The Color Coded Reading Challenge 2013: Books Read

This is the first year that I attempted the Color Coded Reading Challenge, hosted at My Reader's Block. This one required reading nine books, each with a different color in the title, and Bev accepted any shade of the required colors.

I did not do as well as I hoped but...

Blue:  Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Red:  Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Yellow:  A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley
Green: Green-Eyed Lady by Chuck Greaves
Brown: The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Black: Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
White: White Nights by Ann Cleeves
Any other color: Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
A word that implies color:

As you can see I did not read a book where the title included a word that implies color. What I have found in this pursuit for books with color in the title (most of which were run into serendipitously anyway, or I would not have done this well) is that I have a lot of books with RED in the title. Black is also a big one.

Color Coded Reading Challenge 2013

This is the first year that I will attempt the Color Coded Reading Challenge. When I saw the post for this challenge at My Reader's Block, I realized that I am already planning (or hoping) to read a lot of books with a color in the title. This one only requires reading nine books, and only a few of the categories may be challenging to find.

These are the basic rules:

* Read nine books in the following categories.
1. A book with "Blue" or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc) in the title.

2. A book with "Red" or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgundy, etc) in the title.

3. A book with "Yellow" or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title.

4. A book with "Green" or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title.

5. A book with "Brown" or any shade of Brown (Tan, Chocolate, Beige, etc) in the title.

6. A book with "Black" or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc) in the title.

7. A book with "White" or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc) in the title.

8. A book with any other color in the title (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, Magenta, etc.).

9. A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.).

* Any book read from January 1 through December 31, 2013 will count.

* Crossovers with other challenges are fine.

There is more explanation at the sign-up post on Bev's blog.

These are the books I have read for the challenge this year:

Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Raven Black by Ann Cleeves
White Nights by Ann Cleeves
The Man in the Brown Suit by Agatha Christie
Green-Eyed Lady by Chuck Greaves
Silver Pigs by Lindsey Davis
A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley (yellow)


Here is a list of a few books that I own and have not read that fit the challenge:

Stuart M. Kaminsky: Murder on the Yellow Brick Road

Charles Finch: A Beautiful Blue Death   

Michael Connelly: The Black Ice

Alex Dryden: Red To Black

Qiu Xiaolong: Death Of A Red Heroine

Emma Lathen: Green Grow the Dollars
Robin Paige: Death At Gallows Green

Henning Mankell: The White Lioness

Several books by Walter Mosley:

A Red Death

White Butterfly

Black Betty