What's In A Name? Reading Challenge

Yep. I've joined another challenge. I can't help myself. It's such a great incentive to read some of the books on my shelves. And I've heard great things about several of these, so I'm very excited to begin!

Here are the details from Words by Annie:

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

And now to my list:

Blue Water by A. Manette Ansay
The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier (alternate choice)
A Few Green Leaves by Barbara Pym (alternate choice)

Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
When the Elephants Dance by Tess Uriza Holthe (alternate choice)
Swan by Frances Mayes (alternate choice)

Drowning Ruth by Christina Schwarz
Hanna's Daughters by Marianne Fredriksson (alternate choice)
Maggie Now by Betty Smith (alternate choice)

The Madonnas of Leningrad by Debra Dean
Pasadena by David Ebershoff (alternate choice)
Outer Banks by Anne Rivers Siddons (alternate choice)

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson (alternate choice)
The Winds of War by Herman Wouk (alternate choice)

The Winter Rose by Jennifer Donnelly
Tulip Fever by Deborah Moggach (alternate choice)
Eucalyptus by Murray Ball (alternate choice)