David Estes Fans and YA Book Lovers Unite! discussion

Duration: January 1 to December 31, 2017

Read 26 books which titles begin with the letters of the alphabet.

Examples:
O - Opal
T - The Sun Dwellers or
S - The Sun Dwellers

For the letter "X or Z ", any book title with the letter X or Z in it is acceptable.

If the title contains the word THE or A it can be omitted if you want.

You can sign up anytime, and you can backdate books if you know when you finished it, as long as it was done in the year 2016.

ANY BOOK IS ACCEPTABLE, including graphic novels, novellas, etc.

I'm in! :D

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YAY! I have to admit, this remains my favorite yearly challenge :)

Jenny wrote: "YAY! I have to admit, this remains my favorite yearly challenge :)"

Mine too! I get really competitive and it's a really good challenge to come up with all 26 letters. :)

I'm in... I love doing this one!

I am in!!!!!!!!!

26/26

A - All Our Wrong Todays 01/15
B - The Bone Witch 01/23
C - The Children of Men 02/01
D - Duma Key 07/19
E - The Exorcist 02/09
F - Flawed 03/18
G - Gemina 02/13
H - The Haunting of Hill House 02/04
I - I Am Legend 08/04
J - The Jigsaw Man 09/20
K - K.A.R.M.A. 07/01
L - Little Heaven 01/06
M - Memory of Water 01/08
N - The Night Eternal 05/03
O - Our Friends from Frolix 8 08/11
P - Pretty Girls 01/18
Q - The Quiet Earth 05/27
R - The Road 07/05
S - The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means for You 02/11
T - The Turn of the Screw 03/25
U - The Underground Railroad 07/10
V - Velvet Rain 02/21
W - What She Knew 01/11
X - Nyxia - 09/07
Y - Year 50 11/08
Z - The Zombie Wilson Diaries 09/28

Duplicates:

A - The Ask and the Answer 04/08
And Then There Were None 07/11
Artemis 10/30
B - Blackout 05/16
Blaze 05/20
Black Wings Has My Angel 05/31
The Book of the Unnamed Midwife 07/30
C - Carve the Mark 03/02
Cycle of the Werewolf 03/14
Carmilla 10/31
Carrie 12/04
D - The Dark Net 07/25
E - The Empties 02/04
End of Watch 06/16
The Enchanted 08/03
F - Finders Keepers 05/23
Fellside 07/03
Fledgling 09/18
The Fifth Season 12/02
G - Gwendy's Button Box 07/28
The Gunslinger 09/11
Ghost Road Blues 10/13
Good Morning, Midnight 10/18
H - The Handmaid's Tale 05/08
Hell House 08/15
The Hunger 09/25
Hemlock Grove 10/24
I - Ink and Bone 09/04
Invictus 09/14
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L - Last Year 02/25
Lucifer's Hammer 04/23
Let the Right One In 06/05
M -Man in the Empty Suit 01/13
Mr. Mercedes 04/02
Meddling Kids 06/25
The Marriage Pact 07/22
Monsters of Men 11/12
Monster of the Apocalypse 11/17
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P Perfect 03/23
The Party 05/11
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R - Rusty Nail 09/26
S - The Shuddering 04/05
The Ship 04/12
The Silent Corner 04/27
The Silent Land 05/05
Swan Song 08/27
Spin 11/05
The Switch 12/17
Some of Your Blood 12/20
T - Time's Divide 03/30
Two Nights 06/29
The Troop 08/07
The Man Who Folded Himself 08/29
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V - Version Control 06/09
W - We Have Always Lived on Mars 02/16
Wastelands 2 - More Stories of the Apocalypse 04/06
When You Reach Me 07/03
Wonder 07/28
The Wasteland Saga: Three Novels 10/08
The Whispering Room 11/16
The Water Knife 11/29
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 12/05
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Year One 12/12
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I desperately want to finish this challenge and this year HAS to be the year!!

A-The Austere Academy
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C- The Carnivorous Carnival
D- Dreaming of Antigone
E- The Edge of Everything
F- The Fearless Travelers' Guide to Wicked Places
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H- Heartless
I- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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K- Kathy Griffin's Celebrity Run-Ins: My A-Z Index
L- Lumberjanes #1
M- The Miserable Mill
N- None of the Above
O- Of Fire and Stars
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S- Stalking Jack the Ripper
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U- The Upside of Unrequited
V- The Vile Village
W- The Wide Window
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16/26 completed
Updated 8/25

I am SO in!! My favorite challenge each year!!

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Okay this looks exciting. I think I'll give it a shot as well. Bookbuyer's preparedness is a little unnerving. Do we have to create a seperate shelf or something, or post about our progress somewhere?

(25/26)
A - Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (18.01.2017)
B - By Your Side by Kasie West (08.02.2017)
C - Caught Inside by Jamie Deacon (06.01.2017)
D - The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater (21.02.2017)
E - Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (04.02.2017)
F - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling (02.02.2017)
G - Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald (26.03.2017)
H - Hold by Rachel Davidson Leigh (28.03.2017)
I - If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo (04.01.2017)
J - Just One of the Guys by Kristan Higgins (02.06.2017)
K - Kissing Frogs by Alisha Sevigny (29.05.2017)
L - Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins (24.02.2017)
M - A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness (30.03.2017)
N - None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio (16.04.2017)
O - Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg (17.03.2017)
P - Playing Defense by Cate Cameron (15.04.2017)
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R - The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater (13.01.2017)
S - The Soulstealer's Child by Brandon Gray (14.01.2017)
T - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas (27.01.2017)
U - The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella (22.01.2017)
V - Velvet Kiss, Vol. 1 by Chihiro Harumi (22.07.2017)
W - Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer (04.02.2017)
X - Confessions of a Virgin Sex Columnist! by Kay Marie (21.02.2017)
Y - Your Place or Mine? by Sophie King (22.05.2017)
Z - Zenn Diagram by Wendy Brant (18.04.2017)

Sapphire wrote: "Okay this looks exciting. I think I'll give it a shot as well. Bookbuyer's preparedness is a little unnerving. Do we have to create a seperate shelf or something, or post about our progress somewhere?"

You don't have to create a shelf and you can choose to update the post as often as you like. I myself am a big planner hence the unnervingness. lol. :D

What Bookbuyer said :) We all just post our progress in this thread.

Okay cool!

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Sapphire wrote: "Okay this looks exciting. I think I'll give it a shot as well. Bookbuyer's preparedness is a little unnerving. Do we have to create a seperate shelf or something, or post about our progress somewhere?"

I just edit my original post with the link to the book and the month/day that I finished. Then I have a visual of which letters I need and which I completed.

I'm in!

I'm in...adding the books later.
Update 23/26…Did not complete this year ☹
A AngelFall Susan Ee
B A Book of Spirits and Thiefs Morgan Rhodes
C Carve the Mark Veronica Roth
D Deluge Lisa Tawn Bergren
E End Of Days Susan Ee
F Frozen Tides Morgan Rhodes
G Gemina Aimee Kaufman
H The Hidden Prince Jodi Meadows
I Inside Out Maria V Snyder
J Journey's End Renee Ryan
K King's Cage Victoria Aveyard
L Locked Tight Susan Kaye Quinn
M The Midnight Star Marie Lu
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O Outside In Maria V Snyder
P Passenger Alexandra Bracken
Q The Queen’s Poisoner Jeff Wheeler
R RoseBlood AG Howard
S Sworn to Conflict Terah Edun
T A Torch Against the Night Sabaa Tahir
U Under Different Stars Amy Bartol
V The Vishakanya’s Choice Roshani Chokshi
W The Wish Granter CJ Redwine
X Lumiere (The Illumination Paradox, #1) Jacqueline Garlick
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3 down, 23 to go! :D

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F The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
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H Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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2/26 completed!

Nancy wrote: "Sapphire wrote: "Okay this looks exciting. I think I'll give it a shot as well. Bookbuyer's preparedness is a little unnerving. Do we have to create a seperate shelf or something, or post about our..."

Thanks! I'm gonna do that too :)

5 down, 21 to go! :D

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G Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M Lee
H Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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3/26 completed!

Oh yes please....may I be in too?

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F - Finding Kyler by Siobhan Davis
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Great job so far, you guys!

Donna wrote: "Oh yes please....may I be in too?

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Of course you may :)

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G Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M Lee
H Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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R The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
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4/26 completed!

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3/26!!



Ha, I always feel like I'm making progress at the beginning of the year and then I start hitting duplicates. ;)

Karen wrote: "A Avalon
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3/26!!

[bookco..."

That's exactly how it goes!

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F The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
G Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M Lee
H Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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R The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
S The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
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5/26 completed!

7 down, 19 to go! :D

Great job Bookbuyer!

Jenny wrote: "Great job Bookbuyer!"

Thanks. I did the easy ones so now the it'll be slower progress for the others. :)

Great job, Karen, Jenny, and Bookbuyer!

Karen: Yeah, it's always like that. It's easy to get your first few letters, but after that you start hitting duplicates and progress slows.

I have two down!

Nancy wrote: "I have two down!"

Yay Nancy!

Nancy wrote: "I have two down!"

Awesome! :)

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B Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
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F The Forgetting by Sharon Cameron
G Gates of Thread and Stone by Lori M Lee
H Heartless by Marissa Meyer
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R The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
S The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon
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6/26 completed!

Here we go!

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Jen wrote: "Here we go!

A After the Rain by Mary J. Williams
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I I Remember You by Cathleen Davitt Bell
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Did you like The Magnolia Story Jen? I loved it!!

Nice start Bookbuyer, Jen and Jenny!! :)

Great job so far, Jenny and Jen!

Thank you :)

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6/26

Wow, what an awesome challenge! I'm so in.


A - (1/12)
B - (1/21)
C - (1/14)
D - (1/13)
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G - (1/2)
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I - (1/25)
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M - (1/20)
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T - (1/8)
U - (1/9)
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13 down and 12 more to go. Half way there! Now comes the hard part.

Duplicates: (1/19) (1/5) (1/16) (1/11)

Ms. Just One More Book wrote: "Wow, what an awesome challenge! I'm so in.

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Have fun!

Great job so far, Sherrie and Kris!

Every one is off to a great start! I read my first duplicate. LOL I am wondering if I should make two lists. One for all the dups. It would be interesting to see which letters have the most dups.

Nancy wrote: "Every one is off to a great start! I read my first duplicate. LOL I am wondering if I should make two lists. One for all the dups. It would be interesting to see which letters have the most dups."

Yes, it would be interesting to see...

Nancy wrote: "Every one is off to a great start! I read my first duplicate. LOL I am wondering if I should make two lists. One for all the dups. It would be interesting to see which letters have the most dups."

Great idea! I may do that too, and let you know at the end of the year how many I read with each letter. In fact, I could do it for 2016, too!

I'm already reading a duplicate. Boo! Haha haha! And so it starts!

Ok, so I edited my original post (#6) with duplicates below my challenge list. Last year I remember S titles came up a lot for me.