Fantasy and Vampire Book Club discussion

March mini Challenge
3 book challenge with a 4th optional as an extra.

1. For St. Patty's Day -A book with green on the cover
2. For Aquamarine (birthstone)- A book with light blue on cover
3. 3rd month of the year – read a 3rd in a series or a book with three in the title.

Extra. Ceaser was killed on the Ides of March- A book that has Rome(or Italy) as a place or with an Italian character

I was late with creating a March challenge, so decided to make a mini challenge. Let me know if you like it.

Yes! I'm in :D

DNF at 20% 1. For St. Patty's Day -A book with green on the cover
- I seem to be repeating this one :))

READ: 2. For Aquamarine (birthstone)- A book with light blue on cover


READ 3. 3rd month of the year – read a 3rd in a series or a book with three in the title.


Maybe Extra. Ceaser was killed on the Ides of March- A book that has Rome(or Italy) as a place or with an Italian character

I'm in
1/3
For st.patricks day : COMPLETED 3/9/15

For aquarmarine (birthstone) : COMPLETED 3/18/15

For 3rd month of the year : COMPLETED 3/31/15

I think I can do this one:
St Patrick's day
Panther's Prowling by Yasmine Galenorn
For aquamarine
The Dead Key by D. M. Pulley
For 3rd month
Bound by Flames by Jeanine Frost

St Paddy's
I'll see if I can find a greener cover during the month
For aquamarine

3rd month, 3rd book. I have so many but none were next reads.



extra
Have no idea at this point

I'm changing the first 3 all to the Maya Bank Highlanders
St Paddy's

Aquamarine

3rd in the series
xxxxxx doesn't come out until next year! argh.
Secrets of the Demon or Never Love a Highlander

I just realized that my non-fiction book fulfills the extra requirement of Rome or Italian, place or character. He was held prisoner 2 years in what is today southern Italy.


I'm 3 of 4 done. Just need 3rd in the series as of 3/10

Finished with both
and
as 3rds in the series.

Congrats Amyiw!

Thanks Aly
I was really worried about both the Italian/Rome connection and the 3rd in the series. I thought that I might tap into the Lunar Chronicals as I'm up to Cress, but I wanted to hold off with that. Instead I read on in the MacCabe trilogy and was happy with it as it got better as it went along. I also ended up back into the Demon series of Diana Rowland and was very happy with the story too.

The surprise of the Black Count being imprisoned in Italy (City State of Naples, Taranto) was just bonus. I knew he was imprisoned as Alexandre Dumas uses that experience, of his dad, to base the imprisonment of The Count of Monte Cristo, I just didn't know it was in Italy.

I have no idea if I'll do the extra as well... though I really want to because I had that book on my tbr since 2012 at least.

Looks like you loved the first one in the series.

I did, but I'm not in the mood for it now and I'm afraid I'll give up on it...

No April challenge? :(

still working out details.... have you got any ideas for a challenge?

-Something with Easter? Like rabbits or eggs or pastel colours on the cover?
-Or... since April is "National Humor Month" to you Americans, a book that is a comedy?
-April 10 Siblings Day: Books that has siblings in it? Or is centred around them.
-April 22 Earth Day: a book with a character that is a botanist, fights against polution or has earth magic, or there are plants/trees on the cover...
-April 23 Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Read a Shakespeare or Shakespeare inspired book/novel/play
-Jazz Appreciation Month A book with Jazz in it or which takes place in New Orleans

To add to what Aly said, since 'April showers bring May flowers', something with rain, or a storm on the cover.

G.G. wrote: "To add to what Aly said, since 'April showers bring May flowers', something with rain, or a storm on the cover."

Or in the title :D

Sorry about the April challenge. I went on vacation and just got back on Monday night. I meant to put up either a quarter challenge or April monthly challenge.

How about another mini-challenge for April? 3 or 4 books that can be retroactive for all of April.

I think of April as the flower month with all the cherry trees and apple blossoms. We could have showers/storms as one, Flowers as another, Easter and pastel colors, and for April Fools, a book where some one is trying to pull a fast one, most mysteries fit.

I'll put it up later today.

OK, put it up
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Hopefully we can get some readers this late in the game. I've been meaning to read Amaryllis, Zinnia, and Orchid and has a great storm on the cover. I've been meaning to read that forever too. Let see if I can get to them.