Welcome to the 13th annual What’s in a Name challenge! In years past, this challenge was hosted by Charlie at The Worm Hole. I took over for 2019 and I’m excited to host again this year!
The challenge runs from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020. You can sign up any time, but only count books that you read between those dates.
Read a book in any format (hard copy, ebook, audio) with a title that fits into each category.
Don’t use the same book for more than one category.
Creativity for matching the categories is not only allowed, it’s encouraged!
You can choose your books as you go or make a list ahead of time.
Sign up using the Mr Linky below with a link to your WIAN challenge page/post, not your main blog URL. Feel free to save and use the graphic at the top of the page! Also, link back to this sign up page in your challenge post so others can join too.
The categories below are links to each category sign up link. Add your book review for each category so we can see what you’ve read and discover ideas as needed.
Here are the categories for 2020:
- An ampersand – & (ex. Blanca & Roja, Rot & Ruin)
- An antonym (ex. Big Little Lies, Wicked Saints)
- 4 letters or less (ex. Feed, Vox)
- A given/first name (ex. Tess of the Road, Flowers for Algernon)
- Reference to children (ex. Baby Proof, Children of Blood and Bone)
- One of the 4 natural elements – water, air, fire, earth (ex. The River at Night, The Name of the Wind)
Click the Mister Linky graphic above to enter your name and/or blog name (many people use this format: Andrea @ Carolina Book Nook) and the URL to your challenge post. If you have any issues, email me through the Contact menu at the top of my blog and I’ll manually sign you up.
Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions! Thanks and happy reading!
Carolina Book Nook 
Back for another round!
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It’s good to have you back!
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Great categories! I need to do both my 2019 Wrap up and my sign up for 2020. Thanks for hosting again!!
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Awesome! I can’t wait to see what you chose for 2019 and what you end up with for 2020!
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I’m IN!!! I did this challenge years ago and now that I’m trying to read more it will help me stay motivated. …..hopefully. LOL!!!
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It’s great to have you!!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
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This is one of the few challenges I managed to complete this year so of course I’m back for 2020. Thanks for hosting once again.
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It’s great to have you again! Good job finishing the 2019 challenge! I haven’t even finished it yet!
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Looks fun I might join in!
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I hope you do!
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I hope to participate. I will link up later this week.
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Awesome! I look forward to seeing your link up post and what you end up reading for 2020!
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Aah, I love this challenge! But I couldn’t find it last year – I thought it had stopped altogether! Glad to have found it again, and have signed up!
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I’m glad you found it!! I look forward to seeing what books you choose!
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Looks like fun, and it’s not a ton of books. My computer skills may not be good enough to participate, however.
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Interesting categories! I didn’t participate this year, but I’m back for 2020. Thanks so much for hosting!
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Glad I found this challenge. Excited to give these categories a try
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It’s great to have you! I can’t wait to see what you end up reading for each category!
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So glad I found this! I missed last year because I hadn’t realised you’d taken over 🙂
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I’m glad you found it! It’s great to have you join!
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So excited!! First year participating!
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It’s great to have you join!
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This challenge is a lot of fun! I hadn’t heard of it until I saw someone else’s post, but it’s something that I am totally putting my book hat in the ring for. Great post, and super creative prompts! 🙂
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It’s great to have you join!!
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I didn’t do this one last year, but the categories look really good this year, so I’m back for more.
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Nice! Only 3 letters!
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I finished all the categories!
http://jannghi.blogspot.com/2019/12/whats-in-name-2020-challenge.html
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WOW!! That’s awesome!
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Such a great idea. Found this at the Canadian Bookworm. And I just signed up here
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Any chance of posting a link for challenge wrap-up posts? I have completed the challenge!
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I’m now finished–complete list at my original link-up: https://myreadersblock.blogspot.com/2019/12/whats-in-name-2020.html
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Hello! I sat down to check in on my progress for this challenge and discovered that I had hit all the categories without realizing it. So I don’t have individual posts per category but I have a wrap up post here: https://bkclubcare.wordpress.com/2020/08/18/whats-in-a-name-challenge-2020-progress-report/
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That’s awesome!!
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Are you going to have this next year?
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Yes! I’ll post a sign up in the next few days!
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