Ann Aguirre has offered 25 ARCs of her new book Wanderlust for the readers of this here blog. Yay!
Want one? Yes? Hook us up with the name of her next book. All the Jax books have compound word titles: Grimspace, Wanderlust, Doubleblind and Killbox. So, what’s the 5th book? Give us an idea, serious or silly.
Drop a comment with your choice of a compound word title, and we’ll pick 25 winners from among the best.
But there is one condition – as Ann is a master of the viral market (in a good way, not in an ineffective antibiotic kind of way) she asks that if you win a copy, you review it, either on your site, or by emailing me your review. So enter as many times as you like, and “goodluck.”
ETA: Ann asked that I post a heads up for anyone in the NYC area: want to meet Ann personally and beg for a review copy of her book? July 22nd is your chance.
Oooh, I’m just excited that there’s going to be a book 5! My (first?) suggestion is Thunderstruck. Thanks!
At this point, book five is purely theoretical. I just thought it would be fun to do some preliminary title work (and can I just say, Thunderstruck is GREAT!)
Happyplace? Turkeytrot? Thunderdome?
Um, okay, maybe not.
Firedawn. Nightstar.
Damn, I’m terrible at this, and would love to review the book. Rats and mice.
Annrocks
Aguirrefire
What about
awestruck
overboard
lightningstrike
highlight
I’ve always thought “Dawnstrider” would be an awesome name for a book. Or maybe a horse. I’d make a crack about the similarities between horses and books but I haven’t had any coffee yet.
Dreamtheater
I feel like I should have a list, but that’s all I can think of!
supersonic
daybreak
moonstream
moonstruck
slipstream
Hey, I read Grimspace! It was good! I will admit to having been seduced by the delightful cover ;).
Lifelines?
Knockout? (handily also a genetics term!)
Whilst I’m on the biology – have it be that one book where all the characters behave like idiots and call it Antisense!
Magneticpull
Laserfire
Sunspiral
I think I suck at this too, but its fun!!!
What about:
freefall
starburst
deadlock
blackhole
EEK! Can’t possibly miss out on a chance to maybe win a ARC of one of Ann’s books!
PS/ The covers are hawt and rocxors my socxors.
DARKLIGHT
BLOODCHAIN
🙁 My titles are so generic, blargh!
Beatdown
Longjump
Tripwire
Slapdash
My favorite compound words, sassypants and smartmouth, are probably not going to work, which is a shame.
Happyplace?
Chickenheart?
(Maybe I’ll think of some serious ones later.)
Go Ann Go!
Run-through
fearless
overcast
It’s really hard, when you don’t know the world (and may I mention yet again how frustratingly small the selection in my ONE local bookstore is?).
Deathstrike
Firestorm
Clusterfuck (okay, maybe Clusterbomb)
Hellfire
Sunspot
Sunstroke (it’s been a little hot lately…)
How about something good happens to Jax and March for a change? I pick “Windfall” 😀
I liked Slipstream that someone suggested up there!
My suggestions:
Tripswitch
Wildcard
Aftermath
Counterpoint
Crosscut
Jackknife
Slingshot
Spellbound
Stalemate
Windblown
Startouched
Duskfighter
Starflight
These are some seriously awesome ideas.
If you win this book, your enjoyment will be enriched if you read Grimspace first (if you haven’t already). Wanderlust is book two in the series.
So I suck at this but would love a copy how about:
wonderspace? HUH HUH I mean combine the two and poof whole new title. No?
Oh well I really do suck at this but would review it if I win!
ooh how cool… let me thing..
dreamweaver
stargazer
starfighter
Timeshift
Hyperdrive
Longknife
Controllwake
Deadbeat
Flatwave
How about Flashpoint?
I’m going to try to think of more later. . .
Travelweary
Frozentime
Spacedust
Spacedawn
Stardusk
Firedusk
mind68: I wish my mind could come up with 68 options
Fallout
Wonderwall
Timezone
Tidalwave
Laserquest
Germinate
Revolution
SafeHouse
Mindtravel
Jax-in-a-box
Spacestruck
Groundlocked
Homebound
Damn! I ordered Grimspace (b/c of SBSarah’s summer reads suggestions) but by my count it won’t arrive before tomorrow at the earliest. This would be so much easier if I knew what I was dealing with!
-But then again, maybe not! Having not read the book yet I am not embarrassed to throw out whatever suggestion comes to mind. I might be more intimidated if I had a frame of places/characters to deal with. Or NOT!? 😛
My suggestions:
Zerospace
Morninglight
Nightfire
Deathstrike
Killswitch
Silverlight
Nightside
I haven’t read the first book, but this series sounds interesting. Here are a few shots in the dark:
Dreamtime
Bloodmoon
Flatline
Endgame
Checkmate
Stormbreaker
Warmonger
This is tough to do without knowing anything about the plot!
Slipstream, slipshod, slipknot…Don’t know why I’m stuck in slips.
Gridlock, Groundfog, Dreadknot, Starstruck, Srtuckdumb…ok that needs a hyphen.
Wait – Dumbstruck doesn’t need a hyphen.
Ooo, I’ve been waiting for this one! Hmm…I wasn’t expecting to have to do this though. Let me think…
Firebrand
Lostheart
Blackhole
Failsafe
Freebird
Breakdown
Codebreaker
My fiance sez:
Darkmatter
Override
Thunderrun (” It’s a military tactic, a rapid reconnaissance in force, quick in, quick out.” Don’t look at me, that’s what he said)
(He liked the book too)
Okay, I’ve never read an of Ann’s books, but they do look like something I’d enjoy. Here in Wenatchee, WA (otherwise known as the armpit of the state) local author Kay Kenyon writes stories that look similar to these. I’ll have to pick up Ann’s new book this week!
I just finished another space age thriller, “Accidental Goddess” by Linnea Sinclair (the one with the unfortunate cover). I’m a little behind on my reading…..
So for title ideas that are compound words all that comes to mind is stuff that I think has already been used:
Bodyheat, Badlands, Crapshoot, Doublespeak, Timeslide, Etc. (sigh!)
How about something that ends in -touch, -trick or -trap. Mindtrap? Or how about an obsolete word (yes the language does have some) like Roun which means secret. Rounwave? Or something related to trickster like Gull, which I’ve never heard used. Or there’s gyllen, which means golden. So does Jake Gyllenhall mean he’s a golden room? Hmm… Gyllenmist?
I know, not much to go on. Give me about two weeks playing around with Wiktionary though, and I’ll re-write the complete works of Shakespeare with utter nonsense!
Watertickler
EarthWindFire
ComplicatedRipple
SmoothChaos
FlashCard
FlashLight
WhiteLight
AbosluteDarkness
MotherBoard
Thanks
~ Popin
Heavenstruck
Starstruck
Stellarmoves
Darkstar
Deepjunket
Spacejunket
Hmmmm. . .
CHEAPDEATH
MEMORYTAKER
OLDSCHOOL
SHORTJUMP
THUNDERBALL (What does that mean anyway, Mr. Bond? Sounds naughty)
And I’m out.
Yvette, I recently read my first Kay Kenyon, and the library just called to say the next one is waiting for me. Yippee!
I am also a big Ann Aguirre fan, but I totally suck at titles. So my suggestions are NOT to be taken seriously, but I would love to win an ARC of the new books.
How about Stonemaiden? Oh, no, already done. Then I suggest Smartbitch.