All the reading challenges at Riedel Fascination run February 1, 2017 to January 31, 2018 so we don’t have to do wrap-up posts during Christmas and New Year’s time. This was my fourth year to join in the fun of Gentle Spectrums, both A & B. The A choice is Limitless Palette which includes book titles with colours or colour associations. The B choice is Gentle Subjects which gives us a list of 10 broad subjects to find at least one book each that fills the bill. Here’s my list of books to fulfill the challenge:
A) “LIMITLESS PALETTE”
Indigo Dying (China Bayles, #11), Susan Wittig Albert
Rose Wilder Lane: Her story, Rose Wilder Lane
The Dark Prophecy (The Trials of Apollo, #2), Rick Riordan
The Black Cauldron (Prydain #2), Lloyd Alexander
Trouble at the Red Pueblo (Spider Latham Mystery #4), Liz Adair
A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle
The Family Greene by Ann Rinaldi
Silver in the Blood, Jessica Day George
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family, Lisa See
Christmas at Lilac Cottage (White Cliff Bay #1), Holly Martin
A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock, #1), Sherry Thomas
(B) “GENTLE SUBJECTS”
(01) HISTORY: Historic people, content, places, symbols, books set in or of 1967 and older.
The Darling Dahlias & the Naked Ladies, by Susan Wittig Albert
Gift from the Sea, Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Lindbergh, A. Scott Berg
Journey to Munich (Maisie Dobbs, #12), Jacqueline Winspear
No More Words: A Journal of My Mother, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Reeve Lindbergh
Rose Wilder Lane: Her story, Rose Wilder Lane
Little House in the Ozarks: The Rediscovered Writings, Laura Ingalls Wilder
In This Grave Hour (Maisie Dobbs, #13), Jacqueline Winspear
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life, Pamela Sue Hill
A Reliable Wife, Robert Goolrick
The Perilous Road, William O. Steele
Peace Like a River, Leif Enger
The Way West (Big Sky #2), A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Moor (Mary Russell, #4), Laurie R. King
The Life All Around Me by Ellen Foster, by Kaye Gibbons
A Fearsome Doubt (Inspector Ian Rutledge, #6), Charles Todd
Beneath a Marble Sky, John Shors
The Legend of Jimmy Spoon (Jimmy Spoon #1), Kristiana Gregory
Ross Poldark (The Poldark Saga #1), Winston Graham
The Valley of Fear (Sherlock Holmes #7), Arthur Conan Doyle
My Name is Mary Sutter, Robin Oliveira
Demelza (The Poldark Saga #2), Winston Graham
Jeremy Poldark (The Poldark Saga #3), Winston Graham
A Casualty of War (Bess Crawford #9), Charles Todd
A Morbid Taste for Bones (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #1), Ellis Peters
The Zig Zag Girl (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #1), Elly Griffiths
Sleeping Beauty, Borrowed Time: A Fairy Tale Fatal Novella, Maia Chance
Sidney Chambers & the Perils of the Night, James Runcie (Grantchester Mysteries #2)
All the Crooked Saints, Maggie Stiefvater
Farriers’ Lane (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt #13), Anne Perry
(02) FOOD
A Dilly of a Death (China Bayles #12), Susan Wittig Albert
Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party, Alexander McCall Smith
Love, Lies and Liquor (Agatha Raisin #17), by M.C. Beaton
The Diva Runs Out of Thyme (A Domestic Diva Mystery, #1), by Krista Davis
The Water Room (Peculiar Crimes Unit #2), Christopher Fowler
(03) THE SKY: Elements by day or night, astronomy, spiritual terms.
The Aviator’s Wife, Melanie Benjamin
Under a Wing: A Memoir, Reeve Lindbergh
The Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1), Rick Riordan
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2), Rick Riordan
Come Rain or Come Shine (Mitford Years, #11), Jan Karon
The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd
The Big Sky, A.B. Guthrie, Jr.
The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo #1), Rick Riordan
Miss Julia Weathers the Storm (Miss Julia #19), Ann B. Ross
(04) CANADIAN
The Xibalba Murders (Lara McClintoch Archeological Mystery #1), Lyn Hamilton
After the War is Over, Jennifer Robson
Rilla of Ingleside (Anne #8), L.M. Montgomery
Alone in an Untamed Land: The Filles Du Roi Diary of Helene St. Onge (Dear Canada), Maxine Trottier
The Maltese Goddess (Lara McClintoch Archeological Mystery #2), Lyn Hamilton
(05) MONEY, VALUABLE, CLASS
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
Death of a Charming Man (Hamish Macbeth #10), M.C. Beaton
A Court of Thorns and Roses (Court of T&R #1), Sarah J. Maas
The High King (The Chronicles of Prydain #5), Lloyd Alexander
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (HP #1), J.K. Rowling
The Young Elites (The Young Elites #1), Marie Lu
King Solomon’s Mines, H. Rider Haggard
Death of a Maid (Hamish Macbeth, #22), M.C. Beaton
(06) MUSIC
The Painted Drum, Louise Erdrich
Songs of Willow Frost, Jamie Ford
The Deadly Dance (Agatha Raisin #15), M.C. Beaton
A Song Flung Up to Heaven, Maya Angelou
(07) IS THE THIRD A CHARM?: Titles associated with “three”. A third volume, or your third book with an author. In a series, it could be any volume if it is your third sojourn with that author.
King’s Cage (Red Queen #3), Victoria Aveyard
A Shooting Star, Wallace Stegner
The Book of Three (Prydain #1), Lloyd Alexander
The Castle of Llyr (Prydain #3), Lloyd Alexander
While You Were Mine, Ann Howard Creel
These Thousand Hills (Big Sky #3), A.B. Guthrie Jr.
The Darling Dahlias & the Confederate Rose (Dahlias #3), Susan Wittig Albert
Emma (The Austen Project #3), Alexander McCall Smith
Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban (HP #3), J.K. Rowling
Shadow and Bone (Grisha Verse, #1), Leigh Bardugo
The Ship of the Dead (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #3), Rick Riordan
(08) TRADITIONS, PRACTICES, CELEBRATIONS
Loving Eleanor, Susan Wittig Albert
Jennifer, Hecate, MacBeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, E.L. Konigsburg
Aunt Dimity Digs In (Aunt Dimity #4), Nancy Atherton
Fear the Drowning Deep, Sarah Glenn Marsh
A Highland Christmas (Hamish Macbeth #15.5), M.C. Beaton
Kissing Christmas Goodbye (Agatha Raisin #18). M.C. Beaton
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter #4), J.K. Rowling
Death of a Witch (Hamish Macbeth, #24), M.C. Beaton
Enchanted, Inc. (#1), Shanna Swendson
The Scorpio Races, Maggie Stiefvater
Death of a Valentine (Hamish Macbeth #25), M.C. Beaton
There Goes the Bride (Agatha Raisin, #20), M.C. Beaton
A Christmas Promise (Christmas Stories, #7), Anne Perry
A Christmas Guest (Christmas Stories, #3), Anne Perry
A Christmas Visitor (Christmas Stories, #2), Anne Perry
Love Medicine, Louise Erdrich
(09) ALL CRITTERS
Song of the Lion (Leaphorn & Chee #21), Anne Hillerman
The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate
Swan for the Money (Meg Langslow #11), Donna Andrews
The Hound of the Baskervilles, Arthur Conan Doyle
Beekeeping for Beginners (Mary Russell, #10.5), Laurie R. King
The Nightingale, Kristin Hannah
The Ape Who Guards the Balance (Amelia Peabody #10), Elizabeth Peters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (#5), J.K. Rowling
Stork Raving Mad (Meg Langslow #12), Donna Andrews
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (Mary Russell #1), Laurie R. King
(10) CLOTHING, FASHION
Indigo Dying (China Bayles, #11), Susan Wittig Albert
All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes, Maya Angelou
Once Upon Stilettos (Enchanted, Inc., #2), Shanna Swendson
Calico Captive by Elizabeth George Speare
The House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes, #1), Anthony Horowitz
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