Always Take the Weather with You - March 2015 Challenge

[Travis]

I actually had itrated 3 stars on here. Robert Frost's Poemsat 288 pages. Maybe it wouldn't work since is Frost's not frost I don't know. Actually wjat I liked about this was there was an explanation for each poem to help understand them better

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Nah, you have to embrace it.

When I was attempting my Masters, I accidentally left one of my old textbooks in there. One night when we had friends over for dinner, our teacher friend came out reading "The Sociology of Education" which she had discovered there and wanted to borrow it.

[Beth]

So I am looking at (sorry, can't do links on my phone)
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan,
House of Sand and Fog

Spring Flowers, Spring Frost

[Mariab]

@Russalka.
Sniff about Fresh as titel word. There goes a universe of possibilitys...
Hurricane... I m sure there is a book about a box fighter with this word in the title. It was a movie also

I love poetry. I just thought it was my chance to read some in a challenge. But all are very short.(lol Cherie!)

[Mariab]

Thunder Storm and Heat are also frecuent words in titles

[Missy]

I am going to try and read Until Hell Freezes Over

[Sandra, Moderator]

Beth, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan and House of Sand and Fog are really good books.

[Berit]

I totally agree with Sandra. They are both five star reads for me.

[Cherie]

Rusalka wrote: "These look like my options at the moment:
The Year of the Flood
Ill Wind
Summer Lightning
Red Earth and Pouring Rain
Snow
[boo..."

I have The Year of the Flood on my TBR. I considered it. I found all of these others that you have listed too. It was fun to see what was out there. I think this is always the best part of a new challenge - gophering for books to read and figuring out what points they are worth. :0)

The only words I did not search from your list is Sleet.

[Cherie]

Rusalka wrote: "A frequent hangout for books?..."

LOL! Always has been at our house. :0)

[Peggy]

Argh! I quoted myself and tried to make a post three times, but my post ends up looking all weird.

It seems that I can't read The Shifting Fog after all. My ebook has the title, but when I open it, it shows the cover of The House at Riverton. I found The Dry Grass of August as well, so it's going to be that one or Cold Sassy Tree

[Pragya]

Loved Snow Flower and the Secret Fan!

[Pragya]

I have endless number of appropriate books on my TBR.

I have these on my shelf so possible contenders -

Cloud Atlas
It Rains in February: A Wife's Memoir of Love and Loss
The Summer My Life Began
The Boys of Summer
Heat of the Moment

I am also interested in procuring-

The Snow Child
Snow Like Ashes
Snow

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sorry Pragya. Summer doesn't count. It's my example of what not to choose, so you may have misread that.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Pragya, I think "summer" does not qualify.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Peggy, Cold Sassy Tree is one of my 4 options too. I didn't decide yet what to read yet, but I have time to decided since our local library is closed. A frozen and burst water pipe has caused building damage so the library will remain closed until further notice.

[Sandra, Moderator]

Rusalka wrote: "Sorry Pragya. Summer doesn't count. It's my example of what not to choose, so you may have misread that."

oops, crossed posts.

[Peggy]

I hope there was no damage to the books Sandra.

[Rusalka, Moderator]

Sandra wrote: "Rusalka wrote: "Sorry Pragya. Summer doesn't count. It's my example of what not to choose, so you may have misread that."

oops, crossed posts."

Great minds etc etc ;)

[Pragya]

Rusalka wrote: "Sorry Pragya. Summer doesn't count. It's my example of what not to choose, so you may have misread that."

Oh. Sorry about that. Good, that helps me narrow my choices.

[Berit]

My mom just texted me to let me know she has written out 4 Pages of books with weather terms and the title.she recommended that cold and sassy tree book, don't recall the exact title.

[Sandra, Moderator]

@Peggy, I read at the newspaper that some books were damaged, but the building had the worst part. It's a pity, such a beautiful library. I felt so sad when I knew. It's crazy how important the library is for us!

@Rusalka, Great minds cross posts. That's the original telling.

@Berit, Do you have your mom doing the gophering for you? :)

[Berit]

No :-) I just mentioned it to her at lunch and she took it upon herself. My parents have a beautiful library in their house, literally! Also my mom really enjoys making lists ;-)

[Melissa]

Berit wrote: "No :-) I just mentioned it to her at lunch and she took it upon herself. My parents have a beautiful library in their house, literally! Also my mom really enjoys making lists ;-)"

That will come in handy for this book group and all the gophering that goes on :)

[Cherie]

My daughter helps with the gophering sometimes, but usually she is gophering for her own. Our reading intrests cross over, but hardly ever at the same time with the same book, even on group reads.

[Melissa]

Cherie, is your daughter a member of this group?

[Sandra, Moderator]

Berit, tell her that four pages is probably a record!

[Rusalka, Moderator]

And sounds like your Mum should come join us!

[Berit]

I'll let her know that, but she is more technically challenged then I am :-) I should submit a monthly challenge read on her behalf :-)

[Casceil]

I've been rereading Euphoria for another group, and I noticed that the same author, Lily King, previously wrote a book called Father of the Rain. I may try that. I really like the way King writes.

[Stephanie]

I'm going to go with When the Wind Blows by James Patterson. I have had it in my personal "library" forever and looking forward to getting through it :) it is about time I read another James Patterson book that isn't related to a series :)

[Berit]

He has those?

[Janice, Moderator]

Melissa wrote: "Cherie, is your daughter a member of this group?"

One of her daughters is - AmyK. We used to have another mother/daughter team here, Judy and Amanda. We have sisters Almeta & DebraT.

[Stephanie]

I was shocked, Berit! When I looked it up on goodreads to make sure it didn't say book one or anything like that :)

[Stephanie]

Well crum! I just looked it up again and it says #1..I must have looked up the wrong one earlier..boooooo!! Oh well, I'm still going to read it but won't count it for the series challenge :)

[Janice, Moderator]

Stephanie wrote: "Well crum! I just looked it up again and it says #1..I must have looked up the wrong one earlier..boooooo!! Oh well, I'm still going to read it but won't count it for the series challenge :)"

If you decide to read the rest of the series for the series killer challenge, you can - you just won't get 5 pts for the book.

[Stephanie]

Thanks, Janice! I seem to be adding series instead of killing them ;)

[Peggy]

Janice wrote: "Melissa wrote: "Cherie, is your daughter a member of this group?"

One of her daughters is - AmyK. We used to have another mother/daughter team here, Judy and Amanda. We have sisters Almeta & Deb..."

I had no idea about Cherie and AmyK. Fun to know :) I knew about Almeta and DebraT.

My mom reads a lot too, ever since I can remember, I must have gotten it from her :)

[Melissa]

That's very cool about the families here!

I tried to get my mom to join this group, but she's too busy reading haha.....

[Mariab]

@Berit.
Well. We should invite you mother to join YLTO. There will bere fir sure many listing to do with the Year Challenge

[Mariab]

Lol. I posted my previous comment BEFORE I read all new comments already posted. Minds..., etc., etc.

[Janice, Moderator]

We call Almeta & Debra the Detroit sisters. :)

[KimeyDiann]

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. "

Vaginal Fantasy Group?????

[Peggy]

Hahahaha!! I didn't spot that one!

[Berit]

Kimmy Diane I was thinking the same thing :-)

[Rusalka, Moderator]

KimeyDiann 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. "

Vaginal Fantasy Group?????"

https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

[Lynda]

Well, I was leaning towards Snow Falling on Cedars, which I still would like to read, but I can't find an audio book of it, so I find it doubtful I'll have the time to squeeze it in.

[Berit]

Linda, if you cannot read that now, you definitely need to read it.

[Casceil]

I have just learned of a new book coming out March 3 in a series I follow that sounds like it will fit. Dead Heat I know I can't count points for in the series challenge, but who cares. I always devour books in this series as soon as I get my hands on them. Rusalka, you said you would count heat if used as a weather term. In this book, characters from Montana vacation in Arizona to buy a horse. "Dead heat" is an excellent description of much of the weather here in the Phoenix summer. Often there is a stillness, not a breeze stirring, and it feels like the world is just being baked. Will you count this?

[Berit]

Is that the Alpha and Omega series? Is that any good? I saw that book was coming out, and then I thought well I might as well read the whole series :-)