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Roz wrote: "I am so glad I picked this book to read. It was a beautifully written gem of a book. The author's use of words to masterfully paint a picture was incredible. I liked it so much I had to purchase a copy (as well as another book he wrote) so I can enjoy it again..."

I have this book and one of his others on my TBR list. You are not alone in enjoying this one, and I am looking forward to reading it too.

Oh, I almost forgot to post this!

The word I got was: PASSION
My association word is HONEYMOON (no need to explain, I think ;)...)
I read: Honeymoon with Death by Amy Corwin.
A wonderful mystery, set in 19th century Italy. 4 stars.
Points:
Title - 4 points if the title starts with your associated word
Title - 2 points if the title is in the bottom half of the cover
Author - 1 point if the author is female
Cover - 4 points if the title and author are printed in the same color
Pages - 1 point if your book has 200-299 pages
No bonus points - edit For Easter, 3 points if there are eggs in the story
Total: 12 points - edit 15 points

Peggy wrote: "If you find your book on amazon and use the 'look inside' function, you can search for words (egg, hospital) through the whole book :)"

Ah, I didn't know that! Thanks! I wasn't sure if they had any eggs, but it turns out they did have some for breakfast. So that gives me 3 more points. (yoohoo! ;)...)
So 15 in total.

I was given the word leprechaun, I associated magic.

I read .

Title- 4 points, title begins with associated word
Title -2 points, title at bottom half
Author - 2 points, is under 50
Author- 1 point, author is female

This book was good. 3 stars.

Elsbeth, I'm glad passion carried you to a book you enjoyed. Honeymoon With Death sounds like a good read.

It was, thanks Joan!

Omg I'm such a fool!! I marked this as completed a while ago - even on the challenge page... but forgot to write it here! I actually finished my book a few weeks ago. Not sure if it doesn't count now since I forgot this part of it - if so, that's totally my fault :S Dang!

JUST in case... I was given the word "lake" and my associated word was "underwater" since that's the first thing I think of :)

I ended up reading Girl Underwater and completed it on March 18 (as per my Å·±¦ÓéÀÖ log).

The book was surprisingly so realistic that I ended up crying through most of it... never had a book do that before!

It will still count Sue Q, no worries :) The only thing you need to do is calculate your score in this thread.

omg thank you so much!

My points:
1 - author is female
2 - bit of nature on cover
2 - 304 pages
bonus 3 - scene set in hospital
total: 8 points

My second attempt for a book in this challenge since my first ended up being too short according to GR.

My word was PURPLE which I associated with many things, but decided on VIOLET for my second attempt.

I read The Violet Hour by Brynn Chapman.

Scoring: 5 Points

Title (excluding subtitles): 0
a. 4 points if the title starts with your associated word
b. 3 points if the title has exactly 4 words
c. 2 points if the title is in the bottom half of the cover
d. 1 point if the title contains a verb

Author: 1
a. 4 points if the author’s first and last name start with the same letter
b. 3 points if the author was born in Europe
c. 2 points if the author is younger than 50
***d. 1 point if the author is female

Cover: 2
a. 4 points if the title and author are printed in the same color
b. 3 points if there’s no black on the cover
***c. 2 points if there’s a bit of natural scenery on the cover (e.g., fields of grass, mountains, lakes, rivers)
d. 1 point if there’s a drink on the cover

Pages: 2
a. 4 points if your book has 500+ pages
b. 3 points if your book has 400-499 pages
***c. 2 points if your book has 300-399 pages
d. 1 point if your book has 200-299 pages

Bonus points: 0
a. For Easter, 3 points if there are eggs in the story
b. For Pi Day, 3 points if a mathematical calculation of some sort is made
c. For National Doctor’s day, 3 points if there’s a scene set in a hospital

Yay! I'm so glad you managed to read another book KimeyDiann :)

I hope you all enjoyed the challenge! Thank you all for taking part :)

I have finished the badges but a busy day today and I'm off to a conference tomorrow until Friday, so I will post them in the weekend.

Peggy wrote: "I hope you all enjoyed the challenge! Thank you all for taking part :)"

Really enjoyed the challenge Peggy. Thanks for all your hard work to make this happen... : )

Agree with Annerlee - great challenge Peggy - thanks! Although I had to go back and look to see which book I read - early March seems soooo long ago! :-)

Creative and fun challenge, Peggy. Thank you for coming up with this one and for a job well done with moderating, too!!

Yes, well done Peggy. I hope you enjoyed the experience of running the challenge as much as we did participating?

Thanks, Peggy. I agree with the others. It was fun, and I hope you had fun too!

Peggy, thanks for a creative and fun challenge; would an Englishman say "not half-bad"?
The challenge inspired me
to read a book I would never have found on my own,
to pay attention to my partner's experience - I was relieved to find that she enjoyed her book as well,
and I added 2 books to my TBR shelf.
You did a nice job hosting!

Thanks so much, Peggy. You had a great challenge and moderated it very well. I hope you had fun. :)

I enjoyed it a lot :)


Everyone should be badged now. If I missed you, let me know.

Great badge, Peggy! And congrats on your successful moderator experience! Unfortunately I couldn't make it this time, but it was a great challenge idea!

Hi Peggy! I think you missed me (Susan G). Please see Message 30 for my report. Thanks!

I'm sorry Susan! I will post your badge now :)

Peggy, thanks for the fun challenge. And the badge is awesome.

Thanks, Peggy!

Great challenge Peggy - thanks a ton!