Book Suggestions for 2017 Challenge

[Janice, Moderator]

Use this thread to obtain or give help in finding books that fit the various criteria required in the 2017 annual challenge.

[Almeta]

Looking for a birthday month title?

Thought I'd share this:

Murder-by-Month Mystery series by Jess Lourey .

[Peggy]

Thanks for this thread Janice.

I'm pretty sure I once heard about a book which I think is historical fiction, but one of the characters is a woman who actually was a real archealogist. Don't remember anything else, but I think several people here read it. Any ideas which book I mean?

[Lisa]

Would Timeline by Michael Crichton work for task #4? I am looking for a book with an archaeologist as a character and I thought I read somewhere that this had archaeologists in it.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Great thread! I loved the one we used this year. I found lots of good books to add to my TBR, even if they don't fit any of MY tasks.

[Almeta]

Peggy wrote: "T....
I'm pretty sure I once heard about a book which I think is historical fiction, but one of the characters is a woman who actually was a real archealogist. Don't reme..."

Euphoria by Lily King?

I haven't read it but it is on my list. I think it was a July group read.

[Peggy]

Thanks Almeta, that may have been the one!

I see now that it's about anthropologists and not archealogists, too bad!

[Janice, Moderator]

Lisa wrote: "Would Timeline by Michael Crichton work for task #4? I am looking for a book with an archaeologist as a character and I thought I read somewhere that this had archaeologis..."

I read that a long time ago and don't remember, but the book blurb says that they are archeologists.

[Lisa]

Janice wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Would Timeline by Michael Crichton work for task #4? I am looking for a book with an archaeologist as a character and I thought I read somewhere that this had..."

Thanks, Janice.

[Sarah]

I think Timeline would work. Definitely archaeologists. Would also work for time travelling.

[Cherie]

Lisa wrote: "Would Timeline by Michael Crichton work for task #4? I am looking for a book with an archaeologist as a character and I thought I read somewhere that this had archaeologis..."

I have this book at home, Lisa. The note in my book file says "sci-fi, time travel, made into a movie and archeology students get trapped in the past on a rescue mission to save their professor". Sounds like you are in luck. :0)

[Lisa]

Thanks, Sarah and Cherie :)

[Cherie]

Peggy wrote: "Thanks Almeta, that may have been the one!

I see now that it's about anthropologists and not archealogists, too bad!"

Euphoria is definitely about anthropologists, Peggy.
Amelia Peabody and her husband are archeologists in the series by Elizabeth Peters. Crocodile on the Sandbank is the first one.

[Peggy]

Thanks Cherie! Definitely an option for that question. Always nice to read a quick cozy in between :)

[Cherie]

Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Sarah and Cherie :)"

LOL and thanks for my first book! I haven't even thought about gophering yet, but I am glad to know I have at least one that I already own that will fit the challenge.

[Lisa]

Cherie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Sarah and Cherie :)"

LOL and thanks for my first book! I haven't even thought about gophering yet, but I am glad to know I have at least one that I already own that will fit t..."

Always happy to help! ;)

[Cherie]

Lisa wrote: "Cherie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Thanks, Sarah and Cherie :)"

LOL and thanks for my first book! I haven't even thought about gophering yet, but I am glad to know I have at least one that I already own ..."

Oh, well, I just re-read the rule. If I hadn't broken my thumb playing soccer, I could have read it. ;o(
Back to the drawing board. I am sure I have a title with bone in it. I already read The Bone Garden for my Geo Challenge.

[Cherie]

Did Janice say that plurals are out? I saw something about accident vs accidents in the title. Does that mean bones vs bone is out too? If yes, then darn, I am never going to get to read The Lovely Bones. I'd have to wade my through A Breath of Snow and Ashes to get to An Echo in the Bone, but I have a whole year, right? I already read The Bone People - wasn't a great fit for me... Oh, Carved in Bone is on my book list.... hmmm The Body Farm Series looks interesting. Ivory and Bone was very good, I thought.

I better go to lunch so I can get back to work....

[Peggy]

Janice hasn't ruled about plurals yet, but aren't they allowed in basically every challenge?

The other question was accident vs accidental, so a bit different.

[Janice, Moderator]

I thought I did rule about plurals, or I intended to. Sarah had asked for clarification. The answer is that plurals are allowed.

[[deleted user]]

If it helps anyone, here are some archaeology related novels on Listopia:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...

[Peggy]

Thanks Lisa Ann :)

[Ariane]

Does anyone think of a book with "Easter" in it?
I think I should have said Christmas...

[Cherie]

shower vs bath - warning, warning, warning

If you enter "shower" in the Search Books space, be prepared to need to go take one. Whew! If you enter shower in the Listopia link, you either get books for baby showers or hot and steamy m/m or bdsm sex books. Just saying! I found only one that I was interested in reading: Never Shower in a Thunderstorm, but.... uh, never mind!

Not fair that there are no book covers with a shower stall (I couldn't find any), but there are plenty of titles with bathtubs on the covers. I couldn't find any I especially wanted to read. I found one cover I especially liked, but the story summary burned my ears.

[Peggy]

Lol Cherie! I did a quick search too and came across a book that sounded interesting in case I manage all 50. I forgot the exact title but it was something with owl and shower.

Ariane, when I searched the lists for 'books set in spring' I got a list with easter/pesach books. Didn't look at it, but maybe there's something in there?

Anyone else got the idea that list-searching doesn't work as well as it did before? I get the most random lists...

[Peggy]

Oh, found the shower book: There's an Owl in the Shower

[Peggy]

Hm, I thought it was a memoir or something, but maybe it's children's fiction.

[Peggy]

Or think outside the box and look for a cover with rain (can't you call that a 'shower' in English too?)

[Ariane]

Cherie, I saw The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock's Shower for now, but the rates are not that good...
but yeah, the search with "shower" can bring you to some strange places... haha

Thanks Peggy, I'll look into it... and I am still looking for that spring book too...

[Cherie]

Peggy - I loved The Owl in the Shower title too but it is only 137 pages. It sounds like a great story line too.

[Peggy]

Oh, I didn't even realize about the page numbers. Sorry!

[Sandra, Moderator]

I didn't gopher for the shower task yet, buy I had in mind a cover with a waterfall.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

"I'll be in my bunk" says Cherie :P

[Rusalka, Moderator]

P.S thanks for the heads up. Mental note, not safe for work (NSFW)

[Lori Z]

Cherie wrote: "shower vs bath - warning, warning, warning

If you enter "shower" in the Search Books space, be prepared to need to go take one. Whew! If you enter shower in the Listopia link, you either get books..."

I found Shower of Stars that I might go with.

[Kristie, Moderator]

I found a lot of erotica books looking for shower too, Cherie. There is a whole listopia list of books with bathtubs on the cover and some look really good. Wish I had gone with bath...

I did find Murder Can Rain on Your Shower, which is a cozy. I also have Shower of Stars, which Lori listed above on my possible list.

Great idea to use rain showers, Peggy. I hadn't thought of that.

[Janice, Moderator]

Ariane wrote: "Does anyone think of a book with "Easter" in it?
I think I should have said Christmas..."

Did you do a search for "Easter"? Granted there are a lot of children's books, but a quick search brought up:
The Easter Parade
Easter's Lilly
Easter Lilly: A Novel of the South Today
Black Easter

[[deleted user]]

Peggy wrote: "Oh, I didn't even realize about the page numbers. Sorry!"

I had the same happen during my initial gophering for Thanksgiving as my favorite holiday. A lot of cute children's books but all short in length. Can anyone think of a longer novel, where Thanksgiving play a prominent role in the story?

[Janice, Moderator]

Just a reminder that you are welcome to interpret your survey answers. Someone commented about looking for a waterfall on the cover for "shower". Just be prepared to justify your choice. :)

[Almeta]

Ariane wrote: "Does anyone think of a book with "Easter" in it?
I think I should have said Christmas..."

Easter Island by Jennifer Vanderbes
The Statues that Walked: Unraveling the Mystery of Easter Island by Terry Hunt
Easter Bunny Murder by Leslie Meier
The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny (set during Easter)
The Chocolate Bunny Brouhaha by JoAnna Carl
Eggsecutive Orders by Julie Hyzy (set during the White House annual Easter egg hunt)
Holy Terrors by Mary Daheim (Easter brunch and egg hunt)
Easter Promises by Lois Richer (Romance)
Esther Egg Hunt by Sam Cheever (Paranormal Romance)
The Darcy Cousins by Monica Fairview (Historical Fiction set during Easter)

[Sandra, Moderator]

Oh, I am prepared! A shower in a waterfall would be my dream shower!! (I am talking about small cascades, not the niagara's of course)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Ariane wrote: "Does anyone think of a book with "Easter" in it?
I think I should have said Christmas..."

The House We Grew Up In takes place over several Easters and has an egg (Easter egg connection) on the cover.

[Sarah]

Anyone know if Relic is set in autumn? I found it on a listopia list but it doesn't mention anything in the book blurb.

[Almeta]

Lisa Ann ⛄ wrote: ".....I had the same happen during my initial gophering for Thanksgiving as my favorite holiday. .."

Strangers at the Feast, Jennifer Vanderbes

[Almeta]

Sarah wrote: "Anyone know if Relic is set in autumn? I found it on a listopia list but it doesn't mention anything in the book blurb."

The ship that was beached with a slaughtered crew on board was found in October.

[Sarah]

Thanks Almeta. That helps lots. I could use it for Autumn and my birth month.

[Almeta]

Sarah wrote: "Thanks Almeta. That helps lots. I could use it for Autumn and my birth month."

^

[Sarah]

A Christmas question now. Anyone know if these are set at christmas? I found them on a Christmas listopia.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Wind in the Willows
The Woman in Black

[Casceil]

Sarah, I don't know about the ones you have listed, but I recently read a very off-beat Christmas book, The Inn at the Edge of the World.

[Sarah]

Thanks Casceil. I've added it to my wishlist. I am trying desperately to stick to books I own or at least are already on my wishlist.