May ColorCAT

The color of the month is red! In addition to books with red covers, like those below, there are books by authors with red in their name:

‪Suzanne Redfearn‬
‪Elizabeth Redfern‬
‪Eliza Redgold (You could also have read her in February!)‬
‪Patrick Redmond‬
‪Redmond O'Hanlon‬
‪Emma Reddington‬
‪Jini Reddy‬
‪Kay Redfield Jamison‬
‪Red Lagoe‬

‪or with red in their titles:‬

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammett (entered the public domain this year in the U.S., if you’re also playing BingoDOG!)
Redwood Bend by ‪Robyn Carr ‬
The Hunt for Red October by ‪Tom Clancy‬
Red Mars by ‪Kim Stanley Robinson‬
Red, White & Royal Blue by ‪Casey McQuiston‬
Red Dragon by ‪Thomas Harris‬
The Red Tent by ‪Anita Diamant‬
My Name Is Red by ‪Orhan Pamuk‬
Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse by ‪Anne Carson‬

or both!

Redfield Farm: A Novel of the Underground Railroad by ‪Judith Redline Coopey‬

‪Here also are a couple of series with red in the name:‬

NYPD Red
Red Rising Saga (you could get at least two or three months’ worth of ColorCAT selections from this series!)

Other possibilities:
The Kitchies Red Tentacle Award
Boston Red Sox
Red Cloud, Lakota chief and warrior
Red Riding Hood
Red Cross

Tell us about what you’re reading, and please update the Wiki with the books you’ve “red”!

I've got a number of options, but I think I'm going to go with *Damned, Delicious, and Dangerous*, a romance anthology with an all red cover!

I think I will go with Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo, since the cover has red lettering:

I think I will read

I will read The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang

I am planning on reading Buster's Midnight Cafe by Sandra Dallas and Like Rum-Drunk Angels by Tyler Enfield

>5 lowelibrary: I remember loving those in my early teens

I hope to be reading The Mighty Red this month.

>8 beebeereads: Ooh, I wanted to read that for this month too, but I doubt my hold will come in in time.

I plan to read Agent Running in the Field by John le Carre.

I generally prefer not to use cover colour in this challenge, because there is already the CoverCAT, but I got a book out of the library recently which is just right:

I'm planning to read Lady Crymsyn by P.N. Elrod.

Woohoo! My hold on The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich came in, so that’s what I’ll be reading for May!

I read Paper Money by Ken Follett for this

I read Who Stole Mona Lisa? by Ruthie Knapp which has red woodwork on the museum wall.

I finished The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich. It’s a story about life and beet farming in a small Midwestern town on the Red River, and it’s really good.

Finished Damned, Delicious and Dangerous... It was fine? Full review written, in any case.

I read Emily Henry's Great Big Beautiful Life, which has a predominantly red cover:

I've read Agent Running in the Field by John Le Carre

Mord auf der Insel Gokumon shows the author’s name and the title in blood-red.

I read Red Queen by Juan Gomez-Jurado for this month.

I have completed Buster Midnight's Cafe by Sandra Dallas and Beast in View by Margaret Millar. Both these books have vibrant red covers.

Going to read Little Red Chairs which has been on my shelves for some time!

I read Red Pottage by Mary Cholmondeley, a novel from the very end of the Victorian period.

Starting Death on Gokumon Island by Seishi Yokomizo, which has red lettering on the cover and a woman with red arms (not sure yet whether red blood or red sleeves).

>25 Robertgreaves: Interesting, that's almost identical with my German version.

>25 Robertgreaves: Was the German translation made directly from the Japanese or via the English?

I've just finished Ruby & Roland by Faith Sullivan.

>27 Robertgreaves: From the Japanese. I once read a bad review for a Murakami translation made indirectly via English, and since then try to avoid those.

June is here: https://www.librarything.com/topic/370871#n8852583

Star-Spangled Jesus has enough red that I'm counting it:

I've finished The Lightning Bottles by Marissa Stapley which has a red background.

I've completed another book with a red colored cover in Like Rum-Drunk Angels by Tyler Enfield.

Reading Ruby Red by Kerstin Gier in Danish, translated from the original German.
Trying to read more widely outside the anglican tradition, but since I only read Danish and English, it has to be in translation.
As this book takes place in London, I am not quite sure it matters in this particular instance.

I finished The Little Red Chairs, a book I added to my catalogue ten years ago. Definitely thanks to the challenge I finally picked it up.

82. The Red Fairy Book by Andrew Lang ★★½

The second installment of Andrew Lang's widely read classics, originally published in 1890, The Red Fairy Book has been admired time and time again, enchanting readers with its carefully crafted prose and eclectic assortment of fairy tales. Originating from French, Danish, Romanian, and Russian sources, as well as some bits of Norse mythology, this collection of celebrated tales has stood the test of time.

Most of the stories in the book were different versions of the same stories. I prefer my collections to only have one rendition of each tale.

To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan
This is one of those books that is almost impossible to put down. Don’t wait until evening to start it or you will be up all night. Successful author aided by an imaginary friend, and being gaslighted by her husband. Brilliant.

I finished Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling (1897), with a bit of red on the cover:

A second one for me.

I just finished Impetuous Innocent by Stephanie Laurens. As you can see, the author's name is in red lettering on the front cover, but the spine and back cover are also red.

I'm finding a lot of red books this month. Finished V is for Vengeance by Sue Grafton which has a red cover and am working on Seeing Red by Lina Meruane.

I've picked up Agrippina which in my edition has a red cover. Not sure if I'll finish in time, although very much a "popular" history.

COMPLETED The Inugami Curse by Seishi Yokomizo

I completed Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser


as well as Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly

COMPLETED The Social Life of Books by Abigail Williams, which has a red panel at the bottom

The Trinity Six by Charles Cumming

Well, here we are at the end of May. Unfortunately I dnf'd my intentional read The Mighty Red. I just couldn't find my way in. Perhaps I'll try again another time. I am currently reading Muppets in Moscow which has a bright red cover, but I won't finish it for another week. So far I am really enjoying it. Watch my thread for a full review in June.
My Letter "I" book for this month was South to America by Imani Perry which does have red lettering so I will count that for now.

Postcolonial Love Poem



This has been on my TBR for a while and features red text in the title and red beads worn by Diaz on the cover.

Every time I start to read poetry I think, 'I don't really get poetry,' and then a poem reaches out and grabs me by the heart. For me at least, I don't read poetry often — it's very emotionally complex, so I only do it occasionally, like a strong painkiller or a particularly rich chocolate cake.

Diaz reminds me of Richard Siken in a way that is difficult for me to articulate as someone not very knowledgeable of poetry. That isn't to imply that she doesn't have her own voice; just that I think if you like his stuff, you should check out hers.

I very much enjoyed this collection and will need to read it again when I am not rushing the end of the month.

My last book for this challenge is Die Rote Wand, which is the name of a mountain in the Dolomites range.