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*This challenge was originally posted by Lizz in April 2011*



To complete this challenge you will need to *spell out your own name. You choose whether to do just your first name or add your middle or last name to make it more challenging. You could even spell out your nickname!

*SPELL OUT RULES

For this challenge you can use:

Book titles ('the', 'an' and 'a' should be ignored)
Authors initials

SPELL OUT EXAMPLE:

B - The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (title)
O - Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck (title)
O - 1984 - George Orwell (last name)
K - Life After Life - Kate Atkinson (first name)

Duration: Open Ended

RULES

*Each book may only be used for one letter
*To count a book towards a challenge you must read the majority of it after the start date of the challenge.
*For each book that you read please post a link to the book, the author and the date you finished it.
*All genres and formats are fine.
*Re-reads are allowed.
*No page minimum.
*Please update your original post as you go but also post an occasional message to let us know how you're getting on, if you would like to.

*When you have finished please re-post your whole challenge as a new message or you will not be considered to have completed the challenge and we will not be able to award your Hall of Fame badge

Please see TLC Standard Challenge Rules for further details.

A new badge is available for this revamped challenge, so if you've already done it feel free to have another go!

I'm going to do this one.

Start Date: 6/10/16
Progress: 17/17
Date Completed: 17/11/16

C - Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie (13/10/16)
A - The Alphabet Sisters - Monica McInerney (15/10/16)
R - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K Rowling (6/10/16)
O - The Wizard Of Dark Street - Shawn Thomas Odyssey (10/10/16)
L - Little Girls Lost - Jack Kerley (30/10/16)
I - Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (13/10/16)
N - Nine Years Gone - Chris Culver (7/11/16)
E - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova (19/10/16)

G - The Mystery of the Yellow Room - Gaston Leroux (8/11/16)
A - All the Blue-Eyed Angels - Jen Blood (23/10/16)
B - The Broken Souls - Jack Kerley (12/10/16)
R - The Killing Room - Richard Montanari (8/10/16)
I - In The Blood - Jack Kerley (26/10/16)
E - Every Three Hours - Chris Mooney (25/10/16)
L - Making Lemonade - Kate Langdon (31/10/16)
L - The Last Battle - C.S Lewis (4/11/16)
E - How (Not) to Kiss a Toad - Elizabeth A Reeves (17/11/16)

I'll join along on this one too using both first and middle name

Progress: 11 /11

J Jane Eyre
O Orphan Train
A Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic
N Nicole Krauss The History of Love
N Nevada Barr - Track of the Cat

A Any Witch Way You Can
U A Useful Woman
D Dashner - The Maze Runner
R Ray Bradbury - The Halloween Tree
E Erin Hart - Haunted Ground
Y Yarn to Go

Welcome Joann :)

9/11/16- 1/1/17

M: Queen of Babble by Meg Cabot- 9.27.16
A: Dead Heat by Allison Brennan- 9.22.16
R: Rock Chick Redemption- 9.25.16
C: Close Your Eyes- 9.28.16
E: Ever After- 10.24.16
L: Labor Day- 9.30.16
L: Love, Chloe- 10.26.16
A: Havoc by Autumn Grey- 10.11.16

G: First Comes Love by Emily Giffin- 9.16.16
R: True Crime Addict: How I Lost Myself in the Mysterious Disappearance of Maura Murray by James Renner- 10.13.16
A: Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern- 10.18.16
Y: Yes, Please- 1.1.17

KRISSY'S SPOT
16/16 Completed

Start: 10/14
Completed: 12/06

K: Katwalk(11/12)★★
R: Rag and Bone(10/29)★★★★
I: It's Never Over(11/05)★★★★
S: Shaking the Sugar Tree(10/26)★
H: Home Front(10/27)★★★★
A: Alaska, with Love(10/19)★★★
W: Win by Submission(10/25)★★★
N: Nick's Christmas Wish(11/28)★★
A: Afterthought(10/23)★★★


S: Spook Squad(11/02)★★★★
T: Tick Tock(10/18)★★★★
E: ePistols at Dawn(11/11)★★
W: Whiskers of a Chance(11/04)★★★★
A: All That Glitters(10/23)★★★★
R: Reaching for the Sky(12/06)★★★
T: Think Twice(11/05)★★★

Hi Marcella, thanks for moving over to the new thread :)

Welcome to the challenge Krissy!

First part of my name complete!

C - Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie (13/10/16)
A - The Alphabet Sisters - Monica McInerney (15/10/16)
R - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K Rowling (6/10/16)
O - The Wizard Of Dark Street - Shawn Thomas Odyssey (10/10/16)
L - Little Girls Lost - Jack Kerley (30/10/16)
I - Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (13/10/16)
N - Nine Years Gone - Chris Culver (7/11/16)
E - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova (19/10/16)

Woo-hoo! Go girl!

Thanks Penni :)

Nice job, Caroline.

Thanks Connie :)

Finished!

C - Cat Among the Pigeons - Agatha Christie (13/10/16)
A - The Alphabet Sisters - Monica McInerney (15/10/16)
R - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - J.K Rowling (6/10/16)
O - The Wizard Of Dark Street - Shawn Thomas Odyssey (10/10/16)
L - Little Girls Lost - Jack Kerley (30/10/16)
I - Diamonds Are Forever - Ian Fleming (13/10/16)
N - Nine Years Gone - Chris Culver (7/11/16)
E - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova (19/10/16)

G - The Mystery of the Yellow Room - Gaston Leroux (8/11/16)
A - All the Blue-Eyed Angels - Jen Blood (23/10/16)
B - The Broken Souls - Jack Kerley (12/10/16)
R - The Killing Room - Richard Montanari (8/10/16)
I - In The Blood - Jack Kerley (26/10/16)
E - Every Three Hours - Chris Mooney (25/10/16)
L - Making Lemonade - Kate Langdon (31/10/16)
L - The Last Battle - C.S Lewis (4/11/16)
E - How (Not) to Kiss a Toad - Elizabeth A Reeves (17/11/16)

Good for you, Caroline!

Thanks Connie :)

Finished :)

Well done Krissy!

Your 'Hall of Fame' badge has been awarded. You can find your badge thread here - Krissy's Badges

Since I'm doing most of the other spell-outs, I guess I should add this one:

Read Your Name
Timeframe: 12/1/16 to ?
13/13

C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Addiction - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Coleen Kwan - Undercover in the CEO's Bed - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥

J - Author Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/21/17*****

Welcome to the challenge Connie!

Im in i will use my first and middle name
4/10
E
M - Sight and Sinners author last name mac nicol finished 19/3
E
L- Love Me finished 12/2
I- Shy John Inman (author last initial) Finished 1/4

G
R- Rock Me
Finished 11/2
A
C- Crave finished 26/3
E

Welcome Emelie :)

Finished!

Congratulations Marcella!

Just to let you know that from now on we will be asking players to re-post their challenge rather than just telling us they are finished. It makes it easier on us Mods to check and award Hall of Fame badges. It's fine this time though as we've only just started asking you to do it :)

I'm going to do this again.

Read Your Name - Spell Out

START DATE: 1/1/17
DURATION: Open
PROGRESS: 17/17
DATE COMPLETED: 10/2/17

C - She Belongs to Me - Carmen DeSousa (5/1/17)
A - The Red House Mystery - A.A Milne (21/1/17)
R - Reflection - Diane Chamberlain (30/1/17)
O - The One You Love - Paul Pilkington (12/1/17)
L - Crash & Burn - Lisa Gardner (4/1/17)
I - Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (9/1/17)
N - The North Pole Challenge - Kevin George (6/1/17)
E - The Exodus Quest - Will Adams (15/1/17)

G - The Great Escape - Fiona Gibson (11/1/17)
A - Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (7/2/17)
B - Deception Point - Dan Brown (2/1/17)
R - Cold Fear - Rick Mofina (28/1/17)
I - In Too Deep - Samantha Hayes (10/1/17)
E - Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (10/2/17)
L - The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena (31/1/17)
L - Local Girl Missing - Claire Douglas (25/1/17)
E - Careful What You Wish For - Michelle Escamilla (22/1/17)

Finished!

Progress: 11 /11

J Jane Eyre
O Orphan Train
A Alice Hoffman - Practical Magic
N Nicole Krauss The History of Love
N Nevada Barr - Track of the Cat

A Any Witch Way You Can
U A Useful Woman
D Dashner - The Maze Runner
R Ray Bradbury - The Halloween Tree
E Erin Hart - Haunted Ground
Y Yarn to Go

Well done Joann!

I will try this one.
START DATE: 2/6/17
DURATION: Open
PROGRESS: 1/10
DATE COMPLETED:

T -
U -
R -
A -

S - The Siren by Kiera Cass 2/6/2017
T -
R -
E -
E -
T -

Welcome Wolf :)

So, when I'm done, I just repost my challenge and you guy's will award a badge?

Wolf (Tura) wrote: "So, when I'm done, I just repost my challenge and you guy's will award a badge?"

That's right :)

I'll do my first and middle name :)

Read Your Name Spell Out
Duration: 2/6/17 - 5/19/17

Completed: 14/14

L Love Love: A Novel 3/15/17
A Across the Universe 2/21/17
U The Unbound 2/25/17
R The Rule of Thoughts 2/22/17
E The Eye of Minds 2/6/17
N The Nightingale 2/8/17

V Vassa in the Night 2/14/17
I Invasion 4/3/17
C Chocolat 2/8/17
T The Titan's Curse 2/23/17
O The Overton Window 3/30/17
R The Rose & the Dagger 5/19/17
I I Am Number Four 4/5/17
A Arthur & George 4/13/17

Welcome Lauren :)

I'll do this as well. I'm going to spell out my first- and my babtismal name because I really would have liked it for my parents to give it to me as a middle name - I always hated it as a child that I have no middle name :)

R - Emily Rylands wrote Murder Most Witchy (3/6/17)
O - One to Hold by Tia Louise (5/15/17)
S - Sunkissed by Leigha Lennox (2/19/17)
W - Written to Death by Zach Abrams (2/26/17)
I - Roberta Isleib wrote Deadly Advice (5/12/17)
T - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (4/3/17)
H - Michael Hopkins wrote Funny, Weird And Interesting Things You Didn't Know About... Ireland! (2/3/17)
A - Ben Aaronovitch wrote The Hanging Tree (2/15/17)

M - Morgan James wrote Quiet the Dead (2/9/17)
A - Annie Hansen wrote Give Me Chocolate (3/10/17)
R - Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island (4/16/17)
I - I was murdered last night by A.J. Gallant (5/26/17)
A - Annelie Wendeberg wrote The Devil's Grin (3/11/17)

Good luck Rosa :)

I'm done!

Read Your Name - Spell Out

START DATE: 1/1/17
DURATION: Open
PROGRESS: 17/17
DATE COMPLETED: 10/2/17

C - She Belongs to Me - Carmen DeSousa (5/1/17)
A - The Red House Mystery - A.A Milne (21/1/17)
R - Reflection - Diane Chamberlain (30/1/17)
O - The One You Love - Paul Pilkington (12/1/17)
L - Crash & Burn - Lisa Gardner (4/1/17)
I - Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro (9/1/17)
N - The North Pole Challenge - Kevin George (6/1/17)
E - The Exodus Quest - Will Adams (15/1/17)

G - The Great Escape - Fiona Gibson (11/1/17)
A - Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (7/2/17)
B - Deception Point - Dan Brown (2/1/17)
R - Cold Fear - Rick Mofina (28/1/17)
I - In Too Deep - Samantha Hayes (10/1/17)
E - Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (10/2/17)
L - The Couple Next Door - Shari Lapena (31/1/17)
L - Local Girl Missing - Claire Douglas (25/1/17)
E - Careful What You Wish For - Michelle Escamilla (22/1/17)

I'm a little behind on my logging. I finished this up a while ago.

Read Your Name
Timeframe: 12/1/16 to ?
13/13

C - Cuff Me by Lauren Layne - 12/10/16 ♥♥♥♥
O - Origin in Death by J.D. Robb - 12/8/16 ♥♥♥♥♥
N - Author Nancy Atherton - Aunt Dimity Digs In - 12/7/16 ♥♥♥
S - Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad - 12/31/16 ♥♥♥♥
T - A Taste of Sake by Heather Heyford - 1/7/17 ♥♥♥♥
A - Almost Perfect by Susan Mallery - 12/4/16 ♥♥♥
N - Author Nalini Singh - Rock Addiction - 12/22/16 ♥♥♥♥
C - Author Coleen Kwan - Undercover in the CEO's Bed - 12/11/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Author Janet Evanovich - Full Blast - 1/3/17 ♥♥♥♥

J - Author Darynda Jones - Fifth Grave Past the Light - 12/13/16 ♥♥♥♥
E - Explosive Eighteen by Janet Evanovich - 1/4/17 ♥♥♥♥♥
A - Aunt Dimity's Christmas by Nancy Atherton - 12/26/16 ♥♥♥
N - Naked by Gina Gordon - 1/21/17 ♥♥♥

*****CHALLENGE COMPLETE 1/21/17*****

Congratulations Connie :)

My first TLC!

Read Your Name - Spell Out

START DATE: 04/26/17
DURATION: Open
PROGRESS: 13/14
DATE COMPLETED:


Q - Title - The Queen of Subtleties: A Novel of Anne Boleyn by Suzannah Dunn (5/1/17) 🖤🖤🖤
U - Title - Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman (9/8/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤
E - Title - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer (7/31/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
E - Title - Enjoy Me by Logan Ryan Smith (6/16/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤
N - Author - Nix The Creature in the Case by Garth Nix (5/19/17) ♥♥♥♥♥

C - Author's First Name - Clive -Miracles: A Preliminary Study by C.S. Lewis (5/27/17) 🖤🖤🖤
H - Title - Hiroshima by John Hersey (5/21/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
R - Author's Last Name - Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (8/12/17)
🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
I - Author's First Name - Isaac - Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (8/7/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤
S - Title - Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse (4/30/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
T - Author's Last Name - Tolkien -
The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien(4/27/17) 🖤🖤🖤
I
N - Author's First Name - Nora - Glory in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb (5/28/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
E - Author's First Name - Emily - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë (6/11/17) 🖤🖤🖤🖤

(That's right)

Welcome to the challenge Queen Christine :)

Read Your Name
0/15

A
N
G
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L
A

C
A
T
H
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R
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N
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Welcome Angie :)

Finished!

Read Your Name Spell Out
Duration: 2/6/17 - 5/19/17

Completed: 14/14

L Love Love: A Novel 3/15/17
A Across the Universe 2/21/17
U The Unbound 2/25/17
R The Rule of Thoughts 2/22/17
E The Eye of Minds 2/6/17
N The Nightingale 2/8/17

V Vassa in the Night 2/14/17
I Invasion 4/3/17
C Chocolat 2/8/17
T The Titan's Curse 2/23/17
O The Overton Window 3/30/17
R The Rose & the Dagger 5/19/17
I I Am Number Four 4/5/17
A Arthur & George 4/13/17

Congratulations Lauren!

We have made some changes to the badge reward scheme and are now asking members who would like to continue collecting badges to create their own badge threads. Even if you already have a thread created by me, please create a new one in the linked folder - Hall of Fame.

If you would prefer not to collect badges, that's fine too just let me know and I'll make sure not to keep reminding you about creating a thread :)

Finished my name:

R - Emily Rylands wrote Murder Most Witchy (3/6/17)
O - One to Hold by Tia Louise (5/15/17)
S - Sunkissed by Leigha Lennox (2/19/17)
W - Written to Death by Zach Abrams (2/26/17)
I - Roberta Isleib wrote Deadly Advice (5/12/17)
T - Two for the Dough by Janet Evanovich (4/3/17)
H - Michael Hopkins wrote Funny, Weird And Interesting Things You Didn't Know About... Ireland! (2/3/17)
A - Ben Aaronovitch wrote The Hanging Tree (2/15/17)

M - Morgan James wrote Quiet the Dead (2/9/17)
A - Annie Hansen wrote Give Me Chocolate (3/10/17)
R - Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island (4/16/17)
I - I was murdered last night by A.J. Gallant (5/26/17)
A - Annelie Wendeberg wrote The Devil's Grin (3/11/17)

Congratulations Rosa!!

Read Your Name
Duration: 9/8/17 - 3/3/18

K - Menage: Friends with Benefits by Kathleen Hope (Author first name) - 29/8/17
A - The Art of Dying by Vena Cork (Title) - 29/8/17
Y - You Loved Me At My Darkest by Evie Harper (Title) - 12/11/17
L - Lothaire by Kresley Cole (Title) - 15/8/17
E - Elfin by Quinn Loftis (Title) - 9/8/17
Y - Yes, Please by Willow Summers (Title) - 27/9/17

M - Man Candy by Elise Sax (Title) - 28/8/17
U - Up to Date by Susan Hatler (Title) - 28/8/17
L - Lucky Stiff by Deborah Coonts (Title) - 26/8/17
V - Veil of Midnight by Lara Adrian (Title) - 3/3/18
I - If You Desire by Kresley Cole (Title) - 10/9/17
H - Menage: Image It by Kathleen Hope (Author last name) - 3/9/17
I - If You Deceive by Kresley Cole (Title) - 24/10/17
L - Love... And Sleepless Nights by Nick Spalding (Title) - 4/9/17
L - Love...Under Different Skies by Nick Spalding (Title) - 8/9/17

Welcome Kay :)

Read your name spell out
Duration: 10/16/17 -
4/14
P
A
T - Texas Death Row by Bill Crawford 27/10/17
R
I
C - Cabal by Clive Barker 21/10/17
K - The Face by Dean Koontz 26/10/17 (Author's surname)

K
I
E - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty 17/10/17
R
N
A
N

Welcome Patrick!