Hello friends! Today, I am part of a blog hop and am hosting some amazing book bloggers to tell us about a book with a number in the title. I’ll start off with my pick:
If ‘India’ ever comes up in your talk with someone, what do you think about? Is it a huge colorful wedding with lots and lots of people? Or do you think about gold jewelry or was it a place that you called home, or still call home? I grew up in India, and when I moved to Canada a couple years back, I wanted to take on this new identity of being Canadian. I needed a book that talked about the immigrant journey and I am glad that I found one.This Is One Way to Dance is a wonderful collection of essays by Sejal Shah. Even though I did not grow up in North America and Sejal did not grow up in India, we both possess a deep connection to our culture. I wanted to know how starkly (if at all) my childhood was different from hers and if there are similarities in our experiences as adults South Asians living far from India.
You can find my full review if you are interested here and this book on Goodreads.
Now, let’s hear from fellow book bloggers and book lovers about their last audiobook read:
Jo Linsdell @ JoLinsdell.com
This is a really easy one for me to answer as I’m doing the Clock Reading Challenge this year where the goal is to read a book with a number from the clock in the title.
I think Girl, 11 by Amy Suiter Clarke is probably my favourite read from this challenge so far this year (you can find my full review here). This was definitely a 5 star read for me.
About the book:
Once a social worker specializing in kids who were the victims of violent crime, Elle Castillo is now the host of a popular true crime podcast that tackles cold cases of missing children in her hometown of the Twin Cities. After two seasons of successfully solving cases, Elle decides to tackle her white whale—The Countdown Killer. Twenty years ago, TCK abruptly stopped after establishing a pattern of taking and ritualistically murdering three girls over seven days, each a year younger than the last. No one’s ever known why—why he stopped with his eleventh victim, a girl of eleven years old, or why he followed the ritual at all.
When a listener phones in with a tip, Elle sets out to interview him, only to discover his dead body. And within days, a child is abducted following the original TCK MO. Unlike the experts in the media and law enforcement who have always spun theories of a guilty suicide, Elle never believed TCK had died, and her investigation was meant to lay that suspicion to rest. But instead, her podcast seems to be kicking up new victims.
Leslie Conzatti @ Upstream Writer
I’ve read a lot of great books with awesome numerical titles–the one I would choose most often for this kind of category used to be Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury–but this year, I’ve discovered a newer book that I’ll recommend to fellow book-lovers: One Word Kill by Mark Lawrence.
His style is most often grimdark fantasy, set in post-apocalyptic kingdoms or faraway lands… But One Word Kill is more of a thrilling attempt at something of a “Stranger Things”-esque adventure story led by a group of young teens–only it’s less “alternate dimension” and more “wibbly-wobbly time-travel twisty weirdness.” Lawrence’s knack for distinctive characters and attention-grabbing prose still holds true, though, and you’ll want to get the whole trilogy, as these novellas are much thinner (and thus you’ll finish quicker) than his usual epics!
My note: I read this one last year and quite enjoyed it!
Robin @ Robin Loves Reading
The first series that comes to mind when I think of a number in the title is the Stephanie Plum series by Janet Evanovich. As of now, the series has 28 books, and each one has a number in the title. I only began this series a few months ago so I have only read the first eight. By the end of next year I hope to have completed this delightful series.
Another great series that always has a number in them is the Women’s Murder Club series by James Patterson. I am caught up with the series, but the next book, 22 Seconds, will be released in April and I am really looking forward to reading it.
Kaili @ Owl Book World
The first one that comes to mind is 13 Reasons Why. I read this book a long time ago and absolutely loved it. However, it does talk about a really tough subject. The book goes over the topic of suicide and how she gets a trusted person to send out these tapes of all the reasons why they are the reason for her death.
Netflix just recently created a show over the book and I have to say that the show made me cry a lot harder than the book did. It is definitely not for someone who gets triggered by these sorts of things.
My note: I read Thirteen Reasons Why as a teenager and once again last year! Check out my latest review for the book here.
Brandy Potter @ Brandy Pottter Books
The best one I have ever read is the 9th Girl by Tami Hoag. In MInnesota, The 9th victim of Serial Killer Doc Holiday is found after she escapes from a trunk only to be hit by the stunned truck behind the car. Doc Holiday tortures his girls until they resemble zombies. Detetives Kovac and Lista have to solve the crime and figure out whether the evil they know or the evil they don’t is worse.
It gave me the chills! Absolute Chills! I read the other books in the Kovak/Lista series and they were nowhere near as good.
Vidya Tiru @ Lady In Read Writes
My choice for a book with a number in the title is Life of Pi 🙂 This book could easily be in yesterday’s category too – award winning book worth the hype! Granted, the word Pi here is more a shortened form of the protagonist’s name, but pi is still a number, so here it is!
I devoured the book, and devoured it all over again when the movie came out. I mention it many times on my blog, with one of the latest being part of an AtoZ Book vs Movie series. The book is magical, and lends itself to imaginative minds!! The visuals I made up in my head as I read the book left me wonder-struck; Yann Martel’s vivid descriptions of the beauty of nature – real and imagined – are so detailed and, well, vivid, that it was not hard to come up with images as we read.
What’s a book you love that has a number in its title?
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Here are the links to all other blog hops ins this winter edition:
Day 1: A Book About A Bookstore
Day 4: A Book your picked up for the cover
Day 5: An award winning book worth the hype
Day 6: A Book with a Number in the Title (today!)
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Great topic, Kriti. My favourite books with numbers in the title are classics, most of which I read some time ago but still remain vivid in my mind (which is the measure of a great book IMHO!): 1984 by George Orwell remains as relevant and insightful today as it was when it was first published in 1949; ditto Fahrenheit 451, which I read in the last few years and loved; and just mentioning One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez makes me want to read it again! I also like the sound of This Is One Way To Dance.