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The original version of this challenge has been moved to the Scheduled for Revamp folder. If you are currently playing the original version, you may continue where you are, but new players should use this thread.

**The original version of this challenge was posted by Lizz in August 2012**



This challenge is based on the seasons and weather.

Spell out the listed words PLUS read a book for each word with a cover or title that relates to that word.

Duration: Open Ended.

*Spell out the words using the first letter of your book titles ('A', 'An' and 'The' should be ignored) or authors initials (first, last or middle - if used).

EXAMPLE:

S - The 101 Dalmatians - Dodie Smith (last name)
U - Under the Dome - Stephen King (title)
M - Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh (last name)
M - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (first name)
E - The End of the Affair - Graham Greene (title)
R - Fatherland - Robert Harris (first name)

Summer - On the Island - (beach scene on cover)
OR
Summer = HOT - White Hot Kiss (summer related word in title)

RULES

*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*Please explain briefly how your book fits a task.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

*Please update your original post as you go but also post an occasional message to let us know how you're getting on, if you would like to.

*When you have finished please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

Please see TLC Standard Challenge Rules for further details.

The Challenge

SEASONS

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud
Fog
Lightning
Rain
Rainbow
Snow
Storm
Sun
Thunder
Wind

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

*

My spot

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter

A
U
T-'Textual Relations finished 8/8
U
M
N - Tops Down Bottoms Up author last name northcote finished 20/8

The Harder They Fall
How it fits fall is another word for autumn
Finished 7/8

W- Why I Love Waiters finished 18/12
I
N
T
E
R- Dirty Uncle author last name riley finished 23/12

Finished 25/8
WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud
Fog
Lightning
Rain
Rainbow
Snow
Storm
Sun
Thunder
Wind

R-'Kingpin author last name riley finished 19/8
A
I
N
B
O
W- Perfect author last name wyatt

Finished 10/8
RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red
R
E
D

Finished 14/8
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

Finished 21/8
V
I- India: Bride of Indiana
Finished 29/8
O
L- Leora: Bride of California
Finished 24/8
E
T

Welcome Emelie :)

Welcome Sarah :)

I can't resist!

Whatever the Weather
Timeframe: 8/8/17 to 9/22/20
132/132

SEASONS (28/28)

Autumn (7/7)
*Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

Spring (7/7)
*Heartache Falls by Emily March - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Paula Paul - Medium Dead - 9/30/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥

Summer (7/7)
*The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr - 10/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ready to Run by Lauren Layne - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥

Winter (7/7)
*Christmas Nights by J.H. Croix - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥

W - Welcome to Forever by Annie Rains - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Tricky Twenty-Two - 1/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

WEATHER (61/61)

Cloud (6/6)
*A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥

C - Code of Honor by Missy Johnson - 11/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
D - Deal Breakers by Laura Lee - 9/13/17 ♥♥♥

Fog (4/4)
*The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥

F - Author Jessica Fechtor - Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home - 11/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Jane Green - Promises to Keep - 9/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

Lightning (10/10)
*Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

L - Love Irresistibly by Julie James - 10/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Goal by Elle Kennedy - 9/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
H – How to Tame a Willful Wife by Christy English - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Spring Bride - 9/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Rain (5/5)
*Dancing in the Rain by Kelly Jamieson - 9/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

R – Author Robert B. Parker - Mortal Stakes - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥
A - All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey - 9/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Rainbow (8/8)
* The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥

R - Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home for Christmas - 1/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much - 12/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Sawyer Bennett - Alex - 10/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich - 10/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

Snow (5/5)
*It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

S - Serendipity Doo-Dah: True Stories of Happy Musical Accidents by Edward Allan Faine - 11/2/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie - 10/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Storm (6/6)
*Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

S - She Do Run Run: A Shot of Romantic Suspense by Amy Swifton - 11/6/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Premiere - 11/16/17 ♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Morrison by M.J. Fields - 10/18/17 ♥

Sun (4/4)
*At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥

S - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥

Thunder (8/8)
* Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

T – Author Tammara Webber - Easy - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hummingbird Lake by Emily March - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
N - Need You Now by Emma Douglas - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Honor by Megan Crane - 10/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Wind (5/5)
* The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

W - Author William G. Tapply - Death at Charity's Point - 11/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Date Before Christmas: A Novel by Elyse Douglas - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥

***********CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/22/20**********

Whatever the Weather - Part 2

RAINBOW

Red (4/4)
*A Christmas to Remember by Jill Shalvis - 11/11/17 ♥♥♥

R – Author Katie Rose - Hard to Hold - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Maggie Dallen - Her Leading Man - 10/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

Orange (7/7)
*The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Dirty For Me - 12/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Angel's Rest - 10/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

Yellow (7/7)
*The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Scoop - 11/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – 11/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
W - Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich - 12/4/17 ♥♥♥

Green (6/6)
*Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - 12/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

G - Author Gregory McDonald - Confess, Fletch - 10/26/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death - 12/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Heart Breaker - 11/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Plum Lovin' - 11/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥

Blue (5/5)
*The Playboy Prince and the Nanny by Donna Alward - 11/12/17 ♥♥♥

B - Author Patricia Briggs - Moon Called - 10/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by Mary Balogh - 12/11/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Indigo (7/7)
*Pull Me Close by Sidney Halston - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
D - The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Gatekeeper by Kathryn Smith - 1/9/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥

Violet (7/7)
*Love Bites by Lynsay Sands - 11/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
L – Author Jessica Lemmon - Eye Candy - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enquiry by Dick Francis - 1/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass - 12/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

Welcome Connie :)

Connie N. wrote: "I can't resist!

Whatever the Weather
Timeframe: 8/8/17 to ?
0/132

SEASONS (0/28)
Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND re..."

I knew it!!! LOL When I saw this posted, I thought Connie will love this one !

I only resisted for a couple of days before giving in. You all know me too well...

Connie N. wrote: "I only resisted for a couple of days before giving in. You all know me too well..."

My second thought was - where's Sam! LOLOLOL

Well, why the heck not?

Whatever the Weather 1
Start Date: August 2017
Completed: November 2018
Duration: Open Ended


SEASONS

"Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season."

Autumn: ✔
A: Awakening, The - Kate Chopin (03/09/17)
U: Unrivalled Transcendence of Willem J. Gyle, The - J.D. Dixon (02/12/17)
T: Turn of the Screw, The - Henry James (18/10/17)
U: Untouched House, An - Willem Frederik Hermans (27/08/18)
M: Moments Of Truth - Lorna Sage (13/08/17)
N: Nourishment - Gerard Woodward (30/08/17)

Autumn cover: Autumn - Ali Smith (10/09/18)

Spring: ✔
S: Shooting Stars are the Flying Fish of the Night - Lynn Michell (09/10/17)
P: Private Language? a Dip Into Welsh Literature - Marion Eames (22/06/18)
R: Reader on the 6.27, The - Jean-Paul Didierlaurent (21/09/17)
I: In Search of Nice Americans - Geoff Steward (18/11/17)
N: Nightmare Abbey - Thomas Love Peacock (15/09/17)
G: Grimm's Fairy Stories - Jacob Grimm (24/10/17)

Spring cover: Zennor in Darkness - Helen Dunmore (27/09/17)

Summer: ✔
S: Search of Mary Shelley, In - Fiona Sampson (12/11/17)
U: Unhappiness of Being a Single Man, The - Franz Kafka (28/11/18)
M: My Own Story - Emmeline Pankhurst (01/09/17)
M: Me Again: Uncollected Writings of Stevie Smith - Stevie Smith (06/09/17)
E: End of the Affair, The - Graham Greene (24/08/17)
R: Ru - Kim Thúy (14/12/17)

Summer cover: A Month in the Country - J.L. Carr (03/02/18)

Winter: ✔
W: Written on the Body - Jeanette Winterson (16/08/17)
I: In Search of Lost Books - Giorgio van Straten (01/05/18)
N: Novel On Yellow Paper - Stevie Smith (16/10/17)
T: Tattooist of Auschwitz, The - Heather Morris (26/10/17)
E: Extraordinary Life of A A Milne, The - Nadia Cohen (11/12/17)
R: Reservoir Tapes, The - Jon McGregor (24/12/17)

Winter cover: Hortense and the Shadow - Natalia O'Hara (15/11/17)

Whatever the Weather 2

WEATHER

"Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word."

Cloud:
C: Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood (14/09/17)
L: Life After Life by Kate Atkinson (07/10/17)
O: Obsession With Butterflies, An by Sharman Apt Russell (17/09/17)
U:
D: Death in Venice - Thomas Mann (21/08/17)

Fog:
F: Freedom: Vintage Minis - Margaret Atwood (24/04/18)
O: Only Story, The - Julian Barnes (17/02/18)
G: Great Polar Bear - Carolyn Lesser (25/02/18)

Lightning
L: Love - Hanne Ørstavik (28/11/17)
I: Invitation to a Bonfire - Adrienne Celt (21/08/18)
G: George Orwell: A Life in Letters - George Orwell (02/03/18)
H: House of Fiction - Phyllis Richardson (04/11/17)
T: Turn a Blind Eye - Vicky Newham (10/03/18)
N: Nail, A Rose, A - Madeleine Bourdouxhe (12/07/19)
I: Intimate Ties: Two Novellas - Robert Musil (24/01/19)
N:
G: Ghost Wall - Sarah Moss (06/06/18)

Rain:
R: Reasons to be Cheerful - Nina Stibbe (26/06/19)
A: Aphra Behn: A Secret Life - Janet Todd (26/11/17)
I: Into the Wild - Jon Krakauer (09/06/19)
N:

Rainbow:
R:
A: Asymmetry - Lisa Halliday (09/01/18)
I: In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado (21/11/19)
N:
B: Ballad of Reading Gaol, The - Oscar Wilde (30/08/17)
O: Orchid & the Wasp - Caoilinn Hughes (05/06/18)
W: Water That Falls on You from Nowhere, The - John Chu (26/12/17)

Snow:
S: Second Winter, The - (24/02/18)
N:
O:
W: Word for Woman is Wilderness, The - Abi Andrews (29/01/18)

Snow cover: A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens (04/12/17)


Storm:
S: Sylvia Pankhurst: The Rebellious Suffragette - Shirley Harrison (29/03/18)
T: Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson (14/11/18)
O:
R:
M: Metamorphosis, The - Franz Kafka (29/09/17)

Storm cover: Where the World Ends - Geraldine McCaughrean (31/08/18)

Sun:
S: Suffragette - David Roberts (03/04/18)
U:
N:

Sun cover: Quarantine - Jim Crace (09/08/17)

Thunder:
T: Testaments, The - Margaret Atwood (16/09/19)
H: Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado (14/01/18)
U:
N:
D: Disbanded Kingdom - Polis Loizou (13/07/18)
E: Estoril - Dejan Tiago-Stanković (08/02/18)
R:

Wind:
W: Walking Wounded - Sheila Llewellyn (03/01/18)
I:
N:
D: Doggerland - Ben Smith (05/12/18)

Wind title: The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame (11/12/18)

Whatever the Weather 3

RAINBOW

"Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour."

Red:
R:
E: End of Loneliness, The - Benedict Wells (21/03/18)
D:

Red cover: A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle (05/11/17)

Orange:
O:
R:
A: Assassin's Cloak, The - Irene Taylor (02/04/18)
N:
G: Great Believers, The - Rebecca Makkai (15/06/18)
E: Edible Woman, The - Margaret Atwood (11/11/19)

Orange cover: Stories: The Collected Short Fiction - Helen Garner (20/12/17)

Yellow:
Y: Year of Magical Thinking, The - Joan Didion (21/11/18)
E:
L: Little Book of Feminist Saints, The - Julia Pierpont (04/03/18)
L: Lost For Words - Stephanie Butland (16/03/18)
O:
W: White Houses - Amy Bloom (13/04/18)

Yellow cover: Matilda - Roald Dahl (19/10/18)

Green:
G: Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine - Anaële Hermans (04/09/18)
R:
E:
E:
N:

Green cover: A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary 1939-1940 - Iris Origo (30/10/17)

Blue:
B: Burmese Days - George Orwell (13/02/18)
L: Literature of Wales, The - D.R. Johnston (01/06/18)
U:
E:

Blue cover: Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore - Matthew J. Sullivan (22/10/17)

Indigo:
I:
N:
D:
I:
G: Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The - Mary Ann Shaffer (05/02/19)
O:

Violet:
V:
I:
O:
L: Little Prince, The - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (07/07/18)
E:
T:

Welcome to the challenge Paula :)

FINALLY finished!

SEASONS

Autumn - - Louise Penny - 9/19/17
A The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 11/6/17
U Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess - Rachel Hoffman - 10/27/17
T The Two-Family House - Linda Loigman - 10/18/17
U Uncorked - Lois Greiman - 11/4/17
M The Marsh King's Daughter - Karen Dionne - 11/28/17
N Never Fall Down- Patricia McCormick - 9/12/17

Spring - Donna Ball - 1/16/18
S The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton - 9/15/17
P Penny - The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny - 11/22/17
R Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 10/7/17
I Imogen Robertson - Anatomy of Murder - 11/2/17
N Nutcase - Charlotte Hughes - 4/17/18
G The Girl in the Castle - Santa Montefiore - 24/8/17

Summer - - Maureen Leurck - 8/20/17
S Seventh Grave and No Body Darynda Jones- 8/17/17
U Undercover in High Heels - Gemma Halliday - 9/21/17
MMrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi- Emily Brightwell - 10/1/17
M The Murder Stone - Louise Penny - 27/8/17
E Emily Organ - Limelight - 8/9/17
R Ruta Sepetys - Salt to the Sea - 8/13/17

Winter - Louise Penny - 10/23/17
W Witch Me Luck - Amanda Lee - 11/14/17
I I've Got You Under My Skin - Mary Higgins Clark - 16/8/17
N Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book - 9/25/17
T T. E. Kinsey - A Quiet Life In The Country - 11/9/17
E Erick Setiawan - Of Bees and Mist - 9/5/17
R Raybourn - A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn - 9/17/17

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud - Catherine Ryan Hyde - 8/9/18
C Christmas at Harrington's - Melody Carlson - 12/11/17
L Lyn Hamilton - The Xibalba Murders - 8/19/17
O One Coffee With - Margaret Maron - 8/11/17
U Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror - Chris Priestley - 5/23/18
D Dashofy - Circle of Influence - Annette Dashofy - 10/10/17

Fog - - Paulo Coelho - 10/20/17
F Fiona Buckley - To Shield the Queen - 12/22/17
O The Other Side of Midnight - Simone St James - 9/10/17
G Gemma Halliday - Killer in High Heels - 9/9/17

Lightning
- Catherine Coulter - 6/13/19
L Louise Penny - How the Light Gets In - 12/14/17
I I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley - 12/24/17
G Grimes - The Man With a Load of Mischief - 29/12/17
H House Rules - Jodi Picoult - 12/9/17
T Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions - Lori Deschene - 4/30/18
N No Comfort for the Lost - Nancy Herriman - 12/17/17
I I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith - 1/28/18
N Neve Cottrell - Long Way Home - 12/19/17
G Girl in Disguise - Greer Macallister - 1/20/18

Rain
- Laura Griffins - 4/6/19
R Root, Petal, Thorn - Ella Joy Olson - 10/5/17
A The Address- Fiona Davis - 2/28/18
I The Ibs Elimination Diet and Cookbook: The Proven Low-Fodmap Plan for Eating Well and Feeling Great - Patsy Catsos - 11/20/17
N Nancy Thayer - Beachcombers - 9/27/17

Rainbow
- Abigail Keam -10/28/19
R Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 5/7/18-
A Abbott - The Christie Curse - Victoria Abbott - 11/24/17
I Island of Bones - Imogen Robertson - 1/31/18
N No Pity For the Dead - Nancy Herriman - 12/18/17
B Bradley, Alan - Speaking from Among the Bones - 1/23/18
O Odden, Karen -A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery - 5/5/18
W Witchy Tales - Amanda Lee - 1/1/18

Snow - Tracy Rees - 30/8/18
S Simone St. James - Lost Among the Living - 1/17/18
N Never Let You Go - Chevy Stevens - 2/9/18
O Overholt - A Promise of Ruin - Cuyler Overholt - 9/30/17
W What Was Mine - Helen Klein Ross - 5/14/18

Storm - Sharon Bolton - 5/9/19
S A Skeleton in the Family - Leigh Perry - 2/18/18
T A Trick of the Light - Louise Penny - 11/17/17
O Once Gone - Blake Pierce - 10/15/18
R A Root Awakening- Kate Collins - 10/29/17
M Melody Carlson - The Christmas Joy Ride - 12/15/17


Sun - Jost Sauer - 7/7/18
S Sarah Faber - All Is Beauty Now - 1/26/18
U Undertaking Irene: A Jane Delaney Mystery, book 1 - Pamela Burford - 4/1/18
N Notes from a Small Island- Bill Bryson - 3/17/18

Thunder - Loren D. Estleman - 4/14/2020 - thunder in title
T Taylor Jenkins Reid - Maybe in Another Life - 1/19/18
H High Strung- Janice Peacock - 11/12/17
U Uncommon Type: Some Stories - Tom Hanks - 1/6/19
N Natalie Lloyd - The Key to Extraordinary - 9/28/18
D Desperate Measures - Kat Lee - 11/26/17
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook- 9/15/17
R Riley, Lucinda - The Lavender Garden - 11/11/17

Wind - Kimberley Freeman - 7/2/18
W Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18
I Imogen Robertson - Circle Of Shadows - 9/30/18
N Nevada Barr -A Superior Death - 12/6/18
D The Distant Hours - Kate Morton - 1/6/17

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red - Emily Brightwell - 1/8/17
R Rachel Grant - Body of Evidence - 12/27/17
E Enemy Within - Mick Bose - 9/28/17
D A Dead Red Cadillac - R.P. Dahlke - 3/19/18

Orange - cover: - Fiona Buckley - 4/6/18
O The Old Fox Deceiv'd - Martha Grimes - 2/22/18
R The Restorer - Amanda Stevens - 2/4/18
A Anne McAneny - Circled - 10/16/17
N The Nature of the Beast - Louise Penny - 5/9/18
G A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell - 11/15/17
E Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 1/2/17


Yellow - Emily Brightwell -2/20/18
Y Young - The Gates of Evangeline - Hester Young - 1/21/18
E The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde - 12/6/17
L Lisa Jewell - The House We Grew Up In - 12/3/17
L The Lightkeeper's Daughters - Jean Pendziwol - 1/12/18
O One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - 10/2/17
W White - Learning to Breathe- Karen White - 10/15/17

Green - Emily Carpenter - 2/7/18
G Grace Murder at Merisham Lodge - Celina Grace - 3/26/18
R Rosamunde Pilcher - The Shell Seekers - 2/16/18
E Elizabeth George - Playing for the Ashes - 10/12/17
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage- 2/3/18
N Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen - 6/17/18


Blue - - Christi Caldwell - 2/11/18
B Benchley - Jaws - Peter Benchley - 8/22/17
L Lee - Something to Witch About - Amanda M Lee - 10/9/17
U The Undertaker’s Widow- Phillip Margolin - 4/30/19
E Elly Griffiths - The Zig Zag Girl- 9/3/17

Indigo - G.A. McKevett - 4/15/18
I I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh - 6/22/18
N Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek - 5/27/18
D Death of an Outsider - M.C. Beaton - 2/24/18
I Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose - 8/13/18
G Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - 4/16/18
O Ours': The Jersey Pals in the First World War - Ian Ronayne - 7/5/18

Violet - Simone St. James - 31/12/17
V A Vision in Velvet - Juliet Blackwell - 8/30/17
I In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen - 4/3/18
O Overholt - A Deadly Affection - Cuyler Overholt - 9/2/17
L Louise Penny - The Hangman - 10/24/17
E Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones - 9/7/17
T A King Ensnared: A Historical Novel of Scotland - J.R. Tomlin - 5/20/18

Welcome Joann :)

The Lost Challenges
Whatever the Weather (2.0)
Duration: 4/1/2018 - Til Done!

Progress: 9 out of 132

The original version of this challenge has been moved to the Scheduled for Revamp folder. If you are currently playing the original version, you may continue where you are, but new players should use this thread.

This challenge is based on the seasons and weather.

Spell out the listed words PLUS read a book for each word with a cover or title that relates to that word.

*Spell out the words using the first letter of your book titles ('A', 'An' and 'The' should be ignored) or authors initials (first, last or middle - if used).

EXAMPLE:

S - The 101 Dalmatians - Dodie Smith (last name)
U - Under the Dome - Stephen King (title)
M - Vintage Murder - Ngaio Marsh (last name)
M - Frankenstein - Mary Shelley (first name)
E - The End of the Affair - Graham Greene (title)
R - Fatherland - Robert Harris (first name)

Summer - On the Island - On the Island (On the Island, #1) by Tracey Garvis-Graves (beach scene on cover)
OR
Summer = HOT - White Hot Kiss (summer related word in title)

RULES

*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*Each book may only be used for one task or letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
* Where more than one option is given for a task, please state which option your book relates to.
*Please explain briefly how your book fits a task.
*If the task relates to the cover of your book, please post the cover AND the book link.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.

*Please update your original post as you go but also post an occasional message to let us know how you're getting on, if you would like to.

*When you have finished please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

Please see TLC Standard Challenge Rules for further details.

The Challenge

SEASONS

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Autumn
1. (Autumn Book)
A: Alan Cumming; You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 304 Pages
U: Username: Evie by Joe Sugg - *** - 4/4/2018 - 182 Pages
T: Tough Cookies: Leadership Lessons from 100 Years of the Girl Scouts by Kathy Cloninger - **** - 4/7/2018 - 181 Pages
U
M
N


Spring
1. (Spring Book)
S
P
R: Lodro Rinzler; The Buddha Walks into a Bar...: A Guide to Life for a New Generation - ***** - 4/2/2018 - 208 Pages
I: I Love My Breakup - the original part one by Sabrina Lacey - **** - 4/4/2018 - 39 Pages
N
G: Giant Days, Vol. 2 by John Allison - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 128 Pages


Summer
1. (Summer Book)
S
U
M
M
E
R

Winter
1. (Winter Book)
W
I
N
T
E
R

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud
Fog
Lightning

Rain
R
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 2 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 128 Pages
I
N


Rainbow
R
A: Alex + Ada, Vol. 3 by Jonathan Luna - ***** - 4/5/2018 - 136 Pages
I
N
B: Jim Butcher; Ghost Story - ***** - 4/6/2018 - 481 Pages
O
W


Snow
Storm
Sun
Thunder
Wind

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

Reserved

Welcome Suzanne!

Finished up the seasons:

SEASONS (28/28)
Autumn (7/7)
*Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

Spring (7/7)
*Heartache Falls by Emily March - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Paula Paul - Medium Dead - 9/30/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥

Summer (7/7)
*The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr - 10/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ready to Run by Lauren Layne - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥

Winter (7/7)
*Christmas Nights by J.H. Croix - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥

W - Welcome to Forever by Annie Rains - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Tricky Twenty-Two - 1/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

And the rainbow:

RAINBOW

Red (4/4)
*A Christmas to Remember by Jill Shalvis - 11/11/17 ♥♥♥

R – Author Katie Rose - Hard to Hold - 8/15/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 9/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
D - Author Maggie Dallen - Her Leading Man - 10/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

Orange (7/7)
*The Cat Who Could Read Backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun - 8/10/17 ♥♥♥♥

O - Author Olivia Thorne - Rock Me Hard - 1/11/18 ♥♥♥
R - Author Rebecca Zanetti - Blind Faith - 1/24/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Jackie Ashenden - Dirty For Me - 12/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Now and Then by Mira Lyn Kelly - 4/19/18 ♥♥♥
G - Giving It All by Christi Barth - 10/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Emily March - Angel's Rest - 10/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

Yellow (7/7)
*The Curse of Tenth Grave by Darynda Jones - 4/29/18 ♥♥♥♥

Y - Yours to Keep by Shannon Stacey - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Scoop - 11/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern – 11/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Turned On and Off - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥
O - Off Limits by Clare Connelly - 1/14/18 ♥♥♥
W - Wicked Charms by Janet Evanovich - 12/4/17 ♥♥♥

Green (6/6)
*Rock Chick Rescue by Kristen Ashley - 12/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

G - Author Gregory McDonald - Confess, Fletch - 10/26/17 ♥♥♥
R – Author J.D. Robb - Treachery in Death - 12/7/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
E - Author Erin McCarthy - Heart Breaker - 11/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Plum Lovin' - 11/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nicole Edwards - Bad Reputation - 4/22/18 ♥♥♥♥

Blue (5/5)
*The Playboy Prince and the Nanny by Donna Alward - 11/12/17 ♥♥♥

B - Author Patricia Briggs - Moon Called - 10/31/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Shari Lapena - The Couple Next Door - 12/2/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Duchess by Valerie Bowman - 5/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
E - The Escape by Mary Balogh - 12/11/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

Indigo (7/7)
*Pull Me Close by Sidney Halston - 8/23/17 ♥♥♥♥

I - I Kill Me: Tales of A Jilted Hypochondriac by Tracy H. Tucker - 1/26/18 ♥♥
N - Author Nina LaCour - You Know Me Well - 6/25/18 ♥♥♥
D - The Dirt on Ninth Grave by Darynda Jones - 11/30/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs - 2/24/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - The Gatekeeper by Kathryn Smith - 1/9/18 ♥♥♥
O - One Grave at a Time by Jeaniene Frost - 3/9/18 ♥♥♥♥

Violet (7/7)
*Love Bites by Lynsay Sands - 11/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

V - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis - 9/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indiscreet by Kasey Michaels - 4/16/18 ♥♥♥♥
O - Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman - 4/20/18 ♥♥♥
L – Author Jessica Lemmon - Eye Candy - 8/12/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Enquiry by Dick Francis - 1/2/18 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tailing a Tabby by Laurie Cass - 12/13/17 ♥♥♥♥

Fantastic Connie!!

Thanks! I suddenly realized I had finished quite a bit of this one. Just a couple more covers to go, and I already have books in mind that will fit.

Whatever The Weather
Start: 22/9/18

SEASONS

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud
Fog
Lightning
Rain
Rainbow
Snow
Storm
Sun
Thunder
Wind

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

Connie N. wrote: "Thanks! I suddenly realized I had finished quite a bit of this one. Just a couple more covers to go, and I already have books in mind that will fit."

WOW - that's great!

Welcome Angie!

The Challenge
October 1, 2018- April 25, 2021
132/132

SEASONS
✔Autumn: -Liane Moriarty- 11/13/18
A:Anne Lamott- Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace-10/11/19
U:Urquhart-Brown, Susan-The Accidental Entrepreneur: The 50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About Starting a Business- 11/27/18
T:Take Two by Karen Kingsbury- 10/22/18
U:The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren-7/9/19
M:Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear. Take the Leap. Live On Purpose. by Lara Casey- 11/26/18
N:Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty- 11/18/18

✔Spring: by Wendy Pope-0/18/19
S:A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult-10/8/18
P:Piazza, Charlotte-Charlotte Walsh Likes To Win-10/26/18
R:Reid, Taylor Jenkins-Evidence of the Affair-11/22/18
I:In Search Of Us by Ava Dellaira-11/20/18
N:Nathan Clarkson|-Different: The Story of an Outside-The-Box Kid and the Mom Who Loved Him-2/26/19
G:The Good Luck Charm by Helena Hunting-11/26/18

✔Summer: by Wendy Wax-8/7/19
S:Sobanent, Juliette: Kissed in Paris-10/31/18
U:Under a Summer Sky by Melody Carlson-7/17/19
M:Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer-4/5/19
M:The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates-3/3/20
E:Elin Hilderbrand- Winter Solstice-1/25/19
R:Reid, Taylor Jenkins-Daisy Jones & The Six-3/23/19

✔Winter: by Sophie Kinsella- 12/15/20
W: When We Were Young by Karen Kingsbury- 10/27/18
I: I Owe You One by Sophie Kinsella- 2/9/19
N: Jessica N. Turner - The Fringe Hours: Making Time for You- 5/11/19
T: Take Three by Karen Kingsbury 10/24/18
E: Evans, Harriet: I Remember You- 02/25/19
R:Rebecca Serle- The Dinner List- 11/30/18

WEATHER

✔Cloud: by Greg Mortenson- 3/25/20
C:Catherine Parks-Real: The Surprising Secret to Deeper Relationships- 1/9/20
L:Lyrebird by Cecelia Ahern-12/18/18
O:One Day in December by Josie Silver-1/4/19
U:Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer-8/91/19
D:The Diver's Clothes Lie Empty by Vendela Vida-5/3/19

✔Fog: by Noah Hawley-4/1/20
F:Franklin, Jonathan 33 Men-4/16/19
O:Sheryl O'Loughlin-Killing It: An Entrepreneur's Guide to Keeping Your Head Without Losing Your Heart-2/13/19
G:The Girl in the Glass by Susan Meissner-12/28/18

✔Lightning: by Scarlet Hiltibidal- 5/15/20
L:Liane Moriarty- The Husband's Secret-2/15/19
I:In a Perfect World- Trish Doller- 5/24/20
G:Gisela Yohannan Broken for a Purpose-01/05/19
H:The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty-12/3/19
T:TerKerust, Lysa- The Best Yes: Making Wise Decisions in the Midst of Endless Demands-10/24/18
N:Nunn, Malla- When the Ground Is Hard-9/16/19
I:The Idea of Love-Patti Callahan Henry- 6/25/20
N:Next Year in Havana by Chanel Cleeton-8/21/19
G:Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't-2/1/19

✔Rain: by Jamie Ivey-11/3/18
R:Roxanne Elden Adequate Yearly Progress-4/4/19
A:All This I Will Give to You by Dolores Redondo-10/10/19
I:Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost by Caitlin Zaloom-10/26/19
N:Night of Miracles- Elizabeth Berg-2/26/20

✔Rainbow: Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell- 8/1/20
R:Red Clocks by Leni Zumas-12/18/19
A:Ahern, Cecelia- Postscript- 4/12/20
I:Ibram X. Kendi-Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America- 8/11/20
N:Notes from a Blue Bike: The Art of Living Intentionally in a Chaotic World by Tsh Oxenreider-1/15/20
B:Brene Brown Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.-5/8/19
O:O'Neal, Anthony- Debt-Free Degree: The Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Your Kid Through College Without Student Loans- 3/5/20
W:Wendy Wax- Magnolia Wednesdays- 3/13/19

✔Snow by Cecelia Ahern-1/27/20
S: Someone Like You by Karen Kingsbury- 7/9/20
N:All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung-12/10/19
O:Owen Nicholls-Love, Unscripted- 3/18/20
W:Willard F. Harley Jr.- His Needs, Her Needs: Building an Affair-Proof Marriage- 10/12/18

✔Storm: by Liz Fenton-2/2/21
S:Stine, Crystal- Holy Hustle: Embracing a Work-Hard, Rest-Well Life-3/21/20
T:Together with You by Victoria Bylin-12/4/18
O:The Opposite of Me by Sarah Pekkanen-2/16/20
R:Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World by Shelly Miller-5/31/19
M:Meg Mitchell Moore- The Admissions- 10/4/18

✔Sun: by Jasmine Guillory-3/11/20
S:Selingo, Jeffrey- There Is Life After College: What Parents and Students Should Know About Navigating School to Prepare for the Jobs of Tomorrow-3/24/20
U:The Unlikely Adventures of the Shergill Sisters- Balli Kaur Jaswal-11/28/19
N: Nemans, Emily- The Cactus League- 9/8/20

✔Thunder A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard- 4/24/21
T:True Places- Sonja Yoerg- 1/13/19
H:Higgins, Kristin Good Luck with That-12/7/18
U: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen- Dan Heath- 4/26/20
N:No Judgments- Meg Cabot- 2/15/21
D:Desmond, Matthew- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City-1/24/20
E:Elmore, Tim- Marching Off the Map: Inspire Students to Navigate a Brand New World- 1/16/20
R:Running from Mercy: Jonah and the Surprising Story of God's Unstoppable Grace by Anthony Carter-2/29/20

✔Wind: Beyond Tuesday Morning-10/10/18
W:Wendy Pope- Yes, No, and Maybe: Living with the God of Immeasurably More - 7/26/19
I:It's Not Supposed to Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa TerKeurst- 7/18/19
N: Nemens, Emily- The Cactus League- 9/8/20
D: Downs, Annie- Remember God- 9/1/20

RAINBOW

✔Red: Spying in High Heels by Gemma Halliday- 10/26/18
R:Roxanne Veletzos The Girl They Left Behind - 5/30/19
E:Evans, Harriet- Love Always by Harriet Evans- 11/18/19
D:Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse- 2/16/20

✔Orange: This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel- 10/15/18
O: The One That Got Away by Bethany Chase- 3/3/20
R:Ruthless Trust: The Ragamuffin's Path to God- 4/25/20
A:American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins-2/20/20
N:The Nature of Fragile Things by Susan Meissner- 4/4/21
G:The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown- 2/6/19
E:Educated by Tara Westover- 7/15/19

✔Yellow: by Stephanie Haddad- 12/1/19
Y: You Are a Badass Every Day: How to Keep Your Motivation Strong, Your Vibe High, and Your Quest for Transformation Unstoppable by Jen Sincero- 2/26/19
E: Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng- 6/21/19
L: The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner- 5/10/19
L: The Library of Lost and Found by Phaedra Patrick- 5/18/19
O: Ortiz, Claire- Hope Runs: An American Tourist, a Kenyan Boy, a Journey of Redemption- 8/23/19
W: The Wedding Date by Jasmine Guillory- 2/7/20

✔Green: -Shannan Martin- 3/20/19
G:Gerth, Holley- Fiercehearted: Live Fully, Love Bravely- 4/16/20
R:Rebecca Yarros- The Last Letter- 6/27/19
E: Elizabeth Vargas- Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction- 7/23/19
E:Emily P. Freeman-The Next Right Thing: A Simple, Soulful Practice for Making Life Decisions- 9/20/19
N:The Night Tiger-Yangsze Choo- 7/4/19

✔Blue: - Cecelia Ahern-10/18/18
B: Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest, and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even If You Hate Marketing and Selling-Michael Port- 7/24/20
L: Leota's Garden-Francine Rivers- 5/23/19
U: Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely-Lysa TerKeurst- 4/5/20
E: Eller, Suzie- The Spirit-Led Heart: Living a Life of Love and Faith Without Borders- 3/14/20

✔Indigo: - Ashley Hales- 7/7/19
I:If There's No Tomorrow by Jennifer Armentrout- 10/28/20
N:The Night Watchman- Louise Erdrich- 12/16/20
D: David Marcus- Acceptance: A Legendary Guidance Counselor Helps Seven Kids Find the Right Colleges—and Find Themselves- 8/31/2020
I:Inspired: Slaying Giants, Walking on Water, and Loving the Bible Again- Rachel Held Evans- 1/5/21
G: Guillroy, Jasmine- The Wedding Party- 4/18/20
O: On Pills and Needles by Rick Van Warner- 4/29/20

✔Violet: by Kim Gruenenfelder- 4/24/19
V: Viemont, Jennifer- College Beyond the States: European Schools That Will Change Your Life Without Breaking the Bank - 4/1/19
I:In a Holidaze- Christina Lauren- 12/24/20
O: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith- Sarah Bessey- 8/22/20
L: Lara Casey- Cultivate: A Grace-Filled Guide to Growing an Intentional Life -2/25/20
E: Every Last Lie- Mary Kubica - 1/7/20
T: Tough, Paul- The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us- 7/30/20

Welcome Allison!

Welcome Vittoria!

Whatever the Weather completed
Challenge starting on 16/01/2019

SEASONS
Autumn - A Year Without Autumn – Liz Kessler – 29.04.19
An April Shroud – Reginald Hill – 05.02.19
U Unravelling oliver – liz nugent – 20.06.19 260
T Truckers – Terry Pratchett – 27.02.19
U Unforgivable – mike Thomas – 22.07.19
M Macbeth – Jo Nesbo – 28.01.19
N The Night Stalker – Clare Donoghue – 19.02.2019


Spring –
( Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin – 18.01.19– leaves)
S The good pilot, peter woodhouse – alexander mccall smith 01.01.20
Philip Pullman – The Broken Bridge – Philip Pullman – 20.01.19
R (The) The Rest Of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness – 07.02.19
I Into the Water – Paula Hawkins – 17.02.19
N And The Ocean Was Our Sky – Patrick Ness – 18.03.19
G Ghost girl – torey hayden 30.06.19 307


Summer
The summer maiden – dilly court – 09.07.19
She’s Leaving Home – Edwina Currie – 13.02.19
U The undercover cook – katie fforde – 27.05.19
M Mystery Mile – Margery Allingham – 14.02.19
M The Memory – Lucy Dawson – 9 Feb 2019
E Even Money – Dick Francis & Felix Francis – 23.02.19
R Ruling Passion – Reginald Hill - 18.02.19


Winter – The Crow Girl – Erik Axl Sund – 28.01.19
W The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown – 17.01.19
I A Question of Blood – Ian Rankin – 28.02.19
N The Fish Ladder – Katharine Norbury – 31.03.19
T The thirty-nine steps – john buchan – 30.03.19
E Sugar and Spice and all those lies – Evy Journey – 23.02.19 -
R Resurrection Men – Ian Rankin – 14.03.19



WEATHER
Cloud
White Lies – Lucy Dawson – 13.03.19
C Charity Ends At Home – Colin Watson – 30.01.19
L A Dash of Love – Liz Isaacson 22.02.19
O The One – John Marr – 12 Feb 2019
U Black Out – Lisa Unger - 07.01.20
D Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder – Jo Nesbo – 24.01.19


Fog
Fog – caroline b. cooney 09.08.19
The Falls – Ian Rankin – 09.02.19
O One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez – 26 Feb 2019
G G A Guilty Thing Surprised – Ruth Rendell – 04.01.20


Lightning - Lightening mary – anthea simmons – 19.12.19
L Lion – saroo Brierley – 22.01.20
I Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro – 14.04.19
G Zoology – Poetry – Gillian Clarke 16.03.19
H Heliopolis – James Scudamore – 13 Feb 2019
T Trust No One – Clare Donoghue – 23.02.19
N Newt’s return – garth nix – 15.06.19
I The bell – iris Murdoch – 06.04.19
N Secret evil – zara gill – 15.06.19
G The Last Tudor – Philippa Gregory – 01.04.19


Rain - Exposure – helen Dunmore – 28.12.19
R The Secret Life Of Cows – Rosamund Young – 11.03.19
A Be Near Me – Andrew O’Hagan – 27.02.19
I I’ll Find You - Liz Lawler – 25.03.19
N The knife of never letting go – Patrick ness – 05.06.19


Rainbow - A Spark Of Light – Jodi Picoult – 04.03.19
R Rikki tikki tavi – Rudyard Kipling – 30.03.19
A Arthur & George – Julian Barnes – 25.02.19
I An Illustrated Coastal Year – the seashore uncovered season by season – celia lewis – 14.05.19
N Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
B Death of a scriptwriter – M.C. Beaton – 25.02.19
O Becoming – Michelle Obama -16.03.19
W – Winnie-the-pooh – a.a.milne – 02.01.20


Snow - A highland Christmas – m.c.beaton – 01.11.19
S The Sealwoman’s Gift – 21.02.19
N Notes from a small island – bill Bryson – 04.04.19
O The mammy – Brendan O’Connor – 25.04.19
W When will there be good news – kate Atkinson – 28.04.19


Storm - G Black Sheep - Georgette Heyer – 24.02.19
S Dangerous Pleasures – Bertrice Small 21.02.19
T Searching for Schindler – Thomas Kenneally – 09.05.19
O One Good Turn – Kate Atkinson – 11.04.19
R The Five – Hallie Rubenhold– 18.03.19
M Death Of A Maid – M.C. Beaton – 12.03.19


Sun
The Whitstable Pearl – Julie Wassmer - #1 – 11.11.19
S The Star Outside My Window – Onjali Q Rauf 18.01.20
U fragile - lisa unger - 03.02.20
N The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19



Thunder - I Had A Black Dog – Matthew Johnstone – 16.03.19
T Texas Ranger – James Patterson – 14.05.19
H Here I am – Jonathan Safran Foer – 20.02.19
U U An unsuitable woman – kat Gordon – 23.12.19
N Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own- Cathy glass – 20.06.19 336
D Death Of A Prankster – M.C. Beaton – 11.03.19
E Enquiry – Dick Francis 21.02.19
R The Story Of Beautiful Girl – Rachel Simon – 24.03.19


Wind - A Cold Season – Alison Littlewood – 04.03.19
W The woman who walked in sunshine – Alexandra mccoll-smith – 14.05.19
I The taken – inger ash wolf – 10.06.19
N Nypd red 4 – james Patterson and marshall karp – 12.06.19
D Death Of A Bore – M.C.Beaton 10.03.19



RAINBOW
Red - The three musketeers – alexander dumas 13.01.20
R The long walk – Slawomir rawicz – 18.05.19
E Every little thing – Samantha young – 22.04.19
D Death of a poison pen – M.C. Beaton – 01.03.19


Orange– the intrusions – stav sherez 18.12.19
O One – sarah crossan - 13.12.19 – irish author
R The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler – 13.07.19
A Black Beauty – Anna Sewell – 01.03.19
N Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman - 01.12.19
G Gamble – Felix Francis – 04.11.19
E Elizabeth – her life, our times – alan titchmarsh – 11.04.19


Yellow - – the scandalous marriage – m.c. beaton / marion Chesney 30.12.19
Y Six Four – Hideo Yokoyama – 07.03.19
E The Sisterhood – Emily Barr – 21.05.2019 320 pages
L Waking dragons – jane yolen & derek Anderson 22.01.20
L Little sister – lucy dawson – 19.07.19
O Ambush – james Patterson & james o.born – 16.05.19
W The World’s Wife – Carol Ann Duffy – 19.04.19


Green – Lost In The Jungle – Yossi Ghinsberg – 29.01.19
G cinnamon - neil gaiman and divya srinivason
R Remember Rosie – Beverly Sanford 12.07.19
E The murder of harriet Monckton - Elizabeth Haynes – 20.12.19
E Song of the dolphin boy – Elizabeth laird – 28.01.20
N Jessica’s ghost – Andrew norriss – 21.01.20


Blue – Frankenstein – mary shelley 13.11.19
B Death Of A Hussy – M.C. Beaton – 11.03.19
L Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery – 24.03.19
U An unsuitable woman – kat Gordon – 23.12.19
E E Elizabeth and the prince of spain – Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth trilogy #3 26.0.20


Indigo -– my friend walter – Michael Morpurgo 03.12.19
I The insider – Mari Hannah - #2 stone & oliver 22.11.19
N Land of the living – nicci French – 09.07.19
D Death of a Dreamer – M.C. Beaton 25.02.19
I The zoo – the wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London zoo - Isobel charman - 03.11.19 pub 06.07.2017
G Girl alone – cathy glass – 29.05.19
O The Outcast – Sadie jones – 07.04.19


Violet -– the magic finger – roald dahl 27.01.20
V Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne – 17.03.19
I lost on the beach - ian beck 22.01.20
O Odds against – dick francis – 06.06.19
L The Little Prince - Antoine du Saint-Exupery – 26.03.19
E A Song for Summer – eva Ibbotson - 13.12.19
T My Love Story - Tina Turner – 30.03.19

Welcome Den!

Whatever the Weather (2.0)
Duration: Open Ended
Starting 28 December 2018

Part 1: COMPLETED
SEASONS

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Words: 4/4
Seasons: 4/4
Spell Out: 24/24

✔ Autumn → The Wolfe Widow by Victoria Abbott - 30 Apr 19 (view spoiler)[ (autumnal pumpkins and leaves on cover) (hide spoiler)]
A Abbott, Victoria wrote The Christie Curse - 06 Jan 19
U Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco - 17 Feb 19
T Tremayne, Peter wrote Absolution by Murder - 17 Jan 19
U Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco - 19 Apr 19
M Midnight in Death by J.D. Robb - 31 Mar 19
N Naked in Death by J.D. Robb - 14 Jan 19

✔ Spring → Naughty in Nice by Rhys Bowen - 03 Jan 19 (view spoiler)[ (pink springtime flowers) (hide spoiler)]
S The Sayers Swindle by Victoria Abbott - 19 Jan 19
P Patricia Briggs wrote River Marked - 30 Dec 18
R Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen - 04 Feb 19
I Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Bleeds - 21 Jan 19
N Nalini Singh wrote Archangel's Consort - 07 Jan 19
G Glory in Death by J.D. Robb - 23 Jan 19

✔ Summer → Fall of a Philanderer by Carola Dunn - 28 Dec 18 (view spoiler)[ (summer beach scene) (hide spoiler)]
S Spellbound by Cate Tiernan - 22 Mar 19
U The Uninvited Corpse by Debra Sennefelder - 28 Dec 19
M A Most Novel Revenge by Ashley Weaver - 05 Jun 19
M Maas, Sarah J. wrote Queen of Shadows - 24 Apr 19
E Estep, Jennifer wrote Tangled Threads - 25 Mar 19
R Robb, J.D. wrote Haunted In Death - 06 Aug 19

✔ Winter → Twelve Slays of Christmas by Jacqueline Frost - 31 Dec 18 (view spoiler)[ (Christmassy scene on cover) (hide spoiler)]
W Witness In Death by J.D. Robb - 23 Apr 19
I Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb - 31 Jan 19
N Nalini Singh wrote Angels’ Blood - 19 Mar 19
T The Tomb of Zeus by Barbara Cleverly - 30 May 19
E Estep, Jennifer wrote Thread of Death - 04 Apr 19
R Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb - 10 Feb 19

Whatever the Weather (2.0)
Duration: Open Ended
Starting 28 December 2018

Part 2
WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Words: 7/10
Weather: 8/10
Spell Out: 45/51

Cloud → Venom by Jennifer Estep - 10 Mar 19 (view spoiler)[ (clouds) (hide spoiler)]
C City of Bones by Cassandra Clare - 09 Jan 19
L Loyalty in Death by J.D. Robb - 06 Apr 19
O One Tequila by Tricia O'Malley - 25 Apr 19
U
D Darynda Jones wrote Sixth Grave on the Edge - 20 Apr 19

✔ Fog → Where Shadows Dance by C.S. Harris - 25 Apr 19 (view spoiler)[ (fog) (hide spoiler)]
F Frost, Jacqueline wrote 'Twas the Knife Before Christmas - 01 Jan 19
O On Borrowed Time by Jenn McKinlay - 31 May 19
G Gail Carriger wrote Soulless - 17 Mar 19

✔ Lightning → Marked in Flesh by Anne Bishop - 22 May 19 (view spoiler)[ (lightning) (hide spoiler)]
L London Interlude by Tracy Grant - 03 Jul 19
I Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Strikes - 20 Jan 19
G Gates, Eva wrote By Book or By Crook - 01 May 19
H Holiday in Death by J.D. Robb - 22 Mar 19
T Thompson, Victoria wrote Murder on Sisters' Row - 27 Jan 19
N Nalini Singh wrote Archangel's Blade - 08 Jan 19
I Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Dreams - 08 Apr 19
N A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon - 11 Oct 19
G Gates, Eva wrote Booked for Trouble - 23 May 19

✔ Rain → The Julius House by Charlaine Harris - 18 July 20 (view spoiler)[ (rain) (hide spoiler)]
R Robb, J.D. wrote Ceremony in Death - 09 Mar 19
A Awakening by Cate Tiernan - 18 Mar 19
I Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Slays - 10 Apr 19
N New Moon by Stephenie Meyer - 08 Dec 19

Rainbow
R Robb, J.D. wrote Conspiracy In Death - 03 Apr 19
A Agatha Christie wrote Death on the Nile - 04 Aug 19
I Ilona Andrews wrote Magic Rises - 18 Apr 19
N Nalini Singh wrote Angels' Blood - 03 Feb 20
B Bishop, Anne wrote Murder of Crows - 25 Feb 19
O Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 20 Jul 19
W What Darkness Brings by C.S. Harris - 05 May 19

✔ Snow → The Twelve Clues of Christmas by Rhys Bowen - 19 May 19 (view spoiler)[ (snow) (hide spoiler)]
S Shroud for the Archbishop by Peter Tremayne - 24 Apr 19
N Nalini Singh wrote Archangel's Kiss - 06 Feb 20
O Orgoglio e pregiudizio by Jane Austen - 07 Oct 19
W Weaver, Ashley wrote Murder at the Brightwell - 26 May 19

✔ Storm → Reading Up a Storm by Eva Gates - 06 Jun 19 (view spoiler)[(title) (hide spoiler)]
S Seduction in Death by J.D. Robb - 13 May 19
T Thompson, Victoria wrote Murder on Amsterdam Avenue - 08 Jun 19
O On Her Majesty's Frightfully Secret Service by Rhys Bowen - 22 July 20
R Robb, J.D. wrote Judgement in Death - 29 Apr 19
M McKinlay, Jenn wrote Book, Line and Sinker - 06 May 19

Sun → Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop - 28 Feb 19 (view spoiler)[ (sunlight streaming from behind) (hide spoiler)]
S A Study in Death by Anna Lee Huber - 03 Jun 19
U
N

Thunder
T Tracy Grant wrote Vienna Waltz - 05 Jul 19
H The Hammett Hex by Victoria Abbott - 19 May 19
U
N
D Darynda Jones wrote Seventh Grave and No Body - 22 Apr 19
E Estep, Jennifer wrote By a Thread - 07 Apr 19
R Robert Jordan wrote A Crown of Swords - 30 Apr 19

Wind → Lethal Letters by Ellery Adams - 29 Dec 18 (view spoiler)[ (papers carried away by the wind) (hide spoiler)]
W Weaver, Ashley wrote Death Wears a Mask - 29 May 19
I Interlude in Death by J.D. Robb - 08 May 19
N
D Dark Road to Darjeeling by Deanna Raybourn - 27 Apr 19

Whatever the Weather (2.0)
Duration: Open Ended
Starting 28 December 2018

Part 3
RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Words: 1/7
Colors: 7/7
Spell Out: 29/36

✔ Red → Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling - 08 Feb 19 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
R Read It And Weep by Jenn McKinlay - 17 May 19
E Estep, Jennifer wrote Kiss of Venom - 13 Apr 19
D Dunn, Carola wrote Gunpowder Plot - 19 Jun 19

Orange → Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen - 24 Aug 20 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
O Orgoglio e pregiudizio by Jane Austen - 27 Aug 20
R Reunion in Death by J.D. Robb - 09 Jun 19
A Abbott, Victoria wrote The Marsh Madness - 16 May 19
N
G Greenwood, Kerry wrote Cocaine Blues - 25 May 19
E Eva Gates wrote The Spook in the Stacks - 31 Jul 19

Yellow → Great Expectations by Charles Dickens - 25 Jan 20 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
Y The Yankee Club by Michael Murphy - 26 Jun 19
E Erika Chase wrote A Killer Read - 24 May 19
L Law and Author by Erika Chase - 16 Jul 19
L A Likely Story by Jenn McKinlay - 27 Jul 19
O
W Widow’s Web by Jennifer Estep - 28 Jun 19

Green → Fourth Grave Beneath My Feet by Darynda Jones - 26 Jan 19 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
G A Grave Matter by Anna Lee Huber - 27 May 19
R Rhys Bowen wrote Heirs and Graces - 10 Jun 19
E Erika Chase wrote Read and Buried - 25 May 19
E Erika Chase wrote Cover Story - 03 Jun 19
N

Blue → Eighth Grave After Dark by Darynda Jones - 04 May 19 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
B Betrayal in Death by J.D. Robb - 03 May 19
L Libba Bray wrote The Diviners - 09 Sep 19
U
E Ellery Adams wrote Killer Characters - 04 Jun 19

Indigo → Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling - 31 May 20 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
I Intrigue in Capri by Ashley Weaver - 05 Jun 19
N
D Death Is Like a Box of Chocolates by Kathy Aarons - 23 Jun 19
I Imitation in Death by J.D. Robb - 27 Jun 19
G Grant, Tracy wrote His Spanish Bride - 09 Jun 19
O

Violet → Fifth Grave Past the Light by Darynda Jones - 29 Jan 19 (view spoiler)[ (hide spoiler)]
V Vengeance in Death by J.D. Robb - 14 Mar 19
I Imperial Scandal by Tracy Grant - 30 Jul 19
O
L Literally Murder by Ali Brandon - 26 Oct 19
E Erika Chase wrote Book Fair and Foul - 06 Jun 19
T Tasha Alexander wrote A Poisoned Season - 25 Jul 19

Each message box can fit 12,000 characters.

SEASONS

Spell out the seasons using your book titles (a, an and the can be ignored) and authors first or last names AND read one book for each season that either has a picture on the cover or a word in the title related to that season.

Autumn
Spring
Summer
Winter

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud
Fog
Lightning
Rain
Rainbow
Snow
Storm
Sun
Thunder
Wind

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Indigo
Violet

Welcome Jess!

Whatever the Weather COMPLETION POST
Challenge starting on 16/01/2019

SEASONS
Autumn - A Year Without Autumn – Liz Kessler – 29.04.19
An April Shroud – Reginald Hill – 05.02.19
U Unravelling oliver – liz nugent – 20.06.19 260
T Truckers – Terry Pratchett – 27.02.19
U Unforgivable – mike Thomas – 22.07.19
M Macbeth – Jo Nesbo – 28.01.19
N The Night Stalker – Clare Donoghue – 19.02.2019


Spring –
( Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin – 18.01.19– leaves)
S The good pilot, peter woodhouse – alexander mccall smith 01.01.20
Philip Pullman – The Broken Bridge – Philip Pullman – 20.01.19
R (The) The Rest Of Us Just Live Here – Patrick Ness – 07.02.19
I Into the Water – Paula Hawkins – 17.02.19
N And The Ocean Was Our Sky – Patrick Ness – 18.03.19
G Ghost girl – torey hayden 30.06.19 307


Summer
The summer maiden – dilly court – 09.07.19
She’s Leaving Home – Edwina Currie – 13.02.19
U The undercover cook – katie fforde – 27.05.19
M Mystery Mile – Margery Allingham – 14.02.19
M The Memory – Lucy Dawson – 9 Feb 2019
E Even Money – Dick Francis & Felix Francis – 23.02.19
R Ruling Passion – Reginald Hill - 18.02.19


Winter – The Crow Girl – Erik Axl Sund – 28.01.19
W The Witchfinder’s Sister – Beth Underdown – 17.01.19
I A Question of Blood – Ian Rankin – 28.02.19
N The Fish Ladder – Katharine Norbury – 31.03.19
T The thirty-nine steps – john buchan – 30.03.19
E Sugar and Spice and all those lies – Evy Journey – 23.02.19 -
R Resurrection Men – Ian Rankin – 14.03.19



WEATHER
Cloud
White Lies – Lucy Dawson – 13.03.19
C Charity Ends At Home – Colin Watson – 30.01.19
L A Dash of Love – Liz Isaacson 22.02.19
O The One – John Marr – 12 Feb 2019
U Black Out – Lisa Unger - 07.01.20
D Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder – Jo Nesbo – 24.01.19


Fog
Fog – caroline b. cooney 09.08.19
The Falls – Ian Rankin – 09.02.19
O One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez – 26 Feb 2019
G G A Guilty Thing Surprised – Ruth Rendell – 04.01.20


Lightning - Lightening mary – anthea simmons – 19.12.19
L Lion – saroo Brierley – 22.01.20
I Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro – 14.04.19
G Zoology – Poetry – Gillian Clarke 16.03.19
H Heliopolis – James Scudamore – 13 Feb 2019
T Trust No One – Clare Donoghue – 23.02.19
N Newt’s return – garth nix – 15.06.19
I The bell – iris Murdoch – 06.04.19
N Secret evil – zara gill – 15.06.19
G The Last Tudor – Philippa Gregory – 01.04.19


Rain - Exposure – helen Dunmore – 28.12.19
R The Secret Life Of Cows – Rosamund Young – 11.03.19
A Be Near Me – Andrew O’Hagan – 27.02.19
I I’ll Find You - Liz Lawler – 25.03.19
N The knife of never letting go – Patrick ness – 05.06.19


Rainbow - A Spark Of Light – Jodi Picoult – 04.03.19
R Rikki tikki tavi – Rudyard Kipling – 30.03.19
A Arthur & George – Julian Barnes – 25.02.19
I An Illustrated Coastal Year – the seashore uncovered season by season – celia lewis – 14.05.19
N Nine perfect strangers – liane moriarty 03.05.19
B Death of a scriptwriter – M.C. Beaton – 25.02.19
O Becoming – Michelle Obama -16.03.19
W – Winnie-the-pooh – a.a.milne – 02.01.20


Snow - A highland Christmas – m.c.beaton – 01.11.19
S The Sealwoman’s Gift – 21.02.19
N Notes from a small island – bill Bryson – 04.04.19
O The mammy – Brendan O’Connor – 25.04.19
W When will there be good news – kate Atkinson – 28.04.19


Storm - G Black Sheep - Georgette Heyer – 24.02.19
S Dangerous Pleasures – Bertrice Small 21.02.19
T Searching for Schindler – Thomas Kenneally – 09.05.19
O One Good Turn – Kate Atkinson – 11.04.19
R The Five – Hallie Rubenhold– 18.03.19
M Death Of A Maid – M.C. Beaton – 12.03.19


Sun
The Whitstable Pearl – Julie Wassmer - #1 – 11.11.19
S The Star Outside My Window – Onjali Q Rauf 18.01.20
U fragile - lisa unger - 03.02.20
N The ask and the answer – Patrick ness – 04.07.19



Thunder - I Had A Black Dog – Matthew Johnstone – 16.03.19
T Texas Ranger – James Patterson – 14.05.19
H Here I am – Jonathan Safran Foer – 20.02.19
U U An unsuitable woman – kat Gordon – 23.12.19
N Nobody’s Son: All Alex ever wanted was a family of his own- Cathy glass – 20.06.19 336
D Death Of A Prankster – M.C. Beaton – 11.03.19
E Enquiry – Dick Francis 21.02.19
R The Story Of Beautiful Girl – Rachel Simon – 24.03.19


Wind - A Cold Season – Alison Littlewood – 04.03.19
W The woman who walked in sunshine – Alexandra mccoll-smith – 14.05.19
I The taken – inger ash wolf – 10.06.19
N Nypd red 4 – james Patterson and marshall karp – 12.06.19
D Death Of A Bore – M.C.Beaton 10.03.19



RAINBOW
Red - The three musketeers – alexander dumas 13.01.20
R The long walk – Slawomir rawicz – 18.05.19
E Every little thing – Samantha young – 22.04.19
D Death of a poison pen – M.C. Beaton – 01.03.19


Orange– the intrusions – stav sherez 18.12.19
O One – sarah crossan - 13.12.19 – irish author
R The Big Sleep – Raymond Chandler – 13.07.19
A Black Beauty – Anna Sewell – 01.03.19
N Noughts and Crosses – Malorie Blackman - 01.12.19
G Gamble – Felix Francis – 04.11.19
E Elizabeth – her life, our times – alan titchmarsh – 11.04.19


Yellow - – the scandalous marriage – m.c. beaton / marion Chesney 30.12.19
Y Six Four – Hideo Yokoyama – 07.03.19
E The Sisterhood – Emily Barr – 21.05.2019 320 pages
L Waking dragons – jane yolen & derek Anderson 22.01.20
L Little sister – lucy dawson – 19.07.19
O Ambush – james Patterson & james o.born – 16.05.19
W The World’s Wife – Carol Ann Duffy – 19.04.19


Green – Lost In The Jungle – Yossi Ghinsberg – 29.01.19
G cinnamon - neil gaiman and divya srinivason
R Remember Rosie – Beverly Sanford 12.07.19
E The murder of harriet Monckton - Elizabeth Haynes – 20.12.19
E Song of the dolphin boy – Elizabeth laird – 28.01.20
N Jessica’s ghost – Andrew norriss – 21.01.20


Blue – Frankenstein – mary shelley 13.11.19
B Death Of A Hussy – M.C. Beaton – 11.03.19
L Anne of Green Gables – Lucy Maud Montgomery – 24.03.19
U An unsuitable woman – kat Gordon – 23.12.19
E E Elizabeth and the prince of spain – Margaret Irwin – Elizabeth trilogy #3 26.0.20


Indigo -– my friend walter – Michael Morpurgo 03.12.19
I The insider – Mari Hannah - #2 stone & oliver 22.11.19
N Land of the living – nicci French – 09.07.19
D Death of a Dreamer – M.C. Beaton 25.02.19
I The zoo – the wild and wonderful tale of the founding of London zoo - Isobel charman - 03.11.19 pub 06.07.2017
G Girl alone – cathy glass – 29.05.19
O The Outcast – Sadie jones – 07.04.19


Violet -– the magic finger – roald dahl 27.01.20
V Around the World in 80 Days – Jules Verne – 17.03.19
I lost on the beach - ian beck 22.01.20
O Odds against – dick francis – 06.06.19
L The Little Prince - Antoine du Saint-Exupery – 26.03.19
E A Song for Summer – eva Ibbotson - 13.12.19
T My Love Story - Tina Turner – 30.03.19

WOOHOO Den!

FINALLY finished!

SEASONS

Autumn - - Louise Penny - 9/19/17
A The Alice Network - Kate Quinn - 11/6/17
U Unf*ck Your Habitat: You're Better Than Your Mess - Rachel Hoffman - 10/27/17
T The Two-Family House - Linda Loigman - 10/18/17
U Uncorked - Lois Greiman - 11/4/17
M The Marsh King's Daughter - Karen Dionne - 11/28/17
N Never Fall Down- Patricia McCormick - 9/12/17

Spring - Donna Ball - 1/16/18
S The Secret Keeper - Kate Morton - 9/15/17
P Penny - The Beautiful Mystery - Louise Penny - 11/22/17
R Rowling - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - 10/7/17
I Imogen Robertson - Anatomy of Murder - 11/2/17
N Nutcase - Charlotte Hughes - 4/17/18
G The Girl in the Castle - Santa Montefiore - 24/8/17

Summer - - Maureen Leurck - 8/20/17
S Seventh Grave and No Body Darynda Jones- 8/17/17
U Undercover in High Heels - Gemma Halliday - 9/21/17
MMrs. Jeffries and the Missing Alibi- Emily Brightwell - 10/1/17
M The Murder Stone - Louise Penny - 27/8/17
E Emily Organ - Limelight - 8/9/17
R Ruta Sepetys - Salt to the Sea - 8/13/17

Winter - Louise Penny - 10/23/17
W Witch Me Luck - Amanda Lee - 11/14/17
I I've Got You Under My Skin - Mary Higgins Clark - 16/8/17
N Neil Gaiman - The Graveyard Book - 9/25/17
T T. E. Kinsey - A Quiet Life In The Country - 11/9/17
E Erick Setiawan - Of Bees and Mist - 9/5/17
R Raybourn - A Spear of Summer Grass - Deanna Raybourn - 9/17/17

WEATHER

Just like with the seasons, spell out the weather words below AND read one book for each word with a picture on the cover or word in the title related to that word.

Cloud - Catherine Ryan Hyde - 8/9/18
C Christmas at Harrington's - Melody Carlson - 12/11/17
L Lyn Hamilton - The Xibalba Murders - 8/19/17
O One Coffee With - Margaret Maron - 8/11/17
U Uncle Montague's Tales of Terror - Chris Priestley - 5/23/18
D Dashofy - Circle of Influence - Annette Dashofy - 10/10/17

Fog - - Paulo Coelho - 10/20/17
F Fiona Buckley - To Shield the Queen - 12/22/17
O The Other Side of Midnight - Simone St James - 9/10/17
G Gemma Halliday - Killer in High Heels - 9/9/17

Lightning
- Catherine Coulter - 6/13/19
L Louise Penny - How the Light Gets In - 12/14/17
I I Am Half-Sick of Shadows - Alan Bradley - 12/24/17
G Grimes - The Man With a Load of Mischief - 29/12/17
H House Rules - Jodi Picoult - 12/9/17
T Tiny Buddha, Simple Wisdom for Life's Hard Questions - Lori Deschene - 4/30/18
N No Comfort for the Lost - Nancy Herriman - 12/17/17
I I Capture the Castle - Dodie Smith - 1/28/18
N Neve Cottrell - Long Way Home - 12/19/17
G Girl in Disguise - Greer Macallister - 1/20/18

Rain
- Laura Griffins - 4/6/19
R Root, Petal, Thorn - Ella Joy Olson - 10/5/17
A The Address- Fiona Davis - 2/28/18
I The Ibs Elimination Diet and Cookbook: The Proven Low-Fodmap Plan for Eating Well and Feeling Great - Patsy Catsos - 11/20/17
N Nancy Thayer - Beachcombers - 9/27/17

Rainbow
- Abigail Keam -10/28/19
R Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban - 5/7/18-
A Abbott - The Christie Curse - Victoria Abbott - 11/24/17
I Island of Bones - Imogen Robertson - 1/31/18
N No Pity For the Dead - Nancy Herriman - 12/18/17
B Bradley, Alan - Speaking from Among the Bones - 1/23/18
O Odden, Karen -A Lady in the Smoke: A Victorian Mystery - 5/5/18
W Witchy Tales - Amanda Lee - 1/1/18

Snow - Tracy Rees - 30/8/18
S Simone St. James - Lost Among the Living - 1/17/18
N Never Let You Go - Chevy Stevens - 2/9/18
O Overholt - A Promise of Ruin - Cuyler Overholt - 9/30/17
W What Was Mine - Helen Klein Ross - 5/14/18

Storm - Sharon Bolton - 5/9/19
S A Skeleton in the Family - Leigh Perry - 2/18/18
T A Trick of the Light - Louise Penny - 11/17/17
O Once Gone - Blake Pierce - 10/15/18
R A Root Awakening- Kate Collins - 10/29/17
M Melody Carlson - The Christmas Joy Ride - 12/15/17


Sun - Jost Sauer - 7/7/18
S Sarah Faber - All Is Beauty Now - 1/26/18
U Undertaking Irene: A Jane Delaney Mystery, book 1 - Pamela Burford - 4/1/18
N Notes from a Small Island- Bill Bryson - 3/17/18

Thunder - Loren D. Estleman - 4/14/2020 - thunder in title
T Taylor Jenkins Reid - Maybe in Another Life - 1/19/18
H High Strung- Janice Peacock - 11/12/17
U Uncommon Type: Some Stories - Tom Hanks - 1/6/19
N Natalie Lloyd - The Key to Extraordinary - 9/28/18
D Desperate Measures - Kat Lee - 11/26/17
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries Plays the Cook- 9/15/17
R Riley, Lucinda - The Lavender Garden - 11/11/17

Wind - Kimberley Freeman - 7/2/18
W Wildwood - Elinor Florence- 3/30/18
I Imogen Robertson - Circle Of Shadows - 9/30/18
N Nevada Barr -A Superior Death - 12/6/18
D The Distant Hours - Kate Morton - 1/6/17

RAINBOW

Spell out the colours of the rainbow AND read one book for each colour with a cover that is at least 50% that colour.

Red - Emily Brightwell - 1/8/17
R Rachel Grant - Body of Evidence - 12/27/17
E Enemy Within - Mick Bose - 9/28/17
D A Dead Red Cadillac - R.P. Dahlke - 3/19/18

Orange - cover: - Fiona Buckley - 4/6/18
O The Old Fox Deceiv'd - Martha Grimes - 2/22/18
R The Restorer - Amanda Stevens - 2/4/18
A Anne McAneny - Circled - 10/16/17
N The Nature of the Beast - Louise Penny - 5/9/18
G A Ghostly Light - Juliet Blackwell - 11/15/17
E Evanovich - Hardcore Twenty-Four - 1/2/17


Yellow - Emily Brightwell -2/20/18
Y Young - The Gates of Evangeline - Hester Young - 1/21/18
E The Eyre Affair - Jasper Fforde - 12/6/17
L Lisa Jewell - The House We Grew Up In - 12/3/17
L The Lightkeeper's Daughters - Jean Pendziwol - 1/12/18
O One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey - 10/2/17
W White - Learning to Breathe- Karen White - 10/15/17

Green - Emily Carpenter - 2/7/18
G Grace Murder at Merisham Lodge - Celina Grace - 3/26/18
R Rosamunde Pilcher - The Shell Seekers - 2/16/18
E Elizabeth George - Playing for the Ashes - 10/12/17
E Emily Brightwell - Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage- 2/3/18
N Northanger Abbey- Jane Austen - 6/17/18


Blue - - Christi Caldwell - 2/11/18
B Benchley - Jaws - Peter Benchley - 8/22/17
L Lee - Something to Witch About - Amanda M Lee - 10/9/17
U The Undertaker’s Widow- Phillip Margolin - 4/30/19
E Elly Griffiths - The Zig Zag Girl- 9/3/17

Indigo - G.A. McKevett - 4/15/18
I I Let You Go - Clare Mackintosh - 6/22/18
N Nikos Kazantzakis - Zorba the Greek - 5/27/18
D Death of an Outsider - M.C. Beaton - 2/24/18
I Itsy Bitsy Spider - Willow Rose - 8/13/18
G Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine - 4/16/18
O Ours': The Jersey Pals in the First World War - Ian Ronayne - 7/5/18

Violet - Simone St. James - 31/12/17
V A Vision in Velvet - Juliet Blackwell - 8/30/17
I In Farleigh Field - Rhys Bowen - 4/3/18
O Overholt - A Deadly Affection - Cuyler Overholt - 9/2/17
L Louise Penny - The Hangman - 10/24/17
E Eighth Grave After Dark - Darynda Jones - 9/7/17
T A King Ensnared: A Historical Novel of Scotland - J.R. Tomlin - 5/20/18

WOOHOO Joann!

Whatever the Weather

SEASONS

(view spoiler)[S A Shot in the Bark 6/26/20
P Private Means 5/23/20
R Black Moon by Romina Russell 5/19/20
I In for a Penny 5/21/20
N Nefertiti's Heart 5/9/20
G Thirteen Rising with MC Rho Grace 6/16/20
Task: - spring flowers and garden on cover - 6/5/20
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(view spoiler)[S Fairest of All by Serena Valentino 8/25/20
U The Order of Time with MC Edward Upston 7/19/20
M Mornings in Jenin 6/23/20
M Cures for Heartbreak by Margo Rabb 6/30/20
E Evolution, Me & Other Freaks of Nature 6/11/20
R The Mysterious Benedict Society with MC Reynie Muldoon 6/27/20
Task: - "summer" in title - 7/5/20
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(view spoiler)[A Geekerella by Ashley Poston 9/20/20
U The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with MC Gabriel Utterson 10/16/20
T Thief of Cahraman 6/2/20
U Unspeakable Things 12/21/20
M The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey 7/30/20
N Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan 7/16/20
Task: 11/30/20 - fall-themed cover
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(view spoiler)[W Wandering Star 5/5/20
I Izzy the Very Bad Burglar 7/1/20
N No Ashes in the Fire 8/3/20
T Prince of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest 6/13/20
E Killer Christmas with MC Emma Wild 11/24/20
R Beast of Rosemead, Rosemead #1 7/26/20
Task: - "winter" in title - 9/2/20
(hide spoiler)]
WEATHER

(view spoiler)[C Kittyzen's Arrest, Country Cottage Mysteries #1 11/17/20
L The Last Olympian 10/29/20
O Of Blood, Earth, and Magic 6/6/20
U UnEnchanted 4/1/21
D The Duplex 12/11/20
Task: - clouds on cover - 10/11/20
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(view spoiler)[F Factory 4-80 5/28/20
O On the Come Up 6/15/20
G The Gods of Women Have Gone Mad 6/28/20
Task: - fog on cover - 7/26/21
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(view spoiler)[L Cappuccinos, Cupcakes, and a Corpse by Harper Lin 5/3/20
I Death at a Country Mansion by Louise R. Innes 12/30/20
G Jack Kerouac Is Dead to Me by Gae Polisner 7/10/20
H The House on Mango Street 4/11/21
T Queen of Cahraman by Lucy Tempest 6/19/20
N Tea & Croakies with MC Nadia 11/22/20
I Innocence Lost 3/18/21
N Drool Baby by C. A. Newsome 1/7/21
G Finding Home with MC Gage Morgan 8/4/20
Task: - lightning scar on cover - 4/30/20
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(view spoiler)[R Red Rising 8/12/20
A Forsaken Prince by Andrea Pearson 11/4/20
I In the Name of the Kimberley 7/24/21
N The Last Bull at Raymond by Nancy Jane 4/26/21
Task: - "rain" in title - 10/8/21
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(view spoiler)[R Beauty of Rosemead (Rosemead #2) 9/27/20
A The Palace of Lost Memories by C.J. Archer 1/26/21
I The Idiot King 8/3/21
N The Toll by Neal Shusterman 7/16/21
B The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek 12/4/20
O Once Upon a Duke 12/13/20
W The Wedding War 5/16/20
Task: - rainbow on cover - 8/19/20
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(view spoiler)[S Santa Claws Calamity 12/6/20
N Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor 1/17/22
O Akata Warrior by Nnedi Okorafor 1/28/22
W Silent Crime by W. L. Knightly 11/11/20
Task: - snow on cover - 5/25/20
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(view spoiler)[S Sweets and a Stabbing 3/7/21
T The Green Dress by Liz Tolsma 11/10/20
O Akata Woman by Nnedi Okorafor 3/26/22
R All the Good Girls by Willow Rose 9/29/20
M AESOP by Michele Packard 5/6/21
Task: - storm on cover - 8/8/20
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(view spoiler)[S Cream Puff Murder by Sandi Scott 3/25/21
U Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu 2/1/22
N Murder In Half Moon Bay by Nancy Jill Thames 4/22/22
Task: - sunset on cover - 7/7/20
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(view spoiler)[T Whale Talk with MC T. J. Jones 11/20/20
H The Handmaid's Tale 1/31/21
U Poor Unfortunate Soul with MC Ursula 7/28/21
N City of Saints & Thieves by Natalie C. Anderson 6/2/22
D A Ghost for Christmas, Destiny Bay Cozy #1 12/20/20
E Between Wild and Ruin by Jennifer G. Edelson 12/2/20
R Blood and Snow by RaShelle Workman 10/23/20
Task: - thunder in title - 7/11/21
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(view spoiler)[W The Waiter 11/28/20
I If Dogs Were Dinosaurs 10/25/21
N Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life with MC Nikki Maxwell 6/11/22
D The Demon King 1/6/21
Task: - wind in title - 4/6/22
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RAINBOW

(view spoiler)[R Princess of the Midnight Ball with MC Rose 2/7/21
E Princess of Midnight with MC Ella Dufreyne 12/12/20
D Conviction by Denise Mina 1/29/21
Task: - red cover - 5/22/21
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O Las Biuty Queens by Iván Monalisa Ojeda 6/13/22
R A Witchy Mistake by Rhonda Hopkins 5/7/21
A Cooking the Books, Apple Orchard series
N
G Gone 9/8/20
E Christmas and Other Things I Hate by Elizabeth McGivern 12/14/20
Task: - orange cover - 4/8/21


(view spoiler)[Y You Are Not Alone 5/14/20
E Alone at the Gate with MC Eric Welsh 3/14/21
L Dreamer of Briarfell by Lucy Tempest 1/13/21
L A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park 1/23/21
O Owen and Mzee by Craig and Isabella Hatkoff 7/13/22
W Christmas Spirit with MC Prudence Wallflower 12/23/20
Task: - yellow cover - 5/7/20
(hide spoiler)]
G A Wild Winter Swan by Gregory Maguire 12/18/20
R The Restaurant at the End of the Universe 6/13/21
E Wild Open Faces by Jennifer G. Edelson 3/20/21
E The Exiled Queen 6/10/21
N
Task: - green cover - 8/22/20

B As Old as Time by Liz Braswell 5/13/21
L The Faerie Prince by Lucy Tempest 4/18/21
U
E Deadly Magic by Elisabeth Crabtree 6/18
Task: - blue cover - 9/26/21

I Ice Mermaid 12/27/21
N
D Dying To Win 3/28/21
I Incredible Inventions 5/29/22
G Princess of the Silver Woods by Jessica Day George 3/8/21
O
Task: - indigo cover - 12/23/21

V The Viking's Chosen 12/27/20
I
O
L Maggie and the Black-Tie Affair by Barbara Cool Lee 6/2/21
E Eat The Rich 7/7/21
T The Time Machine 2/21/21
Task: - violet cover - 11/25/20

Welcome Celia!

Whatever the Weather Challenge
Duration: Open Ended from Start Date:

SEASONS
*AUTUMN*+
A - Artsy-Fartsy by Karla Oceanak (Title) 7/27/20
U - Unbalanced Scales by N. Green (Title) 1/18/21
T - Tremblay, Paul; The Last Conversation (Author) 11/25/20
U - Ungirls by Lauren Beukes (Title) 5/11/21
M - Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (Title) 1/12/21
N - Naked in Death by J.D. Robb (Title) 4/12/21

COVER/TITLE: Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman 2/1/24

*SPRING*
S - The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami (Title) 5/28/20
P - The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher (Title) 5/2/20
R - Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire (Title) 9/7/20
I - Independence Hall by Roland Smith (Title) 5/6/20
N - Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman (Title) 10/15/20
G - The Good, the Bad, and the Undead by Kim Harrison (Title) 7/31/20

COVER/TITLE:

*SUMMER*+
S - Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler (Title) 6/14/20
U - Unthinkable by Shirley Duke (Title) 7/8/21
M - Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris (Title) 8/30/20
M - Madam Crowl's Ghost and the Dead Sexton by J. Sheridan Le Fanu (Title) 9/14/20
E - Expectant Moon by Alexander Elliott (Title) 8/25/20
R - The Rise of Magicks by Nora Roberts (Title) 6/30/20

COVER/TITLE: Summer Frost by Blake Crouch 11/12/20

*WINTER*
W -Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (Title) 10/4/20
I - Ian Doescher; William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Mean Girls (Author) 9/12/20
N -Nesbø, Jo; The Leopard (Author) 8/16/20
T - To Fetch a Thief by Spencer Quinn (Title) 7/2/20
E - Emily R. King; Before the Broken Star (Author) 11/8/20
R - Roland Smith; The White House (Author) 6/15/20

COVER/TITLE:

WEATHER
*CLOUD*+
C - Cordelia Kingsbridge; Kill Game (Author) 5/10/20
L - Letters From An Astrophysicist by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Title) 7/4/20
O - The Overstory by Richard Powers (Title) 5/28/20
U - Umberto Eco; The Name of the Rose 2/15/22 (Author)
D - Doctor Who: 12 Doctors, 12 Stories by Collected Authors (Title) 7/26/20

COVER/TITLE: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 6/3/20

*FOG*+
F - 1st to Die by James Patterson (Title) 6/11/20
O - O'Donnell, Dayton; Shorts & Shit (Author) 1/17/21
G - Gerritsen, Tess; The Surgeon (Author) 8/27/20

COVER/TITLE: The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper by Hallie Rubenhold 12/29/20

*LIGHTNING*+
L - Lee Child; Killing Floor (Author) 12/20/20
I - The Ice Limit by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Title) 9/14/20
G - Gayle Forman; The Wickeds (Author) 1/21/21
H - Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (Title) 6/22/20
T - The Turn of the Screw by Henry James (Title) 10/18/20
N - Nic Stone; Hazel and Gray (Author) 1/11/21
I - Intimations by Zadie Smith (Title) 3/19/21
N - Neil Gaiman; Coraline (Author) 4/4/21
G - Guillermo del Toro & Daniel Kraus; The Shape of Water 2/25/21 (Author)

COVER/TITLE: Magic's Pawn by Mercedes Lackey 11/29/20

*RAIN*+
R - Rampage by Harold Schechter (Title) 12/9/20
A - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon (Title) 10/29/20
I - Ink in the Blood by Kim Smejkal (Title) 3/19/21
N - Naked at Lunch: A Reluctant Nudist's Adventures in the Clothing-Optional World by Mark Haskell Smith (Title) 3/24/21

COVER/TITLE: The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James 6/5/22

*RAINBOW*+
R - Rainbow Rowell; The Prince and the Troll (Author) 12/20/20
A - Adeyemi, Tomi; Children of Blood and Bone (Author) 7/13/20
I - I Sing the Body Electric! & Other Stories by Ray Bradbury (Title) 6
N - Nesbø, Jo; Phantom (Author) 6/25/21
B - Blank Spaces by Cass Lennox (Title) 9/24/20
O - An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce (Title) 6/19/20
W - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Title) 6/16/20

COVER/TITLE: Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin 6/30/22

*SNOW*+
S - Shane Carrow; Vampire on the Orient Express (Author) 6/18/20
N - Nicci French; Blue Monday (Author) 7/12/21
O - Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil Gaiman (Title) 5/28/20
W - What Fate Portends by Clara Coulson (Title) 9/28/20

COVER/TITLE: Wolf, WY by A.F. Henley 6/6/20

*STORM*+
S - So You Want to Move to Canada, Eh?: Stuff to Know Before You Go by Jennifer McCartney (Title) 11/11/20
T - Tóibín, Colm; The Shortest Day (Author) 12/21/20
O - Oyinkan Braithwaite; Treasure (Author) 1/29/21
R - Ross, Murdock; Wednesdays (Author) 12/21/20
M - The Marvelous Land of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Title) 3/30/21

COVER/TITLE: Sandstorm by James Rollins 1/23/24

*SUN*+
S - Soman Chainani; The Princess Game (Author) 1/12/21
U - Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune 5/24/22 (Title)
N - Neil deGrasse Tyson and James Trefil; Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going (Author) 4/15/21

COVER/TITLE: Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro 7/25/21

*THUNDER*+
T - Themes and Variations by David Sedaris (Title) 1/9/21
H - Hawk, Jordan L. ; Carousel (Author) 10/28/20
U - Unnatural Exposure by Patricia Cornwell 6/19/23 (Title)
N - Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (Title) 7/19/21
D - Dragon on a Pedestal by Piers Anthony (Title) 9/2/20
E - Emily Bain Murphy; The Disappearances (Author) 12/3/20
R - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (Title) 9/3/20

COVER/TITLE: Thunderhead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child 7/23/20

*WIND*+
W - Werecockroach by Polenth Blake (Title) 12/30/20
I - Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine (Title) 10/28/21
N - Nesbø, Jo; Macbeth (Author) 8/15/21
D - The Dichotomy of Angels by N.R. Walker (Title) 10/23/20

COVER/TITLE: Wind/Pinball: Two Novels by Haruki Murakami 12/26/23

RAINBOW
*RED*+
R - Red Dragon by Thomas Harris (Title) 2/9/21
E - Ernest Cline; Ready Player Two (Author) 1/6/21
D - Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs (Title) 5/14/20

COVER: The World of Lore: Monstrous Creatures by Aaron Mahnke 5/31/20

*ORANGE*+
O - Ode to a Fish Sandwich by Rebecca M. Hale (Title) 6/6/21
R - Ryan, Faith; Clandestine (Author) 12/21/20
A - Adam Johnson; Fortune Smiles (Author) 3/25/21
N - Neil Gaiman; The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction (Author) 9/21/21
G - G.K. Chesterton; The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Author) 4/29/21
E - Eichar, Donnie; Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Author) 3/12/21

COVER: Friday the Rabbi Slept Late by Harry Kemelman 5/29/21

*YELLOW*+
Y - You Have Arrived at Your Destination by Amor Towles (Title) 11/7/20
E - Everything My Mother Taught Me by Alice Hoffman (Title) 1/21/21
L - Liu, Ken; The Cleaners (Author) 1/20/21
L - Lemony Snicket; The Bad Beginning (Author) 3/3/21
O - Of Secrets and Wolves by Alice Winters (Title) 1/14/22
W - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs? Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death by Caitlin Doughty (Title) 9/26/20

COVER: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson 4/4/21

*GREEN*+
G - The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (Title) 4/8/21
R - Ruth Ware; Snowflakes (Author) 1/29/21
E - Elliott, David; Bull (Author) 2/15/21
E - Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire 4/21/21
N - Neville, Stuart; The Ghosts of Belfast (Author) 10/12/21

COVER: How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman 10/15/20

BLUE+
B - Blame It on Bianca Del Rio: The Expert on Nothing with an Opinion on Everything by Bianca Del Rio (Title) 9/15/20
L - The Last Hero by Ben S. Dobson (Title) 5/7/20
U -
E - Eddie Izzard; Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens (Author) 5/27/21

COVER: The Serpent of Venice by Christopher Moore 5/21/20

*INDIGO*+
I - The Impossible Wizard by James E. Wisher (Title) 12/26/20
N - Now, Then, and Everywhen by Rysa Walker (Title) 11/11/2012
D - Deaver, Jeffery; The Bone Collector (Author) 1/31/21
I - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab (Title) 11/18/21
G - Green, Simon R.; The Dark Side of the Road (Author) 6/28/21
O - On Animals by Susan Orlean 3/6/22 (Title)

COVER: The Dragon Machine by Ben S. Dobson 5/7/20

*VIOLET*+
V - A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan 4/27/22 (Title)
I - In the Lives of Puppets by T.J. Klune 5/9/23 (Title)
O - Once Upon a Haunted Moor by Harper Fox 2/26/23 (Title)
L - Lela Robichaux; Reborn (Author) 3/30/21
E - Ellis Peters; A Morbid Taste for Bones (Author) 9/1/21
T - Tremblay, Paul; A Head Full of Ghosts (Author) 3/2/21

COVER: You Are Ready For Takeoff: A Short Trip by Susan Orlean 7/12/21

Welcome Daniel!

This last book is not exactly a picture of a rainbow, but after 3 years of trying--it's close enough! I'm calling this one done!!

Whatever the Weather
Timeframe: 8/8/17 to 9/22/20
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SEASONS (28/28)

Autumn (7/7)
*Once Upon a Thanksgiving by Holly Jacobs - 4/25/18 ♥♥♥♥

A - Around the World in 50 Years: My Adventure to Every Country on Earth by Albert Podell - 9/6/17 ♥♥♥
U - The Unfortunate Miss Fortunes by Jennifer Crusie - 12/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Tea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith - 8/16/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman - 12/27/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
M - Major Misconduct by Kelly Jamieson - 8/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Wedding - 9/15/17 ♥♥♥♥

Spring (7/7)
*Heartache Falls by Emily March - 6/12/18 ♥♥♥

S - Skinny Bitch Gets Hitched by Kim Barnouin - 8/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
P – Author Paula Paul - Medium Dead - 9/30/17 ♥♥♥
R - Author J.D. Robb - Fantasy in Death - 8/19/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
I - In Flight by R.K. Lilley - 9/18/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing as it Seems by Thomas Hall - 10/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Good Earl Gone Bad by Manda Collins - 8/20/17 ♥♥♥

Summer (7/7)
*The Summer That Made Us by Robyn Carr - 10/8/17 ♥♥♥♥

S - Author Karin Slaughter - Fallen - 8/29/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Uncovered by Kathryn Taylor - 2/5/18 ♥♥♥
M - Author Kate Meader - Flirting with Fire - 9/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
M – Moving On: A Romance About Love & Second Chances In A Beautiful Castle by Maggie Fox - 11/28/17 ♥♥♥
E - Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart by Sarah MacLean - 8/11/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - Ready to Run by Lauren Layne - 8/31/17 ♥♥♥♥

Winter (7/7)
*Christmas Nights by J.H. Croix - 12/18/17 ♥♥♥

W - Welcome to Forever by Annie Rains - 9/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Indulgence in Death by J.D. Robb - 9/26/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - No Nest for the Wicket by Donna Andrews - 10/22/17 ♥♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Wolff - Accelerate - 9/16/17 ♥♥♥
E – Author Janet Evanovich - Tricky Twenty-Two - 1/7/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
R - Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly - 10/27/17 ♥♥♥♥

WEATHER (61/61)

Cloud (6/6)
*A Step of Faith by Richard Paul Evans - 3/7/18 ♥♥♥♥

C - Code of Honor by Missy Johnson - 11/1/17 ♥♥♥♥
L - Author Laura Drewry - Catch and Release - 9/8/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - One in a Million by Jill Shalvis - 8/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
U - Unpredictable by Eileen Cook - 2/13/18 ♥♥♥
D - Deal Breakers by Laura Lee - 9/13/17 ♥♥♥

Fog (4/4)
*The Good Neighbor by A.J. Banner - 9/3/17 ♥♥♥

F - Author Jessica Fechtor - Stir: My Broken Brain and the Meals That Brought Me Home - 11/10/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Only His by Susan Mallery - 8/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - Author Jane Green - Promises to Keep - 9/19/17 ♥♥♥♥

Lightning (10/10)
*Blood Brothers by Nora Roberts - 7/30/18 ♥♥♥♥

L - Love Irresistibly by Julie James - 10/14/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi - 10/4/17 ♥♥♥♥
G - The Goal by Elle Kennedy - 9/21/17 ♥♥♥♥
H – How to Tame a Willful Wife by Christy English - 1/23/18 ♥♥♥
T - This Side of the Grave by Jeaniene Frost - 10/17/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Not That Easy by Radhika Sanghani - 11/29/17 ♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Burns - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - New York to Dallas by J.D. Robb - 2/9/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
G - Author Anne Gracie - The Spring Bride - 9/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Rain (5/5)
*Dancing in the Rain by Kelly Jamieson - 9/25/17 ♥♥♥♥♥

R – Author Robert B. Parker - Mortal Stakes - 9/12/17 ♥♥♥
A - All He Ever Needed by Shannon Stacey - 9/24/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez - 10/30/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Slave to Sensation - 2/16/18 ♥♥♥♥

Rainbow (8/8)
* The Color of Heaven by Julianne MacLean - 9/22/20 ♥♥♥

R - Author Annie Rains - Welcome Home for Christmas - 1/5/18 ♥♥♥♥
A - Author Donna Andrews - The Penguin Who Knew Too Much - 12/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - It Must Be Christmas: Three Holiday Stories by Jennifer Crusie - 11/19/17 ♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nora Roberts - A Will and a Way - 2/28/18 ♥♥♥♥
B - Author Sawyer Bennett - Alex - 10/3/17 ♥♥♥♥
O - Author Barbara O'Neal - The All You Can Dream Buffet - 8/28/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
W - Wicked Business by Janet Evanovich - 10/21/17 ♥♥♥♥

Snow (5/5)
*It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet by James Herriot - 6/11/18 ♥♥♥♥♥

S - Serendipity Doo-Dah: True Stories of Happy Musical Accidents by Edward Allan Faine - 11/2/17 ♥♥♥
N - Author Sheryl Nantus - Game On - 3/1/18 ♥♥♥
O - On Fire by Rachel Kramer Bussel - 10/25/17 ♥♥♥♥
W - What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie - 10/29/17 ♥♥♥♥

Storm (6/6)
*Take Me Deeper by Jackie Ashenden - 5/20/18 ♥♥♥♥

S - She Do Run Run: A Shot of Romantic Suspense by Amy Swifton - 11/6/17 ♥♥♥
T - Author Tracy Ewens - Premiere - 11/16/17 ♥♥
O - Off Limits by Kelly Jamieson - 11/9/17 ♥♥♥
R - Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - 1/13/18 ♥♥♥♥
M - Morrison by M.J. Fields - 10/18/17 ♥

Sun (4/4)
*At Bluebonnet Lake by Amanda Cabot - 9/4/17 ♥♥♥♥

S - Shopaholic Takes Manhattan by Sophie Kinsella - 11/20/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
U - Unlucky in Love by Maggie McGinnis - 3/28/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - The Necklace by Claire McMillan - 3/3/18 ♥♥♥

Thunder (8/8)
* Magic Graves by Jeaniene Frost and Ilona Andrews - 3/10/19 ♥♥♥♥

T – Author Tammara Webber - Easy - 1/25/18 ♥♥♥♥
H - Hummingbird Lake by Emily March - 1/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
U - Until Trevor by Aurora Rose Reynolds - 5/4/18 ♥♥♥
N - Need You Now by Emma Douglas - 3/4/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - Devil's Honor by Megan Crane - 10/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
E - Evanovich, Janet - The Pursuit - 9/5/17 ♥♥♥♥
R - The Reluctant Duchess by Sharon Cullen - 1/18/18 ♥♥♥♥

Wind (5/5)
* The Matchmaker by Elin Hilderbrand - 9/27/18 ♥♥♥♥

W - Author William G. Tapply - Death at Charity's Point - 11/15/17 ♥♥♥♥
I - Author Ilona Andrews - Magic Strikes - 1/17/18 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Nothing Personal by Jaci Burton - 4/18/18 ♥♥♥♥
D - The Date Before Christmas: A Novel by Elyse Douglas - 10/9/17 ♥♥♥

***********CHALLENGE COMPLETE 9/22/20**********