You'll love this one...!! A book club & more discussion

Suzie's Rainbow

R RED

Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
272 pages, On Kindle


Red Glass
Laura Resau
288 pages on kindle


Reprisal
Alfie Robbins
On kindle

A - ORANGE

I - YELLOW

The Enchanted April
by Elizabeth von Arnim
232 pages, ebook
Set in Italy

N - GREEN

A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table
By Molly Wizenberg
336 pages, library

B - BLUE

The Cider House Rules
By John Irving
973 pages, my copy

O - INDIGO


After Dark Classics
Audiobook, elibrary.


Dress Her in Indigo
John D. MacDonald

W - VIOLET
. Or

I love this cover! You'll have to let me know if the book is as good :)

Thanks for posting Dandelion Wine. I purchased the 50th anniversary edition with the Stephen King introduction. It's yellow and set in Illinois! I've added it to my challenge, thanks to you!

@jacnsmom - I will do
@Debra - ha, cheek!! Lol
@judy - hope we can sort out a time to read together!

RED:
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Points:
Pages 272 = 2
R in name/title = 5
1st book in challenge = 20
Total for book: 27 points
RUNNING TOTAL: 27 points

RED:

Red Glass by Laura Resau
Points:
288 pages = 2
R in name/title = 3
Cover & title requirement = 5
2nd in task = 30
Total for book 40 points
RUNNING TOTAL 67 points

BLUE actual book

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez
Points:
1st in task = 20
128 pages = 2
Betrayal = 5 (Colombian govt cover up of the incident)
Total for book 27
RUNNING TOTAL 94 points

Thats not the edition I chose!! It is blue honest!

It's changed again. Grrrrr

Good ole' GR acting up again!

LOL! No problem, Suzie. I checked the link and the book page shows as blue.

VIOLET

March Violets by Philip Kerr
Points
256 pages = 2
1st in task = 20
War = 5
Total for book: 27
RUNNING TOTAL 121 points

It was ok, just 3 stars. Didn't dislike it, but didn't overly like it. I got the book from the library with all three of the trilogy, but I won't be reading the other two. Fulfilled my requirement for the challenge though so nothing lost really. There are much worse books around so I'm not annoyed about it :-). I saw your review - you liked it even though it's not your usual book type. Whereas I like mystery books but this one just didn't do it for me.

ORANGE

The Little Flower of East Orange by Stephen Adly Guirgis
Points
20 first in task
2 less than 200 pages
Total for book 22
RUNNING TOTAL 143 points

ORANGE
Perfect Orange: A Tale from Ethiopia
by Frank P. Araujo
Points
30 second book in task
2 less than 200 pages
5 surname begins with 'A'
Total for book 37
RUNNING TOTAL 180 points

You've set yourself for a possible two rainbows with this last book. Are you aiming for more orange books this month?

I agree. Good catches!

ORANGE

Natural Causes James Oswald

30 points additional book
3 page length
Total 33
RUNNING TOTAL 213 points

ORANGE

Ghost of Gallipoli. Margaret Whittock

30 points additional book
2 points less than 300 pages
Total 32
RUNNING TOTAL 245 points

ORANGE

The House Of The Spirits by Isabel Allende

30 points additional task
5 points surname starts with 'A'
4 points 491 pages
Total 39 points
RUNNING TOTAL 284 points

Janice wrote: "You've set yourself for a possible two rainbows with this last book. Are you aiming for more orange books this month?"

I seem to have gone a bit orange mad

LOL! Five possible rainbows being set up. You still have a couple of weeks left ro squeeze out a few more oranges.

The Sins of the Father by Jeffrey Archer

ORANGE
30 additional in task
5 author surname begins with 'A'
3 352 pages
Total 38 points this book
RUNNING TOTAL 322 points

I read the first book in the series, Only Time Will Tell. How did you like the next book?

Janice, I enjoyed it but not quite as much as the first. Which is why I haven't rated it yet. It was really good but the cliffhanger at the end was just too predictable. But it fitted beautifully with the challenge and I knew it would be a quick read.

Buddhism for Mothers: A Calm Approach to Caring for Yourself and Your Children by Sarah Napthali

ORANGE
30 additional book in task
2 240 pages
32 points
RUNNING TOTAL 354 points

That sounds like a book that would have served me well when I was raising my son.

It was very interesting and calming. I keep finding myself thinking about it.

Janice wrote: "That sounds like a book that would have served me well when I was raising my son."

Same here!

ORANGE

The Vengeance Man by John MacRae

30 additional book in task
4 419 pages
Total 34 points
RUNNING TOTAL 388 points

INDIGO

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

20 1st book in task
10 first published 1943
2 95 pages
Total this book 32
RUNNING TOTAL 420 points

INDIGO
After Dark Classics


30 2nd book in task
2 less than 200 pages (?)
10 Published before 1960
Total 42
RUNNING TOTAL 462 points

VIOLET

The Perils of Morning Coffee: An Isabel Dalhousie eBook Original Story by Alexander McCall Smith

30 2nd in task
2 45 pages
On TBR
total 32 points
RUNNING TOTAL 494 points

;-D

YELLOW

How to Escape from a Leper Colony by Tiphanie Yanique

Set on Virgin Islands / Carribean
20 first book in task
2 184 pages
22 points
RUNNING TOTAL 516 points

That sounds like an interesting book, Suzie!

It was, mostly. There was a couple of stories I didn't like but on the main it was ok.

I forgot to post this book
VIOLET

Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

30 additional book in task
5 points both cover and title
On TBR
10 points purple flower on cover
5 points underlying war theme (there is a coup) - Janice is this enough?
320 pages 3 points
Total 53 or 49 points (tbc)
RUNNING TOTAL 569 or 564

I have this one on my lists for the same challenges, Suzie.

So it counts as war, Janice? Super stuff!

Judy, it's was ok. Some parts I liked more than others. I thought it slow to begin with and had a feeling I may be discarding it but it did get better but it wasn't a page-turner. Perhaps if so many points hadn't been on offer I may have shelved it for a while, but I don't regret it. Saying that I wouldn't be passing it as a recommendation to anyone. How about you?

Sorry, I missed your question. Judy, would you say it counts for war??

Hmmmm.... did that help me make a decision?

While war wasn't a major theme, I would say that it sounds like it was a minor theme. I will allow it.

Yay!!!