smooth.

(smooth fair skin) by Barbra Annino (2/17/14)****

I keep my real name off the internet. So I'll use my user name:

BOOK (this should be easy to connect with ... LOL ... I'll try for "books-about-books")


CONCIERGE (someone who has the answers, who helps others find things, who directs others)
The King's Speech ✔ – 06Feb14 (Lionel helps the King find his voice)
An Echo Through the Snow ✔ – 10Feb14 (Jan helps Rosalie find a new career)
Beautiful Lies ✔ – 26Feb14 (Jake helps Ridley find the answers)
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion ✔ – 27Feb14 (Several people help Sookie find the answers)

Lol BC your challenge should be pretty easy :)

My middle name means fairy so I'll for sure be reading a fae book. My first name is fair and smooth too *shocking it's the same as Jennifer j.'s* I might find a book with a fair haired person on the cover.

Jenne wrote: "Lol BC your challenge should be pretty easy :)

My middle name means fairy so I'll for sure be reading a fae book. My first name is fair and smooth too *shocking it's the same as Jennifer j.'s* I m..."

LOL I have no idea why Jenne but when I saw what my name meant the first thing that popped in my mind to use was a book with a "smooth" operator on it! I may still go with that not sure what else to use right off.

What's Your Name
Duration: 2.1.2014 - 2.28.2014

FINISHED LATE

Completed: 1/1

First name: Star of the sea

✔ Star of the Sea; by Joseph O'Connor [7/10] ♥♥♥

Linda or the nickname Lindy is pretty in Spanish

MEANING: Saint Barbara is invoked as a protector against fire and lightning ..


READ: 2/3

Spectyr - Philippa Ballantine (fire on cover)
✔ Deadly Heat - Cynthia Eden (fire=heat) 2/22
✔ The Hour of Dust and Ashes - Kelly Gay (fire=ashes) 2/16

The Challenge Factory
† Foreman Jenne ~ February What's Your Name
Duration: 2/1/2014 - 2/28/2014

Progress: 3 out of 3

Suzanne means Lily in Hebrew, so I will read books with either lilies on the cover or Lily as a main character name or just flowers on the cover.

1. Summer Knight by Jim Butcher - ***** - 2/13/2014 - Lily is a character
2. Harvest Hunting by Yasmine Galenorn - *** - 2/20/2014 - Delilah is the main character
3. It's All Greek to Me by Katie MacAlister - **** - 2/23/2014 - Flowers on the cover

My name means pretty in Spanish, do i read pretty cover books?

Lindy that would work perfectly!

great

2/? Read:

Jenne means smooth and fair: Fair haired person on the cover

Middle name means fairy: has fairies in it

Finished.

Timeframe: February 2014
Completed: 6/6

First name
follower of Christ(christian mystery genre): Unspoken by Dee Henderson 2/21/14 4♥
Scandinavian origin(scandinavian author): The Absent One by Jussi Adler-Olsen 2/11/14 3.5♥

Middle name
star of the sea(water on cover): Visitation Street by Ivy Pochoda 2/20/14 3♥
French origin(set in France): The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown 2/13/14 3♥

Last name
follower of Dionysius, Greek god of wine(wine glass on cover): Law Man by Kristen Ashley 4.5♥
Greek/English origin(set in England): Secrets of a Summer Night by Lisa Kleypas 2/16/14 3.5♥

I was born Linda, now Lindy which in Spanish means Pretty, so did pretty covers:

1. Woods, Sherryl Welcome to Serenity
2. Brown, Sandra The Trill of Victory
3. Woods, Sherryl Welcome to Serenity
4. Coble, Colleen The Lightkeeper's Daughter
5. Peterson, Tracie To Honor and Trust

Ashley- ash meadow or from the ash tree meadow (Olde English)

'Ash' Trees on Cover
2/24

Olde English
2/27

Update to message 8: 5 books read. And I learned something new about my name. Thanks for posting this challenge, Jenne.

Update Message # 13 -

I managed to finish 4 books that connect to "concierge." Not bad for a short month ...