Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Bookword Game: Winner and New Word!

Congratulations to Julie from A Small Accomplishment. Her pick A History Mystery is the new bookword to describe a book where the characters from the present are researching the characters from the past.

Now let's find a word to describe this scenario:

What should we call a book that makes you interested enough in its topic that you are inspired to go and do some more research on it?

Suggestions in the comments!!


5 comments:

  1. How about "A Stepping Stone Book" or "A Bridge Book"?

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  2. That's the way The Other Boelyn Girl was for me. I wanted to know everything about that period of time. Hmmm...

    I like "Attention Grabber" because my attention was definitely grabbed and couldn't be released until my hunger was satiated.

    There are also:

    The Gluttenous Read
    An Interest-Piquing Book
    A Sleeping Giant (Play on words with Japan's response to their bombing of Pearl Harbor)

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  3. When I read Patterson's Lost Symbol, I looked up several things he mentioned in the book. Here is my suggestion: Probing Prose

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  4. Loving your suggestions so far! Keep 'em coming!

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