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A book with a month or day of the week in the title
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Nov 18, 2016 07:44PM
I like this one for the same reason I liked "book with a color in the title" in 2015: the hunt! And then the thrill of finding the book you want to read.
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Here are a fewThe Enchanted April
Tuesdays at the Castle (which is a series where each book starts with a day of the week. This is the first one.)
The Wednesday Wars
The Wednesday Letters
The Hunt for Red October
Unfortunately, I didn't have anything already on my to-read shelf for this. But searching I found Thursdays at Eight and it sounded appealing to me.
Fat Tuesday by Sandra Brown is a murder mystery set in LouisianaTuesdays with Morrie
Friday by Heinlein
Ooh all of these are such good options! Another one is The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August, which could also count for the pseudonym category.
I'm tentatively planning on "Tuesdays at the Castle" - my daughter keeps telling me I HAVE to read it.
I love the Tuesdays at the Castle series by Jessica Day George - and luckily, Saturdays at Sea comes out in February. I would have read it anyway, but nice that it will fit into at least two prompts.
11/22/63 might work if you like Stephen King.I read The Wednesday Wars to my class one year. It's pretty good.
Come MondayRuby Tuesday
Waiting for Wednesday
Sweet Thursday
The Wild Irish Boxed Set is currently free on amazon (241116)
I did some searching to see if there's anything on my TBR list, and this came up: Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as well as the graphic novel March: Book One. Also June.I read it ages ago, but also October Sky.
Brenna wrote: "I did some searching to see if there's anything on my TBR list, and this came up: Live from New York: An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live, as well as the graphic novel [book:M..."Live from New York sounds so interesting. Might go with that one.
Tuesdays at the Castle is a $1.99 Kindle deal today.Every Tuesday Castle Glower takes on a life of its own-magically inventing, moving, and even completely getting rid of some of its rooms. Good thing Princess Celie takes the time to map out these never-ending changes. Because when the castle is ambushed and Celie's parents and oldest brother go missing, it's up to Celie to protect their home and save their kingdom.
This book has been on my radar for a few years. I can't convince my daughter to read it with me, so I may just read it on my own!
My 13 year old read Tuesdays at the Castle a few years ago and gives it rave reviews, insisting that I read it, so it's my book for this category, I'll finally read it! She says the next books in the series aren't as good.
Not too long ago I read Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs. She is the one who created the TV series Bones, although her books are different except for the main character. Still they are good if you like murder mysteries.
I am reading February Flowers for this oneSome other suggestions that I have read are:
Tuesdays with Morrie
The Friday Night Knitting Club
4th of July
Kat wrote: "11/22/63 might work if you like Stephen King.I read The Wednesday Wars to my class one year. It's pretty good."
I'm glad you said this! This is the only book I have that comes closest to satisfying this category lol
August: Osage County fits as well.I think I'm gonna read Moominvalley in November for this one. I have to check if it is a good idea for a present for my nephew :)
Sundays at Tiffany's was a great book. Not normal thriller James Patterson but a romance. Was a quick and easy read too!
I am either going to kick it back to old school and read Freaky Friday or a book I found in my google search Saturday
Shelly wrote: "Thinking about March or
Fourth of July Creek"
Ohh thanks for reminding me about Fourth of July Creek. I bought it a couple of years ago, and this will be a good way to get it off my TBR list!
You could have Friday's Child Georgette Heyer. I might go with Harry August, unless something else leaps out at me.
One Rainy Day in May by Mark Z. Danielewski.
If you are double dipping has tiny drawing of cat printed all over front cover as background. And if you're triple dipping it also is a novel containing pictures!
If you are double dipping has tiny drawing of cat printed all over front cover as background. And if you're triple dipping it also is a novel containing pictures!
Kylie wrote: "Is Middlemarch too much of a stretch? Haven't decided how I feel about it yet!"
For me that wouldn't work. I'm only considering titles that are referring to a month. But I've seen other people using books with "Fall" (for the seasons prompt) or "March," etc in the title where the meaning is not the season or month, so for some people this works. We all get to create the challenge we want!
For me that wouldn't work. I'm only considering titles that are referring to a month. But I've seen other people using books with "Fall" (for the seasons prompt) or "March," etc in the title where the meaning is not the season or month, so for some people this works. We all get to create the challenge we want!
I read Five Days in November for this task.It was really good and I highly recommend it. It was terribly sad at some points: reading the description of Jackie O and her reactions after her husband's death and JFK's funeral moved me to tears.
I have some recommendations! There's the Keys to the Kingdom series by Garth Nix that all have days of the week in the title, starting with Mister Monday. To be honest, I wasn't happy with how the series ended, but that was me and I still love the first book. There's also The View from Saturday that hasn't been mentioned yet, I don't think. One of my favorites, it could also maybe fit for disabilities.
I will be reading April Lady
for this prompt. I own a copy of this book, which I got from my library's ex-library book sale for the grand sum of $0.50.
I'm currently reading July's People which is a bit of a cheat, because July in the book is the name of a person, but well. It works! Plus it's an excellent book so far. Full of tension and emotional depth.
I'm am reading Butterflies in November for that prompt, by Icelandic author Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. It's surprising, witty and different, somewhat refreshing. And while it's not always credible, it was nice to drown into this weird world, away from the oh too real world.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...
Since I planned to read the whole Thursday Next series this year I was going for One of Our Thursdays Is Missing for this prompt.
I searched and found The Friday Night Knitting Club at the library! It's been on my TBR for awhile too!
Elyse wrote: "I searched and found The Friday Night Knitting Club at the library! It's been on my TBR for awhile too!"Ooh - thanks for the suggestion! I was wondering what I was going to read for this prompt, and I totally forgot I have this book. It is buried under a bunch of stuff on a shelf. Yay!
Brooke wrote: "Elyse wrote: "I searched and found The Friday Night Knitting Club at the library! It's been on my TBR for awhile too!"Ooh - thanks for the suggestion! I was wondering what I was goin..."
Haha you're welcome! I was stumped because all I could think of was Tuesdays with Morrie and I already read it. I browsed the library and already had Friday Night Knitting Club in my TBR! Forgot about it!
I know this was already discussed but I just finished The Wednesday Wars and it was AWESOME! Can't recommend highly enough :)
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