The Seasonal Reading Challenge discussion

SARA NICOLE'S TASK - A GAME OF CLUE
A. Suspects - Scarlet, Peacock, Mustard, Green, Plum, Or White: Read A Book With A Cover That Very Predominantly Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple, Or White. Post A Picture Of The Cover When You Claim Points, Please!
Examples: For Green Or [image error] For Blue.

B. Weapons - Candlestick, Wrench, Rope, Revolver, Knife, Or Lead Pipe: Read A Book With The Name Of A Weapon In The Title (Any Weapon, Not Just One Of Those Six).
Examples: The Subtle Knife Or Poison Study Or Season Of The Machete.

C. Rooms - Study, Kitchen, Hall, Conservatory, Lounge, Ballroom, Dining Room, Library, Billiard Room: Who Are We Kidding? This Is Goodreads! It's The Library, Of Course! Get At Least One Of Your Two Books From A Library — Public, School, Or Personal (I.E. A Book You Already Own).

If you need suggestions for books to read for this task post a request here.

PART (A) - SUSPECTS

I think one of the best ways you can find a book that fits is to check your TBR list... Click "my books" then click your "to-read" shelf, then up near the top, click "covers".

Book ideas (as they come in): (Also see messages 45-46)

Scarlet/Red


Mustard/Yellow


Green
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Peacock/Blue
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Plum/Purple


White
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PART (B) - WEAPONS

For this one, I'm looking for weapon-weapons. I'll let you have candlestick, lead pipe, and wrench, because those are in the game, but try to steer clear of random items that might-maybe-possibly be used as weapons. If you're creative (and dastardly) enough, you could probably kill someone with a herring, but let's stick to guns and swords and poison and other OBVIOUS weapons. Remember you can be really specific with this and do TYPES of guns and TYPES of poison and stuff. If you have any doubts, just ask! (And if it's iffy, maybe give a bit of justification... :) )

Book ideas (as they come in):

GUNS: 13 Bullets
KNIFE: The Subtle Knife, The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Dragon's Dagger
SWORDS: Season of the Machete, A Crown of Swords, Sword And Sorceress I
BOW & ARROWS: Arrows of the Queen, Arrow of God
ROPE: The Rope Walk
POISON: Poison Study, The Poisonwood Bible, Sparkling Cyanide, Fire and Hemlock
FIRE: Catching Fire, Fire, The Girl Who Played with Fire, Fire and Hemlock, Pale Fire
ROCKS/STONES: The Stones Of Summer, The Stone Diaries , Brighton Rock, Stone Junction
MISCELLANEOUS: Running with Scissors, Hatchet

EXCEPTIONS: A Farewell to Arms (not "arms" in general)

umm....can I say I heart this task???

Is this red enough?

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I wasn't sure if the title/author were too big.

Thanks,

Rachel

I'm going to say the words are too big on that, so no.

Bridgit wrote: "umm....can I say I heart this task???"

Ummm... yes you may! ;)

Would this book work for green?

Hi Sara,

Would you accept "arms" for the weapons part of the task? As in A Farewell to Arms?

Thanks

Ok,

couple of more questions. :)

If the weapon is included in a word is that okay? I am looking at Daggerspell?

And has anyone read this , I can't tell if the cover is mostly blue or if it is gray?

Does "fire" work as a weapon?

I am planning on reading The Knife of Never Letting Go for the weapon which I have heard is a really good young adult book.

Kim L wrote: "Would this book work for green?
" I'd like a little more green than that.

Katie wrote: "Hi Sara, Would you accept "arms" for the weapons part of the task? As in A Farewell to Arms?"

I'm going to say yes to that specific book, but not to "arms" in general.

Rachel Lee wrote: "If the weapon is included in a word is that okay? I am looking at Daggerspell?

And has anyone read this , I can't tell if the cover is mostl..."

I don't know that I want to give a blanket yes for ALL weapons as part of larger words, but I'm cool with Daggerspell. (You could kill someone with a dagger OR (in another world) with a spell!). As for Intertwined... I don't know what color that is (or what it would look like in real-life)... but I think you could probably find a bluer book...

Erin wrote: "Does "fire" work as a weapon?"
Only if you're wanting to read Catching Fire or Fire.. ;) Fire is a BIT more abstract than I was originally thinking, but I think I'll take it... I'm thinking burning at the stake and burning someone's house down with them inside... Fire is a powerful weapon...

Kim L wrote: "I am planning on reading The Knife of Never Letting Go for the weapon which I have heard is a really good young adult book."

I have also heard good things! Enjoy!

I was thinking fire as in The Girl Who Played with Fire I haven't read it but I assume it is used as a weapon... But I am not sure...

Erin wrote: "I was theinking fire as in The Girl Who Played with Fire I haven't read it but I assume it is used as a weapon... But I am not sure..."

Ah, sounds good. It doesn't have to be used as a weapon in the book...

Sara ♥ wrote: "Kim L wrote: "Would this book work for green?
" I'd like a little more green than that.

Katie wrote: "Hi Sara, Would you accept "arms" for the weapons part o..."

Great! Thanks, Sara.

Would this work for blue... ?

Yep!

This is an amazing task!

Is this purple or black? I can't quite tell...

[image error]

It looks like black to me... it is a really cool look cover though!

Love this task!

I'm considering this one for the first part of the task. Isn't it pretty? I just wanted to share. :)

Ok, for the weapon part of the task I think I'm going to read Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (which I own).

For the color part of the task, would any of these work?
Await Your Reply
Set This House in Order
Zeitoun

Other options (although final approval would have to be made by Sara):

Blue -

Yellow -


Green - [image error]

I have lots more that I'll add in a bit...

So just to get this task straight..we will be reading 2 books.. one with the cover and one with the weapon in the title. And one of those books has to be from a library.

Fow the weapon part would The Stones of Summer (as in stoning) or An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England work? Arson, playing with fire, weapon is my line of thinking...

As for covers, would any of these work?

More possibilities for Sara to approve:

Purple

Green

Yellow

Red

Found these on my own shelf:


If you like culinary nonfiction, knife is a good "weapon" word. I can think of two off hand:
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry Love, Laughter, and Tears at the World's Most Famous Cooking School by Kathleen Flinn
French Lessons Adventures with Knife, Fork, and Corkscrew by Peter Mayle

I enjoyed the first one; using the second one for this particular task!

Will this work?:

Would scissors count? As in Running with Scissors A Memoir

If not, that's fine. I have one I could use.

Here are some of my to-reads which seem to fit the colors:

Scarlet:
Peacock:
Mustard:
Green:
Plum:
White: [image error]

Here's another one that would work for the Mustard color:
The Widow Clicquot The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It

I also think that:
Ella Minnow Pea A Novel in Letters could work for the mustard/yellow color.

Here are some blue covers from my TBR shelf:


Red:

Krista wrote: "Here's another one that would work for the Mustard color:
Some suggestions (some may be duplicated above):

Scarlet:


Peacock:

Mustard:



White:

Green:


Plum: (And these are plum in real life)

I love this thread! It is SO colorful!!! :)

Erin wrote: "I love this thread! It is SO colorful!!! :)"

Isn't it beautiful!!! It makes me want to rearrange my bookshelves by color. :-)

Mustard/Yellow?

Rachel Erin wrote: "Will this work?: " The BIG version of the cover shows that the blackish parts are actually dark blue, so YES!

Cait wrote: "Ok, for the weapon part of the task I think I'm going to read Time's Arrow by Martin Amis (which I own). Sounds good!

For the color part of the task, would any of these work? "
Those all look a bit gray to me...

Lyn wrote: "Mustard/Yellow? " Yep!

Michelle wrote: "Is this purple or black? I can't quite tell...[image error]" Looks black to me...

All the books in message 26 are good. All of the books in 33-36 are good except , which I would call wood-brown and I think is pretty orange-ish. Man, I wish I could copy/paste all your html...
Also I picked up at the library, which I will probably read for a white book. I dunno... haven't really decided...

Katerina wrote: "So just to get this task straight..we will be reading 2 books.. one with the cover and one with the weapon in the title. And one of those books has to be from a library."

Correct

Yay Sara!! I finally get to read His Dark Materials (well at least the first 2). I bought the trilogy in a cute box forever ago.

Now I just have to fit the last one in somewhere. ;)

Kate wrote: "Fow the weapon part would The Stones of Summer (as in stoning) or An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England work? Arson, playing with fire, weapon is my line of thinking...Yes to Stones, no to Arsonist, as that's a person...

As for covers, would any of these work? "
Yes, borderline, yes, yes, that's sorta aqua so no, yes, no—the words are too big (is that clear??)

Jamie wrote: "Would scissors count? As in Running with Scissors: A Memoir

If not, that's fine. I have one I could use."

Did I skip this one? I don't know how often people ACTUALLY get killed with scissors, but it happens in books a lot, right? YES.

More red:


More Green:

More purple:

More Yellow:

More Blue: [image error]

Oh boy... That's a LOT. I don't think I have enough room to put more up at the top, but I'm cool with any of those!

Sara ♥ wrote: "Oh boy... That's a LOT. I don't think I have enough room to put more up at the top, but I'm cool with any of those!"

Sorry, I got carried away! :o) They just looked so pretty, lol.

Arrows of the Queen by Mercedes Lackey
A Crown of Swords by Robert Jordan
Sword And Sorceress I by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Dragon's Dagger by R.A. Salvatore

Will these work for blue and red?

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