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Always Take the Weather with You - March 2015 Challenge
LOL Rusalka, how did you come up with those 4 points for author?Great challenge, I love how it fits with our endless weather-talk. I'm sure I have lots of books to choose from, I'm off gophering!
Bangladeshi Independence Day, March 26, 1971.International Francophone Day, March 22
International Women's Day, March 8
And coz I felt like it. May as well be honest! lol
I can't get the song out of my head!I actually don't own all that many books with weather in the title.
Cold Sassy Tree
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shifting Fog (better known as The House at Riverton, and I'm reading it for a buddy read under that name, but my copy is actually The Shifting Fog. That would be okay?
A Storm Hits Valparaiso
The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
Does a weather-element in a series title also count (e.g. Call of the Kiwi, which is part of the series called In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga)
Ah, good thinking, but no. We'll stay away from the series thingys as Janice has that well and truly stitched up. Sorry! Would work as well as Crowded House are Kiwis.Edit: to make that clearer for others later. Only title. Not series title.
Peggy wrote: "The Shifting Fog (better known as The House at Riverton, and I'm reading it for a buddy read under that name, but my copy is actually The Shifting Fog. That would be okay?"If that is definitely the copy you're reading, then it counts. Wonder why on earth there are two titles for that book.
Oh right of course, I completely forgot I can't combine this with the series challenge anyway. I know, it had me confused too! I thought I couldn't join the buddy read until I found out I do own the book, except with a completely different title. Just stick to one title, people!
Travis of NNY wrote: "Good reason to read Snow Crash next month then"Eyeing it off too. Apparently I own lots of books with snow in the title.
Excellent challenge. Not sure what I have that fits although I know for definite I also have snow crash. will check my books out later.
I've decided on The Shifting Fog. It will give me at least twice as many points than the other books I listed (which may sound impressive but still comes down to only 8 ;-))
I have a personal goal of reading books by Harlem Renaissance authors this year. So I choose Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia, 1800, Arna Bontemps
I was also thinking of reading 'The Shifting Fog' (The House at Riverton). I loved The Forgotten Garden and The Secret Keeper. Great challenge Rusalka! :)
I like it. I'm off to do some gophering!
I like this challenge!! Not sure what I am going to read yet but I do own The Art of Racing in the Rain and it is my favorite book! Hmmmmm... :)
Hmmm, can't decide between Snow White, Blood Red, Snowblind, and Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.Rusalka: is Snowblind acceptable, as the word "snow" is in a compound?
I think I found the book I would like to read can I get a ruling? The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
What an appropriate challenge for this group :-) I'll have to go look at all my books and figure something out, or I'm always up to buying something new :-)
Right now I'm thinking I'll read Cold Comfort Farm and/or Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History.
Great challenge Rusalka! Very appropriate given our obsession with the weather! ;)
Rusalka wrote: "Wonder why on earth there are two titles for that book"Probably to see how many people buy copies of both 'The House at Riverton' and 'The Shifting Fog' thinking they are different books.
Ah, that's a really convenient challenge! I have to read a book like this for another challenge as well! And for another group we are going to read Gone with the Wind this month! :)
I found many titles in my TBR with weather words. This is my short list. We'll need to give it a thought before choosing one:Cold Sassy Tree
The Scent of Rain and Lightning
Storm of Steel
The Wind Is Not a River
I have a few books that will fit but none of them will get many points (unless they come up trumps bonus wise). I will probably end up reading Cloudstreet because it sounds pretty intriguing. I think I will be competing for the glue stick on this one! :)
Does hot count I have the book White Hot Kiss, will that work?
Wow! This is quite the challenge! My mind has completely drawn a blank so I will have to do some gophering to see what I can come up with to read, but ooooh the possibilities... This looks like fun.
I think I will read The Garden of Evening Mists for the challenge. I may also be in the running for the gluestick. Thought I could go for the cover being a tree - but it's not the cover of the edition I'm reading.
I might read Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History, too for this challenge. I've been wanting to read it ever since I read In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin and The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed Americalast year.
I think I'll read The Mist on Bronte Moor. I've read it before and really enjoyed it. And I learned a lot about the Bronte family.Edited to add: after a bit more gophering, I found Wind, Sand and Stars. Nonfiction and a French author.
Lisa wrote: "I have a few books that will fit but none of them will get many points (unless they come up trumps bonus wise). I will probably end up reading Cloudstreet because it sounds pretty int..."This one came to mind for me too, Lisa. My Australia list is huge and I need a book for my March read AtW, if my library can come up with it.
I have The House at Riverton, so no Fog for me.
Makes me think about San Francisco and a line from a poem that I read in Mystery of the Green Cat a long time ago. Something about the fog coming in on little cat feet.
So I only have to option and both include snow. Snow Crash or Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. These two books could not be any more different from each other. I'll decide nearer the time.
I guess I do not buy books with weather events in the title. I only have two.Cold Kiss and House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest are the only ones I can find on my book list that fit the criteria.
Cold Kiss is the first in a series, but the author has only written two, so I cannot count it for my series challenge. Looks like glue stick material...
House of Rain may buy me more points but that is a lot of pages (512) to "pour" over.
Maybe my TBR list can produce better weather.
Cherie, that line about the fog coming in on "little cat feet." Isn't that from the T.S. Eliot poem, "The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?
If Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail doesn't qualify, I also found Dry and A Student of Weather on my TBR list.
Camilla wrote: "Hmmm, can't decide between Snow White, Blood Red, Snowblind, and Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression.Rusalka: is Snowblind acce..."
I've been umming and ahhing about this since I wrote it. I was leaning to no, but if it's your only option, I could have my arm twisted.
Edit: After Tasha:)'s question. YES
Tasha☺ wrote: "I think I found the book I would like to read can I get a ruling? The Coldest Girl in Coldtown"Yes.
Oh, I didn't even consider the word dry! That adds one or two more options, thanks Ann :)
Berit wrote: "Does hot count I have the book White Hot Kiss, will that work?"If I allow Cold, then Hot will count too. I always love it when our forcast here says something like
38C - Hot.
Why waste words really?
Ann wrote: "Wondering if Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir would qualify...?"Unfortunately not Ann. A desert is a place/ecosystem not a type of weather.
Cherie wrote: "I guess I do not buy books with weather events in the title. I only have two.Cold Kiss and [book:House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest|2368..."
Too many puns. :P
Rusalka wrote: "Ann wrote: "Wondering if Stolen Lives: Twenty Years in a Desert Jail by Malika Oufkir would qualify...?"Unfortunately not Ann. A desert is a place/ecosystem not a type of weather."
Poo! :(
Peggy wrote: "Oh, I didn't even consider the word dry! That adds one or two more options, thanks Ann :)"I'm assuming that it qualifies...Rusalka?
White Hot Kiss, it is then. Unless I come across another weather related book, but I don't have very many of those!☺️
Casceil wrote: "Cherie, that line about the fog coming in on "little cat feet." Isn't that from the T.S. Eliot poem, "The Love-song of J. Alfred Prufrock"?"Could be, Casceil. I have always associated it with that book, but maybe it was quoted from the T.S. Eliot poem. Now, I have to go look at the poem. I would love to have the book, but it is not in print, that I know of. I have always loved the cat on the cover.
Ann wrote: "Peggy wrote: "Oh, I didn't even consider the word dry! That adds one or two more options, thanks Ann :)"I'm assuming that it qualifies...Rusalka?"
Sorry. Crossposting there I missed your comment. Yeah, I'll count dry. Again, a common sight over here.
I better go look at my books and see if I have something I can read.
Peggy wrote: "Oh, I didn't even consider the word dry! That adds one or two more options, thanks Ann :)"While I was looking under "dry" I found these.
The Drought female author - only one book - horror
and
The Drought male author - only one book - title in yellow - classified as "boy-lit"????
Never too many puns!My TBR served up a couple of titles and Barnes & Noble should be sending you a Thank You card, Rusalka.
I bought Drizzle in-case House of Rain is too dry. Also, Snowflake Bentley, if I need to chill out.
I ordered a book of poetry too, but forgot to write down the title. Something about Gale Force Winds, if the others do not blow me away.
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Clarifications.
I want weather. So for example:
The Shadow of the Wind
Snow
The Art of Racing in the Rain
Cloud Atlas
All good examples.
What not to pick.
Prodigal Summer <- it's a season, not weather.
As Night Follows Day <- not a weather event, it's a time of day.
Moon Called <- thing in the sky, but not weather. Same with sun. HOWEVER I will count Sunny or Heat as weather terms.
If you are unsure, ask me please for a ruling.
And if you choose a lesser known term, say like Nimbus, let us know what it is eg. that it's a type of cloud.
General Rules:
1. The book may be in any format - paperback, ebook, audiobook.
2. The book may be in any genre.
3. The book may NOT be combined with the Year Long Serial Killer Challenge.
4. The book must be read between 1 March to 31 March (based on your own time zone).
5. The challenge is for one book. You may read more books if you chose, but only the highest scoring book will apply.
6. The book must be 175 pages or more determined by the issue you read. If reading eBook or audiobook page numbers will be determined by the issue that comes up on a Goodreads search.
Scoring
Author
4pts - is Bangladeshi
3pts - is French
2pts - is Female
1pt - has only published one book (so the one you are reading)
Genre
4pts - Poetry
3pts - Crime
2pts - Non-fiction
1pt - Sci-fi
Cover
4pts - only has a tree on it
3pts - is mainly red
2pts - has the title written in yellow
1pt - has a beer on it
Pages
4pts - 500+pp
3pts - 400-499pp
2pts - 300-399pp
1pt - 200-299pp
Bonus Points - count once
2pts - has a day off work for some sort of holiday, in honour of the fact I have a day off work for Canberra Day this month.
2pts - mentions a spider of some kind (Save a Spider Day - 14 March)
2pts - a character chooses to give up something to make themselves a better person (all of March is Lent)