The Reading Challenge Group discussion

One of my favorites! This will run all year.
26 Books in one year, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. (Not counting articles like "a," "an" or "the") to create your own special Alphabet Soup.

For example:
A- And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
B- Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
C- The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper
Etc.

You may use books that are from other challenges.
You may want to create a post with just the alphabet, then fill in books as you read them. Or create a "master list" of what you plan to read, then check them off as you finish each.

This thread is also the place to come for ideas on titles for letters that are trickier to find.

The letter X is always a special challenge. Here are some suggestions for dealing with this exasperating letter:
1) A book title that starts with X
Example: Xingu
2) A title in which X plays a prominent part
Example: The Autobiography of Malcolm X
3) A "number" title
Example: 1984

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Im in on this challenge

A- The Airman's E-mail Order Bride by Cora Seton
B- Black River Falls by Jeff Hirsch
C- The Covenant By Pauline Gedge
D- Dark Lover by J R Ward
E- Evermore by Alyson Noel
F- Fallen by Lauren Kate
G- The Ghost Of Cutler Creek by Cynthia Defelice
H- How to marry a millionaire vampire By Kerrelyn Spark
I- Issued to the Bride one navy seal by Cora Seton
J- Joyland by Stephen King
K- Key Of Light by Nora Roberts
L- The Last Wish Introducing the witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
M- Munder in the manor by Fiona Grace
N-Now and Forever by Diana Palmer
O- Outsider by Diana Palmer
P- Passion By Lauren Kate
Q- The Queen Of The Damned by Anne Rice
R- The Rise Of Magicks by Nora Roberts
S- Scared by Tom Davis
T- Tangld up in ice by Charlotte Byrd
U- Untamed By Nora Roberts
V- Vampire kisses by Ellen Schreiber
W- Wake by Amanda Hocking
X- Xanadu by Jane Yolen

Y- You only love twice by Lexi Blake
Z- Zeus by Kamery Solomon

Alphabet Soup Challenge 2020

A- Adolphe by Benjamin Constant
B- Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
C- The Caxton Private Lending Library & Book Depository by John Connolly *Read Mar 8*
D- The Devil by Leo Tolstoy
E- Every Word You Cannot Say by Iain S. Thomas
F- Forever Frida: A Celebration of the Life, Art, Loves, Words, and Style of Frida Kahlo by Kathy Cano-Murillo *Read Feb 8*
G- Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino
H- The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren *Read Jul 19*
I- Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life by Hector Garcia Puigcerver *Read Jan 26*
J- Journey Under the Midnight Sun by Keigo Higashino
K- Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands by Ivan Turgenev *Read Mar 28*
L- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
M- The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton *Read Mar 25*
N- The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo *Read Feb 14*
O- Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats: with illustrations by Rebecca Ashdown by T.S. Eliot - *Read Jan 4*
P- The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan *Read Mar 16*
Q- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
R- Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991: A Pelican Introduction by Orlando Figes *Read Mar 11*
S- Serve the People! by Yan Lianke *Read Apr 17*
T- To a God Unknown by John Steinbeck *Read Feb 5*
U- Understanding Digital Photography: Techniques for Getting Great Pictures by Bryan Peterson *Read May 21*
V- Victoria by Knut Hamsun
W- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - *Read Jan 10*
X- 1000 Years of Annoying the French by Stephen Clarke -
Y- Your Battles Belong to the Lord: Know Your Enemy and Be More Than a Conqueror by Joyce Meyer
Z- Z by Vassilis Vassilikos

I'm in on this challenge!

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This is always fun! Will check off (✔) as I finish

A: An American Tragedy
B: The Bootlace Magician
C: Colombiano
D: Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life
E: Eleanor & Park
F: The Forgotten Home Child
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S: The Six and the Crystals of Ialana: Book One of the Ialana Series
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O- The Ocean at the End of the Lane
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Finished: 2024/01/21

This looks like a lot of fun. I'm in.

A - Amethyst Dreams by Phyllis A. Whitney ✓ 2020/03/28
B - Buffy. Die neuen Abenteuer. by Christian Lukas & Sascha Westphal ✓ 2021/02/07
C - Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/01/26
D - Dancing Queens - Alle Wege führen nach Waterloo by Jana Fuchs ✓ 2020/03/04
E - Eisbach by Nadine Petersen ✓ 2020/11/22
F - Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay by J.K. Rowling ✓ 2020/01/16
G - Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman ✓ 2021/08/21
H - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling ✓ 2020/01/14
I - Ironman by Chris P. Rolls ✓ 2021/03/26
J - Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama by John Boyne ✓ 2022/05/03
K - Der Knochenbrecher by Chris Carter ✓ 2022/01/29
L - Lethal White by Robert Galbraith ✓ 2020/02/01
M - Misery by Stephen King ✓ 2020/02/10
N - Nick and Charlie by Alice Oseman ✓ 2022/04/03
O - One Dead by Chris Carter ✓ 2021/05/04
P - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen ✓ 2020/02/17
Q - Quality Time by Miika Nousiainen ✓ 2022/01/20
R - The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien ✓ 2022/01/20
S - Schattenschrei by Erik Axl Sund ✓ 2020/02/26
T - The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger ✓ 2020/02/12
U - Unusual Ways to Die: History's Weirdest Deaths by James Proud ✓ 2020/05/29
V - Villette by Charlotte Brontë ✓ 2021/05/02
W - Wild Orchids by Jude Deveraux ✓ 2020/10/11
X - 2 by Yokoyama Hideo ✓ 2024/01/21
Y - Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart ✓ 2023/03/27
Z - Zusammen ist der schönste Ort by Judith Knigge ✓ 2020/02/21

2020 Alphabet Soup Challenge!

A-All The Ugly & Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
B-Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward/Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman/ The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
C-City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
D-Dragon Teeth by Michael Crichton
E-Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng/Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
F-The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell/A Fall of Marigolds by Susan Meissner
G-The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
H-The House Girl by Tara Conklin
I-The Ice Beneath Her by Camilla Grebe
J-Jump by Steve Harvey
K-Keep it Pithy by Bill O'Reilly
L-The LateHomecomer-A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang/The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
M-Mission Flats by William Landay
N-Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty/Norwegian by Night by Derek Miller
O-Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout, One For The Blackbird, One For The Crow by Olivia Hawker
P-Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro
Q-Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
R-The Return of the Indian by Lynne Reid Banks
S-The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides/The Stranger by Harlan Coben
T-Travels With Charley in Search of America by John Steinbeck/Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom/This is How it Always is by Laurie Frankel
U-The UnHoneyMooners by Christina Lauren
V-Victoria and Abdul by Shrabani Basu
W-We Were Killers Once by Becky Masterman/The Wife Stalker by Liv Constantine/Wake by Anna Hope
X-XYZ by Anna Katherine Green
Y-The Yellow Room by Sarah M. Broom
Z-Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

Liked this one last year.
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A- August
B- Borrowed Finery
C- Crossed Vol 11
D- Dreamland
E- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
F- Fairytales of Remnant
G- Good Omens
H- Heart Of Darkness
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A - The Accusation by Bandi
B - The Bobbsey Twins on a Houseboat by Laura Lee Hope
C - Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth von Arnim
D - Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos
E - The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
F - From the Lower East Side to Hollywood: Jews in American Popular Culture by Paul M. Buhle
G - Götterdämmerung: Dritter Tag Aus Dem Bühnenfestspiel "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" by Richard Wagner
H - The House by the Lake: One House, Five Families, and a Hundred Years of German History by Thomas Harding
I - An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde
J - Jeremy: The Tale of An Honest Bunny by Jan Karon
K- Kilmeny of the Orchard by L.M. Montgomery
L - Life's Little Ironies by Thomas Hardy
M - The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin
N - Nathan der Weise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
O - The October Country by Ray Bradbury
P - Poemas Amorosos, Antologia by Vicente Aleixandre
Q - The Quest of Iranon by H.P. Lovecraft
R - Rupert Annual No. 55: 70th Anniversary Issue by James Henderson
S - The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du Bois
T - Three John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood
U - Unterm Rad by Hermann Hesse
V - The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
W -Winter: Atlantic Canadian Stories by Dan Soucoup
X - 84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Y - Yellow Boots by Vera Lysenko
Z - The Z Murders by J. Jefferson Farjeon

Challenge completed on October 25.

I like this idea, so count me in. I’ll tick the books as they are read.
A- Anna Karenina
B- Brideshead Revisited
C- Crampton Hodnet
D- Dear Mrs Bird
E- Emma
F- Frost In May
G- A Gentleman In Moscow
H- Hard Times
I- Invitation To The Waltz
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N- No Fond Return Of Love
O- On Cats
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Stories I'd Tell in Bars
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True Believer
Then She Was Gone
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I really enjoy this one, although I don't always complete it. Please count me in!

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Can I somehow erase my two posted challenges since I made some mistakes.

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Count me in! Early candidates identified below.

Last updated: 12/31/2020
Completed: 26 of 26

✔️A- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life 6/30/2020
✔️B- Beloved 2/2/2020
✔️C- City of Girls 3/19/2020
✔️ D- The Dutch House 2/23/2020
✔️ E- 84, Charing Cross Road 2/1/2020
✔️ F- The Floating Feldmans 4/16/2020
✔️ G- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2/10/2020
✔️ H- Half of a Yellow Sun 3/9/2020
✔️ I- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 4/30/2020
✔️ J- The Jane Austen Society 7/5/2020
✔️ K- Know My Name: A Memoir 7/30/2020
✔️ L- The Lola Quartet 2/22/2020
✔️ M- Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed 1/20/2020
✔️ N- The Night Circus 2/17/2020
✔️ O- The Overstory 2/16/2020
✔️ P- Prodigal Summer 1/25/2020
✔️ Q- Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen 6/14/2020 (a bit of a stretch....)
✔️ R- Red, White & Royal Blue 5/24/2020
✔️ S- Still Life 1/13/2020
✔️ T- The Testaments 3/28/2020
✔️ U- Unsheltered 10/31/2020
✔️ V- The Virgin Suicides 3/1/2020
✔️ W- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II 2/5/2020
✔️ X- 11/22/63 11/26/2020
✔️ Y- Year of Yes 5/23/2020
✔️ Z- Zen in the Art of Writing: Essays on Creativity 11/11/2020

Nancy, again it would be an online thing, rather than app, or I coukd delete one of your posts if you needed. I am guessing the first one, with the extra space between letters?

Start: January 2020
Finsih: December 2020

completed: 1/26

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B-Between Shades of Gray - 1/9/2020
C- Circe - 1/3/2020
D- The Dream Thieves - 1/18/2020
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G- Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You - 1/6/2020
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L- The Lightning Thief - 1/16/2020
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V- The Volunteer: The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz
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Last Update: 3/2/2020

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Couldn't finish this one last year but I hope I can this year :)

A- Awakening
B- Blood Laws
C- Code of Silence
D- Dark Gods
E- Elemental Fae Academy
F- Fae's Consort
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O- One Night Only
P- Powerless Champion Duel
Q- Queen of the Underworld
R- Royally Bitten
S- Secrets
T- Twisted Kingdom
U- Untamed Delights
V- Viktor
W- Wicked Gods
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A- Auld Acquaintance by Ruth Hay
B- The Bookshop on the Corner by Jenny Colgan
C- City Girl vs Country Boy by Jordan Ford
D- The Daydreamer Detective by S.J. Pajonas
E- End Game by Lorhainne Eckhart
F- The Forgiving Hour by Robin Lee Hatcher
G- Good, Clean, Murder by Traci Tyne Hilton
H- Hometown Hero by Lorhainne Eckhart
I- Inn Over Her Head by Dixie Davis
J- Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story by Dee Henderson
K- The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang
L- The Lighthouse Keeper by Daisy Johnson
M- The Masterpiece: A Novel by Fiona Davis
N- The Neighbor by Lorhainne Eckhart
O- The Outsiders by SE Hinton
P- Proof of Murder by Lauren Elliot
Q- The Quiet Day by Lorhainne Eckhart
R- Refuge at Pine Lake by Rose Chandler Johnson
S- Sharpe Mind by Lisa B. Thomas
T- The Third Call by Lorhainne Eckhart
U- Untangling: Poems by Jenny Hawkins
V- A View to Die For by Richard Houston
W- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
X- Xeni: A Marriage of Inconvenience by Rebekah Weatherspoon
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26 Books in one year, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. (Not counting articles like "a," "an" or "the") to create your own special Alphabet Soup.

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A- And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
B- Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
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B- The Black Stallion
C- The Couple Next Door
D- A Danger to Herself and Others
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G- Gone Girl
H- The House on the Beach
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I finished!! Accomplished something good in 2020!

Way to go,Gena! 🎉