Blankety-Blank Revisited
May 9th, 2008
Revisiting the trend I discussed here, I've since come across some more recent and upcoming children's and YA book titles entitled The [Blankety] [Blank] of [What's-His/Her-Face]:
- The Secret History of Tom Truehart (Note how the use of "secret" provides instant enticement—sort of like colored sprinkles on a cupcake.)
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Suggested by an anonymous commentor on the previous post, this one technically contains two [blanketys], but it's close enough.)
- The Second Virginity of Suzy Green
- The Totally Made-up Civil War Diary of Amanda MacLeish (Includes a [blankally], but again, close enough.)
- The Potential Hazards of Hester Day
- The Dangerous Days of Daniel X (Subtitled, I understand, How James Patterson Saved Young Adult Literature from Itself.)

