Color Coded Reading Challenge 2018

The Color Coded Reading Challenge caught my attention last year and I find myself interested in it again this year. I’m not sure why, since it’s not easy to find books that match the color categories. My own personal rule for this challenge is not to use the covers of books to satisfy the categories, but only to use the titles of the books, which makes it even harder. I’m not sure how many years I’ll be able to do this using only books from my TBR pile, but I’m in for this challenge in 2018. Here are the color categories as explained by Bev at My Reader’s Block:

1. A book with “Blue” or any shade of Blue (Turquoise, Aquamarine, Navy, etc) in the title/on the cover.
2. A book with “Red” or any shade of Red (Scarlet, Crimson, Burgandy, etc) in the title/on the cover.
3. A book with “Yellow” or any shade of Yellow (Gold, Lemon, Maize, etc.) in the title/on the cover.
4. A book with “Green” or any shade of Green (Emerald, Lime, Jade, etc) in the title/on the cover.
5. A book with “Brown” or any shade of Brown (Tan, Beige, Sand etc) in the title/on the cover.
6. A book with “Black” or any shade of Black (Jet, Ebony, Charcoal, etc) in the title/on the cover.
7. A book with “White” or any shade of White (Ivory, Eggshell, Cream, etc) in the title/on the cover.
8. A book with any other color in the title/on the cover (Purple, Orange, Silver, Pink, Magneta, etc.).
9. A book with a word that implies color (Rainbow, Polka-dot, Plaid, Paisley, Stripe, etc.).

I had a hard time last year finding a book with a word that implies color, and I had the same hard time this year, finally settling on The Shadow of the Wind. I think the word shadow implies the color black or gray, so I’m going with it. Here’s my complete list:

1. Blue: To the Far Blue Mountains by Louis L’Amour
2. Red: The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne
3. Yellow: Rumpole and the Golden Thread by John Mortimer
4. Green: The Kinks’ The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society by Andy Miller
5. Brown: From Sand and Ash by Amy Harmon
6. Black: The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson
7. White: Only the Ball Was White by Robert Peterson
8. Any other color: The Bronze Bow by Elizabeth George Speare
9. Implied color: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

As I’ve mentioned in earlier challenge posts, I’ll be keeping track of my progress at my 2018 Reading Challenges page.