Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

Ah, the cover prompt. We love going on a little scavenger hunt through our TBR, and this is a fun one. You're looking for a book whose cover text is not black or white.

For an easier option, you can limit that to just the title being in color, or to make it more difficult, choose a book that has no text that is black or white, including blurbs and text on the graphics.

For some inspiration, ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

I had started looking at my list and thought this was going to be tough - a lot of books seem to have title / author in colour, but then still blurbs or other text in white or black.

But I see The Bandit Queens on the listopia, which I own but haven't cracked open yet. Yay, I think that's the one!

My TBR options for this are

I'll probably do something by Riley Sager. He frequently uses text that is not black or white. And I have a stack of his books ready to read.

Some possibilities (covers are shown in the listopia)

We Begin at the End by Chris Whitaker
The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
The Nix by Nathan Hill
Wellness by Nathan Hill
Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
How to be Both by Ali Smith
The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
The life impossible

I’ve noticed that some books on this Listopia show editions that do not fit the prompt, even in a KIS way. E.g., books that have ALL black text. I looked and saw that there might be other editions with non-black or white text though. Is there a way to change the edition that is displayed in the Listopia?

Some possibilities:

Two books I really want to read:
The Life Impossible
The Lion Women of Tehran

but this may be a "gift prompt" for a book themed book that doesn't for anywhere else

Tracy wrote: "I’ve noticed that some books on this Listopia show editions that do not fit the prompt, even in a KIS way. E.g., books that have ALL black text. I looked and saw that there might be other editions ..."

I think there is, but the tool to remove duplicates might just merge them automatically. I would post them in the comments for now with both covers.

Another one that has been on my TBR shelves for a few years now.

The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos

I had a lot of options for this one, it's been one of the harder decisions to make. In the end I'm going with The Trespasser by Tana French, because I want to finish this series. I'm trusting that the library has the same copy on the shelf as they do on the website, or I'm going to be undone by some bumf about it being a bestseller that's been added at the top in white on later copies.

Going with Cher: The Memoir, Part 1 for this prompt.

I'm going to read A Matter o Hive and Death by Nancy Coco. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

I'm reading: Family in Six Tones: A Refugee Mother, an American Daughter by Lan Cao

The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne. This will be a re-read for me because I am leading the discussion about it at our community book club. One of my favorite books of this century.