Happy Mardi Gras (or maybe where you live it’s called Carnival)! Today is Mardi Gras in the USA, and since I used to live in Louisiana as a child I love to think back on the excitement of this holiday. I loved going to parades to catch beads, and I loved getting King Cake at school and hoping to find the little plastic baby in my piece. It was also fun to see all the decorations. Some houses and businesses were decorated with more lights and sparkle than Christmas! Mardi Gras colors are purple, yellow, and green so I thought it would be fun to share books with any/all of those colors on the covers! I tried picking books that had all three, but that got to be way too hard so I’m just going to share a mix of all three. I’ve learned that yellow is a REALLY popular color for book covers right now! Who knew? And surprisingly, I’ve read (and loved) all the yellow books mentioned here and the others are on my TBR.
Well Played by Jen DeLuca
Accidentally Engaged by Farrah Heron
New York, Actually by Sarah Morgan
Gentlemen Prefer Nerds by Joan Kilby
Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory
Love at First by Kate Clayborn
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren
My (Not So) Perfect Life by Sophie Kinsella
New Orleans Rush by Kelly Siskind
Twice Shy by Sarah Hogle
Do you celebrate Mardi Gras/Carnival where you live?
What did you do with this week’s topic?
Have you read any of these books? What did you think?
Fun (and colorful!) collection of books, Jana. Love that you have some on here that look like charming rom coms which is always my favorite kind of read. :)
Rissi @ Finding Wonderland recently posted…Book Colors! Celebrate Mardi Gras in a Bookish Way!
I don’t often enjoy cover topics but this one was really fun. It gave me the opportunity to link books that don’t fit into the “normal” ones. Loved it.
Happy Mardi Gras!
Marianne @ Let’s Read recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday ~ Top Ten Purple, Yellow, and/or Green Book Covers
You found some great colored covers.
OOh nice picks! This topic was rather fun!
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Happy Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Day as we call it here in the UK! 🥞😋
jessicabookworm recently posted…📚 Top Ten Tuesday | Colourful Book Covers to Celebrate Mardi Gras ðŸŽ
The Unhoneymooners sounds interesting.
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I haven’t read any on this list but these are some nice colours
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My list of Mardi Gras and Louisiana mysteries have most or some of the three colors! Happy browsing!
These are great Mardi Gras covers! I love how vibrant they all are.
Nicole @ BookWyrm Knits recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday ~ Mardi Gras book covers
Mardi Gras is definitely NOT a thing in Arizona. I thought it was only in Louisiana? Do other states celebrate? Interesting.
Happy TTT!
Susan
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It’s actually common all over the USA! I did some searching on line and found this article that highlights fun celebrations all over the country. https://www.vacationsmadeeasy.com/TheBLT/Top10PlacestoCelebrateMardiGrasOutsideofLouisiana724.html
And, because I was super curious, I found an article from last year in the Phoenix New Times that provided a list of 11 different restaurants in greater Phoenix that hosted Mardi Gras celebrations! (https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/restaurants/restaurants-celebrating-mardi-gras-in-greater-phoenix-11444057) So it’s everywhere. :)
I love all your wonderful covers. I have read 3 of them and have on on my TBR.
Carla recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday (February 16, 2021):Mardi Gras Celebrations with Purple, Green and Yellow (Gold) Covers
I like how you stuck to a single genre in your TTT post this week (or at least, it looks like you did.) I did that too, only I pulled the actual books off the shelf and photographed them — fantasy books, in my case. Have fun reading the ones from your list that you haven’t read yet!
This is just so pleasing to the eye and really shows the style of contemporary romance book covers!
Great list! I keep meaning to give Well Played and The Unhoneymooners a try.
Jess @ Jessticulates recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday | LGBT+ books for Mardi Gras!
Nice selection, I have to look at them more closely. At first glance the lovebirds edition #2…
Here is mine: https://cathysreadingbonanza.wordpress.com/2021/02/17/top-ten-tuesday-the-mardi-gras-edition/
Cathy recently posted…Top Ten Tuesday, the Mardi Gras edition
All of these books have such pretty covers.
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-books-about-mardi-gras/
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