Rainbow Reading Challenge

Hosted By: Books Make Me Happy
1 January 2012 - 31 December 2012

Each month has been assigned a color (along with some common alternate words to add variety). You just have to find a book with that color in the title. That’s it! As you read, come post the title and author of the book for that month below. If you post any reviews about the books you’ve read for this challenge, please post the link in your comment and I’ll send it out on Books Make Me Happy Twitter and Facebook streams. *All books must be at least 200 pages, or the ebook equivalent.*

Colors for each month are:

• January – Red (burgundy, claret, crimson, fuschia, garnet, magenta, maroon, ruby, scarlet, rose, cherry)
• February – Purple (violet, lavendar, amethyst, lilac, plum, periwinkle)
• March – Aquamarine (teal, tourquoise)
• April – Clear (transparent, transluscent, crystal, diamond)
• May – Green (emerald, jade, malachite, lime, pine, sage)
• June – Black
• July – Pink (blush, carnation, mauve)
• August - Brown (chocolate, tan, bronze)
• September – Blue (cobalt, cerulean, navy, indigo, sapphire)
• October – White (snowy)
• November – Orange (peach, salmon, coral, tangerine, copper)
• December – Silver (sterling, platinum, chrome, gray)

If you think you’ll have trouble finding books with the correct colors… check places like GoodReads.com and Google Books. Just search for the color and see what pops up!!


Possible List:
January - Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright
February - Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves; Haunting Violet by Alyxandra Harvey; Violet by Jane Feather
March - Aquamarine by Alice Hoffman; The Turquoise Sun by Linda Sandifer
April - All Clear by Connie Willis; Diamond Girl by Diana Palmer; The Diamond Slipper by Jane Feather
May - The Green Mile by Stephen King; The Emerald Talisman by Brenda Pandos
June - The Black Lyon by Jude Deveraux
July - The Secret History of the Pink Carnation by Lauren Willig
August - The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier; The Chocolate Cat Caper by Joanna Carl
September - Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz; Something Blue by Emily Giffin; Gathering Blue by Lois Lowry; Blue Moon by Alyson Noel
October - The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson; Vision in White by Nora Roberts; White Cat by Holly Black
November - Peach Cobbler Murder by Joanne Fluke; The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen
December - Silver is for Secrets by Laurie Faria Stolarz; The Gray Wolf Throne by Cinda Williams Chima; Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde; Between Shades of Grey by Ruta Sepetys

My Finished Book List:

January -
February -
March -
April -
May -
June -
July -
August -
September -
October -
November -
December -