What's In A Name Challenge 2008

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What's In A Name
What's In A Name? Reading ChallengeDates: January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories.

A book with a color in its title.
A book with an animal in its title.
A book with a first name in its title.
A book with a place in its title.
A book with a weather event in its title.
A book with a plant in its title.

You may overlap books with other challenges, but please don't use the same book for more than one category. (For example, you can use The Red Pony for either a "color" book or an "animal" book, but not for both.)

*Book with a color in its title:

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison review here

*A book with an animal in its title:

Atomic Lobster by Tim Dorsey review here

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck review here

The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez review here

*A book with a plant in its title:

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck review here

*A book with a weather event in its title:

The House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III review here

*A book with a first name in its title:

Samantha at the World's Fair By Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley) review here

Bitsy's Bait and BBQ by Pamela Morsi review here

*A book with a place in its title:

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson (888 Challenge) Review Here

A Superior Death by Nevada Barr review here

Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith review here