Springtime Flowers Challenge

[Diana S]

Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

Let's look at nature this month.
Here are the Top Ten Texas Springtime Wildflowers

1. BLUEBONNETS
2. Indian PAINTBRUSHES
3. Pink Evening PRIMROSES
4. Brown-Eyed SUSANS
5. FIREWHEELS (also known as Indian Blankets)
6. Blackfoot DAISY
7. Blue-eyed GRASS
8. Common SUNFLOWER
9. FLEABANE Daisies
10. Texas LANTANA

Spell-out one of the all capped-letter words above.

Challenge Rules
▪ one book per letter
▪ book must be 100+ pages
▪ use first letter of the title (exclude A, An, or The)
▪ or use the first letter of Author's first or last name

For each book read:
* post a link to the title
* indicate the Author
* give date you finished book

Rating & pages read are optional

Happy Reading & Stay Safe

[Diana S]

Participants

Licha-Olivia: BLUEBONNETS - 0/11
Book Concierge: PRIMROSES - 4/9
♡♡ Connie: GRASS - 5/5 COMPLETED
Mystique: GRASS - 0/5
♡♡ Donna: PAINTBRUSHES - 12/12 COMPLETED
♡♡ Carol: INDIAN PAINTBRUSHES - 18/18 COMPLETED
♡♡ SouthWestZippy: DAISY - 5/5 COMPLETED
JennH: BLUEBONNETS - 6/11
Koren: SUNFLOWER - 8/9
Jaret: DAISY - 2/5
Diana S: GRASS & PRIMROSES - 1/14
Marilyn: DAISY - 3/5

[Licha-Olivia]

Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

I live in Texas, so I choose Bluebonnets

11/11 letters

B: Baldacci, David Memory Man 5/4/20 5*
L: Larissa Ione; Immortal Rider 4/18/20 4*
U: Until I Die Amy Plum 6/30/20 2.5*
E: Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II Vicki Constantine Croke (4/29/20) 3*
B: Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef Gabrielle Hamilton (6/11/20) 2.5*
O: Owens, Delia; Where the Crawdads Sing (7/14/20) 5*
N: Night Fire Catherine Coulter (4/18/20) 4*
N: Night Shadow Catherine Coulter (4/21/20) 4*
E: Eternal RiderLarissa Ione 4/11/20 3.5*
T: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John Le Carre (4/28/20) 4*
S: Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut 4/11/20 2.5*

[Book Concierge]

April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS
Begins: 01Apr20 / Ends: 30Apr20


9 / 9 completed


Primroses
P - PRESTON, Douglas / Tyrannosaur Canyon ✔ - 01May20
R - Richard Powers / The Overstory ✔ - 19Apr20
I - It's a Long Story: My Life ✔ - 21Apr20
M - Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ - 09Apr20
R - RICHARDSON, Kim M / The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
O - Odds Against ✔ - 27Apr20
S - Snow Leopard ✔ - 06Apr20
E - EVANOVICH, Janet / Two for the Dough ✔ - 12Apr20
S - Simplicity of Cider ✔ - 26Apr20

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[Connie]

April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS
5/5
I'm in, but haven't decided which flower yet. I switched to:

D Dead Simple . Peter James. 4 stars. 4/4/20
A Arnaldur, Indridason. Reykjavík Nights: Murder in Reykjavík 4 stars. 4/15/20
I Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon's Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart. James M. Doty. 3.5 stars. 4/15/20
S Steinbeck , John. Cannery Row 4.5 stars. 4/5/20
Y The Yard. Alex Grecian. 4 stars. 4/21/20

[Mystique]

Hey..I am in!! I choose GRASS as it’s common to all.
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[Donna]

April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS
Begins: 01Apr20 / Ends: 30Apr20

12 / 12 completed

Indian PAINTBRUSHES

✔P ~~ Palmqvist, Joakim, author of ~~ The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 14Apr20

✔A ~~ Arnett, Kristin, author of ~~ Mostly Dead Things ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 07Apr20

✔I ~~ Into the Forest ~~ by Jean Heglund ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 10Apr20

✔N ~~ Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist ~~ by Rachel Cohn ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 08Apr20

✔T ~~ Things You Save in a Fire ~~ by Katherine Center ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 03Apr20

✔B ~~ Barry Lyga, author of ~~ Game ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 16Apr20

✔R ~~ Ryan Jacobs, author of ~~ The Truffle Underground: A Tale of Mystery, Mayhem, and Manipulation in the Shadowy Market of the World's Most Expensive Fungus ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 19Apr20

✔U ~~ Unger, Lisa, author of ~~ The Red Hunter ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 11Apr20

✔S ~~ Speaking of Summer ~~ by Kalisha Buckhanon ~~ 3 Stars ~~ 13Apr20

✔H ~~ The Hot Zone: The Terrifying True Story of the Origins of the Ebola Virus ~~ by Robert Preston ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 08Apr20

✔E ~~ Ernest Hemingway, author of ~~ The Sun Also Rises ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 05Apr20

✔S ~~ The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender ~~ by Leslye Walton ~~ 4 Stars ~~ 12Apr20

[Carol]

April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS

18/18 - Finished 4/28
Inside Out - Maria Snyder- 4/21
Night Sister, The - Jennifer McMahon - 4/20
Dead Dry - Sarah Andrews - 4/1
Icons - Margaret Stobh - 4/26
Abbott, Victoria - The Christie Curse -4/10
Night - Ellie Wiesel - 4/21

Playing with Fire - Tess Gerritsen - 4/9
Among the Hidden - Margaret Haddix - 4/24
Investigating the Paranormal - Amanda Springer - 4/22
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro - 4/28
Tempted - P>C. Cast - 4/22
Bailey, Sarah - The Dark Lake -4/4
Rollins - James - The Devil Colony -4/8
Urban, Madeleine - Sticks & Stones - 4/19
Sub-Zero! - Robert W. Walker - 4/2
Harris, Joanne - Blackberry Wine -4/14
E Lockheart - We Were Liars -4/11
Stephanie Meyer - Breaking Dawn -4/6

[SouthWestZippy]

Completed
April Challenge-DAISY
5/5 read

D--Dog on It by Spencer Quinn-April 4, 2020 – Finished Reading
A--The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher-April 16, 2020 – Finished Reading
I--Ishi in Two Worlds: A Biography of the Last Wild Indian in North America by Theodora Kroeber-April 10, 2020 – Finished Reading
S--Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn-April 7, 2020 – Finished Reading
Y--You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day -April 8, 2020 – Finished Reading

[JennH]

Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

✔B - Assault and Batter by Jessica Beck 4/15/20
✔L - The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket 4/6/20
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✔E - Killer Characters by Ellery Adams 4/7/20
✔B - Deadly Donuts by Jessica Beck 4/10/20
✔O - My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite 4/3/20
✔N - NYPD Red by James Patterson and Marshall Karp 4/29/20
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✔S - Strange Fiction by H.G. Wells 4/27/20

[Mystique]

Spring Flower Challenge...2/5
G: GONE Girl-Gillian Flynn-19/1
R:
A: Margaret ATWOOD- The Testaments-28/2
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[Connie]

Mystique wrote: "Hey..I am in!! I choose GRASS as it’s common to all.
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Good reason. I may switch to GRASS as well...although it's the weed I most try to get OUT of my gardens.

[Diana S]

Mystique wrote: "Spring Flower Challenge...2/5
G: GONE Girl-Gillian Flynn-19/1
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A: Margaret ATWOOD- The Testaments-28/2
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Hi Mystique
Could you explain your method of dating your books, I'm not familiar with your system.
To me it reads completed Jan 19 & Feb 28. But I know thats not right because we're in April. Looking forward to your answer. : )

[Mystique]

Spring Flower Reading Challenge -2/5

G: GONE Girl- Gillian Flynn-22/2
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A: Margaret ATWOOD- The Testaments: 28/3
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Hi JennH , thank you for rectifying me coz I wrote the dates of starting these books. Now I’ve corrected those and inserted the completion date. 22 of Feb and 28 of March.

[Mystique]

Hi Diana..sorry bout the name, in the comment section.. :-)

[Koren]

Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

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N-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3

F-Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum by Michael McCreary finished 4/5

L-Lee Martin From Our House: A Memoir finished 4/9

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[Jaret]

(3/5 Completed)

Doyle, Arthur Conan Valley of Fear 5 stars 4/25/2020
Agatha Christie's A Caribbean Mystery 4 stars 4/9/2020
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Stout, Rex's Over My Dead Body 4 stars 4/2/2020
Y

[Diana S]

TEXAS SPRINGTIME WILDFLOWERS CHALLENGE
Duration: month of April
Books Read: 5/14


Spell-out: GRASS & PRIMROSES

GRASS (4/5)
Gregory Maguire's Mirror Mirror (4/4/20) ☆☆☆
R
Andrews, Mary Kay - Christmas Bliss (4/14/20) 3.5 ☆☆☆
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See (4/12/20) ☆☆☆☆☆
S - The Shadow of Your Smile by Mary Higgins Clark (4/8/20) 3.5 ☆☆☆



PRIMROSES (1/9)
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If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin (4/7/20) 3.5 ☆☆☆
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S

[Marilyn]

Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

✔D - DiCamillo, Kate, author of The Tiger Rising--4/14/20

A

✔I - In Pieces by Sally Field--4/20/20

✔S - Smart, Elizabeth, author of My Story--4/7/20

Y

[Koren]

Koren wrote: "Texas Springtime Flowers Challenge
Duration: April 1 thru April 30, 2020

S-Sue Klebold A Mother's Reckoning: Living in the Aftermath of Tragedy finished 4/24

U-Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Murder of Reena Virk by Rebecca Godfrey finished 4/19

N-Not Dead Yet: The Memoir by Phil Collins finished 4/3

F-Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Co..."</i> by Michael McCreary finished 4/5

L-Lee Martin [book:From Our House: A Memoir finished 4/9

O-Olsen, Jack Cold Kill: The True Story of a Murderous Love finished 5/3

W-Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World's Most Savage Murderers by Scott A. Bonn finished 4/26

E-Ericka Anderson Leaving Cloud 9: The True Story of a Life Resurrected from the Ashes of Poverty, Trauma, and Mental Illness finished 4/16

R-Randy Pausch The Last Lecture finished 4/13

[SouthWestZippy]

Completed
April 16, 2020

[Donna]

Challenge complete. Thanks!

[Connie]

Donna wrote: "Challenge complete. Thanks!"

Nice fast job and interesting variety of books!

[Connie]

Finished DAISY!

[Koren]

Finished SUNFLOWER!

[Connie]

Koren wrote: "Finished SUNFLOWER!"

Wow! Nice job, Koren!!!

[Book Concierge]

Update message # 4 - Challenge completed - 16May20


April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS
Begins: 01Apr20 / Ends: 30Apr20


9 / 9 completed


Primroses
P - PRESTON, Douglas / Tyrannosaur Canyon ✔ - 01May20
R - Richard Powers / The Overstory ✔ - 19Apr20
I - It's a Long Story: My Life ✔ - 21Apr20
M - Murder, Plain and Simple ✔ - 09Apr20
R - RICHARDSON, Kim M / The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
O - Odds Against ✔ - 27Apr20
S - Snow Leopard ✔ - 06Apr20
E - EVANOVICH, Janet / Two for the Dough ✔ - 12Apr20
S - Simplicity of Cider ✔ - 26Apr20

.

[Connie]

Book Concierge wrote: "Update message # 4 - Challenge completed - 16May20


April Challenge - TEXAS SPRINGTIME FLOWERS
Begins: 01Apr20 / Ends: 30Apr20


9 / 9 completed


Primroses
P - PRESTON, Douglas / [..."



NICE JOB, Book Concierge!!

[Book Concierge]

My niece just posted a new facebook page .. her sitting in a field of Texas wildflowers!

[Connie]

Book Concierge wrote: "My niece just posted a new facebook page .. her sitting in a field of Texas wildflowers!"

Awww!

[Licha-Olivia]

Challenge finished 7/14/20