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message 1: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (last edited Jan 02, 2023 08:11PM) (new)

Renee M | 4791 comments Mod
๐ŸŒˆ This will run all year. The template has 12 color categories.

๐ŸŒˆ You can make this more or less challenging by either finding books with a predominate color as part of the cover (easier) or by trying to find books that actually have a color word in the title (harder).

๐ŸŒˆ Use your judgement on colors. Blue could be aquamarine or Navy. Red could be scarlet or carnelian. Etc.

๐ŸŒˆ For Color/Colour, you can do anything that makes sense to you. Examples might be...
1) your favorite color
2) the word โ€œcolorโ€ in the title
3) a rainbow on the cover
4) something color-related, like "palette" or "clarity"

P. S. If you want to show your rainbow, you can link the covers by clicking โ€œadd book/authorโ€ from above the comment box, then choosing โ€œcoverโ€ rather than โ€œlinkโ€ at the bottom of the pop-up menu. For example:

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell The Color Purple by Alice Walker


message 2: by Renee, Mistress of the Mini-Challenge (new)

Renee M | 4791 comments Mod
Rainbow Challenge Template ๐ŸŒˆ

Red:
Orange:
Yellow:
Green:
Blue/Indigo:
Purple/Violet:

Pink:
Gray:
White:
Black:
Brown:
Color/Colour:


message 3: by ChronicallyReading (last edited Mar 15, 2023 01:23PM) (new)

ChronicallyReading | 18 comments Red: The Gentleman's Book of Vices (Lucky Lovers of London, #1) by Jess Everlee A Short History of Queer Women by Kirsty Loehr
Orange: Misery by Stephen King
Yellow: Summer Knight (The Dresden Files, #4) by Jim Butcher Death Masks (The Dresden Files, #5) by Jim Butcher
Green: The Vicious Vet (Agatha Raisin, #2) by M.C. Beaton
Blue/Indigo: When No One Is Watching by Alyssa Cole Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, #2) by Jim Butcher Sorry, Bro by Taleen Voskuni
Purple/Violet: Only Bad Options (Galactic Bonds, #1) by Jennifer Estep

Pink: The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden Gwen and Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Gray: Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2) by Stephen King
White: The Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse The Lost Village by Camilla Sten
Black: And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Brown: Book of Dreams by Kevin Craig Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) by Jim Butcher Grave Peril (The Dresden Files, #3) by Jim Butcher
Color/Colour:


message 4: by Cindy (BKind2Books) (last edited Apr 19, 2023 12:24PM) (new)


message 5: by Chrissie (last edited Mar 27, 2024 01:03AM) (new)

Chrissie (haru_ran) | 64 comments Finished: 2024/03/22

counting two for each

โœ“ Red:
Carrie by Stephen King Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs (Eckstein #1) by Pascale Quiviger
โœ“ Orange:
Ingenium Das erste Rรคtsel by Danielle Trussoni Ein Zeichen der Zuneigung 02 by Suu Morishita
โœ“ Yellow:
Lichte Tage by Sarah Winman Love, Creekwood by Becky Albertalli
โœ“ Green:
Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie Ilias by Homer
โœ“ Blue/Indigo:
The First to Die at the End (Death-Cast, #0) by Adam Silvera Das Sanatorium (Detective Elin Warner, #1) by Sarah Pearse
โœ“ Purple/Violet:
Everlove - Bis รผbers Ende dieser Welt hinaus by Tanya Byrne Der Sturm in meinem Herzen (Vega, #2) by Marion Perko

โœ“ Pink:
No God in Eden 02 by Yuma Ichinose Warte auf mich in Udagawa by Hideyoshico
โœ“ Gray:
Schreikind (Drosten & Sommer, #14) by Marcus Hรผnnebeck What if we Drown (What If, #1) by Sarah Sprinz
โœ“ White:
Vor dem Fest by Saลกa Staniลกiฤ‡ Verschwiegen (Forbidden Iceland, #1) by Eva Bjรถrg ร†gisdรณttir
โœ“ Black:
Die Nacht gehรถrt den Schatten Norwegen-Thriller by Daniela Arnold P.S. Ich tรถte dich 13 Zehn-Minuten-Thriller by Sebastian Fitzek
โœ“ Brown:
Die รœberlebenden by Alex Schulman Feldpost by Mechtild Borrmann
โœ“ Color/Colour:
Der Inselmann by Dirk Gieselmann Einsteins Hirn by Franzobel


message 6: by Kim (last edited Jun 20, 2023 04:00PM) (new)

Kim | 20 comments Red: A Line To Kill (Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery, #3) by Anthony Horowitz
Orange:
Yellow: The London Sรฉance Society by Sarah Penner 5/31
Green: The Last Graduate (The Scholomance, #2) by Naomi Novik 4/28
Blue/Indigo: The Hawthorne Legacy (The Inheritance Games, #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes 1/16
Purple/Violet: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner 6/19

Pink:
Gray:
White: The Dead List by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Black: A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) by Naomi Novik 1/19
Brown:
Color/Colour:


message 7: by Mary Anne (last edited May 27, 2023 08:16AM) (new)

Mary Anne (maryanneclement) | 253 comments Rainbow Challenge ๐ŸŒˆ

Last Updated: 5/27/2023 COMPLETE!

๐ŸŒˆ Red: 1/26/2023
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

๐ŸŒˆ Orange: 1/22/2023
Being Texan Essays, Recipes, and Advice for the Lone Star Way of Life by Texas Monthly Press

๐ŸŒˆ Yellow: 2/28/2023
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco

๐ŸŒˆ Green: 1/3/2023
French Braid by Anne Tyler

๐ŸŒˆ Blue/Indigo: 2/19/2023
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) by Annie Dillard

๐ŸŒˆ Purple/Violet: 2/6/2023
The Boys from Biloxi by John Grisham

๐ŸŒˆ Pink: 5/26/2023
Taft by Ann Patchett

๐ŸŒˆ Gray: 3/15/2023
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

๐ŸŒˆ White: 1/24/2023
Measure What Matters by John Doerr

๐ŸŒˆ Black: 3/31/2023
The Devil in the White City Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

๐ŸŒˆ Brown: 5/4/2023
Benjamin Franklin An American Life by Walter Isaacson

๐ŸŒˆ Color/Colour: (multi-color) 5/24/2023
On the Road by Jack Kerouac



message 8: by Cosmic (new)

Cosmic Arcata | 27 comments Rainbow Challenge Template ๐ŸŒˆ

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message 9: by Hali (last edited Oct 27, 2023 03:06PM) (new)

Hali | 43 comments Rainbow Challenge Template ๐ŸŒˆ

Red: 02/01/23
Ghost Camp (Goosebumps, #45) by R.L. Stine

Orange: 26/10/23
Hidden Depths Quick Read 2020 by Ifan Morgan Jones

Yellow: 05/10/23
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella

Green: 09/07/23
A Town Called Solace by Mary Lawson

22/08/23
The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyun

Blue/Indigo: 25/01/23
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

25/07/23
Galatea by Madeline Miller

26/07/23
Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler

14/08/23
The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman

15/08/23
Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki

Purple/Violet: 22/10/23
I Want to Die But I Want to Eat Tteokbokki by Baek Se-hee

Pink: 26/02/23
George's Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl

Gray: 02/08/23
Crooked House by Agatha Christie

19/08/23
Village of Stone by Xiaolu Guo

White: 22/02/23
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts Close Encounters with Addiction by Gabor Matรฉ

06/08/23
My Name is Lucy Barton (Amgash, #1) by Elizabeth Strout

13/08/23
Oh William! (Amgash, #3) by Strout Elizabeth

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1) by Richard Osman

Black: 25/02/23
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell

25/08/23
A is for Alibi (Kinsey Millhone, #1) by Sue Grafton

Brown: 07/03/23
World War Z - An Oral History Of The Zombie War by Three Rivers Press

Color/Colour: 03/03/23
Quiet by Fearne Cotton

Completed! : 26/10/23


message 10: by Brenda (new)

Brenda | 462 comments Rainbow Challenge ๐ŸŒˆ COMPLETED 7/28

Red: White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Orange: The Blessing Way (Leaphorn & Chee #1) by Tony Hillerman
Yellow: The Banned Bookshop of Maggie Banks by Shauna Robinson
Green: The Book of Life (All Souls Trilogy, #3) by Deborah Harkness
Blue/Indigo: The Trial of Lizzie Borden by Cara Robertson
Purple/Violet: Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) by Charlaine Harris
Pink: Maya's Notebook by Isabel Allende
Gray: The German Heiress by Anika Scott
White: Twisted Palace (The Royals, #3) by Erin Watt
Black: Wife of the Gods (Darko Dawson #1) by Kwei Quartey
Brown: If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Color/Colour: Desert Star (Harry Bosch Universe, #36) by Michael Connelly


message 11: by christene_littlelibrary (last edited Aug 14, 2023 10:57AM) (new)

christene_littlelibrary (cpaulanavarro) | 33 comments Rainbow Challenge ๐ŸŒˆ
Completed: 42/#

**August books not yet added

Blue Cover
Happily Married by Victoria Jenkins Bloodmarked (Legendborn, #2) by Tracy Deonn The Fine Print (Dreamland Billionaires, #1) by Lauren Asher Sheets (Sheets, #1) by Brenna Thummler Ward D by Freida McFadden My Word Against His by Lauren North Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen Burned by Magic (The Baine Chronicles, #1) by Jasmine Walt The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q. Sutanto

Green Cover
Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves, #1) by Roshani Chokshi Terms and Conditions (Dreamland Billionaires, #2) by Lauren Asher A Crown of Ivy and Glass (The Middlemist Trilogy, #1) by Claire Legrand

Red Cover
The Wedding Day by Sue Watson The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren

Black Cover
The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica Only a Monster (Monsters, #1) by Vanessa Len Pandora by Susan Stokes-Chapman The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah Falling by T.J. Newman The Awakening (Zodiac Academy, #1) by Caroline Peckham Drowning by T.J. Newman

White Cover
The Devil Wears Scrubs by Freida McFadden

Yellow Cover
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

Pink Cover
Happy Place by Emily Henry Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Adelaide by Genevieve Wheeler Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune

Purple Cover

Orange Cover
Olga Dies Dreaming by Xรณchitl Gonzรกlez People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Sworn to Silence (Kate Burkholder, #1) by Linda Castillo

Gray Cover
Lying in the Deep by Diana Urban

Brown Cover

Colorful Cover
Again, But Better by Christine Riccio Delicates (Sheets, #2) by Brenna Thummler Paper Names by Susie Luo The Dragon's Promise (Six Crimson Cranes, #2) by Elizabeth Lim The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. Klune


message 12: by Vicky (last edited Oct 22, 2023 03:17PM) (new)

Vicky | 63 comments Not a lot left of the year but I'll do my best !
Red:American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer]โœ”
Orange:Driving ForcebyDick Francisโœ”
Yellow:The Driver's SeatbyMuriel Sparkโœ”
Green:Camino WindsbyJohn Grishamโœ”
Blue/Indigo:Death at the Auctionโœ”
Purple/Violet:SilksbyDick Francisโœ”
Pink:The Exchange: After The FirmbyJohn Grishamโœ”
Gray:The Moon's a BalloonbyDavid Nivenโœ”
White:Bring on the Empty Horsesโœ”
Black:Straightโœ”
Brown:Dead Certโœ”
Colour:Forfeitโœ”
Death at the Auction (Stamford Mysteries #1) by E.C. Bateman Camino Winds (Camino Island, #2) by John Grisham The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark Driving Force by Dick Francis The Moon's a Balloon by David Niven Bring on the Empty Horses by David Niven Straight by Dick Francis Forfeit by Dick Francis Silks by Dick Francis The Exchange (The Firm, #2) by John Grisham American Prometheus The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird

โœ…Completed 22/10/23


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