ColorCAT Planning Thread

Welcome to Colo(u)rCAT! Either UK or US spelling will be perfectly acceptable.

The colour can be related to the author name, title, subject, series, or the predominant colour of the cover.

Some titles:
Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie
Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi
The Silver Boat by Luanne Rice
The Wisdom of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton

Series:
The Pink Carnation

Authors such as:
Tommy Orange
Kerry Greenwood
Dan Brown
Holly Black

Tags:
Red China: Lisa See - wrote books set in Red China
Red Sea: Treason's Harbour by Patrick O'Brian set in the Red Sea

If you would like to volunteer to host a month post here with your choice of month and colour. I will keep an updated list here.

It’s very easy to host. Just create a thread for the month with an introduction that might include suggestions. The thread is generally posted on the 15th of the previous month.

January – pamelad – Green
February – VivienneR – Gold
March – LadyoftheLodge – Pink
April – Helenliz – Brown
May – Charon07 – Red
June – clue – Yellow
July – ish63 – White
August – DeltaQueen50 – Grey
September - NinieB – Silver
October – susanna.fraser – Black
November – MissWatson – Blue
December – Tess - Purple

The wiki is here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/ColourCAT

I'll kick off with gold in February.

Volunteering for green in January. Thanks Vivienne.

Can I have grey in August, please.

I'll take brown please, April, but not fussy.
I have fond memories of this one last time out.

You've got it. Let's hope we create more fond memories.

Thank you, Pam and Judy!

I'll volunteer for Blue in November.

I’ll take Red in May.

I don't think anyone has taken June yet, I can do that one and I choose yellow for the color.

I'll take December for red please!

>8 MissWatson:, >9 Charon07:, >10 clue:, >11 Tess_W: Done! Thank you.

>11 Tess_W: Red was already taken. If you would like to choose a different colour, let me know.

I will take pink for March! Thanks.

>13 LadyoftheLodge: Added. Thank you.

>12 VivienneR: Let's do purple!

>15 Tess_W: Got it! Thank you.

Can anyone help in creating the wiki? I gave it a try but got totally lost.

>17 VivienneR: I will send you a message with the instructions.

I can take black for October.

>18 LadyoftheLodge: Thank you, Cheryl. I had instructions but they've been buried somewhere.

>19 susanna.fraser: Done, thank you.

Only two months left to fill.

I will take September with silver.

Got it, thank you.

The wiki is here: https://wiki.librarything.com/index.php/ColourCAT

I'll update names of hosts when I have a complete list. Thank you to >18 LadyoftheLodge: for the instructions.

I can take white in July.

Thank you, Lisa. Added.

>23 VivienneR: You are most welcome, I am happy to help.

Looking forward to a colourful year in 2025

>27 Robertgreaves: Yes, me too! This CAT is going to be fun!

I have question that just occurred to me as I look over my TBR: Would The Scarlet Letter count for red, or Redemption in Indigo for blue? (I know we’re pretty lax with rules around here!)

>29 Charon07: I say yes, definitely! "Red" encompasses scarlet, crimson, vermilion, etc. -- all the synonyms and different shades!

>29 Charon07: & >30 christina_reads: I totally agree with Christina!

>29 Charon07: & >30 christina_reads: & >31 DeltaQueen50: I too agree with Christina! The idea is to make the CAT fun, not filled with "rules".

>32 VivienneR: Shades of everything!

>32 VivienneR: I like "not filled with rules". These CATs are ways we can read different genres.

It seems that every year, there will be a post somewhere in this group advising readers to interpret a prompt as they wish, or as best they can.

The January ColourCAT thread is up!

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