Booktastic Bookaholics discussion

This is pretty easy. We are going to see about what we can do to maybe produce a prize at the end of the year to someone who went above and beyond the 26 books that this challenge requires. This one is pretty easy to explain.

1. You may ignore the first word of titles that have "A", "An", and "The".
2. For the letter "X" it may be any book that has "X" in the title.
3. This books need to be read in 2016.
4. Please have a shelf for this challenge.

Pretty easy. If anyone needs an example I am going to be planning out my 2016 challenge shortly.

This is my list and I am sure this is going to change over the next few months. Your list does not have to be two or three. This is just my rough draft listing. We will see what it looks like towards the end.

Example:

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N-
O-
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V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

Ooh thank you for the rough draft! I will be using this especially if I go blank and can't think of a book with these letters!!!

Leela wrote: "Ooh thank you for the rough draft! I will be using this especially if I go blank and can't think of a book with these letters!!!"

Sometimes it seems like you've just got to find a book and if anyone gets stumped I hope they ask for recommendations for a letter. I know for one mine will not look like this by the time the year ends next year but I just figured I would throw up some books and edit it as I go.

It's a great idea. I have been wanting to try this challenge for a long time but I get stuck and I usually need a reference for this kind of thing.

I got stuck at one point this year because I didn't think I had any J books come to find out I have a few.

I'm so excited for this! Do they have to be read in alphabetical order or do I just have to hit each letter?

You do not have to read them in ABC order. just hit the letters in any order you wish. I know that the way I have this rough draft is mostly series and I have to read the series in order lol.

Great. I can't wait to get my list together!

This seems so cool! I will definitely be joining this challenge in 2016 once I get my list together

This is a great idea! I'll have to get my list together.

Awesome. I think the example I posted I will just keep adding books to so everyone can have ideas for letters. I keep changing my mind on my A-Z.

Yay. This is an awesome challenge. Well I think it will be.

I think I'm going to use this as a way to get through my TBR list, as well as support my goal to read more non-fiction next year. Not surprisingly I had enough on my list to find non-fiction books for every letter except V,X, and Z. Any suggestions?


A

Are You Fully Charged?: The 3 Keys to Energizing Your Work and Life

Tom Rath


B

Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

Eric Metaxas


C

Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby

Sarah Churchwell


D

A Daughter's Tale: The Memoir of Winston Churchill's Youngest Child

Mary Soames


E

The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe

Anil Ananthaswamy


F

Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

Novella Carpenter


G

The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II

Denise Kiernan


H

The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the Quest That Will Bring Purpose to Your Life

Chris Guillebeau


I

The Intentional Family: Simple Rituals to Strengthen Family Ties

William J. Doherty


J

Jim Henson: The Biography

Brian Jay Jones


K

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World

A. J. Jacobs


L

Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest

Beck Weathers


M

Maphead: Charting the Wide, Weird World of Geography Wonks

Ken Jennings


N

Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

Barbara Demick


O

Off Balance: A Memoir

Dominique Moceanu


P

Power of a Positive Woman

Karol Ladd


Q

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Susan Cain


R

Reckless: My Life as a Pretender

Chrissie Hynde


S

Say Goodbye to Survival Mode: 9 Simple Strategies to Stress Less, Sleep More, and Restore Your Passion for Life

Crystal Paine


T

Taking on the Trust: The Epic Battle of Ida Tarbell and John D. Rockefeller

Steve Weinberg


U

Under the Same Sky

Joseph Kim


V






W

The Wright Brothers

David McCullough


X






Y

Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee

Jeff Himmelman


Z

Jill wrote: "I think I'm going to use this as a way to get through my TBR list, as well as support my goal to read more non-fiction next year. Not surprisingly I had enough on my list to find non-fiction books ..."

If you have a title that has any of those letters in it you can use one of those. Or if you have an author who has any of those letters you can do that to. I do understand that there are times where you cannot find a book with the letter at the very beginning of the title.

Do we have to make the list before 2016 or can we add to it as we go?

You can add to it as you go. I threw my list up there for ideas for people if they needed them.

I'm excited for this challenge! I always do better with a plan (even though I usually deviate), so I'll post my planned list after I compile it. Yay!

King wrote: "I'm excited for this challenge! I always do better with a plan (even though I usually deviate), so I'll post my planned list after I compile it. Yay!"

I am totally the same way. I always deviate because a new book comes out that I really want to read or something like that happens.

Here's the plan for the time being (anything I read will be added to the list as I go) and I'll check them off when they're completed;


A- The Art of Racing in the Rain
B- The Book Thief
C- Code Name Verity
D- Dark Places
E- The Eyre Affair
F- Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
G- Girl With a Pearl Earring
H- Howl's Moving Castle
I- Impulse
J- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
K- Kafka on the Shore
L- Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
M- The Maltese Falcon
N- The Night Gardener
O- Oryx and Crake
P- Peter Pan
Q- The Quiet American
R- Red Queen
S- Say Goodnight, Gracie
T- This is Where I Leave You
U- The Unfortunate Importance of Beauty: A Novel
V- Vendetta
W- Where'd You Go, Bernadette
X- Xingu
Y- The Year of Magical Thinking
Z- The Zombie Room

I'm going to attempt at least two of each letter (maybe not the X and Q) throughout the year. Anyone have suggestions that are not on my list already? Any genre except horror and particularly dry non-fiction. Thanks!

I really need to read The Book Thief. I have heard such great things about it. I just don't want to read it alone.

Andrea wrote: "I really need to read The Book Thief. I have heard such great things about it. I just don't want to read it alone."

I've got it down for two different challenges in 2016, I will definitely read it with you ;)

King wrote: "Andrea wrote: "I really need to read The Book Thief. I have heard such great things about it. I just don't want to read it alone."

I've got it down for two different challenges in 2016, I will def..."

I will take you up on that offer. I had meant to read it this year and it just didn't happen. I don't remember why it didn't right now it just didn't.

This seems like fun! I need to start working on my list!

Northern Belle Bookworm wrote: "This seems like fun! I need to start working on my list!"

I have been trying to finally get a final on my books for next year for a few weeks. I am so indecisive I hope you have better luck getting your listing together.

This looks like a lot of fun. I am going to start working on a list.

Ok I have a rough draft, this was harder than I thought lol.

A-
B-
C- ✔
D-
E-
F- ✔
G-
H-
I- ✔
J-
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Y-
Z-

A: After the End, Arise
B: Bumped, BlackBird
C: Crashland, City 1
D: Die for Me, Dorothy Must Die, Deadfall
E: Entwined, Elegy
F: Fins are Forever
G: Greta and the Goblin King, Glitch
H: Hopeless, Hollow City, Hollow Girl
I: If I Should Die, Illusionarium
J: Just for Fins
K: Kiss of Deception (Take Two)
L: Life by Committee, Little Peach
M: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, My Heart and Other Black Holes
N: No One Else Can Have You
O: Override
P: Pulse, Perfect Ruin, Perfect Lies
Q: Wuake
R: Reawakened, Revolution 19
S: Shutdown
T: Thumped, Tiger's Curse, Tiger's Quest, Tiger's Voyage, Tiger's Promise, Twinmaker, Tremor
U: Until the Beginning, Until I Die, Uninvited, Unleashed
V: Venom
W: The Ward
X: The Fixer, Fugitive X
Y: My Lady Jane (Couldn't find a Y book so I chose one that had more than one Y in the title)
Z: Zeroes

https://www.goodreads.com/review/list...

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and These are just some of the ones I want to read next year

I've really gotta get working on this!

I have one book per letter right now but I know I'll end up doubling up on some letters as the year goes on.

Man I gotta get to work on my tbr.

TessaMarie wrote: "Man I gotta get to work on my tbr."

I kind of have my TBR finished. I just need to figure out how to fit more books into next year since my TBR pile just keeps growing and growing and growing.

I haven't made a list for this yet. I figured I just would read and place them on My Shelf as I go. Is that a bad idea? Should I make a list?

I do not think it is a bad idea. Then you are not trying to make sure you are reading books you set for sure. I often find myself struggling with that because I have book add and I get side tracked.

I might try this. I need a few days to figure out my list. :)

I think 2016 is going to be more about finishing the books I already have instead of buying new ones. Not saying I won't by any books. I already have a few pre-ordered for next year. I want to get through the ones I have before I get buried too deep. I have a lot of books to read. Plus I will still get some from publishers.

Christine wrote: "I might try this. I need a few days to figure out my list. :)"

I hope you have fun with it!

Ali wrote: "I think 2016 is going to be more about finishing the books I already have instead of buying new ones. Not saying I won't by any books. I already have a few pre-ordered for next year. I want to get ..."

I try not to buy anymore books but things tend to happen and well I go overboard. Like my husband has to work on Valentine's Day. He workplace does an event that day/night and that means I don't get time with him and so he gives me a hundred dollars to spend on books so I go on bookoutlet.com and go hog wild.

Andrea wrote: "Ali wrote: "I think 2016 is going to be more about finishing the books I already have instead of buying new ones. Not saying I won't by any books. I already have a few pre-ordered for next year. I ..."

Holy Cannoli. That sucks that you never get to spend time together on Valentine's. So many books! My answer is just Wow! I buy books throughout the whole year and then make the big purchase at the end of the year on bookoutlet for black Friday. I just end up having so many books. I really want to catch up on everything that I have.

Ali wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Ali wrote: "I think 2016 is going to be more about finishing the books I already have instead of buying new ones. Not saying I won't by any books. I already have a few pre-ordered fo..."

Including shipping this past year to equal just under $100 I got twenty books. I got the rest of the books in a few series. I got some books I have been wanting forever and some new books that I had not eally thought about getting. I hate that he never gets to do something special for me on Valentine's Day but I am glad that he lets me just spend that much on books to make it up to me. He is just so good to me.

You all have me spazzing around! XD

awe Leela we love you don't spaz

I love you all too! Happy spaz.

I hope everyone is having fun with their challenge.