May 2015: April Showers, May Flowers

[Rach , Moderator]

There is a saying that April showers bring May flowers. It definitely is the case for C&B. For the month of May, read your flower! Pick a flower/plant and either the title or authors last name can match with the specified letter. This is just like the A-Z Challenge.
For an example: You can choose Sunflower, and it could go like:
S- Sarah's Key
U- Unbroken
N- No Country for Old Men
etc.

Please add your flower/plant for this months challenge.

[Rach , Moderator]

01/06

O- The Orchard Keeper by Cormac McCarthy
R- Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
C- And Then There Were None: A Mystery Play in Three Acts by Agatha Christie
H- The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins May 2nd, 2015
I- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
D- Divergent by Veronica Roth

[amber]

I'm in.


R Reconstructing Amelia
O Outlander
S Sittenfeld, Curtis. Author of American Wife
E

Because there is an Amber rose.
A flower not the person.

[Ashley]

Lux
Iron touch
Lost symbol
A
Crank

[Rach , Moderator]

Reconstructing Amelia is pretty good! Took me a second to get into it but as soon as I was into it I went through it in a night

[Joy]

This is a great idea for a challenge :) I'm reading "A Whiff of Scandal" by Carole Matthews which is about an aromatherapist who uses flower oils in her fragrances. Getting me in the summer mood :)

[amber]

Rachel Skye wrote: "Reconstructing Amelia is pretty good! Took me a second to get into it but as soon as I was into it I went through it in a night"

Good to hear Rach!

[Meri Kate]

M - Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children 5/8
A - Alienated 5/24
R - Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer's Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits 5/30
I - Inkheart
G - A Game of Thrones
O - Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story
L - Batman: The Long Halloween 5/30
D - Dove Arising

This'll be fun!

[Noor]

C - Confess by Colleen Hoover May 4th
A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
M - Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid Currently Reading
E - Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
L - The Last Letter from Your Lover by Jojo Moyes May 2nd
L - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
I - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
A - Arsen: A Broken Love Story by Mia Asher

Sounds good :D

[Phrynne]

D - A Darker Shade of Magic 3/5/15
A- Among the Shrouded 21/5/15
H- Hello From the Gillespies 6/5/15
L- The Last Werewolf 9/5/15
I- The Immortal Rules> 23/5/15
A- The Alloy of Law 18/5/15

[Becky]

My favorite:



T
U
L
I - I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghettiby Giulia Melucci Completed 05/07

P - Poehler, Amy Yes Please Completed 05/17

[Sheena]

Morning Glory


M
O
R
N
I
N
G - The Girl on the Train (May 3)

G - Galaxy Game (Currently Reading)
L - Landline (May 4)
O
R
Y

[Gail]

S - The Skin Collector, Jeffery Deaver
N - Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro
O
W - Andy Weir, The Martian

P
E
A

[Karen]

I think I will go with Hosta as I have found books for most of the letters.
H - Hatchet by Gary Paulsen - done
O - O, Pioneers by Willa Cather - half done but enjoying it
S - Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
T - Tales from Missouri and the Heartland by Ross Malone
A - Age of Reason by Thomas Paine - done
S - Song of the Giraffe by Shannon K. Jacobs - done

I guess I will have to read the others later squashed in between summer events.

[Brittany]

I'm in.
4/8

D- Drucker & Me: How Peter Drucker and a Texas Entrepreneur Conspired to Change the World by Bob Buford 5/26
A- Battle of the Grandmas by Anthonette Klinkerman 5/6
F- The Flip by Michael Phillip Cash 5/7
F
O- Ohio 2029: Utopia Has Never Been So Wrong by D.A. Winstead 5/12
D
I-Is This What I Want? by Patricia Mann 5/20
L
S- Slip by David Estes 5/26

[Rebecca]

ROSE - Completed!
4/4

R - Robert in Howliday Inn 5/5/15
O - Mrs. Odell in Dyeing Wishes 5/5/15
S - Teddy Sanders in The Martian 5/5/15
E - Eve in Immortal in Death 5/1/15

LILAC - 0/5

L
I
L
A
C

[Teneal]

I think I'm setting myself up for failure here but this is my favourite flower and I just couldn't pick another one.

0/4

L:
I:
L:
Y:

[Rach , Moderator]

You got it Teneal!!!!

[Rach , Moderator]

Good job everyone else. Some people are already done. AWWWWW YEAH!

[Joy]

Finally finished exams so can get cracking :)


A - A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle 15/5/15 ✔
S - The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne
T - A Little Princess - Tania Zamorsky 10/5/15 ✔
E - The Morning Gift - Eva Ibbotson 21/5/15 ✔
R - Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson 11/6/15 ✔

[Phrynne]

Finished:)


D - A Darker Shade of Magic 3/5/15
A- Among the Shrouded 21/5/15
H- Hello From the Gillespies 6/5/15
L- The Last Werewolf 9/5/15
I- The Immortal Rules> 23/5/15
A- The Alloy of Law 18/5/15

[Rach , Moderator]

Good job guys! :)