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Jana at That Artsy Reader Girl invited us to share ten books with an adjective in the title this week. This one seems pretty easy, so let’s get to it!
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Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman by Alice Steinbach
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann, read by Mark Deakins
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror by Christopher Moore
Soulless by Gail Carriger
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly
Forbidden Sea by Sheila A. Neilson
Kat, Incorrigible by Stephanie Burgis
That’s my list! It was a bit more difficult than I expected. Did anyone else get a little stressed about whether a word was actually an adjective? Link up every Tuesday at That Artsy Reader Girl!
Great list! I did get a little stressed over the topic as well; I ended up including the definition of of adjective in my post, and I referred back to it more often than I like to admit. 😉
I’m glad I wasn’t the only one 😀
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wu are both so good (and SO different!
You’re right on both counts!
Forbidden sea just has all kinds of atmosphere 🙂
Right? I know I read that book because of the cover.
Great list! I decided to use colors for my adjectives this week.
Pam @ Read! Bake! Create!
https://readbakecreate.com/10-colorful-book-titles/
I totally stressed if I was using adjectives right! I also had several books with lost in the title.
I’m glad it wasn’t just me!
Good selection! I read (and loved) Heart-Shaped Box many years ago. Creeeeepy!
I love Joe Hill’s work, maybe even a bit more than King’s. Is that heresy?
Hi Jen! Oooh I love your list and my favorite adjective from your list is incorrigible. I think I need to use it for a WWW one of these days.
Happy TTT and here’s our: Ten Books to better describe your Wardrobe
Incorrigible is a fantastic word. A series I love is called The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place. It’s surprising how often the word turns up!
In my head, I am diagramming the titles. (And now I’m wondering if you, young as you are, even know what that is!)
I remember diagramming but I don’t think I remember how to do it properly.
I love the books you chose. The titles are lovely and the covers on some of them are gorgeous.
Thanks!
Interesting list. The only one I read — partly– was The Lost City. Some of these sound interesting; thanks for sharing them!
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I listened to The Lost City of Z and I honestly lost the thread of the narrative. I probably would have liked that one more in print.
Even though I didn’t end up doing today’s topic, it did make me peruse the books on my shelves for inspiration and I found that most books have at least one adjective in their titles. Not necessarily obvious ones, but still. Interesting!
Happy TTT!
Susan
http://www.blogginboutbooks.com
I went several pages into my “read” shelf on GoodReads to find books I haven’t mentioned recently. I must have gone through a phase of reading mostly noun titles at some point in the past.