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The Name Game
The Name Game: An Eclectic Look at how and why People Name Their Pets | Wendy Nan Rees
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This is a look at the warm, wacky and wonderful names we give our pets. The first section is a collection of anecdotes about people and their pets, from celebrities to the people next door, each with a superb black-and-white photo of the person with his or her pet. The second section contains hundreds of names for anyone still dreaming up the perfect title for the four-legged member of the family. 108 photos.
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BeansPage
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I'll start... 😃
Elk

night_shift King 6y
wanderinglynn Grandfather (edited) 6y
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Quirkybookworm Electricity 6y
BeansPage Yack 6y
Parvez Kite 6y
OrangeMooseReads Tenacious 6y
BeansPage Solenodon 6y
TheRomantiCate Notorious 6y
RohitSawant Savagery 6y
Bookwomble Ytterbium 6y
MidnightBookGirl Motherboard 6y
vivastory Dastardly 6y
hermyknee Youthful 6y
Deblovestoread Lovely 6y
BeansPage Yourself 6y
OrangeMooseReads Ferocious 6y
Andrea4 Sassy 6y
historiclove Yeti 6y
bewareofwords Ignominious 6y
McGonagall Smash 6y
BeansPage Hullabaloo 6y
Bookwomble Osmosis 6y
hermyknee Severance 6y
Zelma Elocution 6y
hermyknee Naked 6y
TheKidUpstairs Donnybrook 6y
Bronte_Chintz Koala 6y
BeansPage Aardvark 6y
hermyknee Kickbox 6y
thegreensofa xanthic 6y
BarbaraTheBibliophage Comeuppance 6y
hermyknee Euphemism 6y
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ReadingRover
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1. Eileen
2. Mrs. Fletcher
3. The Remains of the Day
4. Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love
5. The Adventures of Kimmy Schmidt
6. Jo Knowles
7. Celeste Ng
8. Neal Schusterman
9. Megan Abbott
10. C.J. Redwine
11. Anne Rice/Anne Rampling/A.N. Roquelaure
12. Kat & Meg conquer the world
13. R H Sin
⭐️ 14. These Broken Stars-Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
#namegame @Kaye

Kaye Terrific ! 🌟 7y
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RaimeyGallant
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1. Lolita
2. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
3. The Hours
4. Ribsy
5. Ally McBeal
6. Can you repeat the question?
7. Celeste Ng @Pronounced_ing
8. I give up.
9. Not without Google.
10. I'm not stepping into that sinkhole.
11. James Patterson (Jimmy Patterson for his middle grade stuff I think)
12. Fat chance.
13. J.K. Rowling
Bonus: Marching Powder

Kaye Thanks for participating. 👍🌟 7y
RaimeyGallant @Kaye I didn't realize it was your game. :) It was fun! 7y
Kaye Oh, thanks @RaimeyGallant .. I just fiddle around and think up some questionnaires and such once in awhile. I have lots of spare time on my hands. 😊 7y
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Aleida No one ever does my games😥 7y
RaimeyGallant I'm thinking up a fun game for May. Do either of you want to co-host with me? @Aleida @kaye 7y
RaimeyGallant @BookNerd9906 One of those names. :) 7y
RaimeyGallant @Kaye I will. Deleting your email now. 7y
RaimeyGallant @kaye I probably won't email for a few days. I'm still pulling the idea together. :) But your email is in my calendar. :) 7y
Kaye @RaimeyGallant okey doke. Sounds fine, thanks ✨ 7y
Aleida Yes! Fun! 7y
RaimeyGallant @Aleida Can you add your email here, and I'll delete it as soon as I see it? 7y
RaimeyGallant @Aleida Got your email. Thanks! 7y
revenge4porgy Some of my favorites are on this list 7y
preetam6202386287 Two authors on the cover of book...David hallidey & Robert resnick 7y
RaimeyGallant @preetam6202386287 Welcome to Litsy by the way. :) 7y
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GripLitGrl
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#NameOfTheGame This was fun! @Kaye 👍😀
1. Madeline
2. The Talented Mr. Ripley
3. A Week Of Monday's
4. Marley and Me
5. Kevin Probably Saves The World
6. Ali Land
7. Ronald Dahl
8. Ernest Hemingway
9. Mario Puzo
10. Banana Yoshimoto
11. Stephen King
12. No. Its like winning lotto odds find anything with my name on it spelled right
13. J.K. Rowling
⭐The Wife Between Us

Kaye Good job ,and you get a banana 🍌 for your answer 10, I think it was ? Thanks for playing. 🌟 7y
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sherryvdh
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1. Rebecca
2. Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore
3. See #2
4. Marley and Me
5. Mike & Molly
6. Jay Gordon
7. Celeste Ng
8. S.A. Chakraborty
9. Sarah Vowell
10. Lemony Snicket
11. Seanan McGuire/ Mira Grant
12. ???
13. George R.R. Martin
Bonus: The Hickory Staff by Robert Scott & Jay Gordon
@Kaye #thenamegame

Kaye Very good. A lot of people have chosen Ng for the shortest last name. Good one for longest last name. Another I haven‘t heard of 😁 At least I‘m hearing of a few new author names. Thanks for playing. 🌟 7y
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bookish_wookish
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Ok im going to give this a go.....

1. Carrie
2. Mr. Penumbras 24 Hour BookStore
3. The 13th Hour
4. Marley and Me
5. Mr. Belvedere
6. my...brain...hurts
7. Amy Tan
8. cant...feel..my...face
9. brain...is...exploding
10. Sapphire
11. Anne Rice
12. Amy, My Daughter
13. V C Andrews
🌟 Preston and Child

For the record my last name begins with a Z so im about to go google authors with first name A last name Z 🧐

#nameofthegame

Kaye You did great. You made me chuckle on the 6-8 and 9. Some of them are hard. I couldn‘t get them all either. Thank you for trying. Gold star for effort 🌟. (edited) 7y
bookish_wookish Thanks!!! 😊 @Kaye 7y
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Craftylikefox
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Name: Tabitha I use Craftylikefox for Instagram and on PlayStation. I love sewing, knitting and crochet. So I can be pretty crafty at times. I just like the Craftylikefox sounded 😊 Plus I use to have a family of foxes living near me. Other then the screaming I thought they were so cute.

Chelleo Multiple levels to your handle, love it! 7y
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JenP
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J - Jude the Obscure
E - Exit West
N - Neverwhere
N - Nemesis by Roth
I - If on a Winter‘s Night a Traveler
F - A Fine Balance
E - Even Cowgirls get the Blues
R - Rebecca

JenP I‘m not sure who to tag for credit. Let me know so I can tag them 7y
JenP @JenlovesJT47 thanks! 7y
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BarbaraBB Great choices! 7y
ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Im stealing your “I” choice for my “I” too! 👍 7y
JenP @BarbaraBB thanks! I think you and I have pretty similar tastes in books 😊. Being your Litsy friend has been bad for my TBR 😂 7y
BarbaraBB The same goes for me. When you ‘pick‘ a book, I stack it without a doubt! 😘 7y
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mklong
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What a fun idea @ScorpioBookDreams

K-The Keep, Jennifer Egan
A-Autumn, Ali Smith
T-Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
I-Infinite Jest, David Foster Wallace
E-Elmet, Ted Hughes

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diovival
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D - The Disenchanted by Budd Schulberg
I - If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
O - The Odyssey by Homer
N - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
I - The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
S - Salem's Lot by Stephen King
I - In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen
A - Aida by Leontyne Price

Phew! ? I had just enough "I" favorites to cover it. @ScorpioBookDreams #booknames

Chelleo Yeah, "I" was tough and I only have one! 7y
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BarbaraTheBibliophage
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Thanks for the great idea @ScorpioBookDreams and @Cinfhen — this was fun! All of these are on my Kindle shelves but currently still TBR.

B - Beneath a Scarlet Sky
A - About the Night
R - Redshirts
B - Behold the Dreamers
A - Abducted
R - Rabbit Cake
A - Ayiti

#thenamegame

Kodak2057 The Hate U Give Alice in Wonderland Room All the Light We Cannot See 7y
suvata ♥️ Beneath a Scarlet Sky 7y
Cinfhen Well done!!! And you have some great titles to get to!!! 7y
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Cinfhen You should use Behold The Dreamers for #RefugeeMC #Booked2018 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @EllieDottie Here‘s the list I came up with. Of course, I didn‘t use favorites because I‘m a #rebel! 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen I was planning Americanah, but Behold would certainly work too! 7y
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Cinfhen
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This looks like fun @ScorpioBookDreams 😊

C - Cutting For Stone
I - I Let You Go
N - Night
D - Dovekeepers
Y - You

It‘s a bit eclectic ~ just like me 😄

BarbaraTheBibliophage When I wish my name was shorter!! 7y
Cinfhen Hahaha @BarbaraTheBibliophage and you have a lot of vowels, too!!!😂😂😂 7y
BarbaraTheBibliophage I‘m going to give it a try after I finish these errands, though! 7y
Reviewsbylola Loved Cutting for Stone! 7y
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