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message 1: by SRC Moderator, Moderator (last edited Nov 18, 2025 08:05PM) (new)

SRC Moderator | 7152 comments Mod
10.5 Makar Sankrati
In January, Makar Sankrati is a Hindu festival that celebrates the sun transitioning from the Southern to the Northern hemisphere.

Read a book with a sun on the cover. It can be a photo or drawing, but there must be enough visible to be obvious that it is a sun.
Required: Post the cover
EX: Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff The Bitter End Birding Society by Amanda Cox The Sun Sister (The Seven Sisters, #6) by Lucinda Riley Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez


message 2: by Fiona (Titch) (new)

Fiona (Titch) Hunt (titch) | 117 comments Lost by James Patterson Does this look like a sun behind the title?

Many thanks


message 3: by Jessica (new)

Jessica (bookwrm526) | 2196 comments Sorry to be annoying but I'm making plans since I already finished this season. Does this work (setting sun upper-right side)?
My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

Thanks!


message 4: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Fiona (Titch) wrote: "Lost by James Patterson Does this look like a sun behind the title?

Many thanks"


Yes, I believe that is the sun behind the title


message 5: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Jessica wrote: "Sorry to be annoying but I'm making plans since I already finished this season. Does this work (setting sun upper-right side)?
My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

Thanks!"


Yes this will work


message 6: by Robin P (new)

Robin P | 1764 comments This isn't 100% of the sun, but most of it. Does it work?


Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez


message 7: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Robin P wrote: "This isn't 100% of the sun, but most of it. Does it work?


Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez"


Updated the criteria for a sun. Your book will work.


message 8: by Robin P (new)

Robin P | 1764 comments KmarieD wrote: "Robin P wrote: "This isn't 100% of the sun, but most of it. Does it work?


Just for the Summer (Part of Your World, #3) by Abby Jimenez"

Updated the criteria for a sun. Your book will work."


Great, it was the only sun I found in my hundreds of TBR!


message 9: by Dee (new)

Dee (austhokie) | 9063 comments i was going to ask about another Abby book

Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez - sun looks to be on the left side


message 10: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Dee wrote: "i was going to ask about another Abby book

Say You'll Remember Me (Say You'll Remember Me, #1) by Abby Jimenez - sun looks to be on the left side"


Yes, I agree. That is a sun.


message 11: by Susan A (last edited Nov 19, 2025 10:14PM) (new)

Susan A | 1800 comments Pretty sure that's the sun (not moon) Do you agree?

Dead Haven (Jack Zombie, #1) by Flint Maxwell

Sorry -- I'll do audio

Dead Haven (Jack Zombie, #1) by Flint Maxwell


message 12: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments Agree that is the sun, approved


message 13: by Julia (new)

Julia (julia103) | 2789 comments Circle of Days by Ken Follett
Is the sun shining through the stones (under the O in the author name) clear enough?


message 14: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments Obvious to me that it is a setting sun-Approved


message 15: by Ash, Moderator (new)

Ash (essentiallyash) | 385 comments Mod
Just seeing if either of these work:
The Resort by Sara Ochs What We Buried by Kate A. Boorman


message 16: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Ash wrote: "Just seeing if either of these work:
The Resort by Sara OchsWhat We Buried by Kate A. Boorman"


The first one works with the sun right where it says a novel. I think the second one could be a sun or a moon with the darker sky, so I will say no to that one.


message 17: by Jessica (new)

Jessica S | 347 comments Can I check this is obvious enough to be a sun please?

Finding Delaware (State of Us, #1) by Bree Wiley


message 18: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments I am going to say no on this one. It may be obvious that the sun is causing the reflection, but the sun is not visible on the cover. Sorry.


message 19: by Jessica (new)

Jessica S | 347 comments Joanne wrote: "I am going to say no on this one. It may be obvious that the sun is causing the reflection, but the sun is not visible on the cover. Sorry."

Thank you :)


message 20: by Kathy KS (new)

Kathy KS | 2482 comments Please verify this is the sun:
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Vineyard Deceit A Martha's Vineyard Mystery by Philip R. Craig
Extremes (Retrieval Artist, #2) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (view of the sun from the moon)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Praxis (Dread Empire's Fall, #1) by Walter Jon Williams (The one behind!)
On Silver Wings Hayden War Vol #1 by Evan Currie
The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford


message 21: by Kathy KS (new)

Kathy KS | 2482 comments Nudge for message 20


message 22: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Kathy KS wrote: "Nudge for message 20"

Sorry, I was focused on getting tasks out and didn't see a notification for this.

Looks like they would all work to me.


message 23: by Cynthia (new)

Cynthia (cynthiabaxter) | 22 comments CYNBAXTER - 10.5

I want to use this book for the task - Seascraper by Benjamin Wood

This beach's heavy fog and dreary weather features heavily in the story and so the sun is diffused - let me know if this works


message 24: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments Yes, it is very clear that this is the sun-approved


message 25: by Cynthia (new)

Cynthia (cynthiabaxter) | 22 comments Joanne wrote: "Yes, it is very clear that this is the sun-approved"
Thank you!!


message 26: by Kathy KS (new)

Kathy KS | 2482 comments Kathy KS wrote: "Please verify this is the sun:
The Fated Sky (Lady Astronaut Universe, #2) by Mary Robinette Kowal
Vineyard Deceit A Martha's Vineyard Mystery by Philip R. Craig
Extremes (Retrieval Artist, #2) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch (view of the sun from the moon)
The Women by Kristin Hannah
[b..."


No problem, I couldn't read any until today! Thanks.


message 27: by Trish (last edited Dec 02, 2025 05:02AM) (new)

Trish (trishhartuk) | 3795 comments Afternoon.

Would you say this is a setting sun?
The Queen of Thieves (The Moonwind Mysteries, #2) by Johan Rundberg

Thanks.


message 28: by Kristen (new)

Kristen (kristenia) | 1139 comments How about this? It looks like daytime and the orange color makes me think that it's the sun.

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver


message 29: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Trish wrote: "Afternoon.

Would you say this is a setting sun?
The Queen of Thieves (The Moonwind Mysteries, #2) by Johan Rundberg

Thanks."


Yes, I am going to say that is a setting sun.


message 30: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Kristen wrote: "How about this? It looks like daytime and the orange color makes me think that it's the sun.

A Winter in New York by Josie Silver"


Yes, I think that is a sun.


message 31: by Trish (new)

Trish (trishhartuk) | 3795 comments KmarieD wrote: "Trish wrote: "Afternoon.

Would you say this is a setting sun?
The Queen of Thieves (The Moonwind Mysteries, #2) by Johan Rundberg

Thanks."

Yes, I am going to say that is a setting sun."


Thank you!


message 32: by Meg (new)

Meg (megscl) | 2504 comments Would either of these work?
Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling


message 33: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments I will say yes to both. The second one looked more like a moon to me, until I saw the rays coming from it. Approved for both.


message 34: by Kim, Moderator (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 1296 comments Mod
Are you feeling the sunshine here?
Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery


message 35: by KmarieD, Moderator (new)

KmarieD (kmariedgr) | 1435 comments Mod
Kim wrote: "Are you feeling the sunshine here?
Otherwise Engaged by Susan Mallery"


Yes, that is a sun. And I may be switching because I was reading that book for a different task, but I am having trouble with finding another sun cover.


message 36: by Fly (new)

Fly (fly-me-to-the-moo) | 953 comments Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box
sun is inside the top 'O' - can you see it?


message 37: by Joanne (new)

Joanne (joabroda1) | 1659 comments Yes, I can see the sun rising/setting-Approved


message 38: by Fly (new)

Fly (fly-me-to-the-moo) | 953 comments thank you :)


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