You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

It's all in the name for the month of February!

Have you ever agonized over what to name a cat? (Okay, I know some of you are dog people, but play along.) Do you want a name that reflects her personality, her colouring, or the unique thing she does? Fret no more because we are going to use a cat name generator that will not only help us rename our cat, but will help us find a perfect challenge book.

Simply go to this site and follow along. You can plug in the attributes of a cat in your life, make them up, or simply click on the "random" button.

I selected:
Age - Old as dirt
Colour - Mixed
Indoor/Outdoor - Indoor
Favourite thing - Sleeping

Results: Chainsaw MurderMittens (Poor Cleo! I don't think she'll like her new name.)

Once you have your cat's new name, find a book that will somehow reflect that name. You will need to explain how your book selection fits your cat's name.

I could pick a book with "Chainsaw" in the title, or one on the cover. I could read a murder mystery. "Mitten(s)" could be in the title or on the cover. I could read a book by an author with the initials CM, or CMM. The possibilities are limited by my imagination.

General Rules:

1. The book may be in any format - paperback, ebook, audiobook.
2. The book may be in any genre.
3. The book may NOT be combined with the Year Long Challenge.
4. The book must be read between February 1 – February 28, 2019 (based on your local time zone).
5. The challenge is for one book. You may read more books if you chose.
6. The book must be 175 pages or more determined by the issue you read. If reading an audiobook or ebook, page numbers will be determined by the hardcover issue. If there is no hardcover, then paperback issue. Where there are more than one editions, the one with the highest number of ratings will be used.

Scoring:

Title: - sub-titles are not included

5 pts – The first word in the title starts with "C". A title like "The Cat" will not get you any points.
4 pts – Is exactly 4 words long (includes a, an, the, etc).
3 pts – Has a world that contains an apostrophe. eg Assassin's Quest
2 pts – Contains one of the words in your cat's new name. If you have a conjoined word, like "MurderMittens", you may treat those as two separate words - "Murder" and Mittens". You may add a plural, or make it singular (murders, mitten).
1 pts – Has the word "love" in it.

Cover: (based on the edition you read)

5 pts – Has a cat on it. Must be easily seen and identified.
4 pts – Is 75% grey.
3 pts – Is 75% black.
2 pts – is 75% white.
1 pts – Has multi colours.

Author:

5 pts – The author’s last name begins with the letter C, A, T. In the case of the author having two last names, go with the first listed. In the case of more than one author it applies to either author. Does not apply to an anthology.
4 pts – Was born or resides in Los Angeles, California.
3 pts – Has a cat. (You'll have to do your research.)
2 pts – Is living.
1 pts – Is female.

Genre: - must be listed on the book’s main page

5 pts – Non Fiction
4 pts – Action/Thriller
3 pts – Romance
2 pts – Mystery
1 pts – Historical Fiction

Pages: - based on the edition you read. See general Rules about ebooks, audiobooks.

5 pts – 500 +
4 pts – 400 to 499
3 pts – 300 to 399
2 pts – 200 to 299
1 pts – 175 to 199

Bonus Points:

Library Lovers Month: If the title of a real book is named - take 3 points

Spunky Old Broads Month: If there is a woman over the age of 60 as one of the characters - take 3 points

Children's Mental Health Week: If the genre is Middle Grade (listed on the main book page) - take 3 points.

Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering: If there are several lines of poetry in the story - take 3 points.

A reporting thread will be set up to report the book you’ve read, and the score you obtained. Happy reading.

Oh fun! Another great challenge, Janice!

OMG, I love it lol
I selected random, and got . . . Laser BirdSmasher :)
I will contemplate this while I shovel, and use the gophering as the carrot to actually finish shoveling :/

I should go out and shovel too while the packed snow on the driveway is softened by the warm temps. Holy smokes! It's +6C right now. That's 42F. Unheard of in January. Climate change is a reality.

Love it!

I don't have a cat so I filled in the generator imagining Rob as my cat. I got Admiral Birdsmasher.

I'm sure I can make bird work but I'll think about other ways.

Oh! I might read The Road to Woodstock. I'm in the mood for some non-fiction and Woodstock is also the name of a famous little bird :)

The generated name for my cat is Lord McMurderFeet!! Probably for its love of mice and voles. It should be a breeze to find a "murder" book to read, since it fits into my favorite genre!

I really like random generator challenges! Thanks Janice.

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In case you can't read it:

Love to eat them mousies,
Mousies what I love to eat.
Bite they little heads off
Nibble on they tiny feet. (hide spoiler)]

It's purrfect Janice! I'm going to model it on my cat Beans.

Love that you are imagining Rob as a cat Peggy! Have you told him about it?

I got Chainsaw BirdSmasher. I'll have to think on this.

So my random cat's name is Enchilada Tunadoom, and I think I've decided what to read. At the beginning of the month, I'm set to reread A Wrinkle in Time for the yearly challenge. I've never read the rest of the time quintet but my cat and I are thinking that Enchilada Tunadoom's initials are E. T., as in extra terrestrial, as in aliens, as in A Wind in the Door. *smile* Does that work?

Sarah wrote: "
Love that you are imagining Rob as a cat Peggy! Have you told him about it?"

I considered it, but he'd probably only look at me weirdly ;-)

I love this!

I've got 3 cats, but I decided to model it on the cat in my profile pic, Casper. His new name is Naked McTroutMeat! 😂 I don't think he is thanking me right now! 😆

I'm off to gopher.

Hahaha, Peggy, great idea to use Rob. :)

Great challenge, Janice! No cats or dogs here, but I have a couple of hours until I get to my computer to decide how I go with the random button or if I pick in another way.

I got Naked McMurderFeet for my random cat name, so probably have a few books that I can rationalize as fitting this name.

ok. Onyx was renamed Chainsaw StabbyStab. I guess I am going to find something that cuts...

P.S. just for the heck of it, I tried with Sahel and got Flaming NapMissile. My cats do not seem impressed, I do not think I am going to rename their IG account....

I love cats, but my husband is allergic to them :( I'm going to model my cat name after a black shorthair that I had growing up.

I got Chainsaw McMurderFeet. Hmm. This one has lots of possibilities.

My gophering:
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Witch Way to Murder
The Witch Squad
A Fresh Start
Tangled to Death
Jailbird
Ties That Bind
A Modern Day Persuasion
Rough Harbor
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Tricia wrote: "So my random cat's name is Enchilada Tunadoom, and I think I've decided what to read. At the beginning of the month, I'm set to reread A Wrinkle in Time for the yearly challenge. I'..."

As long as you have a plausible explanation as to how you arrive at your connection, it will work. You're quite inventive with your reasoning. :)

No cats or dogs so I used my gecko. Got a chuckle from calling him bald.

My Cats’ new name is:
Laser NapMissile!

I might have to look for something spacey..
This will be challenging for sure.

I randomed it up and got:
Saber-toothed FishToot!

Will have to think about that one...

Totally envious Janice, closest we got to a warm day was -7 :( and it only took me 4 hours to do all the shoveling . . . spring is coming, isn't it?

Anyway, after much deliberation, in honor of "Laser BirdSmasher" I have decided that I will read All the Birds in the Sky

For "NakedMcTroutMeat" I have decided to read The Butcher's Hook. You can buy meat from a butcher and hooks are often used in the catching of fish.

I took in a stray (that is I used the the random name generator!). I got Saber-toothed McMurderFeet .

Off to my pile to see what I van make of that. My first thoughts are wild animals, dentists, scottish authors, murder mysterys, feet or foot wear. But who knows where me imagination will take me 😜

We lost our kitty in September, but she is with me in spirit, so her new name is "Chainsaw Napmissile." Deciding which way to go with this one....

I got Chainsaw FishToot from the random button. I have to think a little about it and take a look at my TBR. :)

Chainsaw Salmon Slaughter and I will begin gophering.

I have two cats: Pele, named after the Hawaiian goddess and Booker after my husband’s favorite bourbon. What a fun challenge.

Lisa, your cat and mine must be related! Kira is now "Intrepid McTrout Meat, so surely she comes from the same family as your cat, Naked McTrout Meat. Just for fun, I also ran my other cat, Ajax. His new name is "Chainsaw Punchy Punch." He was unimpressed. Actually, he may have been thinking, "are you calling me fat?"

Ok, our sweet Shadow has morphed into Naked SmashitySmash! Jeff is not happy... what happened to our lil lover?

For grins, we did Scout, too. She's now Intrepid BirdSmasher!

I like the book options a bit better for the 2nd one, but am being honest and sticking to the first one I did.

So, I'll be reading Naked in Death, my first J. D. Robb romance/mystery. I'm expecting I'll enjoy it.

Some of the names are pretty funny... I'm liking the McTrout Meat clan.

Almeta, I still have kitchen and bath towels with that "Love to eat them mousies" ditty. Tickles me every time I see and read it.

Hmmm... Do I still have mugs? I have lots of cat-related gee-gaws and thingamabobs.

Cleo was unimpressed to be renamed Chainsaw MurderMittens. She went from the queen (Cleopatra) to some plebeian. Oh, the shame!

I went with the initials CM, and have decided to read The Child Garden by Catriona McPherson. Added bonus, the author's name stars with "cat". It's also a murder mystery so I think I'm well covered.

Casceil wrote: "Lisa, your cat and mine must be related! Kira is now "Intrepid McTrout Meat, so surely she comes from the same family as your cat, Naked McTrout Meat. Just for fun, I also ran my other cat, Ajax. H..."

I think they have to be related! I wonder how many more McTroutMeats there are out there? 😉

This was so fun! My adorable Pumpkin’s new name is Chainsaw Punchy Punch. This is hysterical because this new name fits her. It was fun researching books to read and have some new ones added to my TBR list. I chose Poison Buried Punch by Lyndsey Cole as my February read. Looking forward to seeing what everyone picks.

My neighbour's cat (Hippy) is now called Fuzzers PawSlapper!... I'm feeding her until Tuesday when the neighbour gets back. Maybe she'll answer to her new name by then?

I'm thinking Fuzz (ie police) or Fuzz-y logic (artificial intelligence)

Annerlee wrote: "I'm thinking Fuzz (ie police) or Fuzz-y logic (artificial intelligence)"

Or Fuzzy Nation? You could go for the initials F.P.

Janice wrote: "Annerlee wrote: "I'm thinking Fuzz (ie police) or Fuzz-y logic (artificial intelligence)"

Or Fuzzy Nation? You could go for the initials F.P."

Fuzzy Nation was the first thing I thought of when I saw this too.

The hardest part of this is finding something that I didn't already plan for the yearly challenge!

My sweet kitty is now Chainsaw McMurderFeet. 😳 The top two books I'm considering at the moment are The Mysterious Affair at Styles (murder) or This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today by Chrissy Metz (same initials).

Ooh, this was fun! I would really, really like to have a cat (I'd love a British shorthair), but hubby is against it (I think he's a bit afraid of cats). I've already chosen a name for the so far nonexistent cat, it would be named Helmi ("Pearl" in English). But the name generator insisted I'll call her Chainsaw McBurpyTuna. Hmmm… not exactly the cuddly kitten I had in mind, LOL!

I don't have any cats but I made my first roll based on a cat that we had when my girls were little. The name that came up was Flaming McTrout Meat, based on old as dirt, tuxedo, and indoor/outdoor.

I tried again, using my daughter's outdoor cat as a model and got Stabbers McTrout Meat. Flaming and Stabbers aside, McTrout Meat seems to be in my future read. I will use this to gopher with, somehow.

Welcome to the McTroutMeat clan, Cherie! 😀

Just making sure that the book I'm currently considering will work: Defending Hope by Connor Mccoy (I'm going with the initials option, and I like it that the author is also McSomething) has only a kindle version, but the print length is given on the book's Amazon page as 179 pages. There was no specification in the rules regarding books with no paper editions.

Fuzzy Nation is a great idea! How did I miss that? Thanks people

This is hilarious! I've got 'Intrepid Murder Mittens' :)

Saar The Book owl wrote: "This is hilarious! I've got 'Intrepid Murder Mittens' :)"

I like that one!

@Annerlee: That's the opposit of my cat, but, shh, he think's he's intrepid ;)

I'm going to read Murder on the Prowl

Camilla wrote: "Just making sure that the book I'm currently considering will work: Defending Hope by Connor Mccoy (I'm going with the initials option, and I like it that the auth..."

That will work, Camilla.

Saar The Book owl wrote: "This is hilarious! I've got 'Intrepid Murder Mittens' :)"

Another MurderMittens. We are family.

Commander ThunderPaws...poor kitty...
It does have a ring to it though..

Saar The Book owl wrote: "@Annerlee: That's the opposit of my cat, but, shh, he think's he's intrepid ;)"

Psst... I think all cats do... : )

siriusedward wrote: "Commander ThunderPaws...poor kitty...
It does have a ring to it though.."

I like that name!