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

Rainbow Challenge

R: Red (possible books for red)

The Spy Wore Red Aline Countess of Romanones(completed 7/5/12)

Redeeming Love Francine Rivers (completed 7/8/12)

The Hanging Garden Ian Rankin

The Veiled One Ruth Rendell (completed 7/7/12)

Red Glass Laura Resau (completed: 7/3/12)

Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls

A: Orange (possible books for orange)

Five Quarters of the Orange Joanne Harris(read 8/31/2012)

Bad Intentions Karin Fossum(read 8/9/2012)

The Tigress of Forlì: Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de Medici Elizabeth Lev

The Shoemaker's Wife: A Novel Adriana Trigiani(8/1/12)

The Orphan Master's Son Adam Johnson

A Cup of Light Nicole Mones(read 8/26/2012)

When I Was a Child I Read Books Marilynne Robinson

The Private Papers of Eastern Jewel Maureen Lindley(read8/5/12)

I: Yellow (possible books for yellow)

The Persimmon Tree Bryce Courtenay

The Yellow House: A Novel Patricia Falvey (read 7/25/12)

The Wedding Officer: A Novel of Culinary Seduction Anthony Capella(read 7/24/12)

The Secret Scripture Sebastian Barry(read 8/24/2012)

American Fuji Sara Backer

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson (completed 7/10/12)

The Neruda Case: A Novel Roberto Ampuero

Beneath a Marble Sky John Shors


N: Green (possible books for green)

Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest Binka Le Breton(read 7/22/12)

Nature Noir: A Park Ranger's Patrol in the Sierra Jordan Fisher Smith

Silent Spring Rachel Carson( read 7/28/12)

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson (read 7/15/12)

The Unconquered: In Search of the Amazon's Last Uncontacted Tribes Scott Wallace(read 7/26/12)


B: Blue (possible blue books)

Still Alice Lisa Genova
(completed 7/11/12)

Blue Asylum Kathy Hepinstall(read 7/13/12)

Blue Nights Joan Didion

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby (read 7/15/12)

Rainshadow Road Lisa Kleypas

Housekeeping Marilynne Robinson

The Book of Salt Monique Truong (read 7/22/12)

Incendiary Chris Cleave

Blue Diary Alice Hoffman

The Last Report On The Miracles At Little No Horse Louise Erdrich

Love Medicine: Newly Revised Edition Louise Erdrich

Shadow Tag Louise Erdrich

Something Blue Emily Giffin


Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival Velma Wallis (read 7/19/12)

Divining Women Kaye Gibbons


O: Indigo (possible indigo books)

The Moonstone Wilkie Collins

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins

Murder on the Orient Express Agatha Christie(read 7/27/12)

Cat Among the Pigeons Agatha Christie(read 7/17/12)

Nemesis Agatha Christie

Peril at End House Agatha Christie (read 7/26/12)

The Hound of the Baskervilles Arthur Conan Doyle(read 7/27/12)

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald(read 7/26/12)

And Then There Were None Agatha Christie(read 7/27/12)


W: Violet (possible violet books)

Delta Wedding Eudora Welty (read 7/21/12)

The Lavender Keeper Fiona McIntosh

Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy

The Beet Queen Louise Erdrich

The Orchid House: A Novel Lucinda Riley(read 7/31/12)

Bridge of Scarlet Leaves Kristina McMorris(read 7/23/12)

Taken at the Flood Agatha Christie (read 7/23/12)

The Mother Pearl S. Buck

Your line up looks good, Connie. There are lots to chose from there.

Wow, you've been researching hard Connie. Great choices there - and some great ideas for indigo!

Thanks. It did take some time to decide on my books, but now I am ready to read!

Completed Red Glass byLaura Resau 7/3/2012.

I like this coming of age story about a sixteen year old girl in Tuscon. She travels to Mexico and Guatemala with an illegal immigrant boy whose family died trying to cross to the US. Other characters make the trip as well. She learns to be strong and believe in herself and the joy of life. It is a beautifully written book, and I enjoyed it.

Connie wrote: "Completed Red Glass byLaura Resau 7/3/2012.

I like this coming of age story about a sixteen year old girl in Tuscon. She travels to Mexico and Guatemala with an illegal immigr..."

I've got this book listed as my red read as well. I'm looking forward to reading it - more so now that I read your comments.

Red: Last name of author begins with R
Red Glass Laura Resau
20 points for first book in task completed
5 points for cover and title requirement
3 points for every R in title and author's name
2 points for 288 pages

30 points for task
30 points to date

Wow you dove right into the challenge - congratulations!

Red: last name of author begins with R
The Spy Wore Red by Aline Countess of Romanones (7/5/2012)

30 points for second book completed in task
3 points for 326 pages
5 points for cover and title requirement
3 points for every R in title and author's name

41points for task
71points to date

Cheryl in CC NV wrote: "Wow you dove right into the challenge - congratulations!"

Thanks! You are so sweet! I appreciate the encouragement. : )

Connie wrote: "Red: last name of author begins with R
The Spy Wore Red by Aline Countess of Romanones (7/5/2012)

30 points for second book completed in task
3 points for 326 pages
..."

You should have 3 points for R in title and thread. Wore Red Romanones. :)

Wow - 2 books done already!

Janice wrote: "Connie wrote: "Red: last name of author begins with R
The Spy Wore Red by Aline Countess of Romanones (7/5/2012)

30 points for second book completed in task
3 points..."

Thanks, Janice! I totally missed that. : )

Nice one Connie! I haven't even OPENED my red book yet. Are you going to read all the reds first?

Red: last name begins with an R

The Veiled One by Ruth Rendell

30 points for third book completed in task
3 points for 320 pages in book
0. points for cover and title requirement
2. points for every R in author's name

35 points for task
106 points to date

Kat wrote: "Nice one Connie! I haven't even OPENED my red book yet. Are you going to read all the reds first?"

I am not sure. I just kind of started that way. You can tell I am a structured person, can't you? LOL

I have a blue one I am dying to read, but I wanted to get some of the reds out of the way. Guess I'll loosen up, go a little wild, and read my blue!! : )

Red:Redeeming Love Francine Rivers

30 points for fourth book completed in task
4 points for 482 pages
0 points for cover and title requirement
4 points for every R in author's name and title

38 points for task
144. points to date

You're just knocking them off, Connie.

Janice wrote: "You're just knocking them off, Connie."

I am enjoying this challenge because I feel like I am just challenging myself and not competing with anyone else. I always prefer to challenge myself!

Will you please look at this book and tell me if it is ok for the yellow task? I was looking at the girl's skin as a yellowish color, but I don't know what you think. I realize there is a good bit of yellow in the flowers and the box on the cover, but is that ok? It is on my original line up of books. If you didn't comment on books in the line up, does that mean they are ok to read? Sorry, but this is my first challenge with this group. : )

Thanks for checking it out for me! I really want to read this book! : )



Honolulu Alan Brennert

When I look at the cover, it doesn't say, "yellow" to me. Yes, it has yellow, but I wouldn't say that it's predominantly yellow. I own this book, and haven't read it yet, and didn't even consider it for my own challenge.

I think you have other books on your line up that are more yellow.

I don't look too closely at people's line-ups and usually only comment if it's obvious, or if I've been asked. You have a lot of books on your list and you have "possible", so I only gave it a cursory glance.

There are a couple that I'm not too sure about. There are some that are not predominantly the colourstated . And one that is orange that is under yellow. You may want to review your list now that you know what I'm looking for. Predominate is the key word.

Janice wrote: "When I look at the cover, it doesn't say, "yellow" to me. Yes, it has yellow, but I wouldn't say that it's predominantly yellow. I own this book, and haven't read it yet, and didn't even consider..."

I understand. Thank you so very much for clarifying this for me. I'll just read this for my own pleasure. You are so kind to take time to help me. I hope I get the hang of it soon. Please let me know if I mess up, which I am likely to do! LOLThe Private Papers of Eastern Jewel Oh yes, is this the one I have as yellow that looks more orange? I'll change it if it is the one.

Yes, that's the one. :)

If you're in doubt about anything, just give me a holler.

Thanks! : )

Yellow: Yellow cover and set on an island
Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson

20 points for first task completed
2 points tor every I in author's name and title
2 points for 224 pages

24 points for task
168 points to date

Connie wrote: "Yellow: Yellow cover and set on an island
Treasure IslandRobert Louis Stevenson

20 points for first task completed
2 points tor every I in author's name and title
..."

Good choice for yellow! :)

Thanks!

Blue: Blue cover/ actual book
Still Alice Lisa Genova

20 points for first task completed
3 points for 336 pages

23 points for task
191 points to date

Wow Connie! You are really powering through! Go girl!!

Judy wrote: "Connie wrote: "Blue: Blue cover/ actual book
Still AliceLisa Genova

20 points for first task completed
3 points for 336 pages
-
23 points for task
191 points to date"

Did..."

I did enjoy reading the book. However, it is so very sad to watch a woman of staggering intellect lose her ability to read and comprehend and even enjoy movies. Then to see her progress to the point of not knowing her daughters' names at the very end was heartbreaking.When she called them the actress and the mother, I almost cried. John's heartbreak had to be unbelievable when he discovered that the trials of the drug Alice was taking was not effective in combating Alzheimer's disease. He had to wonder if what he had recommended for her would have had a different outcome. The only hopeful note in the book was the love of family. It is such a cruel disease.
Did you like the book?

Snoozie Suzie wrote: "Wow Connie! You are really powering through! Go girl!!"

Thanks! : )

Connie wrote: "Snoozie Suzie wrote: "Wow Connie! You are really powering through! Go girl!!"

Thanks! : )"
I see that you are reading up a storm, too! Way to go!

Our book club meets tomorrow night to discuss this book. It was a very moving book. I like that it is told from the perspective of the person with the disease.

Me, too.

Blue: physical book
Blue Asylum Kathy Hepinstall

30 points for second book completed in task
2 points for 270 pages
5 points for blue cover and word "blue" in title
5 points for betrayal theme

42 points for task
233 points to date

Another yellow book to add to my list: Pomegranate Soup Marsha Mehran (read 7/31/12)

I read Pomegranate Soup for the July Girl Power Challenge. It's very subtle in ways, but the prejudice is obvious. I enjoyed it a lot.

Connie wrote: "Blue: physical book
Blue AsylumKathy Hepinstall

30 points for second book completed in task
2 points for 270 pages
5 points for blue cover and word "blue" in title..."

I read this in June before the rainbow theme was announced :(
What did you think of it? I loved it, and really related to her for some reason.

Connie wrote: "Blue: physical book
Blue AsylumKathy Hepinstall

30 points for second book completed in task
2 points for 270 pages
5 points for blue cover and word "blue" in title..."

This sounds like a really good book!

jaxnsmom wrote: "I read Pomegranate Soup for the July Girl Power Challenge. It's very subtle in ways, but the prejudice is obvious. I enjoyed it a lot."

Thank you very much for your comments on the book. I am just taking a leap of faith on this one, so I was relieved to know that you liked it!

Janice wrote: "Connie wrote: "Blue: physical book
Blue AsylumKathy Hepinstall

30 points for second book completed in task
2 points for 270 pages
5 points for blue cover and word ..."

This is a book that has been on my tbr shelf for several months, and I don't know why I never got around to it. It is a really good book set in the South during the Civil War when women had no rights. It was frightening what a husband could legally do to his wife if she crossed him.

Green: nonfiction /green cover
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill Bryson

20 points for first book in task
10 points about environment
5 points memoir
3 points for 397 pages

38 points for task
271 points to date

Blue: physical book/ blue cover

The Diving Bell And The Butterfly Jean-Dominique Bauby

30 points for third book in task
2 points for 132 pages

32 points for task
303 points to date

Indigo: Indigo cover

Cat Among the Pigeons Agatha Christie

20 first book completed in task
10 points published in 1959
3 points for 359 pages

33 points for task
335 points to date

Blue: Blue cover; physical book

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival Velma Wallis

30 points for fourth book in task
2 points for 160 pages
5 points for theme of betrayal

37 points for task
373 points to date

Violet: violet cover/ from tbr list

Delta Wedding Eudora Welty

20 points for first book completed in task
3 points for 334 pages

23 points for task
396 points to date

Wow, Connie! I'm going to stop looking at your posts - it's bad for my morale. LOL

Blue: physical book/ blue cover

The Book of Salt Monique Truong

30 points for fifth book completed in task
2 points for 272 pages

32 points for task
428 points to date

jaxnsmom wrote: "Wow, Connie! I'm going to stop looking at your posts - it's bad for my morale. LOL"

You are so funny! : )

Green: Green cover

Where the Road Ends: A Home in the Brazilian Rainforest Binka Le Breton

30 points for second book completed in task
3 points for 304 pages
10 points about environment
5 points memoir

48 points for task
476 points to date

Now that screams "Green". LOL!

Violet: tbr list

Bridge of Scarlet Leaves Kristina McMorris

30 points for second task completed
4 points for 431 pages
5 points for war theme
10 points for purple flowers

49 points for task
525 points to date