I think I’m going to do this Challenge. Given my track record with reading challenges, I may be an idiot, but I really like this one, so…
The What’s in a Name 3 challenge is being hosted this year by Beth F. The challenge involves just six books, but there has to be one from each of the following categories. Here’s how Beth describes them:
- A book with a food in the title: Clockwork Orange, Grapes of Wrath, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- A book with a body of water in the title: A River Runs through It, Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters, The Lake House
- A book with a title (queen, president) in the title: The Murder of King Tut, The Count of Monte Cristo, Lady Susan
- A book with a plant in the title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Wind in the Willows, The Name of the Rose
- A book with a place name (city, country) in the title: Out of Africa; London; Between, Georgia
- A book with a music term in the title: Song of Solomon, Ragtime, The Piano Teacher
I’m uneasy, mainly because my reading is kind of haphazard. But I still want to try, and see what happens. Considering that one of the books I expect to finish soon has “Kings” in the title, I’d be 1/6 finished already. So you never know!




Welcome to the challenge! Have fun and good luck.
My reading tends to be more science based. Not many titled names in science titles. Does “The River of Time” count?
It wouldn’t surprise me if you could stretch some of the titles and categories a little. But that would definitely fall into the “body of water category,” no problem.
It was interesting today, when I was at the library, I found myself looking for books with titles in the categories, rather than being entirely concerned with actual subject matter. Must guard against that!