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Hobby- "an activity or interest pursed for pleasure or relaxation and not as a main occupation" Dictionary.com

This challenge is open ended; you set the pace.

Levels:
Connoisseur: 1- 10 letters
Fancier: 11- 25 letters
Compiler: 26- 40 letters
Accumulator: 41 letters +

This is a Spell It Out challenge

Pick a hobby for each letter of the alphabet and read books with titles, character (first or last name), series name or authors (first or last name) that begin with letters that correspond to the letter of the hobby you choose. As always, if a title starts with a, an, the, etc you may use the second word of the title. Feel free to pick from the list below and/or add your own words

A
(view spoiler)[Acting, Action Figures, Air Craft Spotting, Air Soft, Air Sports, Amateur Astronomy, Amateur Radio, American Football, Animal Fancy, Antiquing, Archery, Art Collecting, Astrology, Astronomy, Auto Audiophilia, Auto Racing (hide spoiler)]
B
(view spoiler)[Badminton, Baking, Base Jumping, Baseball, Basketball, Baton Twirling, Beach Volleyball, Beekeeping, Billards, Bird Watching, Blacksmithing, Board Games, Board Sports, Bodybuilding, Book Collecting, Book Restoration, Bowling, Boxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Break Dancing, Bridge, Bus Spotting (hide spoiler)]
C
(view spoiler)[ Cabaret, Calligraphy, Camping, Candle Making, Card Collecting, Canyoning, Cheerleading, Chess, Climbing, Coffee Roasting, Coin Collecting, Color Guard, Coloring, Comic Book Collecting, Computer Programing, Cooking, Cosplaying, Couponing, Creative Writing, Cricket, Crocheting, Cross stitching, Crossword Puzzles, Cryptography, Curling, Cycling (hide spoiler)]
D
(view spoiler)[ Dance, Darts, Debate, Deltiology, Die-Cast Toy, Digital Arts, Disc Golf, Dog Sport, Dowsing, Drama, Drawing, Driving (hide spoiler)]
E
(view spoiler)[Electronics, Element Collecting, Embroidery, Equestrianism, Exhibition Drill (hide spoiler)]
F
(view spoiler)[Fantasy Sports, Fashion, Fencing, Field Hockey, Figure Skating, Fishkeeping, Fishing, Flag Football,Flower Arranging, Flower Collecting, Flower Pressing, Flying, Flying Disc, Footbag, Foraging, Foreign Language Learning, Fossil Hunting, Freestyle Football (hide spoiler)]
G
(view spoiler)[Gaming, Gardening, Genealogy, Geocaching, Glassblowing, Ghost Hunting, Go, Gonsgoozling, Graffiti, Gunsmithing, Gymnastics (hide spoiler)]
H
(view spoiler)[ Handball, Herping, High -Power Rocketry, Hiking, Homebrewing, Hooping, Horseback Riding, Hunting, Hydroponics (hide spoiler)]
I
(view spoiler)[Ice Hockey, Iceskating, Inline Skating, Insect Collecting (hide spoiler)]
J
(view spoiler)[Jewelery Making, Jiggsaw Puzzles, Jogging, Juggling, Judo, Jukskei (hide spoiler)]
K
(view spoiler)[Kabaddi, Kart Racing, Kayaking, Kite Flying, Kite Surfing, Knifemaking, Knife Throwing, Knitting, Kombucha brewing (hide spoiler)]
L
(view spoiler)[Lace making, Lacrosse, Lapidary, Larping, Laser Tag, Learning, Leather crafting, Lego building, Letterboxing, Listening to music (hide spoiler)]
M
(view spoiler)[Machining, Macrame, Magic, Magnet Fishing, Mahjong, Marbles, Marching Band, Martial Arts, Metalworking, Metal Detecting, Meteorology, Microscopy, Mineral Collecting, Model Aircraft, Model building, Motor Sports, Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Movie Collecting, Movie Memorabilia Collecting, Mushroom Hunting (hide spoiler)]
N
(view spoiler)[Needlepoint, Netball, Nordic Skating (hide spoiler)]
0
(view spoiler)[Orienteering, Origami (hide spoiler)]
P
(view spoiler)[Paintball, Painting, Parkor, Pet, Philately, Photography, Playing musical instruments, Poi, Poker, Polo, Pottery, Power Lifting, Puzzles (hide spoiler)]
Q
(view spoiler)[Quilling, Quilting (hide spoiler)]
R
(view spoiler)[Racquetball, Radio- Controlled Car Racing, Rafting, Rappelling, Reading, Record Collecting, Road Biking, Rock Balancing, Rock Climbing, Roller Derby, Roller Skating, Rugby, Running (hide spoiler)]
S
(view spoiler)[Sailing, Sand Art, Satellite Watching, Scouting, Scrapbooking, Scuba Diving, Sculling, Sculpting, Sea Glass Collecting, Seashell Collecting, Sewing, Shooting, Shopping, Shortwave Listening, Singing, Skateboarding, Sketching, Skiing, Skimboarding, Skydiving, Slacklining, Slot Car Racing, Snow Boarding, Soapmaking, Speedcubing, Sport Stacking, Squash, Stamp Collecting, Stand-up comedy, Stone Skipping, Stone Collecting, Surfing, Swimming (hide spoiler)]
T
(view spoiler)[Table Football, Table tennis, Taekwondo, Tai Chi, Taxidermy, Tennis, Tennis Polo, Topiary, Tour Skating, Trainspotting, Traveling, Triathlon (hide spoiler)]
U
(view spoiler)[ Ultimate Frisbee, Urban Exploration (hide spoiler)]
V
(view spoiler)[Vacation, Vehicle Restoration, Video Game Colleting, Video gaming, Videophilia, Vintage Cars, Volleyball (hide spoiler)]
W
(view spoiler)[Walking, Watching movies, Watching television, Water Polo, Water Sports, Web surfing, Weight Lifting, Whale Watching, Whittling, Wood carving, Woodworking, Worldbuilding, Writing (hide spoiler)]
X
(view spoiler)[
Xylophone playing (hide spoiler)]
Y
(view spoiler)[
Yoga (hide spoiler)]
Z
(view spoiler)[
Ziplining (hide spoiler)]

Helpful Site:
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Acting (6/6)
A-American Assassin
C-Chosen
T-The Maze Runner
I-The Isle of the Lost
N-New Moon
G-Gunslinger Girl

Action Figures (13/13)
A-Always and Forever, Lara Jean
C-The Christmas Wedding
T-The Bone Witch
I-It's got to be Perfect
O-On Mystic Lake
N-Nevernight
*
F-The 5th Wave
I-The Iron Trial
G-The Glittering Court
U-Unhinged
R-Replica
E-Eclipse
S-So You Want to Be a Wizard

Air Craft Spotting (16/16)
A-A is for Alibi
I-Illuminae
R-Rogan
*
C-Chasing the Omega
R-Red Sister
A-The Awakening
F-Fifty Fifty
T-The Gender Game
*
S-Savor the Moment
P-Perfect Murder, Perfect Town
O-The Outsider
T-The House of Hades
T-The Fault in Our Stars
I-Into the Cold Fire
N-Now You See Her
G-Gone

Air Soft (7/7)
A-Alex, Approximately
I-Into the Wild
R-RoseBlood by A.G. Howard 1/12/20
*
S-The Shadow Queen
O-Of Blood and Bone
F-For Love of the Game
T-The Magic Misfits

Air Sports (6/6)
A-All the Bright Places
I-The Iron Flower
R
*
S-The Silent Corner
P-Pretty Little Liars
O
R
T-The Princess Diarist
S-The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

Amateur Astronomy (12/12)
A-An Ember in the Ashes
M-Monsieur Pamplemousse
A-Star Wars: Episode II: Attack of the Clones
T-The Adjustment
E-Expelled
U-Unbelievable
R
*
A-Artemis
S-Saved: How an English Village Fought for Its Future... and Won
T-The Woman in White
R
O
N-North Pole Reform School
O
M-Murder Flies Left Seat
Y-Year One

Amateur Radio (9/9)
A-Archenemies
M-The Mystery of the Yellow Room
A-Ash Princess
T-The Keeper of Dawn
E-Eliza and Her Monsters
U-The Underground Railroad
R
*
R
A-All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers' Row
D-Dear Martin
I-The Institute
O

American Football (11/11)
A-Aurora Rising
M-Mallory and the Dream Horse
E-Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas 1/31/20
R
I
C-Crux
A-Ali Cross
N-The Notebook
*
F-Flawless
O
O
T-Tragic
B-Black Sun
A
L-The Lying Game
L-Love Letters to the Dead

Animal Fancy (6/6)
A
N-The Nightingale
I
M-The MacKinnon's Bride
A
L-Let It Snow: Three Holiday Romances
*
F-Furyborn
A
N-The Night Circus
C-Charming the Scholar
Y

Antiquing (4/4)
A
N-Nocturna
T-Twilight
I
Q-Queen of Shadows
U
I
N
G-Girl in Pieces

Archery (3/3)
A
R
C-Cinder
H-Hell on Wheels
E-Eragon
R
Y

Art Collecting (7/7)
A
R
T-The Phantom of the Opera
*
C-Chronicles of Avonlea
O
L-Lying in Bed
L-Looking for Alaska
E
C-Circe
T-The Duke's Holiday
I
N
G-The Great Alone

Astrology (4/4)
A
S-The Shining
T-The House on Blackstone Moor
R
O
L-The Last Song
O
G-Gerald's Game
Y

Astronomy (3/3)
A
S-The School for Good and Evil
T-Texas Secrets
R
O
N
O
M-Mistborn: The Final Empire
Y

Auto Audiophilia (4/4)
A
U
T-Thinner
O
*
A
U
D-The Dead Sea
I
O
P-Peace, Love and Cupcakes
H-Heist Society
I
L
I
A

Auto Racing (2/2)
A
U
T-A Torch Against the Night
O
*
R
A
C-The Color Purple
I
N
G

Badminton (4/4)
B-First Person Fiction: Behind the Mountains
A
D-The Darkest Minds
M-Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
I
N
T-Transfer of Power
O
N

Baking (2/2)
B-The Black Witch
A
K-Kill Shot
I
N
G

Base Jumping (5/5)
B-The Best Times: An Informal Memoir
A
S-The Scorch Trials
E
*
J-Jessi's Gold Medal
U
M-Moon Called
P-Perfect
I
N
G

Baseball (3/3)
B-Boy
A
S-The Siren
E
B-Bloody Little Secrets
A
L
L

Basketball (5/5)
B-Black Beauty
A
S-Sweet Tea and Sympathy
K-Kristy for President
E
T-Time Bomb
B-Behind the Gates
A
L
L

Baton Twirling (4/4)
B-Beautiful Stranger
A
T-Throne of Glass
O
N
*
T-To All the Boys I've Loved Before
W-Words of Radiance
I
R
L
I
N
G

Beach Volleyball (5/5)
B-Boy-Crazy Stacey
E
A
C-The Cruel Prince
H-Humans, Bow Down
*
V-Violet on the Runway
O
L
L
E
Y
B-Baltimore Blues
A
L
L

Beekeeping (3/3)
B-Breaking Dawn
E
E
K-Kristy's Great Idea
E
E
P-The Prague Cemetery
I
N
G

Billards (3/3)
B-The Big Bad Wolf
I
L
L
A
R
D-The Diary of a Young Girl
S-The Second Story

Bird Watching (6/6)
B-Body of Evidence
I
R
D-Dry Hard
*
W-Waifs and Strays
A
T-To Kill a Mockingbird
C-City of Bones
H-The Hate U Give
I
N
G

Blacksmithing (7/7)
B-The Best of Me
L
A
C-Crown of Midnight
K-Kiss
S-Starflight
M-Mary Anne + 2 Many Babies
I
T-Tales of the Peculiar
H-How To Bake A Chocolate Soufflé
I
N
G

Board Games (4/4)
B-The Beast Is an Animal
O
A
R
D-Devil's Kiss
*
G
A
M-The Medical Examiner
E
S-Sleeping Beauties

Board Sports (5/5)
B
O
A
R
D-A Dirty Job
*
S-The Secret Garden
P-Paper Towns
O
R
T-The Tiger at Midnight
S-Summer Island

Bodybuilding (2/2)
B
O
D-Divergent
Y
B
U
I
L
D-The Den
I
N
G

Book Collecting (4/4)
B
O
O
K-Killer
*
C-Children of Virtue and Vengeance
O
L
L
E
C-Confess by Colleen Hoover 1/22/20
T-Tempest
I
N
G

Book Restoration (4/4)
B
O
O
K-The Keeper of the Mist
*
R
E
S-Speak
T-The Thomas Berryman Number
O
R
A
T-Truthwitch
I
O
N

Bowling (1/1)
B
O
W-Waiting for the Moon
L
I
N
G

Boxing
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (3/3)
B
R
A
Z-The Zodiac Legacy: Convergence
I
L
I
A
N
*
J
I
U
*
J
I
T-3rd Degree
S-Sorcery of Thorns
U

Break Dancing (2/2)
B
R
E
A
K-Kiss the Girls by James Patterson 1/17/20
*
D-Daughter of the Pirate King
A
N
C
I
N
G

Bridge
Bus Spotting (3/3)
B
U
S-The Swan Thieves
*
S-Spin the Dawn
P-Postmortem
O
T
T
I
N
G

Cabaret
Calligraphy (1/1)
C
A
L
L
I
G
R
A
P
H-Halo
Y

Camping (1/1)
C
A
M-Matilda
P
I
N
G

Candle Making (1/1)
C
A
N
D
L
E
*
M-Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
A
K
I
N
G

Card Collecting
Canyoning
Cheerleading (1/1)
C
H-How to Be Bad
E
E
R
L
E
A
D
I
N
G

Chess (1/1)
C
H-Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
E
S
S

Climbing (1/1)
C
L
I
M-Mirror, Mirror
B
I
N
G

Coffee Roasting (2/2)
C
O
F-Fateful
F-Fangirl
E
E
*
R
O
A
S
T
I
N
G

Coin Collecting
Color Guard

Coloring, Comic Book Collecting, Computer Programing, Cooking,

Cosplaying
Couponing
Creative Writing (2/2)
C
R
E
A
T
I
V-Vampire Academy
E
*
W-Wonderful
R
I
T
I
N
G

Cricket

Crocheting (1/1)
C
R
O
C
H-Heartless
E
T
I
N
G

Cross stitching (1/1)
C
R
O
S
S
*
S
T
I
T
C
H-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
I
N
G

Crossword Puzzles (2/2)
C
R
O
S
S
W-Witch & Wizard
O
R
D
*
P
U
Z-Zom-B
Z
L
E
S

Cryptography (1/1)
C
R
Y
P
T
O
G
R
A
P
H-The Hunger Games
Y

Curling
Cycling

Dance, Darts, Debate, Deltiology

Die-Cast Toy
Digital Arts
Disc Golf (1/1)
D
I
S
C
*
G
O
L
F-Four Dead Queens

Dog Sport

Dowsing (1/1)
D
O
W-Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
S
I
N
G

Drama
Drawing (1/1)
D
R
A
W-A World Without Princes
I
N
G

Driving (1/1)
D
R
I
V-The V Girl
I
N
G

Electronics
Element Collecting
Embroidery
Equestrianism
Exhibition Drill (1/1)
E
X
H-House Broken
I
B
I
T
I
O
N
*
D
R
I
L
L

Fantasy Sports (1/1)
F-The 5th Wave
A
N
T
A
S
Y
*
S
P
O
R
T
S

Fashion (2/2)
F-4th of July
A
S
H-Heir of Fire
I
O
N

Fencing (1/1)
F-The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm: Eragon
E
N
C
I
N
G

Field Hockey I1/1)
F
I
E
L
D
*
H-Happy Birthday to Me
O
C
K
E
Y

Figure Skating
Fishkeeping (1/1)
F
I
S
H-Hunting Delilah
K
E
E
P
I
N
G

Fishing (1/1)
F
I
S
H-The Hazel Wood
I
N
G

Flag Football

Flower Arranging (1/1)
F
L
O
W-Wonder Woman: Warbringer
E
R
*
A
R
R
A
N
G
I
N
G

Flower Collecting (1/1)
F
L
O
W-Wanted
E
R
*
C
O
L
L
E
C
T
I
N
G

Flower Pressing (1/1)
F
L
O
W-Wicked Saints
E
R
*
P
R
E
S
S
I
N
G

Flying

Flying Disc, Footbag, Foraging, Foreign Language Learning,

Fossil Hunting (1/1)
F
O
S
S
I
L
*
H-Hopeless
U
N
T
I
N
G

Freestyle Football

Gaming
Gardening
Genealogy
Geocaching (1/1)
G
E
O
C
A
C
H-House of Salt and Sorrows
I
N
G

Glassblowing (1/1)
G
L
A
S
S
B
L
O
W-We Hunt the Flame
I
N
G

Ghost Hunting
Go
Gonsgoozling

Graffiti, Gunsmithing, Gymnastics

Handball
Herping
High -Power Rocketry (1/1)
H
I
G
H
*
P
O
W-A Wrinkle in Time
E
R
*
R
O
C
K
E
T
R
Y

Hiking

Homebrewing (1/1)
H
O
M
E
B
R
E
W-Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life
I
N
G

Hooping
Horseback Riding
Hunting
Hydroponics

[Ice Hockey, Iceskating, Inline Skating, Insect Collecting

Jewelery Making (1/1)
J
E
W-Windwitch
E
L
E
R
Y
*
M
A
K
I
N
G

Jiggsaw Puzzles (1/1)
J
I
G
G
S
A
W-Without Merit by Colleen Hoover 1/19/20
*
P
U
Z
Z
L
E
S

Jogging
Juggling
Judo
Jukskei

Kabaddi, Kart Racing, Kayaking, Kite Flying

Kite Surfing, Knifemaking, Knife Throwing, Knitting, Kombucha brewing

Lace making, Lacrosse, Lapidary, Larping

Laser Tag, Learning, Leather crafting, Lego building

Letterboxing, Listening to music

Machining, Macrame, Magic, Magnet Fishing

Mahjong, Marbles, Marching Band, Martial Arts

Metalworking, Metal Detecting, Meteorology, Microscopy

Mineral Collecting, Model Aircraft, Model building, Motor Sports

Mountain Biking, Mountaineering, Movie Collecting, Movie Memorabilia Collecting, Mushroom Hunting

Needlepoint, Netball, Nordic Skating

Orienteering, Origami

Paintball, Painting, Parkor, Pet

Philately, Photography, Playing musical instruments, Poi

Poker, Polo, Pottery, Power Lifting, Puzzles