2017 Color Coded Reading Challenge
This was my fifth year for this challenge and thanks to Bev at My Reader’s Block for hosting. In an effort to read my own books as much as possible, I made a list at sign-up to keep me on task. That list is included in parentheses and the actual book read is included in bold. Result: 3 out 9 as planned, although 4 of the other 6 were my books, so I still mostly read my own books!
Rules: Read nine books in the following categories during 2017.
The Colors, my TBR hopefuls, and my actual reads:
1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue in the title/on the cover. (A Beautiful Blue Death by Charles Finch) Indigo Dying (China Bayles, #11), by Susan Wittig Albert
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover. (The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd or The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner) Rose Wilder Lane: Her story, by Rose Wilder Lane
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover. (On Gold Mountain by Lisa See) On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, by Lisa See
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover. (The Girl in the Green Sweater by Krystyna Chiger with Daniel Paisner or The Family Greene by Ann Rinaldi) The Family Greene, by Ann Rinaldi
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover. (cover-The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.) cover-The Big Sky, by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover. (Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James) The Black Cauldron (Prydain #2), by Lloyd Alexander
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White in the title/on the cover. (cover-Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah) Songs of Willow Frost, by Jamie Ford
8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover. (The Darling Dahlia and the Silver Dollar Bush by Susan Wittig Albert or The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros) Silver in the Blood, by Jessica Day George
9. A book with a word that implies color. (Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare or A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler) The Painted Drum, by Louise Erdrich
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red in the title/on the cover. (The Ginger Tree by Oswald Wynd or The Red Necklace by Sally Gardner) Rose Wilder Lane: Her story, by Rose Wilder Lane
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow in the title/on the cover. (On Gold Mountain by Lisa See) On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, by Lisa See
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green in the title/on the cover. (The Girl in the Green Sweater by Krystyna Chiger with Daniel Paisner or The Family Greene by Ann Rinaldi) The Family Greene, by Ann Rinaldi
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown in the title/on the cover. (cover-The Big Sky by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.) cover-The Big Sky, by A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black in the title/on the cover. (Smoky the Cowhorse by Will James) The Black Cauldron (Prydain #2), by Lloyd Alexander
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White in the title/on the cover. (cover-Winter Garden by Kristin Hannah) Songs of Willow Frost, by Jamie Ford
8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover. (The Darling Dahlia and the Silver Dollar Bush by Susan Wittig Albert or The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros) Silver in the Blood, by Jessica Day George
9. A book with a word that implies color. (Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare or A Patchwork Planet by Anne Tyler) The Painted Drum, by Louise Erdrich
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