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message 1: by Emily, Conterminous Mod (new)

Emily Bourque (emilyardoin) | 11198 comments Mod
For most parts of the world, it's just a Tuesday. But for Louisiana (and other French-settled areas), it's Mardi Gras!

Mardi Gras is a time of celebration before the season of Lent begins (and it's a time of celebration for me, who gets a full week off of work, even when everything is cancelled.)

We are going to do another book tag, but this time, make it Mardi Gras!

A book with a purple cover:
A book with a yellow cover:
A book with a green cover:
A book featuring a party:
A book set in France:
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!):
A book with a mask on the cover:
A book centered around food:
A book where a character drinks alcohol:
A book you want to celebrate:

Laissez les bons temps rouler!


message 2: by Sarah (new)

Sarah (sezziy) | 614 comments A book with a purple cover:
Spindle's End by Robin McKinley

A book with a yellow cover:
The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly

A book with a green cover:
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster

A book featuring a party: The Great Gatsby

A book set in France: Les Misérables

A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): Dead Until Dark

A book with a mask on the cover:
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes

A book centred around food: Heartless

A book where a character drinks alcohol: Daisy Jones & The Six

A book you want to celebrate: The Thorn of Emberlain (when it finally gets here)


message 3: by Sherri (new)

Sherri Harris | 1502 comments The Cooking Gene A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
A book set in the Southern US (Bonus if set in Louisiana). A book centered around food.


message 4: by Samantha (last edited Feb 16, 2021 09:41AM) (new)

Samantha | 1585 comments Going to do my color covers in a row to save space.
Purple, Yellow, Green covers:
The Smell of Other People's Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock The Female of the Species by Mindy McGinnis My Not So Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
A book featuring a party: Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride
A book set in France: Immoveable Feast: A Paris Christmas
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): An American Marriage
A book with a mask on the cover:
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 2 Generation Why by G. Willow Wilson
A book centered around food:The Coincidence of Coconut Cake
A book where a character drinks alcohol: Last Tang Standing
A book you want to celebrate: Britt-Marie Was Here


message 5: by Laurel (last edited Feb 16, 2021 10:57AM) (new)

Laurel Kristick | 874 comments Purple, Yellow and Green covers:
I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman Beach Read by Emily Henry Monster, She Wrote The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by Lisa Kröger
A book featuring a party: Hallowe'en Party
A book set in France: City of Light
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): Kill and Tell (set in New Orleans)
A book with a mask on the cover:
Maskerade (Discworld, #18) by Terry Pratchett
A book centered around food:Murder in Chianti
A book where a character drinks alcohol: Murder Must Advertise
A book you want to celebrate: 84, Charing Cross Road


message 6: by Kim (new)

Kim (kmyers) | 539 comments A book with a purple cover: It's in His Kiss (Bridgertons, #7) by Julia Quinn
A book with a yellow cover: Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
A book with a green cover: To Sir Phillip, With Love (Bridgertons, #5) by Julia Quinn
A book featuring a party: By Invitation Only by Dorothea Benton Frank
A book set in France: The House I Loved by Tatiana de Rosnay
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A book with a mask on the cover: Arthur's Halloween by Marc Brown
A book centered around food: Tender at the Bone Growing Up at the Table by Ruth Reichl
A book where a character drinks alcohol: Bitter Brew (A Savannah Reid Mystery #24) by G.A. McKevett
A book you want to celebrate: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern


message 7: by °~Amy~° (new)

°~Amy~° (amybooksit) A book with a purple cover:
Helen Keller The Story of My Life and Selected Letters by Helen Keller

A book with a yellow cover:
The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear (Zamonia, #1) by Walter Moers

A book with a green cover:
The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley

A book featuring a party:
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente

A book set in France:
Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!):
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt

A book with a mask on the cover:
Macbeth by William Shakespeare

A book centered around food:
Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder (Hannah Swensen, #1) by Joanne Fluke

A book where a character drinks alcohol:
Graveyard Shift (Lana Harvey, Reapers Inc., #1) by Angela Roquet (who knew that the afterlife would have a bar? lol)

A book you want to celebrate:
My Brother's Husband, Volume 1 (Otouto no Otto, #1-2) by Gengoroh Tagame and My Brother's Husband, Volume 2 (Otouto no Otto, #3-4) by Gengoroh Tagame are absolutely incredible introductions into Manga and how they handle the topic of homosexuality in a society that has yet to embrace it is just perfection. An absolute MUST READ.


message 8: by Kathy (new)

Kathy E | 3333 comments A book with a purple, yellow and green cover:
By the Pricking of My Thumbs (Tommy and Tuppence, #4) by Agatha Christie Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie
A book featuring a party: Little Beach Street Bakery
A book set in France: Hunting and Gathering
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): The Keepers of the House
A book with a mask on the cover: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
A book centered around food: Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
A book where a character drinks alcohol: The Turn of the Key
A book you want to celebrate: The Poet X


message 9: by Rachel (last edited Feb 16, 2021 04:32PM) (new)

Rachel A. (abyssallibrarian) | 3279 comments A book with a purple cover:
The Blackbird Season by Kate Moretti

A book with a yellow cover:
Take a Hint, Dani Brown (The Brown Sisters, #2) by Talia Hibbert

A book with a green cover:
A Heart So Fierce and Broken (Cursebreakers, #2) by Brigid Kemmerer

A book featuring a party: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

A book set in France: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

A book with a mask on the cover:
Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd Webber Vocal Selections - Souvenir Edition by Andrew Lloyd Webber

A book centered around food: Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel

A book where a character drinks alcohol: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

A book you want to celebrate: House of Earth and Blood (Crescent City, #1) by Sarah J. Maas


message 10: by Sue (new)

Sue S | 557 comments A book with a purple, yellow, green cover: Tiddas by Anita Heiss
The Watch Tower by Elizabeth Harrower
Saigon Tea by Graham Reilly
A book featuring a party: The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
A book set in France: Villette
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): Zeitoun
A book with a mask on the cover: The Bone People by Keri Hulme
A book centered around food: Serve the People: A Stir-Fried Journey Through China
A book where a character drinks alcohol: The Man Who Loved Children
A book you want to celebrate: Meditations


message 11: by Robin P, Orbicular Mod (last edited Feb 16, 2021 09:54PM) (new)

Robin P | 4009 comments Mod
A book with a purple cover: Don't Forget to Smile (Hometown Memories #2) by Kathleen Gilles Seidel
A book with a yellow cover: Dear Mrs. Bird by A.J. Pearce
A book with a green cover: Cloudstreet by Tim Winton
A book featuring a party: Larry's Party
A book set in France: The Three Musketeers
A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): A Free Man of Color - starts during Mardi Gras in NOLA
A book with a mask on the cover: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
A book centered around food:Catering to Nobody
A book where a character drinks alcohol:City of Girls
A book you want to celebrate: Virgil Wander


message 12: by Kendra (last edited Feb 19, 2021 09:00AM) (new)

Kendra | 2111 comments Purple, Green, Yellow Covers:
Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson, #5) by Darynda Jones Emerald Blaze (Hidden Legacy, #5) by Ilona Andrews Because Internet Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch

A book featuring a party: The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

A book set in France: Bitter Greens
(Well half of it is set in France)

A book set in the southern US (bonus if it's in Louisiana!): Green-Eyed Demon
(It's set in New Orleans)

A book with a mask on the cover:
Daughter of Smoke & Bone (Daughter of Smoke & Bone, #1) by Laini Taylor
(I've never read this one, but my sister did and the cover stuck with me for some reason)

A book centered around food: Recipe for Persuasion

A book where a character drinks alcohol: Nobody But You

A book you want to celebrate: Before the Coffee Gets Cold


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