Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and The Bookish in 2010 and was moved to Artsy Reader Girl in 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each week a new topic is chosen, this week’s is: Extraordinary Book Titles.
While there are a lot of awesome titles out there Nen and I particularly enjoy ones that are indulgently long! We had fun coming up with books for this week’s topic and hope you think they’re pretty extraordinary too.
Here they are:
INDULGENTLY LONG TITLES
The Longest Title on our List: (18 words)
Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits
Books we’ve read on this list: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, How to Tell if Your Cat is Plotting to Kill You, Isla and the Happily Ever After
Books we’re most looking forward to reading: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe and The Long Way to a Small Planet.
// have you read any of these books? what were your thoughts on them? //
Much agreed on The Long Way To A Small Angry Planet and Aristotle and Dante Discover The Universe. 😀 Long titles are hard to remember but they leave a big impression. Nice list!
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Thanks Kitty Marie! We really love long titles – they just add something extra to remembering books. They’ve got to be really great reads (or terrible 😛 ) to be really memorable. I’m really excited to read another book by Becky Chambers. I loved To Be Taught, If Fortunate. Have you read that one? It’s so short but so so good ❤ Jen
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The only one I have read from this list is How Rory Thorne Saved the Multiverse. It was a decent read but just not my cup of tea. Great list!
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I remember reading your review for it. I’ve seen a really mixed set of reviews and I think I’ll probably not enjoy it as much as I’m hoping to as we tend to have very similar thoughts on books. I’m keen to give it a try though 😀 Jen
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Haha, yeah. I haven’t read any other reviews for it but all we can do is try a book xD ha
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Some great choices here! And we both included Long way to a small angry planet. 😊
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I’ve recently fallen SO IN LOVE with Becky Chambers. Her character development makes me so happy! Have you read To be taught, if fortunate? I loved that book so much, even though it’s really short ❤ Jen
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I haven’t read that yet but it is on my TBR! 😊
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Hitchhikers 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 the long way to a small angry planet 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 Ari and Dante 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 I LOVE EACH OF THESE BOOKS SO MUCH!!!!! Fab TTT :)))))
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I’m really excited for Ari and Dante and the long way to a small, angry planet ❤ Hopefully they're as good as the titles are long. Sorry for the late reply, this week was insanely chaotic. Thank you for the lovely comment though! 😀 Jen
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Omg no worries Jen. Life happens my friend <333333 I hope you love both books too :)))))
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Thanks Emer! My uni thought it would be a great idea to have two 50% assignments due this week along with prac… it was intense 😂 so glad for the weekend!! 💙 Jen
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Oh how lovely of them! Reminds me of my final year when we had two 100% exams scheduled on the same day not once but twice…. And it’s like the exam period is two weeks why are you doing this to final year students????? Uni… Craziness really!!!
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I love long titles!! And Ari and Dante was SO GOOD!! Good Omens too! 😀
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I’m really excited to read Ari and Dante, as well as Good Omens. I’ve seen the Amazon tv show and it piqued my interest! 😀 Jen
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lmaooooo how to tell if your cat is trying to kill you I LOVE IT hitchhikers too!! i’ve never read it but the title has always caught my interest. lovely post 💜
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Nen and I bought the how to tell if you cat is trying to kill you book for our best friend. He’s obsessed with cats (specifically his cat… which lives like a King 😛 ) It was actually a really funny read! Sorry for the late reply… this week has just been BRUTAL at work and uni. Thanks for the lovely comment 🙂 Jen
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Okay I HAVE to read that first book. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat? Great title.
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I love the Oliver Sacks story – the neuro nerd in me. It’s really under-appreciated and such a fascinating example of how a small injury can drastically alter our personality and perception. Thanks for the lovely comment Elysa 🙂 Jen
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The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet has got to be one of my favorite books in recent years. Love that title too!
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I’ve recently become OBSESSED with Becky Chambers since I read To Be Taught, If Fortunate. I really loved it 😀 I’m excited for the long way to a small angry planet ❤ Jen
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I’ve loved all the Wayfarers books, hope you enjoy!
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Haha- I love the title how to tell if your car is plotting to kill you. I feel like all cats are always plotting to kill me.
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Nen and I bought How To Tell If You Cat Is Plotting To Kill You for our best friend (he spoils his cat SO MUCH) and it was such a funny read! I was pleasantly surprised considering we bought it as a joke gift. Thanks for commenting Sarah 🙂 Jen
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Interesting titles!!! I’ve only read Isla and the Happily Ever After though. So I’ll take note note of the rest. 🙂
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Thanks! I really enjoy Stephanie Perkins’ books (I think I’ve read them all now… I’ll have to check 😛 I hope you enjoy some of the others though if you end up reading them 😀 Jen
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I’ve only read the Anna and the French Kiss series and I enjoyed them all. I hope to read more of her works, any recommendation?😉
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She’s only released one other book besides for the Anna and the French Kiss series – There’s Someone in Your House. It’s more of a thriller book though so I haven’t read it. I’m not often in the mood to read that genre but it’s got some really positive reviews so may be worth a try 😊 Jen
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I’ll take note of that, Jen. Thank you. 🙂
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Haha I love “indulgently long.” Great spin although I feel like a slacker as I haven’t ready any of these. 😬
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We haven’t really read any either! Only a few of them… barely half 😛 It’s a great way to find new books to read though! I’m really excited for these ones 😀 Jen
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Love your take on this TTT prompt! While I mostly love shorter titles, I definitely see the appeal in some of the longer ones. I LOVE Ari & Dante and the title and cover brings such magic to mind! I’m also really digging Becky Chambers’ book titles! They definitely make me curious and wanna pick up her books ASAP 😍Great list, Jen!
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Thanks Dini! There’s something about longer titles that just make Nen and I so happy! The shorter ones feel almost misleading sometimes. Plus, the beautiful cover of Ari and Dante wouldn’t be the same if the title was short 😛 Jen
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Great list! I especially like the titles ‘How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse’ and ‘How to Tell if Your Cat is Trying to Kill You.’ The only book I’ve read on this list was ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ but I highly recommend it. 🙂
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