The Games Book Readers Play

Because I'm a practicing Metooist, I thought I'd follow Elkit's example and see how the list of books I've read this year stacks up against the "What's in a Name" reading challenge, which is really meant for next year. Let's see how I'm doing so far. To complete the challenge, one must read a book with:

• a color in its title... Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon,
• an animal in its title... (whoops, strike one),
• a first name in its title... Mike by P.G. Wodehouse,
• a place in its title... Cannery Row by John Steinbeck,
• a weather event in its title... Storm Front by Jim Butcher,
• and a plant in its title... Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War by Nathaniel Philbrick.

So, as you can see, if I were undertaking the challenge this year, I would be needing to read a book with an animal, any animal, in the title. I do have Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird sitting on the shelf. Since I'm still seven books shy of reaching my goal of 52 books in 52 weeks, perhaps I can kill two, well, winged creatures with one stone (disguised as a paperback).