The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

15.8 - "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble..."
You might need to do a little toiling for this task but I don't think you will have too much trouble. On August 7,1606 William Shakespeare's Macbeth was performed publicly for the first time (at the Great Hall at Hampton Court). In honor of this event and this famous line you will need to read 2 books that...

A. Have the same title but are written by different authors (EXAMPLE: Twilight AND Twilight)
OR
B. Have very similar covers...(EXAMPLE: & )

If you need suggestions OR have suggestions for books to read for this task post them here.

here is a site I found that has some similar covers:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/...

Cynthia - Are we allowed to use books in the same series?

No they also need to be by different authors.

Oh yeah...duh.

Are these close enough?

I accidentally ran across a pair - I read a review of The Red Thread: A Novel, which sounded interesting. When I looked it up on Goodreads, I found The Red Thread.

Julia wrote: "here is a site I found that has some similar covers:
http://shereadsandreads.blogspot.com/..."

Wow, what a great website! Now I'm having a hard time choosing. :o)

Books with the same name-
http://www.librarything.com/topic/19725

Felina wrote: "Are these close enough?

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Not really.

I am thinking about:

I am having a very difficult time with this one. Anybody having any luck?

There are lots out there- it takes a little work to get to them
Burned by Ellen Hopkins,
Burned by P.C. Cast,
Burned by Carol Higgins Clark,
Burned by David Hagberg

Last Call by Tim Powers
Last Call: A Novel of Suspense by James Grippando
Last Call by Laura Pedersen
Last Call by Morgan Burke
Last Call by D.J. Manly

Inside Out by Terry
Trueman
Inside Out by Larry Crabb
Inside Out: A Novel by Barry Eisler

I went to my TBR shelf, found a common title or phrase, then looked it up in my library's online collection by title.

Would Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin and The Winter's Tale by Shakespeare qualify, or does the 'the' disqualify it?

I might do The Double by Saramago and The Double by Dostoevsky.

Does the title need to the EXACTLY the same or do these work?:
Deep River by Shusaku Endo
Deep Rivers by Jose Maria Arguedas

Or I could just tackle these two:
Justine by Marquis de Sade
Justine by Lawrence Durrell

The Dollmaker
The Dollmaker

Schooled by Gordon Korman
Schooled by Anisha Lakhani

Wake
Wake

One Last Look
One Last Look

The Defense
The Defense

Lullaby
Lullaby
Lullaby
Lullaby

Would Lost and Found by Carolyn Parkhurst and Lost & Found by Jacqueline Sheehan work for the same title?

The titles need to be exactly the same (no extra words, no pluralization, no substitution of symbols for words).

Here is another link with similar covers: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/50...

Cynthia wrote: "The titles need to be exactly the same (no extra words, no pluralization, no substitution of symbols for words)."

What about subtitles? I planned to read The Red Thread and The Red Thread: A Novel

I plan to read The Night Watch by Sarah Waters and The Night Watch by Sean Stewart.
Stewart's book seems to be a futuristic Canada and Vancouver & its Chinatown are mentioned. I'm curious now.

There's a couple of umbrella covers that look alike esp the classics -- http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/36...

You could do searches for things like - cats, dogs, handbags, no heads and find covers that are similar in that light.

The no heads one is FUN! http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/29...

Would the re-telling series classify as similar covers? They're all headless women with a medieval dress.

Came across this today!
Endless Night
Endless Night
Endless Night
Endless Night
Endless Night
Endless Night

Endless Night

some more!

Still Life
Still Life
Still Life: A Novel (if the words "a novel" aren't a dealbreaker)
Still Life
Still, Life (if the comma is not a deal breaker)
Still Life
Still Life
Still Life
Still Life

This Magic Moment
This Magic Moment
This Magic Moment

Beloved
Beloved
Beloved

Dearly Beloved
Dearly Beloved
Dearly Beloved

With You and Without You
With You And Without You

With or Without You
With Or Without You

This is downright addictive!

Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass
Heart of Glass

The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman
The Other Woman.

The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
The ghost writer

Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer
Ghost Writer

I think I'm going to read:
&

Giving Up the Ghost
Giving Up The Ghost
Giving Up the Ghost
Giving up the Ghost

Missing You
Missing You
Missing You

Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone
Dead and Gone

Sandy wrote: "Cynthia wrote: "The titles need to be exactly the same (no extra words, no pluralization, no substitution of symbols for words)."

What about subtitles? I planned to read [book:The Red Thread|12..."

If it's just a novel that I'll take but anything else no.

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/37...
lots of similar designs

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...
similar designs for the fairy tale series or the historical fictions

this is so much fun that i can't seem to stop. Hoping this is helping one of you! Another hint for those of you trying to find double titles: check out your TBR list and see if you can find any double titles. I am trying short ones that sound sort of common!

True Colors
True Colors
True Colors
True Colors
True Colors
True Colors
True Colors
True Colors

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...
eye close-up designs

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/35...
feet designs

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/40...
flower covers

http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/36...
butterflies

Cynthia wrote: If it's just a novel that I'll take but anything else no.

Thanks, Cynthia.

Here's another blog site and many with YA novels:
http://aleapopculture.blogspot.com/se...

Are these two similar enough? I'm not sure.

Ok, what about

and

And

and

Cait wrote: "And

and "
I'll take it

Cait wrote: "Ok, what about

and "
ok

Laura wrote: "Are these two similar enough? I'm not sure. "

The pictures on the cover aren't similar so not really.

Cynthia,

Are you looking for a picture similarity only, or does the picture AND the color need to be similar?

Thanks!

Thank you so much!

Nicole wrote: "Cynthia,

Are you looking for a picture similarity only, or does the picture AND the color need to be similar?

Thanks!"

It really depends post the covers and I'll let you know.

[image error] and

I am assuming work, but I thought I would check just in case.

Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight

Good Morning Midnight

Good Morning: Midnight

Is different punctuation okay?

I found these two on the website above showing lookalikes and same titles. The color is really different, but both show the broken ropes, what do you think Cynthia?

and

Cindy wrote: "I found these two on the website above showing lookalikes and same titles. The color is really different, but both show the broken ropes, what do you think Cynthia?

..."
I'll take those

pjreads wrote: "Good Morning, Midnight
Good Morning, Midnight

Good Morning Midnight

Good Morning: Midnight

Is different punctuation okay?"
I'll take those

Julia wrote: "[image error] and

I am assuming work, but I thought I would check just in case."

yes

Gigi wrote: "

Sorry but I have to ask. What about these two?
Gigi"

no

How about these two?

Emily wrote: "How about these two?

"
yes

Hope you like the Unbearable Lightness odf Being! I loved it!