tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post8431163683592252538..comments2024-03-28T14:20:08.699-04:00Comments on The Book Rat: TITLE LOVIN' | Book ChatMistyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11436497955518156688noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-35108728395099227662019-02-02T01:21:40.439-05:002019-02-02T01:21:40.439-05:00I have said not just a few times in my review that...I have said not just a few times in my review that the title snagged me long before I saw cover or blurb or author's name.<br />I never thought to categorize what pulled me in about them, but I did start to detect some rhyme and reason when I went back through my book journal. Play on words was definitely a big one, specific words (buzzwords), maybe something I'll call signature titles- those that seem to be specific to a certain author, series, or well-loved niche of stories in a genre and then there are the direct mentions of people places or things.<br /><br />For example, I saw 'PS I Spook You' and chose it without further investigation.<br /><br />Great discussion post, Misty! Sophia Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909417504496472472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2790614306320534072.post-71924327908229842742019-01-31T19:06:49.889-05:002019-01-31T19:06:49.889-05:00Yes! I get this.
Long titles. Started as a tween...Yes! I get this. <br /><br />Long titles. Started as a tween for me with “Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret?” In this century, “Very Nice Ways to Say Very Bad Things”, and of course “Dangerous to Know: Jane Austen’s Rakes & Gentlemen Rogues” and “Rational Creatures: Stirrings of Feminism in the Hearts of Jane Austen's Fine Ladies”. <br /><br />Dark titles? “The Lovely Bones”, “Sin Killer”, “Drowning Ruth” and “Gone Girl”.<br /><br />And straight forward titles that I liked because I thought they were catchy: <br />“The Constant Princess”, “The Martian”, “Son of a Preacher Man” by Karen M Cox, “The Unthinkable Triangle”, and of course “The Darcy Monologues”. <br /><br />Christina Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980897213059472495noreply@blogger.com