2025 Reading Challenge discussion

The Secret Language of Flowers
Duration: 1 May - 31 May, 2021

Many flowers, trees and herbs have a symbolic meaning. For this challenge you can read books with themes that match different plants. You can choose prompts from the list below, but may also add your own.

Amaryllis: Pride
Angelica: Inspiration
Bay: Glory
Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Carnation: Women
Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage
Fern: Magic
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength
Parsley: Festivity
Rhododendron: Danger
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

This challenge was created and will be led by Carmen. Thank you!

🌼He loves me, he loves me not...🌼
🌼She loves me, she loves me not... 🌼

Hola, lovely people!!!
Are you ready to learn the language of flowers? 💐
Each species symbolizes something different, the color of the flower is also very important. Pay close attention to every detail so as not to go wrong!
Pick out the plants that best express what you want to say and let me know your selection!
Have a lot of fun!!! Flower Power!!!✌🌼

For more inspiration.

🍃💐🌱🌸🌲💮🌳🏵🌴🌹🌵🥀🌾🌺🌿🌻☘🌼🍀🌷🍁⚘🍂

“With freedom, flowers, books, and the moon, who could not be perfectly happy?”
― Oscar Wilde, De Profundis

Updating your progress
When posting your progress, please include your original (sign-up) message number plus the current progress using the format below:

Update to msg #xx: books read/books pledged

If you decide to drop out of the challenge, please don’t delete your original sign-up post. Just update and let me know. Thanks!

💚Green thumb
Alison
Allie
Alyana
Amy
Ashleigh
Beverly
Bobbi
Carmen
CrazyAsACupcake
D.L. (msg#7): 0/4
eatsleepreadreview
Elizabeth
Emma
Gretchen
Jaida (msg#45): 0/4
Jennifer
Katy
Kylie (msg#25): 0/5
Lynn
Megan
Mie
Nicole
Rachael
Rebecca
Regina
Sahira
Sarah
Sue
Sunny
Suzanne
TerryJane
Theresa
URBrain (msg#49): 0/20
Ushashi
Ziggy

👩‍🌾Gardener
Bobbi (msg#41): 1/7
eatsleepreadreview (msg#26): 2/6
Megan (msg#46): 1/2
Rebecca (msg#29): 17/20


💐Floriographer
Alison (msg#42): 9/7 💐
Allie (msg#27): 7/4 💐
Alyana (msg#6): 8/4 💐
Amy (msg#43): 6/4 💐
Ashleigh (msg#63): 4/2 💐
Beverly (msg#18): 10/10 💐
Carmen (msg#3): 27/24 💐
CrazyAsACupcake (msg#20): 4/4 💐
Elizabeth (msg#35): 5/5 💐
Emma (msg#10): 10/10 💐
Gretchen (msg#56): 3/3 💐
Jennifer (msg#36): 25/25💐
Katy (msg#60): 2/2 💐
Lynn (msg#22): 8/3 💐
Mie (msg#13): 4/3 💐
Nicole (msg#47): 12/5 💐
Rachael (msg#15): 4/4 💐
Regina (msg#14): 6/6 💐
Sahira (msg#30): 6/3 💐
Sarah (msg#17): 3/3 💐
Sue (msg#72): 4/4 💐
Sunny (msg#28): 2/2 💐
Suzanne (msg#44): 7/2 💐
TerryJane (msg#23): 26/20 💐
Theresa (msg#4): 2/2 💐
Ushashi (msg#11): 4/4 💐
Ziggy (msg#8): 3/3 💐

Hola!
Let's speak Flora! ✌🌼

PROGRESS: 27/24💐
❎Amaryllis: Pride
❎Belladona: Silence
❎Black-eyed Susan: Justice
❎Carnation: Women
❎Chamomile: Patience in adversity
❎White chrysanthemum: Truth
❎Clematis: Poverty
❎Purple columbine: Resolution
❎Dill: Powerful against evil
❎Fern: Magic
❎Forget-me-not: Do not forget me
❎Hazel: Reconciliation
❎Heliotrope: Devotion
❎Honeysuckle: Bonds of love
❎Yellow hyacinth: Jealousy
❎Lily of the valley: Pure love
❎Magnolia: Love of nature
❎Marigold: Despair
❎Nasturtium: Patriotism
❎Parsley: Festivity
❎Rhododendron: Danger
❎Rose: Love
❎Dark crimson rose: Mourning
❎Snapdragon: Deception
❎Red tulip: Passion
❎Violet: Loyalty
❎Willow: Sadness

I would like to sign up for 2 books. Progress: 2/2


✔1. Iris: A message The Chance (05/31/2021)
✔2. Magnolia: Love of Nature The World of the Hummingbird (05/15/2021)

Theresa wrote: "I would like to sign up for 2 books. Progress: 0/2


1. Iris: A message The Chance
2. Magnolia: Love of Nature The World of the Hummingbird"

Welcome Theresa! 🌹

“The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.”
― Walt Disney Company, Mulan

I would like to sign up for 4 books. Thank you!

Put me down for 3 books please!

Progress: 0/3

Magic: Witch Is How To Find Your Magic
Joy of youth: Camp Club Girls & the Mystery at Discovery Lake
Love: Get a Life, Chloe Brown

Welcome: Alyana, D.L., and Ziggy!!! 🌹🌹🌹

“If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.”
― Alfred Tennyson

Can I sign up for 10 please?

Amaryllis: Pride
✅Angelica: Inspiration
The Complete ElfQuest, Volume One May 1st
Bay: Glory
✅Black-eyed Susan: Justice The 13th Witch 4 May
✅Carnation: Women Behind the Scenes at the Museum
✅Dhalia: Good taste Flying Too High 1st May
Edelweiss: Courage
✅Fern: Magic The Night Raven 5 May
Heliotrope: Devotion
✅Hyacinth: Sport, game, play Firekeeper's Daughter 6 May
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
✅Magnolia: Love of nature Magic Lessons May 6
Nasturtium: Patriotism
✅Oak: Strength LaRose 8 May
Parsley: Festivity
✅Rhododendron: Danger The Second Mrs Thistlewood 9 May
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
✅Willow: Sadness Yesternight May 7

Hey Carmen, sign me up for 4, please.

Progress: 4/4 Completed

1) Red Poppy - War and remembrance (Half of a Yellow Sun)
2) Rose - Love (The Song of Achilles)
3) Carnation - Women (Equal Rites)
4) Edelweiss- Courage (The Hunger Games

Welcome Emma and Ushashi!! 🌹🌹

“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.”
― A.A. Milne

Hi Carmen, please sign me up for 3 books 🤗

4/3 - COMPLETE ✔️

📗 Rhododendron: Danger - The Silver Pigs
📗 Nasturtium: Patriotism - Assassin's Quest
📗 Fern: Magic - Death Masks
📗 Carnation: Women - Tears of the Giraffe

6/6 completed

🌼 Bluebell: Loyalty The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
🌼Lotus: Purity Black Narcissus
🌼Daisy: Innocence The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
🌼Willow: Sadness When the Emperor Was Divine
🌼Gardenia: Family Missing, Presumed
🌼Bird's-foot trefoil: Revenge The Plot

Please sign me up for four books. 💐

COMPLETED: 4/4

✔️ 🌿 Fern: Magic: A Natural History of Dragons finished 13 May, ⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ 💮 Lilac: Joy of youth: Lost Boy finished 1 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ 🌺 Rhododendron: Danger: Divergent finished 23 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review
✔️ 🌹Rose: Love: As Old As Time finished 16 May, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ with review

Welcome: Mie, Regina, and Rachael!!!🌹🌹🌹

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.”
― William Blake, Auguries of Innocence

Sign me up for 3 books

3/3-COMPLETED

✅Carnation: Women-The Princess Saves Herself in This One
✅Edelweiss: Courage-The Tortoise & the Hare(29/5/21)
✅Hyacinth: Sport, game, play-Fence, Vol. 1(29/5/21)

I will sign up for 10 books...5 that will fit your floral prompts and my personal challenge of 5 books with the word Flora in the title. 10/10

1. Broken by Jenny Lawson
Clematis--Mental Beauty FINISHED 5/4

2. War Horse by Michael Morpurgo
Violet--Loyalty, devotion, faithfulness FINISHED 5/5

3. The Sword of Gabriel: Ten Days on Earth by Tom Holloway
Thyme--Courage, Strength FINISHED 5/5

4. Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
Begonia--Beware, Dark Thoughts FINISHED 5/7

5. The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera
Coriander--Hidden Worth/Merit FINISHED 5/11

6. Flora by Gail Godwin FINISHED 5/5

7. Flora Segunda by Ysabeau S. Wilce FINISHED 5/9

8. Flora and Grace by Maureen Lee FINISHED 5/14

9. The One Memory of Flora Banks by Emily Barr FINISHED 5/20

10. Flora's Dare by Ysabeau S. Wilce FINISHED 5/20

Welcome Sarah and Beverly!!🌹🌹

“Emotional illiterates, who don’t recognize the sound of a broken heart, will never be able to hear the subtle vibrations of love reverberating through the rustling flora of life. ("Love as dizzy as a cathedral”)”
― Erik Pevernagie

I'd like to sign up for 4, please :D

4/4

Amaryllis: Pride
Angelica: Inspiration
Bay: Glory
❤️Black-eyed Susan: Justice - If We Were Villains
Carnation: Women
Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage
🧡Fern: Magic - The Girl Who Reads on the Métro
💛Heliotrope: Devotion - Shine
💚Hyacinth: Sport, game, play - Haikyu!!, Vol. 12
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength
Parsley: Festivity
💙Rhododendron: Danger - Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

CrazyAsACupcake wrote: "I'd like to sign up for 4, please :D"

Welcome! 🌹

“You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.”
― Pablo Neruda

The Secret Language of Flowers
Duration: 1 May - 31 May, 2021

Many flowers, trees and herbs have a symbolic meaning. For this challenge you can read books with themes that match different plants. You can choose prompts from the list below, but may also add your own.

3/3 as of May 9
I will keep adding to this...
14 as of May 30

❌Amaryllis: Pride
Anyone But You by Jennifer Crusie
Nina almost allowed her "pride" to ruin any chances of a healthy relationship with Alex.
May 27 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Angelica: Inspiration
Artificial Condition (The Murderbot Diaries #2) by Martha Wells
May 29 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Bay: Glory

❌Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Whose Body? (Lord Peter Wimsey #1) by Dorothy L. Sayers
May 16 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Carnation: Women

❌Dhalia: Good taste
The Idiot Girl and the Flaming Tantrum of Death: Reflections on Revenge, Germophobia, and Laser Hair Removal by Laurie Notaro
Most readers might not consider these stories to be in "good taste"!
May 30 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌1. Edelweiss: Courage
Ender's Game (Ender's Saga #1) by Orson Scott Card
May 2 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Fern: Magic
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The "Magic" did it!
May 26 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Heliotrope: Devotion
The Black Stallion (The Black Stallion #1) by Walter Farley
May 29 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
A War of Gifts (Ender's Sage #1.1) by Orson Scott Card
May 30 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Iris: a message
Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn
May 23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature

❌Nasturtium: Patriotism
Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha (Mrs. Pollifax #7) by Dorothy Gilman
May 22 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Oak: Strength
The Handsome Man's Deluxe Café (No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency #15) by Alexander McCall Smith
May 10 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Parsley: Festivity
Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai
May 9 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Rhododendron: Danger
Djinn Patrol on the Purple Line by Deepa Anappara
May 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
❌Rose: Love
Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
May 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Sunflower: Adoration

❌Willow: Sadness
The Bookshop at Water's End by Patti Callahan Henry
Through immense sadness and upset, hope and fortitude prevail.
May 30 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS - Monthly Challenge
Duration: May 1 - May 31, 2021
Progress: 26/20

Many flowers, trees and herbs have a symbolic meaning. For this challenge you can read books with themes that match different plants. You can choose prompts from the list below, but may also add your own.

💐 Hyacinth, white: loveliness, prayers for someone
My Journey to Heaven: What I Saw and How It Changed My Life

💐 Nasturtium: patriotism
A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties

💐 Savory: spice, interest
Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials

💐 Camellia: perfected loveliness
If I Had Your Face

💐 Iris: a message
Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation

💐 Rhododendron: danger, beware
The White Mirror

💐 Abatina: fickleness
The Orchid Thief: A True Story of Beauty and Obsession

💐 Rose, yellow: jealousy, infidelity
Silver Sparrow

💐 Carnation, red: alas for my poor heart, my heart aches
Secrets of a Charmed Life

💐 Zinnia, burgundy: lasting affection
Hello, Summer

💐 Aloe: affection, grief
Ordinary Grace

💐 Rue: grace, clear vision
Black Rednecks and White Liberals

💐 Fern: magic, sincerity, bonds of love
The Ten Thousand Doors of January

💐 Southernwood: constancy, jest
From The Foster House To The White House

💐 Crab blossom: ill nature
Magpie Murders

💐 Valerian: readiness
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

💐 Hollyhock: ambition
Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression

💐 Sage: wisdom
City of Ink

💐 Zinnia, mixed: thoughts of absent friends
Monday's Not Coming

💐 Edelweiss: courage, devotion
The Breadwinner

💐 Snapdragon: deception, graciousness
Where There's Smoke

💐 Magnolia: love of nature
Larger Than Life

💐 Lotus Flower: self-regeneration, rebirth
A Killer Cupcake

💐 Begonia: beware, dark thoughts
The Rats in the Walls

💐 Marigold: despair, cruelty, grief or jealousy
Wreck the Halls

💐 Foxglove: insincerity
Unhinged

Welcome Lynn and TerryJane!!🌹🌹

“Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder.”
― Rumi

I'm in! I'll aim for a bouquet of 5.

Amaryllis: Pride
Angelica: Inspiration
Bay: Glory
Black-eyed Susan: Justice
Carnation: Women
Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage
Fern: Magic
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength
Parsley: Festivity
Rhododendron: Danger
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

I would like to sign up for 6 please:

2/6

Carnation - Women: 15th Affair
Edelweiss - Courage: Song of Susannah
Fern - Magic: The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (Completed)
Hyacinth - Sport, Game, Play: Catching Fire (Completed)
Rhododendron - Danger: Hellbent
Willow - Sadness: A Storm of Swords

I would like to try for 4
7/4
Amaryllis: Pride
✔️Angelica: Inspiration Meditations
Bay: Glory
✔️Black-eyed Susan: Justice Cold Mourning
✔️Carnation: Women A Thousand Ships
✔️Dahlia: Good taste Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
✔️Edelweiss: Courage Journey to Munich
Fern: Magic
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
✔️Magnolia: Love of nature New Hampshire
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength
Parsley: Festivity
✔️Rhododendron: Danger The Fifth Woman
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

💮🌹 🌻🌼

Hi Carmen 👒

Put me down for 2 please:

🌹Willow - Sadness: The Day Kennedy Was Shot
🌹Carnation - Women: Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child

Progress: 2/2

Completed!

Sign me up for twenty, please. I'm going to try to hit all the prompts on the list, but may substitute a couple out for ideas of my own.

Message #29

Progress: 17/20

Amaryllis: Pride Everything Inside
Angelica: Inspiration - On Writers and Writing
Bay: Glory - The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Black-eyed Susan: Justice - A Living Alternative: Anabaptist Christianity in a Post-Christendom World
Carnation: Women - The Downstairs Girl
Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage - Starfish
Fern: Magic Hour of the Witch
Heliotrope: Devotion - A Good Old-Fashioned Cowboy
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
Iris: a message - Well Played
Lilac: Joy of youth - Home Remedies
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism In the Country
Oak: Strength The Lightest Object in the Universe
Parsley: Festivity A Lucky Man
Rhododendron: Danger - How to Steal a Dog
Rose: Love - Neanderthal Seeks Human
Sunflower: Adoration Aunt Dimity's Death
Willow: Sadness Still Life

I'm in for 3! Thanks!

Welcome: Kylie, eatsleepreadreview, Allie, Sunny, Rebecca, and Sahira!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Ziggy wrote: "I will sign up for 3 books. Thank you.

0/3

Edelweiss: Courage. The Tower of Nero
Rhododendron: Danger. The Ten Thousand Doors of January - I’m not sure if it fits ..."

The Ten Thousand Doors of January is wonderful. Yes, there's a hint of danger through her journey. Enjoy!

Carmen wrote: "Welcome: Kylie, eatsleepreadreview, Allie, Sunny, Rebecca, and Sahira!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house o..."

Love this quote! (Mine will be the hand-made shoes :-) )

I would like to sign up for 5 please . Thank you !😀

I would like to sign up for 25 - thanks 🙂

Updated message 15: 1/4

Welcome Elizabeth and Jennifer!!🌹🌹

I love you as the plant that never blooms
but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers;
thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance,
risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body.
― Pablo Neruda

Rachael wrote: "Updated message 15: 1/4"

Congrats Rachael, you're our first gardener! 👩‍🌾

Update to message #10
2/10

I'll sign up for... 7

Progress 6/7

Amaryllis: Pride
Angelica: Inspiration
Bay: Glory
Black-eyed Susan: Justice Road Rage 🌺🌺🌺
Carnation: Women
Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage - The Accident 🌺🌺
Fern: Magic The Last Dragonslayer 🌺🌺🌺
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
Iris: a message
Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength The Forest of Hands and Teeth 🌺🌺🌺🌺
Parsley: Festivity
Rhododendron: Danger Kill Me Softly 🌺🌺🌺
Rose: Love
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness The Midnight Library 🌺🌺

Carmen, What a Fun Challenge!
I would like to join for 7 books, please!

9/7 books read as of 5/27/2021...**Completed**

Amaryllis: Pride
Angelica: Inspiration
Bay: Glory
√ Black-eyed Susan: Justice...A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder
√ Carnation: Women....The Mercies
Dhalia: Good taste
√ Edelweiss: Courage...The Alice Network
√ Fern: Magic.... A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play
√ Iris: a message...Iris also stands for HOPE which I would place the following book under: The Book of Unknown Americans
Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism
Oak: Strength
Parsley: Festivity
√ Rhododendron: Danger....Wolves of the Calla
√ Rose: Love...Life's Too Short
Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

***Additional Flowers added***
√ Sweet Pea: A Journey or Travel...Pawn of Prophecy
√ Snapdragon: Deception...Blanche on the Lam

I will go for 4 please!

6/4-- Challenge Complete!

1. Snapdragon: Deception/Deviousness and Strength-- Best in Show
2. Rose: Love-- Times Square
3. Fern: Magic-- Miss Frost Solves A Cold Case
4. Black-eyed Susan: Justice-- Their Last Breath
5. Rhododendron: Danger-- Murder 101
6. Iris: A Message-- A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy

2021 Reading Challenge
May - The Secret Language of Flowers
Duration: 1 May - 31 May, 2021

Progress: 7 out of 7+

Many flowers, trees and herbs have a symbolic meaning. For this challenge you can read books with themes that match different plants. You can choose prompts from the list below, but may also add your own.

Amaryllis: Pride

Angelica: Inspiration:
Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou by Maya Angelou - ***** - 5/13/2021 - 128 Pages

Bay: Glory

Black-eyed Susan: Justice:
Isabellae Volume 2 by Raule - ***** - 5/8/2021 - 152 Pages

Carnation: Women:
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout - ***** - 5/11/2021 - 286 Pages

Dhalia: Good taste
Edelweiss: Courage
Fern: Magic
Heliotrope: Devotion
Hyacinth: Sport, game, play

Iris: A Message:
Unlearn: 101 Simple Truths for a Better Life by Humble the Poet - *** - 5/5/2021 - 320 Pages

Lilac: Joy of youth
Magnolia: Love of nature
Nasturtium: Patriotism

Oak: Strength:
Broken by Jenny Lawson - ***** - 5/1/2021 - 288 Pages

Parsley: Festivity

Rhododendron: Danger
Venus in the Blind Spot by Junji Ito - *** - 5/29/2021 - 272 Pages

Rose: Love:
I'd Rather Be Reading: The Delights and Dilemmas of the Reading Life by Anne Bogel - ***** - 5/4/2021 - 156 Pages

Sunflower: Adoration
Willow: Sadness

hi, sign me up for 4 books!

1. Lilies - The ​Crown of Gilded Bones
2. daisies - The Darkest Minds
3. roses - Murder on the Orient Express
4. iris -Clockwork Princess

Hi, sign me up for 2 please!

Update: 1/2 completed

1 Rhododendron Danger, beware
2 Dill Powerful against evil

I'm in for 5!

Rose: Love- If You Ask Me
Edelweiss: Courage- Attack on Titan, Vol. 26
Oak: Strength- Attack on Titan, Vol. 25
Nasturtium: Patriotism- Attack on Titan, Vol. 28
Fern: Magic- Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 1
Amaryllis: Pride- Bleach (3-in-1 Edition), Vol. 13: Includes vols. 37, 38 39
Willow: Sadness- Robin
Carnation: Women- Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family
Dhalia: Good taste- Little Book of Jewish Sweets
Iris: a message- Can I Touch Your Hair? Poems of Race, Mistakes, and Friendship
Rhododendron: Danger- Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Blinding Darkness
Heliotrope: Devotion- Retrain Your Brain: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in 7 Weeks: A Workbook for Managing Depression and Anxiety

Goal Met So Far: 12/5

Emma wrote: "Update to message #10
2/10"

What a great start, Emma! 🌷

What a great Mayday challenge I would like to sign up for the whole lot of 20 ;) thanks

Welcome: Bobbi, Alison, Amy, Suzanne, Jaida, Megan, and Nicole!!! 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

“Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.”
― Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

Kylie wrote: "Love this quote! (Mine will be the hand-made shoes :-) ..." 👍😄

Amaryllis- Pride
🌺🌺🌺-pride by Ibi Zoboi
Angelica - inspiration
🌺🌺🌺- Resistance by Tori Amos
Bay- Glory
🌺🌺🌺 things they carried - Tim O’Brien
Black eyed Susan - Justice
🌺🌺🌺 Just Mercy - Bryan Stevenson
Carnation- women
🌺🌺🌺 backlash - Susan faludi
Or Sula by Toni Morrison
Dhalia- Good taste
🌺🌺🌺 Julie and Julia or maya angelou cookbook
Edelweiss- courage
🌺🌺🌺 Know my name - Chanel Miller
Fern- magic
🌺🌺🌺 Ten Thousand doors of January by Alix e harrow
Heliotrope - devotion
🌺🌺🌺Love in the time of cholera