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Linda's Wedding titles:

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As a girl, I always heard about June bides. I was an August bride, my younger daughter Carrie was a July bride, but my oldest daughter Emily will be a June bride this month. Emily (a fellow Bookworm) is getting married on June 21st and we are knee deep in preparations.

So this month, we will count books that have wedding words in the title: bride, groomsman, vows, veil, engagement, bouquet, etc. I am excluding the word "love" even though it is an important emotion for a wedding as just a little too non-wedding specific.

Examples:

The Guest List by Melissa Hill

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

I've had a few questions about some wedding words. Yes, to "Mrs. , wife, and husband." Someone also asked if they could use words from the saying "something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue and a sixpence in her shoe." On that I'll need at least two words from the saying (excluding "and, a, in and her." So the title The Old Blue Line could count.

Wanda wrote: "When I first saw this challenge, I thought yay, I'll read John Scalzi's newest book - When the Moon Hits Your Eye. Then realized the title of the song is actually "That's Amore". Found a few books ..."

I think "When the Moon Hits your Eye" is just fine for this month. It is certainly a well known line from a well known song.

Linda's Music or Song Titles:

1. Jazz by Toni Morrison
2. She Loves You by Ann Hood (the Beatles)
3. Somewhere Beyond the Sea by T.J. Klune (Bobby Darin)
4. Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and Jesse Russell
5. Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens (Michael Buble)

I am taking my inspiration for this month from the great musicians NSYNC from their hit "It's Gonna Be Me," but pronounced by Justin Timberlake as "It's Gonna Be May."
Justin Timberlake is from Memphis and the month of May brings Memphis in May which is a month full of Music and Barbecue Festivals. I live in Memphis and the large park next door is preparing the stages right now for the musical groups coming into town.

So this month you can choose books that have musical words or songs in their titles.

Example: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir by Jennifer Ryan
or Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

Cathy, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58.
I think I was the first one to type out the bingos so a lot of people copied and pasted my post. I had just personalized N4 to make it shorter for me to type.

Claire, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58.

Lisa, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58 or 57.

Wanda, note that N4 is the year you were born. If you were born in 1967 (like Rhonda and I ) then disregard.

Gillis, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58.

Emilie, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58.

Michael, note that N4 is the year you were born. Not necessarily 1967 unless you are also 58.

Cathy, note that N4 should be your birth year. If you are also born in 1967 then please disregard.

Linda's Door and Window Titles:

1. The Hero Next Door by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
2. The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship between a Boy and a Baseball Legend by Sharon Robinson

Congratulations to Cathy for being a top reader in 2024 and winning the choice of selecting a monthly special.

Cathy selected "window" or "door" in the title and selected the month of April because "after our long winter we will be opening our houses again to fresh air and sunshine!"

Happy reading and may you be able to do some of that reading in the fresh air and sunshine.

Yes, I think jealousy and envy both work with this prompt. If the title of a book was "Why Frog was Jealous of Turtle's Shell by Abigail Green" then there would be 4 possible hits for the color green..

Linda's Green words:

1. A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod
2. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire
3. The Strange Case of Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger
4. My Bluegrass Baby by Molly Harper
5. Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper
6. Snow Falling on Bluegrass by Molly Harper
7. Leota's Garden by Francine Rivers

Top of the morning to thee March!
Thou art the month that keeps always green in my heart.

Shamrocks are growing, jolly and bold
Green flags are blowing, green flags and gold

Top of the morning to thee March!
Thou art the month that keeps always green in my heart.

This was a poem I had to memorize and perform at some school function back in 5th grade. Isn't it interesting what we remember from our childhood? I have tried searching the internet for the poem and its author but to no avail. It was probably in a teacher's workbook on the month of March.

So this month you can have the word green or anything that is typically green in the title. Examples are plants, leprechauns, mold, broccoli , limes, jade, alligators, etc. Use your imagination.

I'll also allow authors who are named Green or Greene.

Ironically, two books I was not reading for the monthly challenge had important mentions of quilting or quilters in the storyline.

Linda's Foreign Settings (Not USA)

Canada - The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Costa Rica - The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson
England - The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 8 by Beth Brower
France - Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante
India - The Secret Keeper of Jaipur by Alka Joshi
Italy - My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Iran - The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Ireland - The Women of Primrose Square by Claudia Carroll
Mexico - A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs by Ben Garrod
Morocco - The Hero Next Door by Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich
Peru - Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
Poland - The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
Russia - Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear by Seanan McGuire
Scotland - The Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs