06. A book with a serpentine element on the cover

[Jackie, Solstitial Mod]

Happy Lunar New Year! We are ringing in the Year of the Snake, and with that, we are hunting for a book that has a serpentine element on the cover. This can be a literal snake, or a winding river, or another serpentine element.

ATY Listopia: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/2...

What are you reading for this week?

[Dixie]

I've gone back and forth (haha, kind of serpentine) among various options, but I think I'm going with and

Others I have that would work, but that I'm using for other prompts, are , , and .

[Denise]

234 books on the list but none are jumping out at me. But I'm sure I have books with roads or rivers on them I will use.

[LeahS]

I'm using and .

[Donna]

I will probably use .

[dalex]

Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo

It’s the second book in the series. Hopefully I like the first book well enough to continue because I don’t have a back up plan!

[Kathy]

[Jennifer W]

I might try to get to the second book in the trilogy, . I really recommend the first book!

[Charlsa]

My next door neighbor LOVES the Ruth Galloway series and encouraged me to try it a couple of years ago. I read the first three and enjoyed them, so I'll try to catch up on the series in 2025.

A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths.

[Jillian]

I’m planning on reading The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec.

[Ellie]

I feel like the non-serpentine-shaped snake on Sunrise on the Reaping is ruining the aesthetic, but it's an option, because I know I'll end up reading it.

[Amy (Other Amy)]

This is one of those prompts where I knew what it had to be almost immediately:



I keep finding other serpentine covers, though, and I'll put what I have so far in case it helps other people:

[Pam]

I definitely want to read a book I own. some choices include:
City of the Beasts by Isabel Allende
The Crime of Olga Arbyelina by Andreï Makine
The Obscene Bird of Night by José Donoso

[Marie]

I'm going for a path that snakes - The Hiker by M.J. Ford

[Angela]

I want to finish the Dune series (Frank's six books) in 2025, and I have this edition of Heretics of Dune that I'll be putting in this prompt:

[Angie]

For me, it's The Neverending Story.

[John]

I'm currently thinking about one of the following:

-The Hike by Drew Magary
-There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak
-Mr. Splitfoot by Samantha Hunt

[Tania]

I'm planning to wrap up my Hunger Games experience:

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

[NancyJ]

Do these look close enough?

[Kathy]

I'd say so, NancyJ.

[Chelsey]

Same Tania.

[NancyJ]

My first book of 2025 was Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory by Sarah Polley. I liked it, and I think it will set an interesting tone for the year.

[Marie (UK)]

I read the path from the monument is serpentine

[Kathy]

I read Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu.


This book is also on the Tournament of Books short list.

[Misty]

I have Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, but I'm honestly not excited about it. My kid wants to read it, so if she does, I will likely read it with her.


More likely I will read either The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins or The Serpent on the Crown by Elizabeth Peters.

[Robin H-R]

I read:
The Jade Dragon by Garrett Hutson

REJECT: A book with an East-West connection

Finished: 01/23/2025
Rating: 3.5 stars

Set in 1930's Shanghai, a US Naval analyst (West) is sent to Shanghai (East) on a "secret mission" and becomes involved in all sorts of intriguing situations while trying to find out who killed a childhood friend. First in a series; lots of loose ends.

[Michelle E]

So many good serpentines! I read by Amy Tintera, which shows a serpentine microphone cord.

[Phil]

I read Carpentaria by Alexis Wright for this topic. (Read Feb 9th;3*)

[Chrissy]

Kathy wrote: "I read Someone Like Us by Dinaw Mengestu.


This book is also on the Tournament of Books short list."

Me too!

[Joan]

Would the lightening on the cover of Revival count as serpentine?



I do have a couple of others that could count. I'm just trying to throw this book somewhere.

[Carolyn Rutigliano]

Do you think I could use a book with the WORD "serpentine" on it? Would that count?

[Joanna G]

I'd say that's a serpentine element! Also, the S itself would be enough to fulfil the prompt, so I think you're covered.

[Hannah]

On my TBR. Fell behind this week; I’m just a girl in the world.

[J]

Angie wrote: "For me, it's The Neverending Story.

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I copied Angie's pick. I have been meaning to read that book for almost 40 years.

[Barbara]

I read Infinite Country by Patricia Engel.

[Sherri]

I read The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year. 5 stars. I enjoyed it.

[Severina]

I read The Man Made of Smoke by Alex North, 5 stars.

[Denise]

I read

[Trish, Annular Mod]

I enjoyed Navigational Entanglements, which has a stylised snake middle right.

[Joy D]

For this prompt, I read:

The Famished Road by Ben Okri - 3.5* - My Review

[Dixie]

As serpentine as you can get!

[NancyJ]

Trish wrote: "I enjoyed Navigational Entanglements, which has a stylised snake middle right.
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Wow good eyes!! That artwork is amazing.

[NancyJ]

I didn’t think I had another book for round 2, but after enlarging the titles I found these:




✅The Mighty Red
✅Snow Road Station
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
✅The Maniac
✅The Music of Bees
Summer of '69

[LeahS]

I read which was a lovely, gentle read and - not one of the author's best, although the setting was interesting.

[Wendy]

I needed a book to accompany my Tour de France viewing, and I'd already used the "breakfast club" (athlete) category. However, I'd say the line of cyclists on a curving road on the cover counts as a serpentine element!

That's the one I plan to read, but I suppose if I wanted to go for a truly serpentine road, it'd have to be the famous Alpe d'Huez climb from the tour, and apparently there's a book/cover for that too...

[Dubhease]

I read Sunrise on the Reaping