Tanabata led me to Annie’s What’s in name? a reading Challenge . Only 6 books in a year with a specific type and I think its fun.. so this will be my very first book challenge.

Dates: January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008

The Challenge: Choose one book from each of the following categories.

1. A book with a color in its title. Examples might include: The Amber Spyglass, The Red Pony, Blue Blood

2. A book with an animal in its title. Examples might include: The Hound of the Baskervilles, To Kill a Mockingbird, Julie of the Wolves

3. A book with a first name in its title. Examples might include: Jane Eyre, the Harry Potter books, Anne of Green Gables

4. A book with a place in its title. Examples might include: From Russia with Love, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Out of Africa

5. A book with a weather event in its title. Examples might include: The Snows of Kilimanjaro, Red Storm Rising, Tornado Alley

6. A book with a plant in its title. Examples might include: Where the Red Fern Grows, The Name of the Rose, Flowers for Algernon

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Here’s my list ( temporarily , have not completely decided which book need to shop soon )

1. Colour : Golden Compass - Philip Pullman

2. Animal: The Day I Swapped My Daddy with a Goldfish - Neil Gaiman

–> although this might change if I could not get this book

3. First Name: The Poe Shadow- Matthew Pearl -> The Lost Van Gogh A.J. Zeries

4. Place : The Island of the Day Before - Umberto Eco -> The Alexandria Link: Steve Berry

5. Weather:

6. Plant :

I’ll be updating this list later on

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