March Colored Cover KIT - Green and/or Greenery

Emerald, Lime, Sea, Forest, Mint, Olive

Foliage, Growing Plants, or Vegetation

Challenge yourself this month with an either or both book cover. It is likely that you can find a book that meets both since greenery is green!! But there is no need to restrict yourself. I am finding no shortage of books with green covers. I’ve shared some new titles, backlist, and classics. I can’t wait to see what everyone chooses this month!



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I'll be reading several this month. I have a reread for Weyward because my book group has chosen this for March. I have just picked up the header book Spring. I hope to get to the Georgette Heyer Why Shoot A Butler which has been on my side table for too long. I may pass it over though to get to Greenwood. Time will tell where March takes me. I will post my progress as I hope you all do as well.

At the moment I am looking at Journey to the Centre of the Earth, which has a green cover. I am also looking at The Pawns of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt, which has vegetation on the cover.

I have the perfect book for this month. The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood by Susan WittigAlbert

I plan to read the School at Thrush Green by Miss Read. Of course green is in the title and there is greenery running around a window on the cover.

I plan to listen to A Confirmed Rake by Martha Keyes, the third in the Donovans series. It has a garden and topiary on the cover, so it fits both prompts.

I'm planning to read The Gospel of Orla by Eoghan Walls which has a green cover and some line-drawn grass.

I am planning to read The Waking Land by Callie Bates.

>8 DeltaQueen50: Oh, I love that cover!!

Somehow I got ahead of myself and have finished two for this category!



You Are Here by David Nicholls
This was my first choice for the March topic but my library hold arrived earlier than I expected. I flew through it as soon as I started.

Nicholls writes beautifully, paying a lovely attention to the little details that contribute to the whole story without making them into trivial fills. And the characters are varied and believable. A very enjoyable read.



Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
It’s difficult to stay interested in a book filled with abhorrent characters. The high frequency of swearing was annoying, to say the least, especially as I listened to the audio version. A slow start then a rush to the finish line, by which time I didn’t care who was left standing.

>10 VivienneR: I'll pass on the Rachel Hawkins book. Swearing turns me off.

>11 thornton37814: Wise move. There was lots of it.

I'm going to use this month's prompt to get a book or two read from my physical TBR. I don't know how to post an image in my message, but I'm planning on reading Seedtime on the Cumberland by Harriette Simpson Arnow and then Harvest of Bittersweet by Patricia Penton Leimbach if I have time.

I'm going to use this month's prompt to get a book or two read from my physical TBR. I don't know how to post an image in my message, but I'm planning on reading Seedtime on the Cumberland by Harriette Simpson Arnow and then Harvest of Bittersweet by Patricia Penton Leimbach if I have time. (My cover of Seedtime is different than the touchstone, but I'm not sure how to change it.)

>14 beccac220: To post an image, right-click on the image and choose the option to "Copy image address." Then paste it into this code inside the quotation marks, and add pointy brackets to either side of it:

img src="image address URL"

To change a touchstone, use square brackets around a title to create the touchstone; when the link to the book appears to the right of your post, there should be a second link after it that says "(others)" -- click that, and it'll take you to a list of other possible titles.

I have completed my read of The Waking Land by Callie Bates, a good fantasy, but needs more character and story development.

>15 christina_reads: Thank you! It took a couple tries, but I finally got it. I appreciate the help!

Aunt Sally's Gnomes by Dean Jarvis ★★★★★


A whimsical tale about an inherited house with a garden full of gnomes. It presents a heartwarming mystery that includes a few giggles along the way.

A great short story that hit me right when I needed it. A lot of memories came to life with this story since my mom and I both have yards full of gnomes. I immediately went and bought the next two stories.

This book is my cover pick for the month. Love all the greenery

>18 lowelibrary: Do you know David Bowie's Laughing Gnome song?

https://youtu.be/5SQdBxVjZx4?si=ASEblShk1ZEMDmsc

>18 lowelibrary: LOVE the cover! I am going to recommend this to my DIL. She loves gnomes.

I just read
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (GREAT ENGLISH POETS)
selected and introduced by Peter Porter.

It has a green cover.

>19 Robertgreaves: I had never heard that song. I don't listen to much Bowie. Thanks for sharing.
>20 beebeereads: These are on Kindle Unlimited or $0.99 each on Kindle -there are 3 different ones.

Ruby Finley vs. the Interstellar Invasion has green and greenery in the form of grass and trees:

I read The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud which has a green cover

There! Had some trouble but got it up finally.

Completed another book with a green cover -
ABDUCTION by Peg Kehret

The Tale of Cuckoo Brow Wood by Susan Wittig Albert ★★★★


Beatrix Potter loves the warmth of Sawrey, her new hometown. But even the kindest of souls can turn snappish when houseguests overstay their welcome. When Beatrix returns from time away, she finds the attic overrun with rats. Rosabelle, resident rat and generous hostess, has offered her family a place to stay. But when word gets out, she soon has dozens of rat families on her tiny hands. To get rid of them, Beatrix invites some cats over, deeply offending Felicia Frummety, the resident cat. Then a mysterious outsider plans to ruin the pristine shoreline of Lake Windermere by building a sprawl of villas. And trouble has beset three village children, favorites of Beatrix, who are counting on the help of the fairies of Cuckoo Brow Wood. Now, with her signature tact, Beatrix must work with her friends-human and animal-to set things right.

This series grows more enjoyable each time. While a very simple mystery was kinda involved, it was solved; most of this book was about the townsfolk. It is starting to remind me of The Cat Who series, where the crimes were only a side note to the main characters and their life in a small town (village in this case).

Just looking at the cover should tell you why I chose this book.

Some (citrus?) leaves at the back of the cover picture

Finished
FUZZY SAPIENS by H Beam Piper.
Green cover

COMPLETED A Moveable Feast by Jennifer Ashley (see >28 Robertgreaves: )

I read Emma of 83rd Street by Audrey Bellezza and Emily Harding, whose cover features a form of greenery (perhaps ivy?):

There's a fair bit of green on the cover of Nobody's Baby by Olivia Waite:

I re-read The Forgotten Garden which has a green cover and is all about a garden.

I read Abscond by Abraham Verghese which has both green and greenery on the cover.

>34 MissBrangwen: I love this cover! I have this on my Kindle and am glad you gave it a thumbs up on your thread.

My first for the month.

>35 beebeereads: It's definitely worth reading! I'll be looking for your comments when you get to it.

I read A Confirmed Rake by Martha Keyes (>6 MissBrangwen:).

I also read a picture book that fits here: Leyla und Linda feiern Ramadan by Arzu Gürz Abay, illustrated by Sibel Demirtaş.
The cover shows some trees in the background and Leyla is wearing a green dress.

I am so glad I started this series. On to the next shortly.

I read The Shadowed Land by Signe Pike which has both green and greenery on the cover.

Starting The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch. The cover shows a woman surrounded by green leaves of some sort.

I finished Sapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa Cather (1940), which has some greenery on the cover.

I did two.

I read The Bookshop on Rosemary Lane by Ellen Berry

The cover has the authors name in green, trees along the side of a lane, and a garland of leaves along the top.

Finished Jade City.

Waving at all happy reading!

Reading both The Healer's War by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (was on my bookshelves, unread, and it has green on the cover) and



Into the Green by Charles de Lint because a bit of a pun for this month and also I need his lovely healing storytelling.

I read Blessings and Disasters by Alexis Okeowo.

COMPLETED The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch (see >41 Robertgreaves: )

Starting Christmas At Candleshoe by Michael Innes

COMPLETED Christmas At Candleshoe by Michael Innes

My third this month was a reread of Weyward which meets both challenges--green and greenery.



One more coming in a few days!

I have finished Down Cemetery Road by Mick Herron. My edition has the title printed in bright green on the front and the spine has the same bright green.

I read Death in the Jungle by Candace Fleming.

I read two more books with green covers this month:
Children of Strife by Adrian Tchaikovsky



The Absinthe Earl by Sharon Lynn Fisher

I ended my month of Green/Greenery with the book I introduced in the first post.

Much thanks to everyone who participated this month. The posted covers were really fun to admire and I hope your reading was as satisfying as the cover art.

Apparently, I'm going late and out of order this year! Adding The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed for this category, which has apple trees with green trunks and leaves over the whole cover.