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The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Rules:

* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge.
* Use your sign-up post for your list, it'll be linked in the participants list.
* When you've finished a book rate & date it.
* You can change your books and level at any time.
* No minimum page requirement.

Levels:

Easy: Mixed list - Either the title of the book/series it belongs to or the author's name (first, middle or last) has to start with the letter. (26 books)

Medium: Non-mixed list - Only titles/series names or only author names count (pick one or the other). (26 books)

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

Special rules for X (all levels): When using titles, any word in the title may start with X. When using authors, there must be an X somewhere in the name, does not have to start with it.

Aaaand again, apologies for the delay. I'm really bad with getting this challenge up in time, it seems. XD

Please note the special rule for the letter X as stated above.

Have fun!

I got so close last year!

The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!
Duration: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Title
Completed: 21/27
A: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz, 1/5
B: Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty, 3/31
C: The Conspiracy of Us by Maggie May, 1/17
D: Dear Heart, I Hate You by J Sterling, 2/6
E: Every Little Thing by Samantha Young, 3/16
F: Faking It by Cora Carmack, 6/23
G: Gilded Cage by Vic James, 5/19
H: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling, 2/21
I: In Truth and Ashes by Nicole Luiken, 1/3, ***
J:
K: Keeping Her by Cora Carmack, 6/20
L: The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia, 1/29
M: Make Me by Beth Kery, 2/21
N: Not That Kind of Girl by Siobhan Vivian, 4/21
O: Off the Ice by Julie Cross, 2/28
P: The Pledge by Kimberly Derting, 1/9
Q: Queen of Shadows by Sarah J Maas, 9/26
R: Reached by Ally Condie, 2/14
S: Secrets of a Reluctant Princess by Casey Griffin, 2/9
T: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham, 1/9
U: The Unlikeable Demon Hunter by Deborah Wilde, 2/6
V:
W: Wires and Nerve, Volume 1 by Marissa Meyer, 2/1
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Author
Completed: 22/27
A: Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick, 1/10
B: The Whole Thing Together by Ann Brashares, 5/31
C: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare, 1/19
D: Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen, 3/8
E: Weddings, Crushes, and Other Dramas by Emily McKay, 2/10
F: The Castaways by Jessika Fleck, 3/31
G: The Devil's Prayer by Luke Gracias, 1/26
H: There's Something About Nik by Sara Hantz, 2/13
I:
J: Any Boy But You by Julie Hammerele, 1/24
K: One Door Away from Heaven by Dean Koontz, 1/22
L: Big Rock by Lauren Blakely, 5/26
M: A Dance with Dragons by George RR Martin, 1/19
N: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks, 6/3
O: Backstage Pass by Olivia Cunning, 11/9
P: 3 Sides to a Circle by Jolene Perry & Janna Watts, 2/28
Q: The Girl Who Knew Too Much by Amanda Quick, 5/3
R: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce, 2/7
S: Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones, 3/2
T: Pushing the Boundaries by Stacey Trombley, 1/20
U:
V: Seven Days of You by Cecilia Vinesse, 3/20
W: The Wishing Heart by JC Welker, 5/8
X:
Y: If You Were Here by Jennie Yabroff, 2/16
Z:

The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)


Completed: 19/27
A: A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea by Dina Nayeri ***** 1/13/17
B: The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe ***** 3/15/17
C: Conception by Kalisha Buckhanon ***** 1/2/17
D: A Desperate Fortune by Susanna Kearsley ***** 2/11/17
E: Everybody's Son by Thrity Umrigar **** 7/8/17
F: The Forgetting Time by Sharon Guskin ***** 2/1/17
G:Girl at War by Sara Nović ***** 2/6/17
H: The Help by Kathryn Stockett ***** 5/4/17
I: Infinity + One by Amy Harmon **** 3/9/17
J:The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler **** 5/22/17
K:
L:Letters to the Lost by Iona Grey *****! 1/24/17
M:Mean Streak by Sandra Brown **** 2/8/17
N:
O: The Other Einstein by Marie Benedict **** 7/1/17
P: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi ***** 2/1/17
Q:
R: The River at Night by Erica Ferencik **** 3/13/17
S: The Song of David by Amy Harmon **** 1/18/17
T: The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily by Rachel Cohn **** 1/1/17
U:
V: The Vanishing Year by Kate Moretti **** 3/27/17
W: When Reason Breaks by Cindy L. Rodriguez **** 1/12/17
X:
Y:
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Author
Completed: 15/27
A: The Problem with Forever by Jennifer L. Armentrout **** 3/1/17
B: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry by Fredrik Backman ***** 3/19/17 352 pp.
C:
D: Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz *** 1/2/17
E: All About Lulu by Jonathan Evison ***** 1/18/17
F: This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel *****! 2/19/17
G: Little Mercies by Heather Gudenkauf **** 2/17/17
H: The Five Stages of Andrew Brawley by Shaun David Hutchinson **** 1/10/17
I:
J: The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson **** 3/26/17
K: Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly ***** 2/2/17
L: The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena ***** 8/2/17
M: The Summer Girls by Mary Alice Monroe **** 1/5/17
N: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ***** 5/1/17
O:
P:Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung ***** 3/8/17
Q: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn **** 7/12/17
R- Always Running by Luis J. Rodríguez ***** 3/2/17
S: That Night by Chevy Stevens *** 4/20/17
T: Little Monsters by Kara Thomas **** 8/8/17
U:
V:
W:
X:
Y: All the Best People by Sonja Yoerg **** 7/11/17
Z:

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Medium

Titles

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Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Hard

Title
Completed: 23/27
A: (The) Accidental Familiar (Accidentals, #14) by Dakota Cassidy, 3 STARS, 22nd May , 281 PAGES
B: Bitter of Tongue (Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy #7) by Cassandra Clare, 3 STARS, 10th Jan, 96 PAGES
C: (A) Cast-Off Coven (A Witchcraft Mystery, #2) by Juliet Blackwell (, 3 STARS, 26th March, 336 PAGES
D: Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West, by John Joseph Adams , 3 STARS, 5th feb, 4640PAGES
E: Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer, 5 STARS, 10th March (reread), 629 pages
F: Fury of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #6) by Diana Rowland, 3 STARS, 20th March, 484 PAGES
G: Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) by Victoria Aveyard, 3 STARS, 23rd July, 444 PAGES
H: Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (Pottermore Presents, #3) by J.K. Rowling , 5 STARS, 14th Jan
I: In a Witch's Wardrobe (A Witchcraft Mystery, #4) by Juliet Blackwell, 3 STARS, 29th March, 310 PAGES
J:
K: King's Cage (Red Queen, #3) by Victoria Aveyard, 3 STARS, 2nd Aug, 528 PAGES
L: (The) Last American Vampire by Seth Grahame-Smith, 4 STARS, 17th Jan,399 PAGES
M: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs , 4 STARS, 2nd Jan, 382 PAGES
N: New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer, 5 STARS, 7th narch (reread), 563 PAGES
O: (The) Obsession by Nora Roberts, 3 STARS, 3rd may, 453 PAGES
P: Pretties (Uglies, #2) by Scott Westerfeld, 4 STARS, 7th Feb, 370 PAGES
Q: Queen Song (Red Queen, #0.1) by Victoria Aveyard, 3 STARS, 27th Aug, 100 PAGES
R: Ruby (Landry, #1) by V.C. Andrews , 4 STARS, 15th June, 448 Pages
S: Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents, #1) by J.K. Rowling , 5 STARS, 8th Jan
T: Touch of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #5) by Diana Rowland , 3 STARS, 1st march, 440 PAGES
U: Unbelievable (Pretty Little Liars, #4) by Sara Shepard, 3 STARS, 21st Apr, 335 PAGES
V: Vengeance of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #7) by Diana Rowland, 3 STARS, 24th march, 405 PAGES
W: The Women of the Cousins' War, by Philippa Gregory, 3 STARS, 1st Jan, 342PAGES
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Z:



Author
Completed: 18/27
A: Armentrout Jennifer L, Half-Blood, 3 STARS, 10th May, 281PAGES
B: Blackwell Juliet, Secondhand Spirits (A Witchcraft Mystery, #1), 3 STARS, 12th feb, 313 PAGES
C: Cassidy Dakota, Witched At Birth (A Paris, Texas Romance, #1) , 3 STARS, 26th Apr, 167 PAGES
D: Diana Rowland Blood of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #2) by, 3 STARS, 17th Feb, 369 PAGES
E:
F: Fielding Helen, Bridget Jones's Guide To Life, 3 STARS, 11th May, 64 PAGES
G: Gabaldon Diana, A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows (Outlander, #8.5), 4 STARS, 29th May, 57 PAGES
H: Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries, 4 STARS, 12th Apr, 240 PAGES
I:
J: J.K. Rowling, Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (Pottermore Presents, #2), 5 STARS, 27th Jan
K: Kim Harrison, The Witch with No Name, 3 STARS, 6th Apr, 510 PAGES
L: Lisa Kleypas, Again the Magic (Wallflowers, #0.5), 3 STARS, 9th June, 391 PAGES
M: Meyer Stephenie, Twilight, 5 STARS, 4th March (reread), 498 pages
N: Nora Roberts, Stars of Fortune (The Guardians Trilogy, #1), 3 STARS, 20th June, 336 PAGES
O:
P: Philippa Gregory, The Women of the Cousins' War, 3 STARS, 1st Jan, 342PAGES
Q:
R: Rowland Diana, Secrets of the Demon (Kara Gillian, #3), 3 STARS, 21st feb, 310 PAGES
S: Stephenie Meyer, Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined, 4 STARS, 28th Feb, 528 PAGES
T: Tessa Dare, A Night to Surrender (Spindle Cove, #1) 3 STARS, 5th June, 372 PAGES
U:
V: Victoria Aveyard, Red Queen (Red Queen, #1), 4 STARS, 20th July, 383 PAGES
W: Wendy Higgins, Sweet Peril (Sweet, #2), 4 STARS, 15th May, 371PAGES
X:
Y:
Z:

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Hard
Completed: 45/52

Title
A: Alias, Vol. 1 by Brian Michael Bendis, 11/7/17, ★★★★★
B: The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, 3/4/17, ★★★★★
C: Alias, Vol. 2: Come Home by Brian Michael Bendis, 11/7/17, ★★★★★
D: Dandelion Wine (Green Town #1) by Ray Bradbury, 27/9/17, ★★★★★
E: Elektra, Volume 1: Bloodlines by W. Haden Blackman, Jul 21, 2017, ★★★★
F: The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth #1) by N.K. Jemisin, Oct 16, 2017, ★★★★★
G: Secret Avengers, Volume 3: God Level by Ales Kot, 24/8/17, ★★★★★
H: Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon by Matt Fraction, Jul 24, 2017, ★★★★
I: Mockingbird, Vol. 1: I Can Explain by Chelsea Cain, Jul 24, 2017, ★★★★★
J: Jessica Jones, Vol. 1: Uncaged! by Brian Michael Bendis, 7/8/17, ★★★★
K: The Kairos Mechanism by Kate Milford
L: Black Widow, Volume 3: Last Days by Nathan Edmondson, Jul 24, 2017, ★★★★
M: The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, 6/1/17, ★★★★★
N: Welcome to Night Vale (Nightvale #1) by Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor, 6/1/17, ★★★★★
O: Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Volume 4: Old Monsters by Jeff Lemire, Jul 18, 2017, ★★★★
P: Pretty Deadly, Vol. 1: The Shrike by Kelly Sue DeConnick, Aug 7, 2017, ★★★★
Q: Queen and Country, Vol. 1: Broken Ground by Greg Rucka, 29/7/17, ★★★★★
R: The Round House by Louise Erdrich, Jun 29, 2017, ★★★★★
S: Alias, Vol. 4: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones by Brian Michael Bendis, 12/7/17, ★★★★★
T: Black Widow, Volume 2: The Tightly Tangled Web by Nathan Edmondson, Jul 21, 2017, ★★★★
U: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (Lord Peter Wimsey #5) by Dorothy L. Sayers, Oct 31, 2017, ★★★★
V: The Vision, Volume 1: Little Worse Than A Man by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Oct 23, 2017, ★★★★★
W: Wolverine: Old Man Logan, Volume 1: Berzerker by Jeff Lemire, Jun 24, 2017, ★★★★
X: X by Ilyasah Shabazz
Y: You're Never Weird on the Internet by Felicia Day
Z: Zazen by Vanessa Veselka

Author
A: Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev Ultimate Collection, Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev, Jul 14, 2017, ★★★★★
B: Bob's Burgers, Volume 1 by Chad Brewster, Jul 11, 2017, ★★
C: Mockingbird, Vol. 2: My Feminist Agenda by Chelsea Cain, Jul 24, 2017, ★★★★★
D: Unnatural Death (Lord Peter Wimsey #3) by Dorothy L. Sayers, Apr 30, 2017, ★★★★
E: Black Widow, Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread by Nathan Edmondson, Jul 21, 2017, ★★★★
F: Birdsong (French Trilogy #2) by Sebastian Faulks, 5/3/17, ★★
G: Marvel 1602 by Neil Gaiman, Jul 16, 2017, ★★★★★
H: How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid, 10/8/17, ★★★★★
I: Secret Wars by Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Paul Renaud, and Ive Svorcina, 3/10/17, ★★
J: Spider-Gwen, Vol. 0: Most Wanted? by Jason Latour, Jul 12, 2017, ★★★★
K: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey, Mar 30, 2017, ★★★★
L: Lord Peter Views the Body (Lord Peter Wimsey #4) by Dorothy L. Sayers, May 22, 2017, ★★★
M: Black Widow, Volume 1: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s Most Wanted by Mark Waid, Jul 14, 2017, ★★★★
N: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 3 by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jul 22, 2017, ★★★★
O: Les Chevaliers du Subjonctif (Plaisirs secrets de la grammaire #2) by Erik Orsenna
P: Gamora: Memento Mori by Nicole Perlman, Jul 24, 2017, ★★★
Q: A Loyal Character Dancer (Inspector Chen Cao #2) by Qiu Xiaolong
R: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Volume 1: Squirrel Power by Ryan North, Jun 27, 2017, ★★★
S: She-Hulk, Volume 1: Law and Disorder by Charles Soule, 27/7/17, ★★★★
T: Black Panther: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book 2 by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Jul 07, 2017, ★★★★★
U: Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe and Roc Upchurch
V: Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger #1) by V.C. Andrews, Jun 22, 2017, ★
W: All-New, All-Different Avengers, Volume 1: The Magnificent Seven by Mark Waid, 23/7/17, ★★★
X: I Am China by Xiaolu Guo, 3/1/17, ★★★★
Y: M.O.D.O.K. Assassin by Christopher Yost, 26/8/17, ★★★
Z: Thunderbolts, Volume 1: There Is No High Road by Jim Zub, 18/8/17, ★★★★

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Medium

21/26

Titles

And Then There Were Nuns by Kylie Logan
Buried In The Country by Carola Dunn
Crooked Street by Priscilla Masters
Death Of A Toy Soldier by Barbara Early
Elementary She Read by Vicki Delaney
Footprints To Murder by Marcia Talley
Glass On The Stairs by Margaret Scherf
Hunted by Elizabeth Deiter
Inherit The Bones by Emily Littlejohn
J -
Killer Characters by Ellery Adams
Lions and Tigers and Murder, Oh My by Denise Swanson
Murder In Style by Veronica Heley
No Cats Allowed by Miranda James
Only Daughter by Anna Snoekstra
Plaid And Plagiarism by Molly MacRae
Queen's Quest by Jennifer Oberth
Read and Buried by Erika Chase
Sing It To Her Bones by Marcia Talley
Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet Evanovich
U -
Vanished by Elizabeth Heiter
Whispers Beyond the Veil by Jessica Estevao
X -
Y -
Z -

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Level: Easy (Mixed: Author, Title, Series)
Progress: 10/26

A: All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister
B: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
C: Children of the New World: Stories by Alexander Weinstein - 1/29/16 - ♥♥♥
D: Double Bind: Women on Ambition by Robin Romm - 7/12/17 - ♥♥♥♥
E: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid - 4/7/17 - ♥♥♥
F: Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by Sheri Fink
G: American Gods by Neil Gaiman - 3/19/17 - ♥♥♥♥♥
H: His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet - 1/9/17 - ♥♥♥
I:
J: Jim Henson: The Biography by Brian Jay Jones
K: The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
L: Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney - 3/9/17 - ♥♥
M: Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us by Michael Moss - 2/6/17 - ♥♥♥
N:
O: Our Daily Meds by Melody Petersen - 2/25/17 - ♥♥♥♥♥
P:
Q:
R:
S: The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
T: Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear... and Why by Sady Doyle - 2/1/17 - ♥♥♥♥♥
U: Undeniable: Evolution and the Science of Creation by Bill Nye
V: Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
W: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - 2/2/17 - ♥♥♥♥
X: Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Y: You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
Z:

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
My main goal is to complete this at the medium level using titles, but I'll start a list for author's names as well and see how far I get.

Titles
*21/26 Complete

A: All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda - 2/23/17 ***
B: By The Shores Of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 2/7/17 ***
C: Conviction by Kelly Loy Gilbert - 5/12/17 ****
D: Divergent by Veronica Roth - 2/18/17 ****
E: Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card - 1/29/17 ***
F: Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 1/9/17 ****
G: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - 3/20/17 ****
H: Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly - 5/3/17 **
I: Insurgent by Veronica Roth - 4/1/17 ***
J: James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - 9/3/17 ***
K: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson - 4/30/17 ***
L: Little House On The Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 1/5/17 ****
M: My Lady Jane by Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows - 2/17/17 ***
N: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss - 1/13/17 ****
O: On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 1/26/17 ****
P: Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff - 4/11/17 **
Q: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - 1/20/17 ***
R: The Rose Society by Marie Lu - 2/21/17 **
S: The Spy by Paulo Coelho - 1/13/17 **
T: Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances by Neil Gaiman - 2/10/17 **
U: The Untouched Crime by Zijin Chen - (TBR)
V: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides - (TBR)
W: What She Knew by Gilly Macmillan - 3/4/17 ***
X: Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in my Search for an Unreal Life by Lizzie Harwood - (TBR)
Y: You Carried Me: A Daughter's Memoir by Melissa Ohden - (TBR)
Z: Zeroes by Scott Westerfeld - (TBR)


Authors' Last Names
*15/26 Complete

A: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood - 4/7/17 ****
B: Sisterhood Everlasting by Ann Brashares - 3/7/17 **
C: A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron - 4/15/17 ****
D: Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper - 1/23/17 ****
E: The Beauty and the Sorrow: An Intimate History of the First World War by Peter Englund - (TBR)
F: Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh - (TBR)
G: Talking as Fast as I Can: From Gilmore Girls to Gilmore Girls, and Everything in Between by Lauren Graham - 4/2/17 *****
H: Real Murders by Charlaine Harris - 4/8/17 ***
I:
J: His Kidnapper's Shoes by Maggie James - (TBR)
K: The Dinner by Herman Koch - 4/10/17 *
L: The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum - 2/23/17 ***
M: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern - 2/3/17 ***
N: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger - 4/1/17 *****
O: Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver - 5/20/17 ***
P: Wonder by R.J. Palacio - (TBR)
Q: Holly Would Dream by Karen Quinn - (TBR)
R: Allegiant by Veronica Roth - 4/22/17 ****
S: Scythe by Neal Shusterman - 1/17/17 ****
T: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo - (TBR)
U:
V: Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - (TBR)
W: Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder - 4/19/17 ****
X:
Y: Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon - 4/6/17 ***
Z: I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak - (TBR)

It's a question that always tends to come up, whether there's any way to make X easier. I figured I'd best put it in the rules right away this year so it doesn't get lost among all the other posts. :)

I'm in for both title and author.

A-Z Title Challenge

READ: 26/26

✔ A - Afterlight - Elle Jasper 9/6
✔ B - The Bird Eater - Ania Ahlborn 2/13
✔ C - Cold Vengeance - Douglas Preston 5/22
✔ D - Darkling - Yasmine Galenorn 7/11
✔ E - The Empire's Ghost - Isabelle Steiger 7/22/17
✔ F - Fever Dream - Douglas Preston 4/27
✔ G - The Girl with All the Gifts - M.R. Carey 4/4
✔ H - The House at Sea's End - Ruth Galloway 4/6
✔ I - In the Company of Vampires - Katie MacAlister 3/5
✔ J - Judas Kiss - J.T. Ellison 7/28
✔ K - Kinked - Thea Harrison 11/13
✔ L - The Legacy - Linda Lael Miller 3/27
✔ M - Midnight's Warrior - Donna Grant 7/20
✔ N - Never Look Back - Linda Lael Miller 5/30
✔ O - Once Upon a Marigold - Jean Ferris 3/25
✔ P - Phantom Shadows - Dianne Duvall 3/19
✔ Q - The Quiet Game - Greg Iles 5/20
✔ R - Rogue Wave - Boyd Morrison 3/4
✔ S - Some Like It Wild - Teresa Medeiros 3/13
✔ T - Tuesday's Child - Dale Mayer 2/18
✔ U - Unchained - Caris Roane 3/22
✔ V - Vampires Dead Ahead - Cheyenne McCray 12/5
✔ W - Wrayth - Pip Ballantine 3/21
✔ X - Sick Fux - Tillie Cole 12/30
✔ Y - Yours, Mine, and Ours - Mary Janice Davidson 2/19
✔ Z - The Zig Zag Girl - Elly Griffiths 12/25

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

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READ: 26/26

✔ A - Dark Embers - Tessa Adams 3/24
✔ B - Lost Gods - Brom 7/1
✔ C - On What Grounds - Cleo Coyle 3/20
✔ D - Darkness Dawns - Dianne Duvall 1/25
✔ E - The Last Good Man - Kathleen Eagle 2/17
✔ F - Blue Monday - Nicci French 1/26
✔ G - Ravens - George Dawes Green 1/28
✔ H - Birdman - Mo Hayder 1/7
✔ I - Devoured by Darkness - Alexandra Ivy 7/24
✔ J - Stolen Songbird - Danielle Jensen 1/3
✔ K - The Order of Odd-Fish - James Kennedy 6/5
✔ L - Crow Lake - Mary Lawson 1/15
✔ M - Going Organic Can Kill You - Staci McLaughlin 6/2
✔ N - Concrete Savior - Yvonne Navarro 7/7
✔ O - Silenced - Kristina Ohlsson 3/30
✔ P - The Accidental Alchemist - Gigi Pandian
✔ Q -The Wicked Ways of Alexander Kidd - Paula Quinn 3/16
✔ R - Scarecrow - Matthew Reilly 2/4
✔ S - Out of the Easy - Ruta Sepetys 9/16
✔ T - The Immortals of Meluha - Amish Tripathi 1/15
✔ U - Into the Fire - Amanda Usen 12/28
✔ V - Spectacle - Rachel Vincent 6/14
✔ W - Blackbirds - Chuck Wendig 2/10
✔ X - A Killing Frost - Hannah Alexander 12/27
✔ Y - Bad Nights - Rebecca York 2/23
✔ Z - The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón 8/18

CHALLENGE COMPLETE

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Hard
Completed: 52/52

Title (26/26)
A: The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan (11 Jan 2017) ****
B: Bound by Flames by Jeaniene Frost (13 Jan 2017) *****
C: The Catalyst by Chris Reher (02 Jan 2017) ****
D: Days Without End by Sebastian Barry (07 Mar 2017) *****
E: Exile: The Tales of Terrowin: Book One by Jerry Canada (30 Jan 2017) **
F: Fury's Kiss by Karen Chance (04 Jan 2017) *****
G: Getting Wilde by Jenn Stark (05 Jan 2017) ***
H: Hunter of Demons by Jordan L. Hawk (08 Jan 2017) ****
I: Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear (30 Mar 2017) *****
J: A Job From Hell by Jayde Scott (25 Jul 2017) **
K: The King by J.R. Ward (07 Jan 2017) *****
L: The Last Eagle by Richard Turner (05 Feb 2017) ***
M: The Mandibles: A Family, 2029–2047 by Lionel Shriver (29 Mar 2017) ***
N: Nomad by J.L. Bryan (09 Jan 2017) ****
O: Outsystem by M.D. Cooper (09 Mar 2017) ****
P: Plague Town by Dana Fredsti (11 Jan 2017) ****
Q: The Quantum Thief by Hannu Rajaniemi (02 Feb 2017) ***
R: Rebel Bully Geek Pariah by Erin Jade Lange (25 Jan 2017) ***
S: Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo (28 Jan 2017) *****
T: The Thousandth Floor by Katharine McGee (08 Jan 2017) ****
U: Unbreakable Stories: Snow by Jocelynn Drake & Rinda Elliott (03 Jan 2017) *****
V: Valor on the Move by Keira Andrews 31 Jan 2017) ****
W: The Wrath & the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh (12 Jan 2017) ****
X: The Nowhere Man by Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X #2) (21 Feb 2017) ****
Y: Yield the Night by Annette Marie (08 Apr 2017) ***
Z: Zusammen ist man weniger allein by Anna Gavalda (09 Apr 2017) ****

Author (26/26)
A: Blue Diablo by Ann Aguirre (28 Jan 2017) ****
B: Balanced on the Blade's Edge by Lindsay Buroker (09 Jan 2017) *****
C: Kindred by Nicola Claire (18 Jan 2017) ***
D: Sieben minus eins by Arne Dahl (15 Apr 2017) ****
E: The God's Eye View by Barry Eisler (20 Apr 2017) ****
F: Shadows Return by Lynn Flewelling (28 Feb 2017) *****
G: Lord John and the Private Matter by Diana Gabaldon (08 Feb 2017) *****
H: Echo Boy by Matt Haig (11 Mar 2017) ***
I: The City of Woven Streets by Emmi Itäranta (27 Jul 2017) ****
J: Vices of My Blood by Maureen Jennings (02 Aug 2017) ****
K: The Swede by Robert Karjel (18 Apr 2017) ****
L: House of Bathory by Linda Lafferty (27 Jun 2017) ***
M: Cold Copper by Devon Monk (13 Jan 2017) ****
N: Pétronille by Amélie Nothomb (09 Feb 2017) ***
O: When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke (12 Mar 2017) ***
P: The Boy with the Porcelain Blade by Den Patrick (25 Mar 2017) ***
Q: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn (31 Dec 2017) ****
R: The Secret Ministry of Ag. and Fish by Noreen Riols (17 Mar 2017) ****
S: A Conjuring of Light by V.E. Schwab (12 Mar 2017) *****
T: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time by Yasutaka Tsutsui (13 Mar 2017) ***
U: Hendrikje, vorübergehend erschossen by Ulrike Purschke (30 Dec 2017) ****
V: Born in the GDR: Life in the Shadow of the Wall by Hester Vaizey (01 Apr 2017) ****
W: The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes (10 Jan 2017) *****
X: Reign of Blood by Alexia Purdy (19 Jan 2017) ***
Y: A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (27 Feb 2017) *****
Z: Emperor's Shadow by Yi Zhu (11 Apr 2017) ****

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Duration: 1 Jan - 31 Dec

Level: Hard
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Duration: 1/1/17 - 12/31/17
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I'm in

I'll officially go for hard, but I'm going to focus on titles, so there's a chance I'll settle for medium.

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Duration: 1/1/17 - 12/31/17
Level: Hard
Completed: 32 of 52

Title (16/26)
A: Alienated
B: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities, and Occasional Moments of Grace
C: Cradle and All - 1/14
D: Darkhouse - 2/19
E: Eight Keys - 1/13
F: Fat Vampire: A Never Coming of Age Story - 2/8
G: Gimme a Call
H: Heidi - 8/3
I: I Am Number Four - 1/23
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K: Killer Climate - 1/26
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M: Matched - 4/14
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Q: Masque of the Red Death - 1/18
R: River Marked - 1/13
S: Station Eleven - 7/9
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A: Agatha Christie - The Secret Adversary - 6/23
B: Rhys Bowen-A Royal Pain - 2/16
C: Mary Connealy - Doctor in Petticoats - 4/1
D: Erin Dionne - Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
E: David Eddings - The Diamond Throne - 3/11
F: Timothy Ferriss - The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich - 3/26
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H: Karsten Heuer - Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with an Arctic Herd - 5/27
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J: John Green - An Abundance of Katherines - 5/1
K: Sophie Kinsella - The Undomestic Goddess - 3/26
L: Laini Taylor - Daughter of Smoke & Bone - 4/30
M: Megan Shepherd - The Cage - 1/16
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R: Rhys Bowen - Royal Flush - 4/24
S: Sara Shepard - The Lying Game - 4/6
T: Anne R. Tan - Raining Men and Corpses - 2/1
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ALPHABET YEARLY CHALLENGE
52/52 COMPLETED!!!!!!!!
Covers are shown chronologically, based on when they were read (I missed some.) Titles and authors and listed together, title first.

Special rules for X (all levels): When using titles, any word in the title may start with X. When using authors, there must be an X somewhere in the name, does not have to start with it.




A is for As Brave As You. Jason Reynolds. 1/6/17/ 4.5 stars
A is for Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None 5 stars. 2/4/17
B Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. 1/28/17. 4.5 stars.
B is for Barrows, Annie. The Truth According to Us 5 stars. 3/11/17
C is for Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan. 5 stars. 4/ 29/17
C Creech, Sharon. Moo 2/3/17. 4 stars.
D is for Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan. 9/10/17. 4.5 stars.
D is for Dickens, Charles. Hard Times 4/2/17. 3 stars.
E is for Exit West by Mohsin Hamid. 7/16/17. 4.5 stars.
Eowyn Ivey. To The Bright Edge of the World 1/18/17. 5 stars.
F is for Fractured by Karin Slaughter. 2/18/17. 4 stars.
Fredrick Backman. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer. 1/9/17. 4.5 stars.
G is for Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart. 1/5/17. 4.5 stars
G is for Gavriel Savit. Anna and the Swallow Man 4.5 stars. 3/20/17
H A House for Happy Mothers by Amulya Malladi. 7/9/17. 4 stars.
H is for Holm, Jennifer. Turtle in Paradise 4.5 stars. 4/10/17
I Invisible Man Ralph Ellison. 4 stars. 4/4/17
Issa Rae. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl 2/5/17. 4 stars.
J is for Jane and the Prisoner of Wool House by Stephanie Barron. 9/11/17. 4 stars.
J is for Jiles, Paulette. News of the World 5 stars. 4/23/17
K is for Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann. 8/1/17. 5 stars.
Koike, Mariko. The Graveyard Apartment 4 stars. 3/19/17
L is for Lady Susan by Jane Austen. 4 stars 1/21/17
L is for Larson, Kate Clifford. Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter. 4 stars. 2/26/17
M is for March: Book One. John Lewis. 4.5 stars. 2/19/17
M is for McWhorter, John. Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still 5 stars. 5/31/17
N is for The Nest by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney. 2/22/17. 4.5 stars
N is for Nevil Shute. A Town Like Alice 5 stars. 2/20/17
O is for The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon. 4.5 stars. 9/25/17
O'Dell , Scott. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1/29/17. 4 stars.
P is for Pax by Sara Pennypacker. 4.5 stars. 1/7/17
P is for Pablo Neruda. Art of Birds 4.5 stars. 4/7/17
Q Queen of Hearts by Rhys Bowen.
Q is for Quick, Matthew. Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock 9/7/17. 4.5 stars.
R is for Rose Kennedy's Family Album: From the Fitzgerald Kennedy Private Collection, 1878-1946 3/19/17. 4 stars.
R is for Rebecca Stead. Liar & Spy 4.5 stars. 3/5/17
S Salt to the Sea by Rita Sepetys. 1/22/17. 4.5 stars.
Steinbeck, John. The Pearl 1/14/17. 4 stars.
T is for True Crime Stories Volume 3: 12 Shocking True Crime Murder Cases by Jack Rosewood. 1/3/17. 3 stars.
T is for Tate, Peter. Flights of Fancy: Birds in Myth, Legend and Superstition. 4.5 stars. 5/13/17
U Unseen by Karin Slaughter. 4 stars. 3/31/17
U is for Upson, Nicola. The Death of Lucy Kyte 4 stars. 10/14/17
V is for Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler. 4 stars. 7/28/17
Vanderpool, Claire. Moon Over Manifest 4.5 stars. 3/5/17
W is for The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly. 4 stars. 2/9/17
W is for Winters, Ben. Underground Airlines. 4 stars. 5/28/17
X is for I Am Princess X by Cherie Priest .12/1/17. 4.5 stars
X is for Xiao-Mei , Zhu. The Secret Piano: From Mao's Labor Camps to Bach's Goldberg Variations4 stars. 10/28/17.
Y is for You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein. 4 stars. 7/29/17
Yevgeny Zamyatin. We 4 stars. 1/16/17
Z is for The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman. 4.5 stars. 5/14/17
Zasio, Robin. The Hoarder in You: How to Live a Happier, Healthier, Uncluttered Life 4 stars. 1/14/17.


DONE!!!

Joining in :)


The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Duration: 01 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2017
Level: Hard!

Title (1/26)
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F: Firebrand - 9/2017
G: Gemina - 1/8/2017
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I: In Cold Blood - 12/5/2017
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L: The Lying Game -10/2017
M: Mirror Sight - 8/2017
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P: Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud - 10/2017
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R: The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women - 11/2017
S: Still Waters - 1/22/2017
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A The Autobiography of James T. Kirk 1/7/17 ***
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D Dracula *** 2/24/17
F Faerie Blood
G Garden Spells
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Q Q's Legacy: A Delightful Account of a Lifelong Love Affair with Books
R The Rithmatist 3/28/17 *****
S Sundiver 3/1/2017 ***
T Tuck Everlasting
U Underground to Everywhere: London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital
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A Atherton, Nabcy Aunt Dimity's Christmas Cunliffe, Brian
B Blyton, Enid The Magic Faraway Tree
C Christie, Agatha Dead Man's Mirror: A Short Story *** 3/15/17
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I Irving, John The Cider House Rules
M Martin, Andrew
O O'Brian, Patrick The Commodore
S Steinbeck, John The Red Pony
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Read: 2/26

A: The Case Against Sugar Taubes, Gary
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Z: The Book Thief Zusak, Markus

The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

TITLE
Completed: 19/26

A: The Arcanum - Thomas Wheeler
B: The Book of Speculation - Erika Swyler
C: Catching Fire - Suzanne Collins
D: The Dressmaker - Alcott, Kate
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F: 44 Scotland Street - Alexander McCall Smith
G: Growing Up Brady: I Was a Teenage Greg - Barry Williams
H: The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins
I: The Ill-Made Mute - Cecelia Dart-Thornton
J: Iscariot: A Novel of Judas - Tosca Lee
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L: The Lady of the Rivers - Philippa Gregory
M: Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
N: Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman
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P: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie - Muriel Spark
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R: Ramsey's Gold - Russell Blake
S: Sorcerer to the Crown - Zen Cho
T: The Third Floor - C. Dennis Moore (Angel Hill Series)
U: Uprooted - Naomi Novik
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W: The Way It Wasn't: Great Science Fiction Stories of Alternate History - Martin Greenberg (editor)
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Y: The Young Messiah (Movie tie-in, originally published as Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt): A Novel - Anne Rice
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Completed: 21/26

A: Andy Andrews - The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs Is a Little Perspective
B: John L. Betcher - The 19th Element
C: JoAnna Carl - The Chocolate Cat Caper
D: Paul Doherty - The Anubis Slayings
E: Charlotte E. English - Draykon
F: Vince Flynn - The Third Option
G: Dorothy Gilman - The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax
H: Harold Adams - Paint the Town Red
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J: Jim Butcher - Furies of Calderon
K: Ken Follett - World Without End
L: Robert Ludlum - The Bourne Identity
M: Sophie McKenzie - Girl, Missing
N: Neil Gaiman - American Gods
O: Owen Parry - Bold Sons of Erin
P: Oliver Potzsch - The Hangman's Daughter
Q: Spencer Quinn - The Iggy Chronicles, Volume One
R: J K Rowling - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone372039]
S: Stephen Hunt - The Court of the Air
T: Mark Twain - The Prince and the Pauper
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W: Walter Macken - Seek the Fair Land
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The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Levels:

Easy: Mixed list - Either the title of the book/series it belongs to or the author's name (first, middle or last) has to start with the letter. (26 books)

Medium: Non-mixed list - Only titles/series names or only author names count (pick one or the other). (26 books)

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

Read through the alphabet using titles/series names -
CHALLENGE FINISHED - 7/14/17 *

Read through the alphabet using author names -
CHALLENGE FINISHED - 7/22/17 *

Title - Completed - 26/26

A – Against the Heart by Kat Martin - (1/3)
B – Sunset Bay by Susan Mallery - (1/7)
C – A Cat Was Involved by Spencer Quinn - (2/10)
D - Dog Have Mercy by Neil Plakcy - (4/8)
E - The Message of Easter: According to the Apostle Mark by Eugene Peterson - (5/3)
F – Falling for Her by Debbie Macomber - (1/29)
G - Going Once by Sharon Sala - (02/16)
H – Rose Harbor in Bloom by Debbie Macomber - (1/27)
I – Into the Whirlwind by Kat Martin - (2/4)
J - A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog by Dean Koontz - (7/14)
K - The Knitting Diaries: The Twenty-First Wish\Coming Unraveled\Return to Summer Island Coming Unraveled by Susan Mallery – (5/26)
L – Love Letters by Debbie Macomber - (1/28)
M – Trust in Me by Samantha Chase - (2/9)
N - Starting Now by Debbie Macomber – (5/1)
O – The Best of Friends by Susan Mallery - (1/11)
P – Patterns of Grace: Devotions from the Heart by Debbie Macomber - (3/26)
Q - The Beach Quilt by Holly Chamberlin – (02/14)
R – The Inn at Rose Harbor by Debbie Macomber - (1/19)
S – Sweet Tomorrows by Debbie Macomber - (2/2)
T – Alaska Twilight by Colleen Coble – (1/26)
U - Reading Up a Storm by Eva Gates – (02/25)
V - In Firefly Valley by Amanda Cabot – (5/30)
W - Wait for Me by Samantha Chase - (2/8)
X - The Dangerous Days of Daniel X by James Patterson – (7/2)
Y - Meant for You by Samantha Chase – (03/01)
Z - Zoo 2 by James Patterson – (6/7)

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A – Mary Ann Rivers - Snowfall - (1/4)
B – W. Bruce Cameron - A Dog's Purpose - (2/6)
C – Samantha Chase - Return to You - (02/21)
D – Terri Depue - Beginnings: A Magnolia Creek Novel - (5/27)
E – Lynette Eason - Holiday Illusion - (1/2)
F - Fredrik Backman - And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer - (4/11)
G - Chip Gaines - The Magnolia Story - (3/5)
H - Kim Harrison - Pet Shop Boys: A Short Story - (7/8)
I – Irene Hannon - Tangled Webs - (1/6)
J - Joanne Woods - The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle - (3/17)
K - Karen Kingsbury - The Chance - (02/11)
L - Lisa Jackson - The McCaffertys: Thorne - (02/20)
M – Kat Martin - Into the Firestorm - (2/12)
N - Nicholas Sparks - Two By Two - (3/4)
O - Oscar Wilde - The Happy Prince and Other Tales - (7/8)
P – Dani Pettrey - Still Life - (2/13)
Q - Spencer Quinn - Scents and Sensibility - (02/27)
R – RaeAnne Thayne - Shelter From The Storm – (3/21)
S – Susan Mallery - Already Home - (1/16)
T – Tim Tebow - Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life's Storms - (1/15)
U - John Urban - A Single Deadly Truth - (7/22)
V Virginia Smith - Just As I Am – (7/10)
W - Sherryl Woods - A Love Beyond Words - (3/19)
X - Max Lucado - The Applause of Heaven - (3/9)
Y - William Paul Young - Cross Roads - (5/13)
Z - Sara Zarr - Once Was Lost - (3/18)

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Hard (and backdating myself to the start of the year)

FINISHED 10/23/2017!

✔A- American Pain: How a Young Felon and His Ring of Doctors Unleashed America's Deadliest Drug Epidemic x John Temple and The Sign of Four x Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
✔B- Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape x Jenna Miscavige Hill and The Way of Kings x Brandon Sanderson
✔C- Call for the Dead x John le Carré and Dark Disciple: A Star Wars Story x Christie Golden
✔D- The Demon Barker of Wheat Street x Kevin Hearne and The Rise of Endymion x Dan Simmons
✔E- The Elementals x Michael McDowell and Life in the French Foreign Legion: How to Join and What to Expect When You Get There x Evan McGorman
✔F- 44 Scotland Street x Alexander McCall Smith and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story x Alexander Freed
✔G- Gun Street Girl x Adrian McKinty and The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation x Gene Roberts and Hank Klibanoff
✔H- Hell is Empty x Craig Johnson and Orphans of the Sky x Robert A. Heinlein
✔I- The Inexplicable Universe x Neil de Grasse Tyson and Radiance of Tomorrow x Ishmael Beah
✔J- John Dies at the End x David Wong and Inside Scientology x Janet Reitman
✔K- Kingdom of Shadows x Alan Furst and The Purloined Poodle x Kevin Hearne
✔L- The Last Kingdom x Bernard Cornwell and Alien: Out of the Shadows x Tim Lebbon
✔M- Mark of the Demon x Diana Rowland and Angles of Attack x Marko Kloos
✔N- Not My Father's Son x Alan Cumming and The Ocean at the End of the Lane x Neil Gaiman
✔O- Orconomics: A Satire (The Dark Profit Saga #1) x J. Zachary Pike and Binti x Nnedi Okorafor
✔P- The Polish Officer (Night Soldiers #3) x Alan Furst and Clockwork x Philip Pullman
✔Q- Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality x Manjit Kumar and The Alice Network x Kate Quinn
✔R- Riding the Rap x Elmore Leonard and Helmet for My Pillow x Robert Leckie
✔S- Side Jobs: Stories from the Dresden Files x Jim Butcher and Fatal Alliance (Star Wars: The Old Republic (Chronological Order) #3) x Sean Williams
✔T- Three Day Road x Joseph Boyden and The Beautiful Struggle: A Father, Two Sons and an Unlikely Road to Manhood x Ta-Nehisi Coates
✔U- Under the Udala Trees x Chinelo Okparanta and The Jungle x Upton Sinclair
✔V- V for Vendetta x Steve Moore and Unfamiliar Fishes x Sarah Vowell
✔W- We Are All Completely Fine x Daryl Gregory and Mona Lisa Overdrive x William Gibson
✔X- X-Wing #10: Mercy Kill (A Star Wars Novel) x Aaron Allston and SPQR I: The King's Gambit x John MaddoX Roberts
✔Y- You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) x Felicia Day and Ninefox Gambit x Yoon Ha Lee
✔Z- Z for Zachariah x Robert C. O'Brien and Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad x David Zucchino

The A-Z of Reading - 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

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The A-Z of Reading - 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

TITLE/SERIES:

A: Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery; 03/21/2017
B: Beirut: An Explosive Thriller by Alexander McNabb; 05/06/2017
C: Caesar's Women by Colleen McCullough; 08/09/2017
D: Da Vinci's Tiger by L.M. Elliott; 12/12/2017
E: Empty Nest by Marty Wingate; 05/15/2017
F: Fortune's Favorites by Colleen McCullough; 07/21/2017
G: Goodnight Sweet Prince by David Dickinson; 10/09/2017
H: Hand of Isis by Jo Graham; 08/10/2017
I: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen; 10/22/2017
J: Julia and the Duke by Samantha Holt; 11/02/2017
K: King's Fool by Margaret Campbell Barnes; 11/10/2017
L: Lady and the Wolf (Red Riding Hood) by Elizabeth Rose; 09/29/2017
M: Mozart's Last Aria by Matt Rees; 12/09/2017
N: North from Rome by Helen MacInnes; 08/12/2017
O: One Summer: ...at Charlie's Diner by Mary Jane Forbes; 11/17/2017
P: Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Q: Queen's Bounty by Fiona Buckley; 05/17/2017
R: Return to Me by Lynn Austin; 11/05/2017; 07/11/2017
S: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor; 05/29/2017
T: The Sanctuary by Raymond Khoury; 05/26/2017
U: UNHOLY INNOCENCE by Stephen Wheeler; 10/06/2017
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W: When We Were Kings by Auryn Hadley; 10/07/2017
X: X Esquire by Leslie Charteris; 12/29/2017
Y: Yvonne Goes to York by Marion Chesney; 12/31/2017
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Denise wrote: "The A-Z of Reading - Welcome to the 2017 Alphabet Challenge!

Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017

Rules:

* Re-reads are allowed as long as they’re read during the time of the challenge..."

For the author names, can we use either first or last name?

Mary wrote: "For the author names, can we use either first or last name? "

First, middle or last, anything goes. :)

Thank you!

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Medium
Finished Date: 27/9/17

Titles

A - by Oliver Bowden (Read in April)
B - by Kate Cary (Read in May)
C - by Chris Pascoe (Read in January)
D - by Stephanie Dray (Read in February)
E - by Chloe Parks (Read in June)
F - by Deanna Roy (Read in February)
G - by Caisey Quinn (Read in February)
H - by J.K. Rowling (Read in February)
I - by C.J. Flood (Read in March)
J - by Scarlett Bailey (Read in June)
K - by Lara Adrian (Read in May)
L - by Luna Challis (Read in March)
M - by Roald Dahl (Read in March)
N - by Erin Morgenstern (Read in April)
O - by Liliana Lee (Read in February)
P - by R.J. Silver (Read in March)
Q - by C.J. Asher (Read in July)
R - by Graeme Simsion (Read in March)
S - by Marv Wolfman (Read in January)
T - by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Read in January)
U - by Susan Hatler (Read in August)
V - by Lynne Graham (Read in June)
W - by Jane Costello (Read in February)
X - by Sara C. Roethle (Read in May)
Y - by Willow Summers (Read in September)
Z - by K.E. O'Connor (Read in April)

Yay been looking for this one. Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Hard 46/52

Title
Completed: 26/26
★A: The Housewife Assassin's Handbook 13/1
★B: Warrior's Bond 28/1
★C: Chibi Vampire, Vol. 01 1/1
★D: Downgrade 5/1
★E: E-Time 18/1
★F: Amber Fang: The Hunted 17/1
★G: The Great Cat Sled Race 23/1
★H: The Housewife Assassin's Deadly Dossier 8/1
★I: The Caretaker of Imagination 29/1
★J: Just Don't Mess With Us: Family Matters 17/1
★K: 聲の形 2 Koe no Katachi 2
★L: Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok, Vol. 01 17/1
★M: Mythology Of The Heavens Book 1: God Of War 17/1
★N: The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes 20/2
★O: Lord of the Flies 29/1
★P: Pita Ten, Vol. 01 17/1
★Q: Sea of Quills 12/2
★R: Reaping The Immortal 28/1
★S: Stitch Head 14/1
★T: The Vampire's True Love Trials 23/1
★U: Unhappily Ever After 16/5
★V: Vampire Knight, Vol. 1 8/1
★W: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers 17/3
★X: xxxHolic, Vol. 1 6/1
★Y: So You Want to Be a Wizard 10/5
★Z: The Last Zookeeper 13/3



Author
Completed: 23/26
★A: Michael Adam Lengyel: The Mannamong - Issue 1: The Girl Who Speaks To Spirits 12/3
★B: Bruce Coville: The Skull of Truth 30/3
★C: Paul Ian Cross: Engella 13/3
★D: Demelza Carlton: Enchant: Beauty and the Beast Retold 6/2
★E: E E Richardson: The Devil's Footsteps 25/2
★F: Kadi Fedoruk: Blindsprings 8/9
★G: Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows 27/2
★H: Eric Hobbs: Little Boy Lost 6/5
★I: Intisar Khanani: The Bone Knife 13/3
★J: J.K. Riya: Amber in the World of Shades - A Short Story 25/2
★K: Yuna Kagesaki: Chibi Vampire, Vol. 02 1/1
★L: Lee Ru: Witch Class Volume 1 7/2
★M: Kevin O. McLaughlin: Demon Ex Machina: A Steampunk Cat Story 28/1
★N: Natsuki Takaya: Fruits Basket, Vol. 3 26/2
★O: Atsushi Ohkubo: Soul Eater, Vol. 01 28/2
★P: Christine Pope: Sympathy for the Devil 22/1
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★R: Chris Riddell: Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse 4/2
★S: Maria V. Snyder: Poison Study 21/1
★T: Kevin Tumlinson: Secret of the Diamond Sword 8/1
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★V: Aurelio Voltaire: The Legend of Candy Claws 23/4
★W: Will Adcock: Shamanism: Rituals For Spiritual Journeying And Creating Sacred Space 19/3
★X: Laurie Baxter: A Cute Pair of Shorts 16/7
★Y: Melissa Yuan-Innes: Fairy Tales are for White People 29/1
★Z: Z.V. Hunter:Path of Shadows 19/12

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Duration: 1/1/17 - 12/31/17
Level: Hard
Completed: 32 of 52

Title (16/26)


A: Artemis Rising by Cheri Lasota - January 28th - ♥♥♥♥
B: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah - Jan 16th - ♥♥♥♥♥
C: Cocaine Blues - June 11th - ♥♥♥
D: Divine Collision: An African Boy, An American Lawyer, and Their Remarkable Battle for Freedom by Jim Gash - February 27th - ♥♥♥
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F: The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North - April 6th - ♥♥♥
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H: Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi - January 18th - ♥♥♥♥♥
I: Inkspell - May 14th - ♥♥♥♥♥
J: Juba! by Walter Dean Myers - May 1st - ♥♥♥♥
K: Kushiel's Chosen - July 20th - ♥♥♥
L: The Language of Hoofbeats - June 9th - ♥♥♥
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P: The Postman Always Rings Twice - August 16th - ♥♥
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R: Roots: The Saga of an American Family - June 22nd - ♥♥♥♥♥
S: The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain - February 20th - ♥♥♥♥
T: The Girl You Lost by Kathryn Croft - April 8th - ♥♥♥♥♥
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W: Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops - June 8th - ♥♥♥
X: The Executioner Weeps by Frédéric Dard - March 29th - ♥♥♥♥
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Author (16/26)


A: Mitch Albom - The Five People You Meet in Heaven - January 24th - ♥♥♥♥♥
B: Maeve Binchy - The Lilac Bus - MAY 7TH - ♥♥♥
C: Peter Clines - 14 - March 13th - ♥♥♥♥♥
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E: Dave Eggers - The Circle - March 30th - ♥♥♥
F: Jonathan Franzen - Freedom - March 24th - ♥♥
G: Neil Gaiman - American Gods - January 12th - ♥♥♥♥
H: Alice Hoffman The Museum of Extraordinary Things - July 31st - ♥♥♥♥♥
I: Henrik Ibsen A Doll's House - May 21st - ♥♥♥♥
J: A.J. Jacobs - Fractured Fairy Tales - July 11th - ♥♥
K: Dean Koontz - Saint Odd - April 23rd - ♥♥♥♥
L: Amanda Lovelace - The Princess Saves Herself in this One - January 18th - ♥♥♥♥♥
M: Elan Mastai - All Our Wrong Todays - April 9th - ♥♥♥♥
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P: Sarah Pinborough - Behind Her Eyes - February 10th - ♥♥♥♥
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S: John Scalzi - The Dispatcher- January 29th - ♥♥♥♥♥
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U: Colson Whitehead - The Underground Railroad - June 10th - ♥♥♥♥♥
V: Brian K. Vaughan - Saga: Vol. 1Z: - May 15th - ♥♥♥♥.5
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Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Time Frame: 01 January 2017 - 31 December 2017
Hard
Special rules for X (all levels): When using titles, any word in the title may start with X.

Title/Series
Completed: 23/26
A: The Admiral's Bride Suzanne Brockmann - 1/11 - ★★★★
B: Broken Laura Wright - 1/26
C: Conspiracy in Death J.D. Robb - 1/10 - ★★★★★
D: Darkest Before Dawn Maya Banks - 1/13 - ★★★★
E: Extreme Exposure Pamela Clare - 3/22 - ★★★★
F: Falling for Love Marie Force - 2/3 - ★★★★
G: Get Lucky Suzanne Brockmann - 3/19 - ★★★★
H: Holiday in Death J.D. Robb - 1/2 - ★★★★★
I: Identity: Unknown Suzanne Brockmann - 1/23 - ★★★★
J: Je Suis à Toi Pepper Winters - 1/29 - ★★★★
K: Kiss a Girl in the Rain Nancy Warren - 3/7 - ★★★★★
L: Loyalty in Death J.D. Robb - 1/19 - ★★★★★
M: Mr. President Katy Evans - 1/18 - ★★★★
N: Night Watch Suzanne Brockmann - 5/4 - ★★★★
O: Officer off Limits Tessa Bailey - 3/3 - ★★★★★
P: The Pagan Stone Nora Roberts - 1/7 - ★★★★
Q:
R: Real Good Man Meghan March - 2/8 - ★★★★
S: Sweetest Taboo J. Kenner - 1/9 - ★★★★★
T: Twist Susan Fanetti - 4/12 - ★★★★
U: Unbeautifully Madeline Sheehan - 1/22 - ★★★★★
V: Virtuous M.S. Force - 1/24 - ★★★★★
W: Where There's Smoke Sandra Brown - 1/16 - ★★★★★
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Y: Yellowstone Redemption Peggy L. Henderson - 4/24 - ★★★★★
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Author
Completed: 25/26
A: Kristen Ashley Rock Chick Reawakening - 2/9 - ★★★★★
B: Sarina Bowen Bittersweet - 2/6 - ★★★★
C: Robyn Carr Wild Man Creek - 1/31 - ★★★★★
D: Tymber Dalton Pinch Me - 3/28 - ★★★
E: Katy Evans Commander in Chief - 1/21 - ★★★
F: Marie Force Ready for Love - 1/3 - ★★★★★
G: Georgia Cates Beauty from Pain - 3/2 - ★★★★★
H: Jane Harper The Dry - 2/2 - ★★★★★
I: Ilsa Madden-Mills Very Bad Things - 6/13 - ★★★★
J: J.D. Robb Midnight in Death - 1/3 - ★★★★
K: J. Kenner Dirtiest Secret - 1/6 - ★★★★★
L: Lorelei James Caged - 1/30 - ★★★★★
M: Michael Connelly The Black Echo - 2/20 - ★★★★
N: Nicole Edwards Without Regret - 1/17 - ★★★★
O: Molly O'Keefe The Truth About Him - 3/4 - ★★★★★
P: Laurelin Paige First Touch - 9/2 - ★★★★★
Q:
R: J.D. Robb Judgment in Death - 2/7 - ★★★★★
S: Sandra Brown Deadline - 2/8 - ★★★★★
T: Tiffany Reisz The King - 3/17 - ★★★★★
U: Into the Fire Amanda Usen - 11/3 - ★★★
V: Vi Keeland Stuck-Up Suit - 3/9 - ★★★★
W: Pepper Winters Bonus Epilogue Tears of Tess - 1/27 - ★★★★
X: Ruthie Knox About Last Night - 3/6 - ★★★
Y: Wilette Youkey Taking Heart - 2/4 - ★★★★
Z: Abbie Zanders Five Minute Man - 5/31 - ★★★★

I'm in!


Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Level: Hard
Completed: 48/52

Title/Series
A: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 1-25-2017 | 4*
B: Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman 2-14-2017 | 4*
C: Circling the Sun by Paula McLain 1-13-2017 | 3*
D: Dark Thirty by Terry Kay 2-5-2017 | 3*
E: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert 1-27-2017 | 3*
F: 15th Affair by James Patterson 2-10-2017 | 4*
G: A Grief Observed by C.S. Lewis 2-20-2017 | 3*
H: Honeymoon by James Patterson 2-24-2017 | 3*
I: Intentional Living: Choosing a Life That Matters by John C. Maxwell 1-18-2017 | 4*
J: John Dies at the End by David Wong 11-8-2018 | 2*
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L: Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want by Rachel Cruze 1-4-2017 | 4*
M: My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga 2-18-2017 | 4*
N: No Ifs, Ands, or Bears About It by Celia Kyle 1-9-2017 | 2*
O: Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline 1-2-2017 | 3*
P: Patriot Games by Tom Clancy 1-7-2017 | 3*
Q:
R: RIFT by Andreas Christensen 1-10-2017 | 2*
S: Speak by Louisa Hall 1-12-2017 | 3*
T: The Obituary Society by Jessica L. Randall 1-5-2017 | 3*
U: Undone by Karin Slaughter 3-31-2017 | 4*
V: V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 4-14-2017 | 2*
W: Worst Case by James Patterson 2-20-2017 | 4*
X: The Ex by Alafair Burke 4-9-2017 | 3*
Y: Yiddish for Pirates by Gary Barwin 3-16-2017 | 2*
Z: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman 4-4-2017 | 3*

Author
A: Alexander McCall Smith Tears of the Giraffe 3-4-2017 | 3*
B: Mark Batterson The Circle Maker: Praying Circles Around Your Biggest Dreams and Greatest Fears 2-11-2017 | 4*
C: C.S. Lewis The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe 2-4-2017 | 4*
D: Darynda Jones Second Grave on the Left 2-3-2017 | 3*
E: Erin Loechner Chasing Slow: Courage to Journey Off the Beaten Path 1-19-2017 | 4*
F: Kate Forsyth Bitter Greens 3-3-2017 | 3*
G: Deborah Garner Above the Bridge 3-15-2017 | 3*
H: Charlaine Harris Club Dead 3-2-2017 | 3*
I: Tamara Ireland Stone Every Last Word 5-1-2017 | 4*
J: James Patterson Private 1-8-2017 | 3*
K: Karin Slaughter A Faint Cold Fear 2-13-2017 | 4*
L: Lisa WingateThe Prayer Box 3-7-2017 | 4*
M: Mallika Chopra Living with Intent: My Somewhat Messy Journey to Purpose, Peace, and Joy 1-20-2017 | 3*
N: Nicholas Sparks Safe Haven 2-18-2017 | 3*
O: Tsh Oxenreider Organized Simplicity: The Clutter-Free Approach to Intentional Living 1-15-2017 | 3*
P: Patti Digh Life Is a Verb: 37 Days to Wake Up, Be Mindful, and Live Intentionally 1-16-2017 | 2*
Q:
R: Rainbow Rowell Eleanor & Park 4-3-2017 | 4*
S: Stacy Green Skeleton's Key 1-14-2017| 3*
T: Truman Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's 3-11-2017 | 4*
U:
V: Kurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle 3-29-2017 | 4*
W: Walter Scott Rob Roy 3-5-2017 | 3*
X: Just Add Salt by Jinx Schwartz 4-16-2017 | 3*
Y: Hanya Yanagihara A Little Life 6-28-2017 | 3*
Z: Markus Zusak I Am the Messenger 4-1-2017 | 4*

Count me in!

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Duration: January 1st - December 31st, 2017
Level: Hard
Completed: 0/52

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Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Easy: Mixed list - Either the title of the book/series it belongs to or the author's name (first, middle or last) has to start with the letter. (26 books)

Special rules for X (all levels): When using titles, any word in the title may start with X. When using authors, there must be an X somewhere in the name, does not have to start with it.

14/26

A - Anticancer, A New Way of Life, David Servan-Schreiber - 4/7/17 *****
B - The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, Margot Mifflin - 1/13/17 ***
C - Crimson Dagger: Part I, Morgan Rhodes - 4/14/17 ****
D - Broken Crowns, Lauren DeStefano - 1/19/17 *****
E - An Ember in the Ashes, Sabaa Tahir - 4/22/17 *****
F - Falling Kingdoms #5 Crystal Storm, Morgan Rhodes - 4/11/17 *****
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H - Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor's Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer, Andrea Hutton - 1/19/17 ****
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J - Chicken Soup for the Soul Healthy Living Series: Breast Cancer, Jack Canfield - 1/25/17 ****
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L - The Midnight Star, Marie Lu - 3/24/17 ***
M - Contagious Optimism: Uplifting Stories and Motivational Advice for Positive Forward Thinking, David Mezzapelle - 5/23/17 ***
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W - When You Need a Miracle: The Seven Secrets of Faith, Cherie Hill - 3/15/17 **
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Y - The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman - 5/24/17 ***
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The A-Z of Reading - 2017 Alphabet Challenge!
January 1 2017 - December 31 2017

Medium: Titles

26/26 DONE

A: American Vampire 2/18 ★★★★
B: Bone Box 5/22 ★★★★★
C: Crime and Poetry 5/31 ★★★
D: Deadly Daggers 2/27 ★★★
E: Engaged in Death 5/4 ★★★★★
F: Foxglove Summer 3/17 ★★★★
G: Ghostly Echoes 4/7 ★★★★
H: How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days 5/20 ★★★★
I: Iron River 4/16 ★★★
J: Justice in Savannah 5/26 ★★★★
K: Killing Trail 1/19 ★★★★★
L: Low Tide 5/29 ★★★★
M: Mystic Tea 4/13 ★★★★★
N: No Living Soul 5/7 ★★★
O: One Fell Sweep 2/19 ★★★★★
P: Power Game 5/25 ★★★
Q: Queen Fae 10/4 ★★★
R: Running Wild 5/1 ★★★★
S: Sweep in Peace 1/4 ★★★★★
T:Twisted Vine 5/9 ★★★★
U: Unfinished Business 4/15 ★★★★★
V: The Vampires' Last Lover 1/14 ★
W: Why We Get Sick: The New Science of Darwinian Medicine 3/28 ★★★★★
X: X Dames 7/1 ★★★
Y: You May Now Kill the Bride (Carnegie Kincaid, #5) 9/23 ★★
Z: A Zen for Murder 6/3 ★★★

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Hard (Titles & Authors)

Titles
Completed: 26/26
A: The Alchemist 3/26 ★★★
B: Brimstone and Marmalade 4/21 ★★★★
C: The Crossover 2/12 ★★★★★
D: A Darker Shade of Magic 1/20 ★★★
E: Etched in Bone 3/20 ★★★★
F: Fuel 6/11 ★★★
G: Ghosts 2/29 ★★★★
H: His Majesty's Dragon 2/20 ★★★★
I: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 7/30 ★★★★
J: Jinx 8/2 ★★
K: Keystone 2/22 ★★★
L: Lincoln in the Bardo 6/27 ★★★★
M: My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry 2/14 ★★★★★
N: Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse by Neil Gaiman 10/7 ★
O: Odd and the Frost Giants 7/4 ★★★
P: Princeless, Vol. 1: Save Yourself 3/9 ★★★★
Q: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking 6/20 ★★★★★
R: Red Sister 4/30 ★★★★★
S: Storm Front 1/11 ★★★
T: This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life 4/3 ★★★★★
U: Username: Evie 7/11 ★
V: Vicious 2/17 ★★★
W: We Have Always Lived in the Castle 5/17 ★★★★
X: X: A Short Story 7/12 ★★★
Y: You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack by Tom Gauld 8/8 ★★
Z: Zorgamazoo by Robert Paul Weston 8/27 ★★★★

Authors
Completed: 26/26
A: Alwyn Hamilton - Rebel of the Sands 6/29 ★★★★
B: Leigh Bardugo - Six of Crows 8/21 ★★★★★
C: Cassandra Clare - Lord of Shadows 7/6 ★★★★
D: Rob Davis - The Motherless Oven 5/22 ★★★★
E: Elle Kennedy - The Deal 2/5 ★★★★
F: Fredrik Backman - And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer 8/1 ★★★★★
G: Neil Gaiman - A Calendar of Tales 3/29 ★★★★★
H: Haruki Mirakami - The Strange Library 2/25 ★★
I: Infri d'Aulaires - D'Aulaires' Norse Gods and Giants 3/8 ★★★
J: N.K. Jemison - The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms 3/30 ★★★★
K: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. - Slaughterhouse-Five 6/13 ★★★
L: Lucy Parker - Act Like It 7/14 ★★★
M: Meredith Katz - The Cybernetic Tea Shop 3/10 ★★★★
N: Sylvain Neuvel - Sleeping Giants 6/16 ★★★★
O: Nnedi Okorafor - Who Fears Death 6/22 ★★★★
P: Peter Brown - The Wild Robot 3/24 ★★★★
Q: Mary Quattlebaum - Aunt CeeCee, Aunt Belle, and Mama's Surprise 7/24 ★★★★
R: The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost 11/26 ★★★★★
S: Michael J. Sullivan - Age of Myth 7/24 ★★★★
T: Jodi Taylor - White Silence 10/9 ★★★★
U: Usman T. Malik - The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn 7/21 ★★★★
V: Brian K. Vaugh - Saga, Vol. 7 6/9 ★★★★
W: G. Willow Wilson - Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal 1/8 ★★★
X: Lisa Maxwell - The Last Magician 8/4 ★★★
Y: Skottie Young - I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 3: Good Girl 11/23 ★★★★
Z: Roger Zelazny - Nine Princes in Amber 9/28 ★★

Alphabet Yearly Challenge
Duration: January 1, 2017 - December 31, 2017

✸Easy Level: Mixed list - Either the title of the book/series it belongs to or the author's name (first, middle or last) has to start with the letter. (26 books)


3/26 Completed


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E: The Edge of Never 7/1/17 ★★★★
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Woo Hoo I Finished!!

Level:

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 books)

Read through the alphabet using titles/series names -
CHALLENGE FINISHED - 7/14/17 *

Read through the alphabet using author names -
CHALLENGE FINISHED - 7/22/17 *

Great job, Lisa! :)

Thanks Denise. I had to go find another Yearly Challenge. :-) This was great fun.

Denise wrote: "Great job, Lisa! :)"

Lisa wrote: "Woo Hoo I Finished!!

Level:

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both lists. (52 bo..."

Great job, Lisa!

I'm focusing on my final letters now...Xs and a few others to go.

Keep after it. You can do it! X was hard and so was U.

Connie wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Woo Hoo I Finished!!

Level:

Hard: Two lists: Read through the alphabet twice, one time using titles/series names and another using author names. You can't use the same book for both ..."

16/26 Completed 62%

A - Angels & Demons [3/17/17]
B - The Bootlegger [5/17/17]
C - City of Fallen Angels [1/15/17]
D - The Dark Prophecy [9/21/17]
E - Eleventh Grade Burns [4/7/17]
F - Firstlife [3/27/17]
G - Ghostland: An American History in Haunted Places [3/25/17]
H - The Hidden Oracle [9/13/17]
I
J
K
L - The Light Fantastic [5/13/17]
M
N - Norse Mythology [7/10/17]
O - Overpowered: The Dangers of Electromagnetic Radiation (EMF) and What You Can Do about It [Reading]
P - Pompeii: Public and Private Life [7/29/17]
Q
R - The Real Science Behind the X Files: Microbes, Meteorites, and Mutants [6/11/17]
S - The Striker [3/24/17]
T - The Thief [1/5/17]
U - Unacknowledged: An Expose Of The World's Greatest Secret [9/9/17]
V - Voyager: Seeking Newer Worlds in the Third Great Age of Discovery [Reading]
W
X
Y
Z - Zom-B Clans [3/23/17]

Finished my challenge!

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Medium
Finished Date: 27/9/17

Titles

A - by Oliver Bowden (Read in April)
B - by Kate Cary (Read in May)
C - by Chris Pascoe (Read in January)
D - by Stephanie Dray (Read in February)
E - by Chloe Parks (Read in June)
F - by Deanna Roy (Read in February)
G - by Caisey Quinn (Read in February)
H - by J.K. Rowling (Read in February)
I - by C.J. Flood (Read in March)
J - by Scarlett Bailey (Read in June)
K - by Lara Adrian (Read in May)
L - by Luna Challis (Read in March)
M - by Roald Dahl (Read in March)
N - by Erin Morgenstern (Read in April)
O - by Liliana Lee (Read in February)
P - by R.J. Silver (Read in March)
Q - by C.J. Asher (Read in July)
R - by Graeme Simsion (Read in March)
S - by Marv Wolfman (Read in January)
T - by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (Read in January)
U - by Susan Hatler (Read in August)
V - by Lynne Graham (Read in June)
W - by Jane Costello (Read in February)
X - by Sara C. Roethle (Read in May)
Y - by Willow Summers (Read in September)
Z - by K.E. O'Connor (Read in April)

Kay wrote: "Finished my challenge!

Alphabet Yearly Challenge 2017
Level: Medium
Finished Date: 27/9/17

Titles

A - by Oliver Bowden (Read in Apri..."

Nice job, Kay!!!

Nicely done, congrats!

Woo hoo! I finished the challenge. (Message #38)
Level: Hard (both titles and authors)

Elle wrote: "Woo hoo! I finished the challenge. (Message #38)
Level: Hard (both titles and authors)"

Way to go!!

Whew! I'm finished!