5. A book with a fruit or vegetable in the title

[Eryn]

There is a YA book out title Tangerine by Edward Bloor and a new novel also titled Tangerine by Christine Mangan.

[Kaitlyn]

I read Eight Hundred Grapes for this prompt. It's a good spring/ summer read and it is kind of a love letter to Northern California!

[Lindsey]

I was perusing my shelves to see if I had anything unread that fit this category. I've already read it, but if anyone is looking for something new...I recommend Watermelon Nights

[Kristin]

I had The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper on my 'To Read' list since it sounded very similar to A Man Called Ove, which I really liked. When I found it at my local library, made sense to read it now for this prompt.

[Debbie]

Kristin wrote: "I had The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper on my 'To Read' list since it sounded very similar to A Man Called Ove, which I really liked. When I found it at my local l..."

I'm probably going to use this one too so I'll be interested to see what you think!

[Sally]

Have just read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.

[Mari]

This prompt reminded me of a favorite I read a while ago - The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death is a wonderfully off-the-wall YA novel by Daniel Pinkwater, and if I weren't doing my darndest to read new-to-me books for this challenge I'd be reading it right now :)

[Kym]

There's also Blackberry Wine and Five Quarters of the Orange both by Joanne Harris.

[Emma]

I'm thinking of reading Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters, it sounds like a fun read. Has anyone had the chance to read it?

[Cornerofmadness]

Emma wrote: "I'm thinking of reading Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters, it sounds like a fun. Has anyone had the chance to read it?"

That's the one I read for this and I thought it was a blast. It's short and a bit silly at times but it's fun. I love her stories.

[Aimee Dars]

Tangerine

The Blacker the Berry... (also can be song lyric)

[Emma]

Cornerofmadness wrote: "Emma wrote: "I'm thinking of reading Lime Gelatin and Other Monsters, it sounds like a fun. Has anyone had the chance to read it?"

That's the one I read for this and I thought it w..."

Thanks. I just got done reading something LOOOONG and dense, short and silly sounds perfect!

[Cathy]

I read about half of Traveling With Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story, and wasn't all that crazy about it.

I have just started Cole Tangerines by Shauna Niequist

[Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads)]

The e-book of Eating Pomegranates: A Memoir of Mothers, Daughters, and the BRCA Gene, which was mentioned earlier on this thread, is 99 cents (at least on the US Amazon site) right now.

[Sarah]

One of the other groups I belong to is reading Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach. I’ll be using that book for this prompt.

[Johanne]

I just started The Hazel Wood thinking I couldn´t use it anywhere, but then thought: Hey, I wonder if nuts are fruits? A google search later, it turns out they are in fact, a fruit in a botanical sense. Do you think it´s too much of a stretch since it´s only hazel, and not hazelnut, in the title?

[Jackie]

I was with you on the nuts are fruit, but I'm thinking here the 'Hazel' in the title is a reference to the whole tree not just the nut.

[Johanne]

Jackie wrote: "I was with you on the nuts are fruit, but I'm thinking here the 'Hazel' in the title is a reference to the whole tree not just the nut."

Yeah. I sadly agree with you, I came to the same conclusion after thinking about it. I just got excited there for a while... I don´t like to stretch the prompts, so I´ll just read the book and use something else for this prompt.

[Jackie]

You should pursue the nuts are fruits thing; it's so creative you have to use it.

[Tracy]

Either The Peachkeeper or The House on Mango Street

[SadieReadsAgain]

I went for a book I already owned - Where the Apple Ripens and Other Stories. This collection of short stories set (mainly, I think) in the Scottish highlands was a nice read. Like most collections it was a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the stories I felt were either underdeveloped snippets of longer works or just left quite unresolved, which always makes me feel a bit like I've missed something. But when they grabbed me, I really did get hooked by them. The Gowk in particular has left an impression on me, and I'm definitely interested in reading one of her novels if I can get my hands on a copy. A very individual voice, and as a Scottish woman myself one I think is quite important.

[Becky]

I read "Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane" by Lisa See for this prompt since Wikipedia says tea is a vegetable. I just loved this book.

[Sally]

Would The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul fit with this prompt.

[Tracy]

Sally wrote: "Would The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul fit with this prompt."

Yes!! Never wondered about this but I had to investigate...Coffee beans actually come from a type of Cherry. Who would have thought?

https://www.deathwishcoffee.com/blogs...

Enjoy your book 😊

[Sally]

Tracy wrote: "Sally wrote: "Would The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul fit with this prompt."

Yes!! Never wondered about this but I had to investigate...Coffee beans actually come from a type of Cherry. Who would ha..."

Yay!

[Aly]

Y'all think this needs to be a specific fruit? I'm about to read Heart Berries: A Memoir.

[Rachel]

Big Cherry Holler by Adriana Trigiani - second book in the Big Stone Gap trilogy

[Sue]

I have just finished The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher. A very long book (538 pages) to be reading at this late stage, but fascinating!