The Book Vipers discussion

Post your book lists here for your Book Hunter Challenge

I have found these so far.

Angel Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga
Beach Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach
Book The Jungle Book
Castle The Man in the High Castle
Child Lucy's Child
City Sket City: In Your Dreams with a Six Legged Carcass
Coin Coin Locker Babies
Dark Dark Love
Day The Seventh Day
Heart Sinners Heart
Hide
Hunter What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything
Island Treasured Island: A Book Lover's Tour of Britain
Light Mr. Harry Blight
Lost The Lost Baggage of Silvia Guzmán
Make The Boys, Volume 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker
Man The Man Who Swam the Amazon
Map Journey Without Maps
Music Can You Hear the Music?
Name
Night Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: A Savannah Story
Place Rising Ground: A Search for the Spirit of Place
Rice Rice's Architectural Primer
Sand
Secret Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Ship Ship of Fate: The Story of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff
Silence
Silver Atlantis and the Silver City
Summer
Sword The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men
Viper The Viper
Twin
Watch
Wind If so carried by the wind
Winter Heart of Winter
Woman Delilah, My Woman

I can only commit to 10 books as have 2 other challenges next year. So my ten books will be:
Book: The Book of Lost Things
Viper: TBD
Hunter:TBD
Day: Every Day Is for the Thief
Watch: The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
Silence: TBD
wars:Stormbird

Sent before I finished that
How; The Tin Ring: How I Cheated Death
And lastly sand: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes

Seraphina wrote: "Sent before I finished that
How; The Tin Ring: How I Cheated Death
And lastly sand: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes"

I think you are a book short of ten.

I am reading 20 books. This list is as follows

Book: Book of Shadows
Man: A Man Called Ove
Angels: Angels Fall
Watch: Watchers
Hide: TBD
Loaf: TBD
Word: TBD
Dark: The Darkangel
Silence: The Weight of Silence
Winter: Winter's Shadow
Sand: Sandstorm
Lost: The Lost Symbol
War: The Warrior Heir
Silver: Silver Bastard
Woman: The Woman in the Picture
Land: Herland
Wind: Gone with the Wind
Book: Buried in Books: A Reader's Anthology
Viper: TBD
Hunter:TBD

My goal is 11, but I'm not sure which of these will be my 11 yet.

2/11 read

Angel Look Homeward, Angel
Art The Art of War
Beach On Chesil Beach
Book Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
Castle: I Capture the Castle
Child The Child Thief
City Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer
Coin
Dark This Dark Road to Mercy
Day The Eighth Day
Heart In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
Hide No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
Island Notes from a Small Island
Leap Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith
Light: A Trick of the Light
Lost Lost in Shangri-la: A True Story of Survival, Adventure, and the Most Incredible Rescue Mission of World War II
Man: A Man Called Ove ✔ 1/15/16
Music Beach Music
Name: My Name Is Lucy Barton
Pie
Place Crapalachia: A Biography of a Place
Sand Sand Omnibus
Secret The Secret Scripture
Ship If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
Silence Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise
Silver The Silver Star
Summer A Midsummer Night's Dream ✔ 3/4/16
Sword
Watch The Watch
Win
Wind A High Wind in Jamaica
Winter: The Winter of Our Discontent
Woman

Here is my book list for the challenge so far. I found a lot more than 33 words and will update as needed.

I am going for 22/33.

11/33 COMPLETED.

Angel
Beach - Brazzaville Beach
Book - End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days Book 3)
Castle Castles: A Fictional Memoir of a Girl with Scissors COMPLETED
Cat - It's Like This, Cat
Child - The Child Thief COMPLETED
City The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America COMPLETED
Coin
Dark - The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials #1)
Day - Every Day COMPLETED
Heart - Heart-Shaped Box
Hide
How - 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works
Hunter
Island - Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World COMPLETED
Leap
Light
Loaf
Lost - Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Make
Man
Map - Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks
Molt
Music
Name
Night The Nightingale COMPLETED
Pie - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society COMPLETED
Place
Rice
Sand - Play Dead (Elise Sandburg Series Book 1)
Secret - The Secret History COMPLETED
Ship The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making COMPLETED
Silence - The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
Silver
Spy - George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
Summer - Summer of '49
Sword
Twin
Viper - Viper Pilot: A Memoir of Air Combat
War - War of the Undead Day One
Watch
Wax
Were And Then There Were None COMPLETED
Wind - Gone with the Wind COMPLETED
Winter
Woman - The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Word

I'll aim to read 33 but I changed my mind about which book to read so many times on last year's challenge - I'll just put up a few at a time.

Angel: Angels & Demons READ
Beach : On Chesil Beach READ
Book : Buried in Books: A Reader's Anthology READ
Castle : The Castle
Child : The Children
City : The Bloody City READ
Coin : A Coin for the Ferryman READ
Dark : The Dark Monk READ
Day : Murder on a Summer's Day READ
Heart : Sputnik Sweetheart READ
Hunter : The Heart is a Lonely Hunter READ
Ice : The Virgin in the Ice READ
Island : Holy Island: A DCI Ryan Mystery READ
Light : How The Light Gets In READ
Make : The Ice-Cream Makers READ
Man : The Pale Horseman READ
Map : Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics READ
Music : Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall READ
Name : London by Tube: A History of Underground Station Names READ
Night : Nightblind READ
Place : The Wild Places READ
San : The Road to San Giovanni READ
Secret : The Fourth Secret READ
Ship : Black Ship READ
Silence : The Silence of Stone READ
Silver : The Silver Pigs READ
Spy : An Officer and a Spy READ
Summer : The Forgotten Summer READ
Twin : The Ice Twins READ
War : In Love and War READ
Watch : Watch the Lady READ
Winter : A Killer in Winter READ
Woman : A Notable Woman: The Romantic Journals of Jean Lucey Pratt READ

I put myself down for 20, then started looking for words and thought that perhaps I was being a bit ambitious, but in the end I found a lot more than 33 so I'm hoping that I can shoehorn books I was likely to read anyway into this challenge to a certain extent, especially since I've received quite a few books for Christmas which I'm keen to read.

Angel
Art
Bay
Beach
Bib
Bit
Book
Castle
Cat
Child
City
Coin
Cop
Dark
Day
Dew
Dim
Doe
Fan
Fin
Heart
Hid
Hide
Hind
How
Hub
Hunter
Island
Kew
Lace
Land
Lap
Leap
Leg
Light
Loaf
Lost
Low
Makes
Man
Map
Mat
Music
Name
Night
Nil
Orb
Pal
Pie
Place
Rap
Raw
Rice
Sac
Sand
Secret
Ship
Shun
Shunt
Silence
Silver
Sit
Spy
Sum
Sword
Tag
Tern
Twin
Viper
Wars
Watch
Wax
Way
Web
Wed
Were
Win
Winter
Won
Word

I also found a couple of names that might come in useful if they fit in with authors I want to read:

Pam
Len

The only book I'm sure of at the moment is The Last Policeman by Ben H Winters, which I've managed to get into the 2016 challenge by using the surname of the author, I hope that's okay Paul?

I'm finding it tricky to think of books I haven't read that fit into the challenge so I'm looking forward to reading other people's book lists for inspiration!

You're right Jennifer, will have a re-look at it. Thanks :)

Jennifer wrote: "I am reading 20 books. This list is as follows

Book: Book of Shadows
Man: A Man Called Ove
Angels: Angels Fall
Watch: Watchers
Hide: TBD
Lo..."
Don't know if you did it intentionally but you have used the word "book" twice. :)

That was intentional Bat Cat

I love you all. I haven't had to look for the words....Now just look for books. Thank you all.

Remember Pat I found Bum in the list.... what book you reading for that?

I'll add in The City & the City for my final book, just wondering can anyone recommend a book with viper in the title. Anything I've looked up is something seedy lol

How about Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind

Pat wrote: "I love you all. I haven't had to look for the words....Now just look for books. Thank you all."

Pat, that wasn't quite the idea! :-)

How about Legionary: Viper of the North Seraphina?

Anyone going to read a book for the word FEZ? Ha!

Gidget wrote: "Anyone going to read a book for the word FEZ? Ha!"

A House in Fez by Suzanna Clarke looks like my sort of thing. Nonfiction about renovating a property in Morocco.

Sorry Paul. Jason's naughtiness plus a glass of wine encouraged it. Great challenge, now sober.

Paul wrote: "Pat wrote: "I love you all. I haven't had to look for the words....Now just look for books. Thank you all."

Pat, that wasn't quite the idea! :-)

How about [book:Legionary: Viper of the North|1614..."
That's a good idea, Gordon Doherty is a top bloke.

Pat wrote: "Sorry Paul. Jason's naughtiness plus a glass of wine encouraged it. Great challenge, now sober."

Typical, using the Jason/alcohol excuse again. :)

0/33

Book:
Book: The Book of Speculation
Viper: Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind
Hunter: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Dark: The Hunter of the Dark
Woman: The Woman in White
Man: Invisible Man
Spy: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Night: Tender Is the Night / Night Film
Child: Midnight's Children
Beach: The Beach
Watch: Watchmen
Name: The Name of the Rose
Sword: The Sword Of The Templars
Castle: The Glass Castle
Secret: The Secret Garden
City:
Ship: Watership Down
Silence:
Heart: The Death of the Heart
Hide:
Summer:
Island:
Light:
Twin:
Lost:
Make:
Wind:
Winter:
Map:
Music:
How:
War:

I'm going to go for the full 33 books. My books chosen so far are:

Man: The Old Man and the Sea
Name: The Story of a New Name ✔️
Child: The Story of the Lost Child
Twin: The Ice Twins
Secret: Most Secret
Ship: The Ship of Brides
War: War and Peace
Wind: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Viper: The Viper ✔️

It's a good one though, Jason. Isn't it?

I'm in for 11 of 33.

Man: Don Quixote
Name: The Story of a New Name
Book: The Jungle Book
And: The Master and Margarita
And: Pride and Prejudice
Woman: The Woman in White
Lost: Lost Horizon
Low: Seiobo There Below
Who: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
City: A Tale of Two Cities
Child: The Story of the Lost Child

I hope all of these qualify. If anyone should find something wrong with any of the picks, please let me know. Also, are alternatives allowed in this challenge?

All except the first one, as that doesn't have strictly have 'man' in the title. Have as many alternatives as you wish

I'm going to start with 10 and see how I get on. Here's the first few I've picked out.

Heart: The Penny Heart
Child: The Snow Child
Land: Orlando
CityCity of the Mind
WinterMrs de Winter
BookA Winter Book
Island Treasured Island: A Book Lover's Tour of Britain

All except the last one from my existing shelf/kindle as I'm trying to clear the backlog!

Paul wrote: "All except the first one, as that doesn't have strictly have 'man' in the title. Have as many alternatives as you wish"
Doesn't the subtitle "The Man of La Mancha" apply?

Bat-Cat wrote: Doesn't the subtitle "The Man of La Mancha" apply?"

In that case yes!

Paul wrote: "Bat-Cat wrote: Doesn't the subtitle "The Man of La Mancha" apply?"

In that case yes!"

Yeah!!! Thanks!!!

I am so excited to get started on this year of reading. And, I am thrilled about the alternatives - I have thought of a lot of books that fit this challenge that I really want to read. Oh, to have more hours in each day just for reading.

Paul wrote: "Bat-Cat wrote: Doesn't the subtitle "The Man of La Mancha" apply?"

In that case yes!"

Ah, if subtitles are permitted that adds a whole new dimension :)

Sooz888 wrote: "Paul wrote: "Bat-Cat wrote: Doesn't the subtitle "The Man of La Mancha" apply?"

In that case yes!"

Ah, if subtitles are permitted that adds a whole new dimension :)"

I seem to have opened Pandora's Box!?!?! The sky's the limit.

Paul, I noticed on your Book Hunter shelf that you have shelved From the Earth to the Moon. I can't find Earth or Moon anywhere in the word find, and no one else has posted them as finds yet. It's driving me mental! Is one of them definitely in there? (Sorry about the shelf stalking...)

That was probably done in error Anika. Feel free to shelf stalk as much as you like!

Thanks Paul!

HERE'S MY LIST WITH LOTS OF ALTERNATIVES: (11/33)
(links to these books are in message # 27)

Man: Don Quixote - The Man of La Mancha
Name: The Story of a New Name
Book: The Jungle Book
And: The Master and Margarita
And: Pride and Prejudice
Woman: The Woman in White
Lost: Lost Horizon
Low: Seiobo There Below
Who: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
City: A Tale of Two Cities
Child: The Story of the Lost Child

ALTERNATIVES:

Wind: The Shadow of the Wind
Sand: Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand
Watch: Go Set a Watchman
Ship: The Fellowship of the Ring
Angel: The Angel's Game
Child: The Children's Book
Dark: His Dark Materials
Bit: The Hobbit
Island: Treasure Island
War: War and Peace
City: The City & the City
Silence: Silence
Web: Charlotte's Web
And: Crime and Punishment
Leg: Leg Over Leg: Volume One
Book: The Gray Notebook
Our: Our Souls at Night
Music: A Dance to the Music of Time: 1st Movement
Lost: In Search of Lost Time
Child: The Snow Child
Silence: Silence of the Heart: Dialogues with Robert Adams
Light: Lessons From The Light
Heart: Forests of the Heart
Book: The Graveyard Book
Woman: The French Lieutenant's Woman
Wind: The Name of the Wind
Book: The Book Thief

Many good titles in you list, Bat-Cat. Don Quixote, The Hobbit, Pride a Prejudice, and The shadow of the wind were 5 stars for me.

I am going for 17 books. I found more than 33 words but I really want to read books I own this year and am trying to fit these words into books I own.
Going with -

1. BOOK - The Book Thief
2. WIND - The Scorching Wind
3. ANGEL - California Angel
4. AND - Oscar And Lucinda
5. NIGHT - The Friday Night Knitting Club
6. WOMAN - The French Lieutenant's Woman
7. SECRET - the secret history of cults
8. BEACH - The Beach House
9. WAR - The War of the Worlds
10. SUMMER - The Summer Guest
11. WINTER - The Winter of Our Discontent
12. MAN - The Man Who Made Husbands Jealous
13. ART - Take Art
14. FAN - Lady Windermere's Fan
15. CASTLE - DOUBTING CASTLE
16. MUSIC - Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, Boys, Boys
17. CITY -A Tale of Two Cities

I'm going with 10 books, and here are some of my options. I'll probably update this list many times since I'm not good at sticking at a plan.

Day -14 Days to Die
Sand - Sand Queen
Silence - The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
Man - The Illustrated Man
Wind / Name- The Name of the Wind
Lost - The Lost Quilter
Angel -The City of Falling Angels
City - City of Women OR City of Thieves
Secret - The Secret River
Silver - The Silver Mist
Map - A Map of the World
War - Girl at War
Winter - Winter Garden

Sandra wrote: "Many good titles in you list, Bat-Cat. Don Quixote, The Hobbit, Pride a Prejudice, and The shadow of the wind were 5 stars for me."

Ruth wrote: "I am going for 17 books. I found more than 33 words but I really want to read books I own this year and am trying to fit these words into books I own.
Going with -

Thank you!!!
1. BOOK - [book:The Book Thief|..."

Sandra wrote: "I'm going with 10 books, and here are some of my options. I'll probably update this list many times since I'm not good at sticking at a plan.

Day -14 Days to Die
Sand - [book:Sand ..."

I like a lot of your books - some are new to me but they look very interesting. Happy reading, it won't be long now. :)"

Ruth wrote: "I am going for 17 books. I found more than 33 words but I really want to read books I own this year and am trying to fit these words into books I own.
Going with -

1. BOOK - [book:The Book Thief|..."

I completely agree! Trying to clear out some of the backlog this year!

They will count for the Dusty Shelf challenge too then Gidget

Gidget wrote: "Here is my book list for the challenge so far. I found a lot more than 33 words and will update as needed.

I am going for 22/33.

Beach - Brazzaville Beach
Book -
Castle - [book:Cas..."

I read Gone With The Wind this year...it was worth the effort, a surprisingly easy read !

I'm so excited to do this challenge and hopefully break from my "comfort book" habit that followed me through 2015. Here's my list of 20:
Day: The Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West
Row: Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Wind: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (reading aloud to baby counts right?)
Book: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Man: The Old Man and The Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Were: Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler (not sure if the word “were” counts)
Sand: Whispers in the Sand by Barbara Erskine
Map: The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif
Woman: The Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Silence: Eloquent Silence by Sandra Brown
Pie: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Loaf: White Bread: A Social History of the Store-Bought Loaf by Aaron Bobrow-Strain
War: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy OR Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War by Karen Abbott
Secret: Gideon’s Spies: The Inside Story of Israel’s Legendary Secret Service The Mossad by Gordon Thomas
Mesh: Mesh by Ken Coffman
Winter: The Winter People by Jennifer McMahon
Beach: Beach Town by Mary Kay Andrews (ok maybe 1 comfort book!)
Angel: Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah
Watch: The Night Watch by Sarah Waters
Spy: The Spy by James Fenimore Cooper

I've only committed to 12 books but this is my anticipated list:

1. Man: Illustrated Man - Bradbury
2. Woman: Woman in the Dunes - Abe
3. Sand: House of Sand and Fog - Dubus
4. Music: Dirt Music - Winton
5. Day: Day of the Owl - Sciascia
6. Silence: Silence and the Roar - Siress
7. Name: Name of the Rose - Eco
8. Lost: Little Boy Lost - Laski
9. Dark: Man in the Dark - Auster
10. Lace: Real Lace - Birmingham
11. Word: N***er: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word - Kennedy
12. Wind: The Wind Changes - Manning
13. Silver: The Devil in Silver - LaValle
14. Angel: Black Wings Has My Angel - Chaze
15. Beach: The Rose Petal Beach - Koomson
16. Castle: In the Castle of My Skin - Lamming
17. Dew: Dew Breakers - Danticat
18. Heart: The True Heart - Townsend Warner
19. Hunter: The Hunter - Julia Leigh
20. Island: Island Beneath the Sea - Allende
21. Light: Travel Light - Mitchison
22. Land: The Land Breakers - Ehle

I am going to commit to 10 books, but will have alternates as well.
1. Book: The Book of Strange New Things
2. Dark: Beautiful Darkness
3. Child: As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece
4. Wind: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
5. Woman: The Secret History of Wonder Woman
6. Man: The First Bad Man
7. Name: The Story of a New Name
8. Night: Last Night in Montreal
9. Makes: Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl
10. Castle: I Capture the Castle
11. Mat: Stone Mattress: Nine Tales
12. Spy: A Spy in the House of Love
13. Light: All the Light We Cannot See
14. Pie:The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
15. How: How to Be Both
16. Hunter: The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
17. Watch: The Night Watch
18. Secret: The Secret Garden

Daena wrote: "I am going to commit to 10 books, but will have alternates as well.
1. Book: The Book of Strange New Things
2. Dark: Beautiful Darkness
3. Child: [book:As Always, J..."

You have some really nice books on this list. Hope you have a great time reading them.