Always Take the Weather with You - March 2015 Challenge

[Cherie]

Enter "Heatwave" and you get a whole lot of hunks on the covers.

That is it for me today. I have had fun with the weather report. Thank you, Rusalka!

[Cherie]

Casceil - no cat feet in the T.S. Eliot poem but I am sure you were remembering this:

"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes,
Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening,
Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains,
Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys,
Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,
And seeing that it was a soft October night,
Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. "

[Susan]

I just came back from a little gophering expedition at my local library and found these possiblities:
Stitch In Snow, The Year of Fog, The Scent of Rain and Lightning, and Instructions for a Heatwave. Now I just have to figure out what I might be in the mood to read once we get to March...
Thoughts, anyone?

[Berit]

Sorry Susan I can't help you out I haven't read any of those. Unfortunately I've been doing my own searching and have found way too many books I now want to read. I really need to use the library I am there twice a month for book chats and I never check anything out. I've been trying to figure out overdrive and as you all know I am very technically challenged, so it might take a while! ☺️

[Stephanie]

Susan, I really really liked The Year of the Fog!! Such a great book!!! If you pick it, I look forward to hearing what you think! I don't want to say too much cause I don't want to spoil it.

[Susan]

Berit wrote: "Sorry Susan I can't help you out I haven't read any of those. Unfortunately I've been doing my own searching and have found way too many books I now want to read. I really need to use the library I..."

Haha, not to worry Berit. I, too, keep coming up with more and more books to add to my TBR list. I've finally figured out how to use my library's online catalog and love to reserve books from other branches in town and have them magically appear at my local branch. :)
And I just started using Overdrive this past Christmas. I like it so far though I'm still figuring out how to use it. Hang in there, you'll get it!

[Susan]

Travis of NNY wrote: "Good reason to read Snow Crash next month then"

Oooh, Snow Crash looks really interesting, I'll have to see if I can find it.

[Susan]

Stephanie wrote: "Susan, I really really liked The Year of the Fog!! Such a great book!!! If you pick it, I look forward to hearing what you think! I don't want to say too much cause I don't want to spoil it."

Thanks, Stephanie! It's always nice to hear other opinions. I'll take a closer look at that one for the challenge. :)

[Susan]

Cherie wrote: "Casceil - no cat feet in the T.S. Eliot poem but I am sure you were remembering this:

"The yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,
The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window..."

Casceil and Cherie - Were you perhaps thinking of the poem, "Fog" by Carl Sandburg --

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

[Stephanie]

Yay! Have tissues handy when you read it :)

[Cherie]

Susan wrote:
"The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
..."

Yes, Susan, this is the one I was thinking of! I love it!

[Cherie]

Susan wrote: "I just came back from a little gophering expedition at my local library and found these possiblities:
Stitch In Snow, The Year of Fog, [book:The Scent of Rain and Lightn..."

I cannot help you either, but just a comment. I had NO IDEA that Anne McCaffrey wrote Romance!

[Ann]

Stephanie wrote: "Susan, I really really liked The Year of the Fog!! Such a great book!!! If you pick it, I look forward to hearing what you think! I don't want to say too much cause I don't want to spoil it."

I agree! I also liked The Year of Fog! Tissues required!

[Berit]

Just added the Year of Fog to my TBR ☺️

[Mariab]

Here a site with a glossary of Weather related terms

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/glossa...

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Enter "Heatwave" and you get a whole lot of hunks on the covers.

That is it for me today. I have had fun with the weather report. Thank you, Rusalka!"

Always happy to help ;)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "Here a site with a glossary of Weather related terms

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/glossa..."

Wow! Thanks Maria!

[Janice, Moderator]

Anvil Zit (taken from Mariab's glossary) would have to be YA.

[Kerri]

Another great challenge. I am going to read either Cold Light or The Ice Twins.

[Mariab]

Would High Fidelity do?

From the noaa site: "High- An area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone" (to plead my case...)

[Lynda]

Not 100% sure if I'm going to take up this challenge, but if I do, it will either be In Cold Blood or Snow Falling on Cedars. It's really hard to disassociate weather from seasons!

[Lilisa]

Great challenge Rusalka. I have at least seven that would qualify. It's going to be a tough decision. But don't distract me, I have to get back to my February challenge!

[Ann]

Mariab wrote: "Here a site with a glossary of Weather related terms

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/box/glossa..."
Awesome! Thanks Maria! That opens up a ton of possibilities!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "Would High Fidelity do?

From the noaa site: "High- An area of high pressure, usually accompanied by anticyclonic and outward wind flow. Also known as an anticyclone" (to plead my cas..."

Lol high pressure system would have been a fine explaination ;)

I'm going to say no I'm afraid to low or high. They are a state that cause weather.

yes, yes, I'm a jerk ;)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'm just waiting for a meteorologist to come in and tell me I'm wrong...

[Casceil]

Susan, I think the Sandburg poem you quoted was what I was thinking of. And Cherie, yes, that part of Prufrock was probably what I was confusing it with.

[Ava Catherine]

I love this challenge! : ) Now, I must start gophering.

[Cherie]

Lynda wrote: "Not 100% sure if I'm going to take up this challenge, but if I do, it will either be In Cold Blood or Snow Falling on Cedars. It's really hard to disassociate weather fro..."

I want to read Snow Falling on Cedars, but not the other!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Janice wrote: "Anvil Zit (taken from Mariab's glossary) would have to be YA."

hah.

[Lynn]

What if the weather word is part of another word e.g. snowcroft or heatstroke

[Ann]

Or rainwater...?

[Ann]

Or rainwater...?

[Jessica]

Berit wrote: "Sorry Susan I can't help you out I haven't read any of those. Unfortunately I've been doing my own searching and have found way too many books I now want to read. I really need to use the library I..."

If you need any help using Overdrive I'd be happy to help. It is confusing, but really convenient once you get it down. :-)

[Tejas Janet]

I have two in mind from my tbr list.

Drinking the Rain: A Memoir



Solar Storms

[Berit]

Jessica, I may take you up on that :-)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Ann wrote: "Or rainwater...?"

Lynn wrote: "What if the weather word is part of another word e.g. snowcroft or heatstroke"

Already approved compound words. But I'm not going to accept things like "brain" as "rain". So compound, not a part of.

[Mariab]

Ups... I might have created a (potentially) monster with that weather site. Sorry Rusalka! I didn't mean to make your life harder... *humble imploring's position*

That said ... it is astonishing how few books I have, that fits the criteria...

[Casceil]

I've found a possible, but it is several books into a series. Anyone out there read the Greywalker books? I'm looking at Downpour.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Mariab wrote: "Ups... I might have created a (potentially) monster with that weather site. Sorry Rusalka! I didn't mean to make your life harder... *humble imploring's position*

That said ... it is astonishing h..."

Lol all good. You brought up some words I had thought of that others may have missed and vice versa.

[Cherie]

Casceil wrote: "I've found a possible, but it is several books into a series. Anyone out there read the Greywalker books? I'm looking at Downpour."

Sorry, Casceil, I have not even heard of this series.

I found a series called "Weather Warden" written by Rachel Caine. They all have weather words in the titles. Ill Wind is the first. I do not need another series to add to my list, but some of the plots sound interesting.

[Mariab]

I found (after intense gophering):
, which is poetry and has a red cover, but no indication of how many pages... :-(
, which is poetry, has a single tree on the cover (and the autor has even a "weather" name: Frost), but has only 32 pages.
, also poetry, but only 104 pages
AND finally: Robert Frost: Selected Poems which I found in Gutenberg Project, and has no cover or indication of pages whatsoever

:-((( Arghhh...!!

[Cherie]

Mariab wrote: "I found (after intense gophering):..."

Hi Mariab,
The only poetry I found was This Country of Gale-Force Winds. Only 104 pages, but there is a tree on the cover (I think). I ordered a copy from the book store. Should have it next week.
I found some great kids books. Less than 200 pages, we just don't get any points. Oh, I just saw rule #6. Darn! Guess this one is out too. Why do they only print books of poetry about weather with 100 pages? Oh, "only" has a tree on it, not "has a tree on it". Who made up those stupid impossible points?

Hmh. I do not think I ran a query for "lightning".

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "I found a series called "Weather Warden" written by Rachel Caine. They all have weather words in the titles. Ill Wind is the first. I do not need another series to add to my list, but some of the plots sound interesting. "

I have the first two of this series. Ill Wind, although unfortunately named, was one of the first reads that they did for the Vaginal Fantasy group.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

I'm not going to count "fresh" sorry.

[Cherie]

Rusalka wrote: "I have the first two of this series. Ill Wind, although unfortunately named, was one of the first reads that they did for the Vaginal Fantasy group..."

Have you read them yet? Were they any good?

[Travis]

I have a Robert Frost book that is around 200 pages but don't see it on goodreads. I'll see if I can find it. Last I knew it was under the bathroom sink

[Rusalka, Moderator]

These look like my options at the moment:
The Year of the Flood
Ill Wind
Summer Lightning
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Snow
Snow Crash
Snow Falling on Cedars
Cloud Atlas
Cloudstreet
The Mists of Avalon

All searched these terms and got nothing, but to spark some thinkings:
Gale, hurricane, cyclone, sleet, shower, tornado, thunder, storm, blizzard, frost, fog, hail, heat, heatwave, drought

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Cherie wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "I have the first two of this series. Ill Wind, although unfortunately named, was one of the first reads that they did for the Vaginal Fantasy group..."

Have you read them yet? Wer..."

Nope. I bought them as they were $2 new from an online bookshop. Series challenge!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Travis of NNY wrote: "I have a Robert Frost book that is around 200 pages but don't see it on goodreads. I'll see if I can find it. Last I knew it was under the bathroom sink"

A frequent hangout for books?

[Travis]

My secret on the toilet poetry book. Although we rarely have company and after 6 years have yet to read through the entire book yet as poetry really isn't my thing. Still I just like the idea of a secret poetry book in the bathroom. Lol.

Probably is about time I actually made an effort to finish it though