Around the Year in 52 Books discussion

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March Winds…

1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
[Page 349: 1st March. Cambridge slept quietly beneath a blanket of tousled cloud, a few stars peeking here and there between the folds]

2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Into the Storm
[The plot stems from a road accident in a torrential rain storm]

3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood

4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
SaNDWIch

5. A book first published in March of any year
The Dream Hotel
[Published 4th March 2025]

And April Showers…

1. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
Outlandish: Walking Europe’s Unlikely Landscapes
[Page 86: In April 2018 – by chance a year ago this week – the final verdict was handed down: the government’s actions had been illegal and further logging was suspended.]

2. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground


3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
The Pharmacist by Rachelle Atalla

4. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
OnE Day I SHall AStOnish the WoRld

5.A book first published in April of any year
Caledonian Road
[Published 2nd April 2024]

Bring forth May flowers

1. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
The Killer Question
[Page 138: Conversation between Sergeants Dee Obasi and Suzanne Eastwood, and Constable Malcolm Eastwood, recorded in Unmarked Car 1, 6 May 2014].

2. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)


3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty

4. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
ThE GiRLS in the Wild Fig Tree: HOW One Girl Fought to Save Herself, Her Sister and Thousands of Girls Worldwide

5. A book first published in May of any year
Bella Donna
[Published 22nd May 2025]

Bonus:
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
[Author was born 8th March 1960]

Sheyanne C.'s ATY 2026 Spring Reading Challenge

March Winds…
✅1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
Murder Takes a Vacation by Laura Lippman (Read 3-2-26 - 3-3-26)
("To be fair, until this moment---the last day of March, a Baltimore March that was going out full lion, all blustery winds and horizontal sleet---it had not been a life that offered many opportunities for upgrades.")

✅2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
The Storm by Rachel Hawkins (Read 3-11-26 - 3-11-26)
Most of the plot taking place in both past in present occur during separate severe hurricanes in the main setting located in Alabama.

✅3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Gone for Good by Harlan Coben (Read 3-8-26 - 3-9-26)

✅4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney (Read 3-10-25 - 3-10-25)

✅5. A book first published in March of any year
I Came Back for You by Kate White (Read 3-13-26 - 3-14-26) (First published March 2026)
5/5

And April Showers…
✅6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
The Measure by Nikki Erlick (Read 3-22-26 - 3-22-26)
("In April, Deborah Caine was first in Nina's office to receive official confirmation.")

✅7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
In Time with You by Kristin Dwyer (Read 3-28-26 - 3-29-26)

✅8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
Check & Mate by Ali Hazelwood (Read 3-10-26 - 3-11-26)

✅9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
Stranger Things: One Way or Another: A Nancy Wheeler Mystery by Caitlin Schneiderhan (3-25-26 - 3-27-26)

✅10. A book first published in April of any year
I've Got You Under My Skin by Mary Higgins Clark (3-12-26 - 3-12-26) (First Published April 2014)
5/5

Bring forth May flowers
✅11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
The Perfect Hosts by Heather Gudenkauf (3-22-26 - 3-22-26)
("Snowflakes float lazily down. But that doesn't make sense. It doesn't snow at this elevation this late in May. Besides, Madeline thinks, giving way to the irresistible urge to close her eyes, snowflakes aren't pink.")

✅12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
We Don't Talk About Carol by Kristen L. Berry (Read 3-29-26 - 3-30-26)

✅13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Twice by Mitch Albom (Read 3-1-26 - 3-1-26)

✅14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland by Michelle Young(Read 3-21-26 - 3-21-26)

✅15. A book first published in May of any year
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Read 3-13-26 - 3-13-26) (First Published May 2022)
5/5

Bonus prompt:
✅16. Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.
The Heist by Janet EvanovichGoldberg|67202] and Lee Goldberg (Read 3-18-26 - 3-21-26)
1/1

16/16

16/16 COMPLETED! 4/17/26
March Winds…

√1. A book with the month of March in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
√2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
The Water Will Come: Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World (pretty self-explanatory! climate change-induced sea level rise)
√3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz
√4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Under the Sea-Wind
√5. A book first published in March of any year
Wild Dark Shore

And April Showers…

√6. A book with the month of April in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
Three Days in April
√7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground

√8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
A Woman of Independent Means by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
√9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
There's an Owl in the Shower
√10. A book first published in April of any year
Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping On a Dead Man

Bring forth May flowers

√11. A book with the month of May in the title or author name, or mentioned in the text
The Darling Buds of May
√12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)

√13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Daughter of Daring: The Trick-Riding, Train-Leaping, Road-Racing Life of Helen Gibson, Hollywood’s First Stuntwoman by Mallory O'Meara
√14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols: Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.
√15. A book first published in May of any year
The Great Gatsby

√16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May
https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare

March Winds…

1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text
“It is, in fact, freezing in here. Scotland in March, who knew?” - The Ending Writes Itself – Evelyn Clarke, pp. 64
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Orpheus Builds a Girl – Heather Parry (The book is set in Key West, & a hurricane precipitates the climactic discovery of the doctor's wrong-doing.)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Good Woman: A Reckoning – Savala Nolan
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Wilderness – Angela Flournoy
5. A book first published in March of any year
Blood on Her Tongue – Johnna Van Veen (2025)

And April Showers…

6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text
“Soon, I knew, the night sky would turn dark blue; the first tender, chilly gleam of April daylight would steal into the room.” - The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt, pp. 69
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground

Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir – Lacy J. Davis & Jim Kettner
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
The Age of Innocence – Edith Wharton
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Patchwork: A Sewist's Diary - Maddie Ballard
10. A book first published in April of any year
My Dear You – Rachel Khong (2026)

Bring forth May flowers

11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text
“It was a May night, late in May of 1936, with a three-quarter moon.” - It Can't Happen Here – Sinclair Lewis, chapter two
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)

Dirty Laundry – Disha Bose
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
The Adjunct– Maria Adelmann
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Allow Me to Introduce Myself – Onyi Nwabineli
15. A book first published in May of any year
How Lucky – Will Leitch (2021)

16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May
Hamnet - Maggie O’Farrell

☀ Progress: 12 / 10 ............... completed 5/6/2026

PROMPT
March Winds…
☀ 1. A book with the month of March in the text: pg 21: Chapter Title - "March 20, 1931 London, England" - The Queens of Crime

☀ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot: Small Country: On the eve of Gaby's11th birthday, his family hosts a large party in their garden. The party and the sense of unity between Hutus, Tutsis, and expat neighbors is disrupted and literally scattered by a severe, sudden thunderstorm. The author uses the storm as a metaphor for the impending destruction of their peaceful life, directly preceding the breakout of the civil war and genocide in Burundi and neighboring Rwanda in 1993.

☀ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Nina Simon: Mother-Daughter Murder Night
☀ 4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: The Ending Writes Itself
☀ 5. A book first published in March of any year: 2017: The Godmother

And April Showers…
☀ 6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text: pg 32: "They spent March there, and April, and May."
Glimmer of Hope, Glimmer of Flame

☀ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: R and O: Rex Ogle - Free Lunch

☀ 10. A book first published in April of any year: 2017: Anything Is Possible

Bring forth May flowers
☀ 11. A book with the month of May mentioned in the text: Affections (pg 27): "Yes, Aurelia, Monika's mother, began working at my parents' import business in May 1956."
☀ 12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase): A Shipwreck in Fiji

☀ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: Omar El Akkad - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

☀ 16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below: Anna Burns - Milkman

Turid's 2026 Spring Challenge - 16/16

March Winds...
✅️ 1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text): Middlemarch by George Eliot (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event): The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold (major storms) (complred, audiobook)
✅️ 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS: Meditasjon - Veien til deg selv by Audun Myskja (completed, e-book)
✅️ 4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle: Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 5. A book first published in March of any year: Murder in the Mews by Agatha Christie (first published 15th March 1937) (completed, audiobook)

And April Showers…
✅️ 6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text): 30 dager i april 2020 edited by Linn Skåber (completed, e-book)
✅️ 7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground: Humankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger Bregman (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Park Cruising: What Happens When We Wander Off the Path by Marcus McCann (completed, e-book)
✅️ 10. A book first published in April of any year: The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett (first published April 2025) (completed, audiobook)

Bring forth May flowers
✅️ 11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text): Logg 12. mars-1. mai 2020: Litteratur fra en pandemi - antologi edited by Bjørn Aagenæs (completed, e-book)
✅️ 12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase): Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience by Brené Brown (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle: Fascist Yoga: Grifters, Occultists, White Supremacists, and the New Order In Wellness by Stewart Home (completed, audiobook)
✅️ 15. A book first published in May of any year: Nettforgiftning by Siw Aduvill (first published May 2025) (completed, physical book)

✅️ 16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May: Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett (completed, e-book)

Completed | Read - 16

🌬️March Winds...

1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text
We set up a date for our phone meeting with my father in early March.
Where the Light Gets In, Kimberly Williams-Paisley | 3/31
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (blizzard)
One Night, Two Holidays, Ali Brady | 3/14
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS - CS
The One with the Kiss Cam, Cindy Steel | 3/7
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, Mitch Albom | 4/6
5. A book first published in March of any year - 2017
84, Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff | 3/1

🌦️...And April Showers…

6. A book with the month of April in the title - p51
We were married in April, in a small registry office off Euston Square.
The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides | 3/11
7. A book with a puddles on the ground
Kamala and Maya’s Big Idea, Meena Harris | 5/15
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS - PR
The Varlet and the Voyeur, Penny Reid | 3/19
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, Omar El Akkad | 3/20
10. A book first published in April of any year - 2025
Serial Killer Games, Kate Posey | 3/22

🪻...Bring Forth May Flowers

11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text, p90
‘I’d like to see them. And why do you call the cat May?’ ‘That was the month in which we found him.’
Midsummer Star, Betty Neels | 3/26
12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover - roses
Kiss of the Blood Prince, Alessa Thorn | 3/24
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
If Something Happens to Me, Alex Finlay | 3/3
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now . . .: A LOVE Story, Jason Reynolds | 3/8
15. A book first published in May of any year
The Return of Ellie Black, Emiko Jean | 4/24

🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷
16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
A Court of Thorns and Roses, Sarah J. Maas | 4/26

Message 36, completed 16/16 March Winds…
XX 1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) So Old So Young (“Details magazine’s March issue”)
XX 2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) Wild Dark Shore [catastrophic storm washes barely living woman ashore onto Antarctic island]
XX 3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS Loved One by Aisha Muharrar
XX 4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle The Ending Writes Itself
XX 5. A book first published in March of any year Heated Rivalry

And April Showers…

XX 6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) The Enchanted April
XX 7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet (open umbrella)
XX 8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS The Blinds (Adam Sternbergh),
XX 9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle Psych Ward Adventures: True Stories from a Crisis Stabilization Unit
XX 10. A book first published in April of any year The Cemetery of Untold Stories

Bring forth May flowers

XX 11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) How to Read a Book (“The campus has livened up; it’s the last week of May, summer sessions already starting”)
XX 12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design) The Spellshop
XX 13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS Woodworking Emily St. James
XX 14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle Jane Austen’s Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector’s Quest to Find the Women Writers That Shaped a Legend,
XX 15. A book first published in May of any year Aftertaste
XX 16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2. Terry Pratchett Lords and Ladies

Spring Reading Challenge
16/16 Finished 5/18/26

March Winds…

1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text)
✅The Violets of March - Sarah Jio

2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
✅Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy
It's not one specific weather event. The island has constant rain and the ocean is rising. Climate change.

3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
✅The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole 3/3/26

4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
✅Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands - Mary Seacole

5. A book first published in March of any year
✅Writers & Lovers - Lily King (3/3/2020) 3/20/26



And April Showers…

6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text)
✅North Woods - Daniel Mason 3/9/26
(p. 40: We took our cuttings of the tree in February, grafted them in March, and planted them in April.)
(p. 48:
Sniff her in April
Bite her in September
Come Father Frost
And we will
Sip her in December)

7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
✅Mary Poppins - P.L. Travers


8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
✅Cry, the Beloved Country - Alan Paton

9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle
✅Barchester Towers - Anthony Trollope

10. A book first published in April of any year
✅Death on a Starry Night - Betsy Draine (April 12, 2016)



Bring forth May flowers

11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text)
✅Little Men - Louisa May Alcott

12.A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)
✅The Garden Plot (Potting Shed Mystery #1) - Marty Wingate


13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
✅The Rose-Garden Husband - Margaret Widdemer

14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
✅Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend - Rebecca Romney

15. A book first published in May of any year
✅Five Little Pigs - Agatha Christie (5/1/42)

16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
✅Don't Look Now and Other Stories - Daphne du Maurier (May 13)
This author list comes from:
https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/...

March Winds…

1. A book with March in the title or author name, or the month of March mentioned in the text (share text) "That same year, in March, Lucy gave birth to another child" 4% Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston by Valerie Boyd
2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event) Into the Raging Sea: Thirty-Three Mariners, One Megastorm, and the Sinking of El Faro by Rachel Slade (Hurricane Joachim)
3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters by Megan Walsh
4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle White Dresses: A Memoir of Love and Secrets, Mothers and Daughters by Mary Pflum Peterson
5. A book first published in March of any year All Things Cease to Appear by Elizabeth Brundage First published March 8, 2016

And April Showers…

6. A book with April in the title or author name, or the month of April mentioned in the text (share text) Snow in April by Rosamunde Pilcher
7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground Cutting for Stone Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle Where Jasmine Blooms Holly S. Warah
10. A book first published in April of any year You Are Here by David Nicholls First published April 23, 2024

Bring forth May flowers

11. A book with May in the title or author name, or the month of May mentioned in the text (share text) The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens
12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design) Wreck by Catherine Newman
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS Happy New Years by Maya Arad, Jessica Cohen (Translator)
14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A. by Eve Babitz
15. A book first published in May of any year Beware the Woman by Megan Abbott First published May 30, 2023

16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2. Letting Go by Philip Roth

Finished May 18, 2026

Here you go. The weather one is a bit of a stretch, but I'm running out of time!

March Winds…

1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)

The Radium Girls, Kate Moore - 02/03/26
Text: “Finally, towards the end of March, her perseverance paid off. ‘I was asked to paint dials,’ she wrote excitedly; ‘I said I would like to try it.’" Page 22

2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)

The Hollow Man, John Dickson Carr – 05/05/26
Heavy snowfall is key to the plot, adding to the locked-room element, as there are no footprints in the fresh snow which might indicate where the murderer went.

3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS

The Jackdaw's Choice, David Wake - 16/04/26
march WinDs

4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle

Snowmen in Paradise, Kathi Daley – 27/03/26
snoWmen IN paraDiSe

5. A book first published in March of any year

The Glass Hotel, Emily St John Mandel – 18/03/26
First published 24 March 2020

And April Showers…

6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)

Secrets by the Sea, Kathi Daley – 07/03/26
“Sixteen-year-old Naomi Collins disappeared on April 12 2002.” P1, first sentence

7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground

Mary Poppins, P.L. Travers – 06/05/26


8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS

We Solve Murders, Richard Osman – 09/03/26
shOweRs

9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS (including two Ss) can be found in the title/subtitle

Something in the Waters, Kim M Watt – 16/03/26
SOmetHing in the WatERS

10. A book first published in April of any year

Lemon Drop Dead, Amanda Flower – 22/03/26
First published 27 April 2021

Bring forth May flowers

11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)

A Murder is Announced, Agatha Christie – 06/03/26
‘It’s a fine murdering day, (sang Bunch)
And as balmy as May
And the sleuths from the village are gone.’ P15

12. A book with flowers on the cover, growing in a flower bed, planter or the wild (not a vase or just flowers as part of the cover design)

Two Bodies Are Better Than One, Erica Ruth Neubauer – 20/03/26

Rose bushes on the cover

13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear, Seanan McGuire - 12/03/26
May flowerS

14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle

Flowers and Foul Play, Amanda Flower – 31/03/26

15. A book first published in May of any year

One Foot in the Grape, Carlene O’Neil – 10/03/26
First published 5 May 2015

16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors born in March, April or May on the list in message #2.

Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett – 30/03/26
Born on 28 April

March Winds…

√1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
Los huesos de Sara
—Desde marzo del año pasado, cuando mandé el primer email.—
√2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Storm of Locusts
The series is set in a future where environmental collapse known as “The Big Flood” has submerged the world.
√3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
Layla by Colleen Hoover
√4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Wanting Daisy Dead
√5. A book first published in March of any year
Ein dunkles Versteck (Ein Evelyn-Holm-Thriller 4)

And April Showers…

√6. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
Muttertag
“Und wir haben erst April!”
√7. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground
Black Rain
8. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
√The Recloseted Lesbian: Volume 1 by Obelis Liepa
√9. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Was bisher verloren war
√10. A book first published in April of any year
Der erste letzte Tag: Kein Thriller

Bring forth May flowers

√11. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
Murder Isn't Easy: The Forensics of Agatha Christie
Just nineteen days later, on 23 May 1905, both Stratton brothers were simultaneously swinging from the gallows at Wandsworth Prison in south London.
√12. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)
The Dead Romantics
13. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
√ The Favorites by Layne Fargo
√14. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand
√15. A book first published in May of any year
Fourth Wing

√16. Bonus prompt: Read a book by one of the authors on the list of authors below, born in March, April or May:
Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas

2026 Spring Challenge: FINISHED 5/21/2026

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Completed 5/21/26

March Winds
1. A book with the month of March in the title or mentioned in the text (share text)
Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary
"Through March, she helped the military, the neighbors, and the dogs around her." p.92

2. A book where a major weather event is key to the plot (describe the event)
Some of Us Are Brave
Hurricane Harvey

3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MARCH WINDS
The Murder on the Links

4. A book where all the letters of WINDS can be found in the title/subtitle
Now I Surrender

5. A book first published in March of any year
Lady Tremaine
published March 3, 2026

April Showers
1. A book with the month of April in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu and Their Race to Save the World’s Most Precious Manuscripts
"Between late February and April, he and his Islamist militia kidnapped thirty-two Western tourists..." p.80

2. A book with an umbrella on the cover (open or furled) or puddles on the ground


3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in APRIL SHOWERS
Indian Horse

4. A book where all the letters of SHOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
Little Bosses Everywhere: How the Pyramid Scheme Shaped America

5.A book first published in April of any year
Make Sure You Die Screaming
published April 8, 2025

May flowers
1. A book with the month of May in the title, or mentioned in the text (share text)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
"I didn't recognize you for the moment, but you were staying with Mr. Ackroyd a year ago last May." p. 47

2. A book with blooming flowers on the cover (in a flower bed or planter – not a vase)


3. A book where the author’s first and last initials can be found in MAY FLOWERS
Field Notes From an Extinction

4. A book where all the letters of FLOWERS can be found in the title/subtitle
The Natural Way of Things

5. A book first published in May of any year
The Burning Side
published May 19 2026

Bonus
Middlesex
author was born March 8 1960

I’m done! I wasn’t sure if I was going to complete this challenge but I did it! I posted my books on the spreadsheet if anyone wants to check it out. For this challenge I tried to choose only mysteries but I wasn’t able to do it for every prompt. Either I couldn’t find a mystery that fit or I found something else I wanted to read. This was the first time I had ever done one of the small challenges and it was OK but if all the small challenges are similar, I probably won’t do another one.