Welcome to a new year of books!
My mind has been in word-puzzle-and-poetry mode for the last couple of months while creating new blackout poems, where I search for the right words in the right place on a book page and then add some pizzazz with a doodle drawing. Check out Sounds Complicated and Distance Between to see my latest compilation and publishing efforts.
Anyway, while dreaming up a good January reading challenge, I wondered how I could use the words in the book titles. Snap! Got it. You know that poem where you take the first word in each line to spell out a message. It's not alliteration and it's not anagram. What's the other "A" word in Poetry Land? Right! Acrostic. But what exactly does that mean?
"An acrostic is a piece of writing in which a particular set of letters -- typically the first letter of each line, word, or paragraph -- spells out a word or phrase with special significance to the text. Acrostics are most commonly written as a form of poetry, but they can also be found in prose or used as word puzzles."
~ Bergman, Bennet. "Acrostic." LitCharts.
Acrostic Title Challenge
It took some hunting and pecking to get the right titles lined up, but I finally pulled together a list of five that I'm excited about. Can't wait to dig into 2019 with these gems:
1.) Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum
2.) One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus*
3.) Wish by Barbara O'Connor*
4.) Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver*
5.) Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson
* A recommended read!
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