Prompt: If someone was to write an analysis of you by the books you have in your possession, what would it say about you? Would a stranger or even a friend recognize you by the book titles?
This is kind of hilarious. Now, the real question is, are we looking at the physical books on my shelf, or the books on my kindle app? Because there’s a huge difference. The only books I’ve added to the physical bookshelf in the last ten years (I’m guesstimating here) have been gifts from Writing.com friends and poetry books. So for the most part, my bookshelf at home tells you who I used to be.
So here are the titles (without authors, just to keep things interesting) of some of the books on my physical bookshelf:
Highland Thirst
If He’s Wicked
Highland Captive
Highland Bride
Highland Avenger
Velvet Song Velvet Angel
Taken At Midnight
Veil At Midnight
Kiss of Crimson
Slave to Sensation
The Hobbit
A Warrior’s Promise
Bound to a Warrior
A Hunger Like No Other
Forbidden
At Last Comes Love
Call Me Irresistible
The Medusa Project
Shadow Touch
An Indecent Proposition
I think those titles give an impression of a combination of historical romance and fantasy. Which I guess is kind of true, but the Hobbit kind of throws you off the scent because aside from that one, they’re all romance. Some are historical romance, some are paranormal romance and there might be one or two that are contemporary romance. I think people would agree that those titles match up to what they know about me. I’m thinking my family wouldn’t be surprised by them.
It’s a bit different on my Kindle. Here are the most recent titles on my Kindle:
To My Future Number 1 Fan
Kinky Sprinkles
Alex
Imperfectly Criminal
Imperfect Chemistry
The Hate You Drink
Captive Prince
Ravensong
Dra’Kaedan’s Coven
Journey of the Heart
Spin The Dawn
Rend
Complementary Colors
Death of Darkness
Winter
When The Earl Was Wicked
Immortal Coil
Talon
Ask Me Why
Threatening Sky
I think some of these look like non-fiction titles. The Hate You Drink, Complementary Colors, Winter, Ask Me Why, etc. These come across to me like non-fiction. Kinky Sprinkles is such a brilliant title. Love it! Journey of the Heart and Captive Prince sound like romance novels, as does When the Earl was Wicked. I think some sound like fantasy, like Dra’Kaedan’s Coven and Death of Darkness. In actual fact, they’re all romance novels, with a mix of contemporary and paranormal (and one historical).
People who read my blog might accept the second set as being typical of me, but I think my family would be pick the other set over this one as representing me.
What do you think the titles say about me?
