2025 Reading Challenge discussion

A-Z CHALLENGE
Duration: January 1, 2015 - December 31, 2015

Read a book for each letter of the alphabet. You can use ANY of the first letters of the main words in a title of a book (don't use words like "a", "an", "the", or "of") or the initials of its authors.

Examples:
A - Still Alice
F - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
X - The Autobiography of Malcom X
etc.

How to Participate
1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active.

2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress.

Some members choose to update their original post with their progress to keep track of their challenge more easily, but make sure to also post a new message so the challenge leader knows to go look at your original post. You can look at how other members report their progress to find a strategy that works well for you.

For more information about how challenges work, check out this thread or ask your challenge leader.

Participants

Adriana | 24/26
Aislinn | 0/26
Alastair | 0/26
Alex | 6/26
Alicia | 26/26
Alisia | 26/26
Alissa | 7/26
Alison | 8/26
Allison | 7/26
Amber | 10/26
Amy | 2/26
Amy F | 11/26
Amy Foulkes | 26/26
Amy T | 24/26
Andrew | 15/26
Angela | 25/26
Angelique | 26/26
Anna | 26/26
Anna G | 0/26
Anna W | 0/26
Anna Gray | 0/26
Annika | 25/26
Araceli | 7/26
Arushi | 22/26
Ashlee | 0/26
Ashley | 7/26
Ashley Dianne | 0/26
Ashley R | 20/26
Audrey | 0/26
Auntie | 5/26
Bernadette | 9/26
Beth | 78/78
Brianna | 23/26
Brianna A | 7/26
Caro | 26/26
Carol | 6/26
Carrie | 21/26
Cat | 3/26
Cat [Catrina] | 0/26
Charity | 26/26
Chelsea | 8/26
Cheri | 26/26
Cheryl | 22/26
ChrisP | 26/26
Christine | 23/26
Cindy | 26/26
Claire P | 2/26
Clare L | 26/26
Clare S | 26/26
Colby | 0/17
Cortenie | 0/26
Cristal | 5/26
Cubi | 3/26
Cynthia | 0/26
Danielle | 26/26
Dawn | 0/26
Deborah | 0/26
Dee | 26/26
Delta | 26/26
Deneal | 0/26
Denise | 22/26
Diana | 0/26
Diane T. | 21/26
Dom | 19/26
Dug | 26/26
E | 0/26
Elyssa | 9/26
Emma | 0/26
Emily~ | 10/26
Erica | 0/26
Erika | 22/26
Erika [erikarae] | 8/26
Francesca | 11/26
Gwen | 26/26
Heather | 0/26
Heather [bigaitchc] | 52/52*
Heather [dustypork] | 1/26
Heather [Heather_Mairi] | 14/26
Helen | 26/26
Holli | 14/26
Irene | 4/26
Isa | 26/26
Jacki | 0/26
Jacqueline | 1/26
Jaime | 0/26
Jamie | 0/26
James | 0/26
Jane | 26/26
Janet | 26/26
Jannene | 26/26
Jayne | 10/26
Jen | 8/26
Jennie | 26/26
Jennifer | 8/26
Jenny*MM* | 8/26
Jess♥ | 19/26
Jessica | 23/26
Joana | 1/26
Joanne | 24/26
Jocelyn | 9/26
Joe | 24/26
Jodie | 5/26
Juana "Darkness" | 26/26
Julia | 17/26
Jun | 0/26
Kadijah Michelle | 21/26
Kai | 0/26
Karena | 25/26
Kari Ramirez | 21/26
Katariina | 24/29
Kathy | 0/26
Kayla | 0/26
Kelly | 26/26
Kim | 15/26
Kimberly | 26/26
Klaudia | 15/26
Kris | 6/26
Kristina | 0/26
Krystal | 6/26
Kylie C | 0/26
Kylie S | 19/26
Lacee | 0/26
Laura Jane | 8/26
Laurie | 26/26
Lauryn | 0/26
Leah | 14/26
Leisa | 20/26
Leslie | 18/26
Lisa | 20/26
Lisa Marie | 10/26
Lois | 15/26
Lyndi | 1/26
Madilyn | 3/26
Maiko | 26/26
Mandor | 14/26
Mandy | 0/26
Maria | 26/26
Marielle | 2/26
Marina | 21/26
Marisa | 4/26
Mary-Ann | 2/26
Marybeth | 0/26
Mary Pat | 24/26
Maureen | 7/26
Megan [LaHaiRoi] | 26/26
Megan [maeghen17] | 25/26
Megan G | 0/26
Megan B | 4/26
Melissa | 0/26
Melissa [MScmitt8] | 26/26
Merja | 22/29
Michelle L | 14/26
Myles | 23/26
Nadia | 11/26
Nancy | 0/26
Nicky | 0/26
Nicole | 15/26
Nurai | 12/26
Odessa | 2/26
Pat | 0/26
Paul | 26/26
Payten | 19/26
Poppy | 14/26
Rachel | 12/26
Rae | 26/26
Raluca | 0/26
Renee | 26/26
Renáta | 26/26
Robin | 0/26
Robyn | 13/26
Sakina | 22/26
Sarah | 26/26
Sarah [from the US] | 2/26
ScarlettMi | 25/26
Scott | 9/26
Scott F | 25/26
Shahriar | 0/26
Shane | 8/26
Shaunte | 1/26
Sherry | 26/26
SibylM | 26/26
Sophie | 16/26
Stacy | 3/26
Star | 6/26
Stephanie | 23/26
Stormie | 5/26
Sue | 0/26
Susan | 26/26
Tasha | 24/26
Teresa | 2/26
Theresa | 0/26
Theresa~OctoberLace | 26/26
Tiffany-Rae | 0/26
Tiina | 2/26
Toxey | 2/26
Tracy | 3/26
Vanessa | 13/26
Vernice | 25/26
Victoria | 26/26
Virginia | 21/26
Whitney | 10/26
Winter | 24/26
Zara | 0/26
Zita | 25/26
~*Ro*~ | 20/26

Guess I will have to pass on this one. Don't have any books with an X that I plan to read this year. Filled out a chart for the rest of the alphabet however.

P.S. Changed my mind. I found a short Edith Wharton work with as x and I really enjoy Edith Wharton so I will participate.


A The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 3/3/15 *****
B Beloved by Toni Morrison2/3/15 ****
C A Confederacy of Duncesby John Kennedy Toole 7/1/15 ***
D Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler 3/17/15 *****
E East of Eden by John Steinbeck 8/9/15 *****
F Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm by Bill Willingham 1/23/15 ***
G The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy 9/9/15 ****
H The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 7/17/15 ****
I Ironweed by William Kennedy 3/17/15 ****
J A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins 5/13/15 ***
K Katherine by Anya Seton 2/23/15 *****
L The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 4/14/15 ****
M Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert2/12/15 ****
N Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky3/1/15 ****
O One Lonely Night by Mickey Spillane1/26/2015 ***
P Point Blank by Anthony Horowitz8/17/15 ****
Q The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell 11/28/15 ****
R Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison 2/26/15 **
S Silas Marner by George Eliot1/18/15 *****
T Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald1/4/15 ****
U Under the Net by Iris Murdoch 9/15/15 ***
V Orlando by Virginia Woolf 7/25/15 ***
W Wise Blood by Flannery O'Connor3/14/15 **
X Xingu by Edith Wharton 1/22/15 *****
Y Yarrow by Charles de Lint 9/25/15 ***
Z Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm 10/4/15 ***
26/26

I'm in! I just have to find something for the pesky Q and X.


A I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angeou
B A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
C My Antonia by Willa Cather
D Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
E The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
F The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
G Bad Feminist: Essays by Roxane Gay
H World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
I In One Person by John Irving
J The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
K An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
L Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lammott
M The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
N Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense: Collected Poems by Lewis Carroll
O The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
P The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Q Rat Queens, Vol. 1: Sass & Sorcery by Kurtis J. Wiebe
R Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
S Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed
T The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
U The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
V The Waves by Virginia Woolf
W Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
X The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
Y The Missing Year of Juan Salvatierra by Pedro Mairal
Z Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger

Q is pretty easy actually. If nothing else there's always Ellery Queen. My favourite suggestion is The Quiet American.

Haha I just realized I just read about 3 books in a row with Q titles. It is easier than I anticipated! Thanks!

Erika and Janet, I added you!

We can probably put together a list of member recommendations for difficult letters, if that's something that people would be interested in.

A-Z Challenge
1st January - 31st December 2015
Goal 26
Goal Completed 11th November 2015

A Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty Completed 18.03.15 Rating 4 stars
B Burial Rites by Hannah Kent Completed 14.01.15 Rating 3 stars
C Close My Eyes by Sophie McKenzie Completed 10.01.15 Rating 4 stars
D The Devil in the Marshalsea by Antonia Hodgson Completed 01.02.15 Rating 3 stars
E Excalibur by Bernard Cornwell Completed 25.01.15 Rating 4 stars
F The Falcons of Fire and Ice by Karen Maitland Completed 13.04.15 Rating 5 stars
G Pretty Girl Thirteen by Liz Coley Completed 17.07.15 Rating 3 stars
H Heresy by S.J. Parris Completed 04.01.15 Rating 4 stars
I Inferno by Dan Brown Completed 09.07.15 Rating 4 stars
J The Sisters Who Would be Queen: The Tragedy of Mary, Katherine and Lady Jane Grey by Leanda de Lisle Completed 08.09.2015 Rating 2 stars
K The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory Completed 15.07.15 Rating 5 stars
L The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg Completed 03.04.15 Rating 2 stars
M The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Completed 28.01.15 Rating 4 stars
N The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss Completed 28.03.16 5 stars
O Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn Completed 15.03.15 3 stars
P The Poisoned Island by Lloyd Shepherd Completed 08.01.15 Rating 3 stars
Q The Summer Queen by Elizabeth Chadwick Completed 09.03.15 Rating 5 stars
R River of Destiny by Barbara Erskine Completed 06.07.15 Rating 4 stars
S Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel Completed 07.02.15 Rating 3 stars
T Tiger Hills by Sarita Mandanna Completed 02.05.15 Rating 3 stars
U Undivided by Neal Shusterman Completed 17.01.15 Rating 4 stars
V The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox by Maggie O'Farrell Completed 13.08.15 Rating 2 stars
W The White Lie by Andrea Gillies Completed 18.01.15 Rating 2 stars
X Irises by Francisco X. Stork Completed 11.11.15 Rating 3 stars
Y A New York Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin Completed 04.01.15 Rating 2 stars
Z The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin Completed 31.10.15 Rating 3 stars

I'm in! I've checked the X and it's not a problem (Q is simple with lots of books with the word Queen in the title)

A Agnes Grey read 24-01-2015
B Bezonken rood read 25-01-2015
C The Count of Monte Cristo read 25-02-2015
D Mrs. Dalloway read 07-01-2015
E
F
G The Gamble read 03-04-2015
H
I
J Jagged read 12-04-2015
K Kaleidoscope read 15-04-2015
L
M Mystery Man read 22-03-2015
N
O Own the Wind read 29-03-2015
P Playing for Keeps read 18-03-2015
Q
R The Maze Runner read 06-03-2015
S The Shadow of the Wind read 04-01-2015
T
U
V
W The Witching Hour read 17-01-2015
X
Y
Z Zwaar Verliefd! read 23-03-2015

14/26

I'm in!

A- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
B- The Red and the Black by Stendhal
C- Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac
D- The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens
E- The Death of the Heart by Elizabeth Bowen
F- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
G- The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot
H- The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
I- The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
J- Jews, God, and History by Max I. Dimont
K- The Trial by Franz Kafka
L- The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
M- Silas Marner by George Eliot
N- Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
O- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
P- Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri
Q- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
R- Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens
S- Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
T- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
U- Ulysses by James Joyce
V- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo
W- To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
X- Xingu by Edith Wharton
Y- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Z- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

I'm in, too!


A - My Accidental Jihad read 1/11/2015
B - Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness read 1/9/2015
C - Cold Storage read 1/2/2015
D - A Wedding in December read 1/14/2015
E - The Rosie Effect read 1/6/2015
F - Sorrow Floats read 1/4/2015
G - The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship read 1/10/2015
H - The History of Love read 2/22/2015
I - Insurgent read 2/26/2015
J - Steve Jobs read 4/21/2015
K - Knives at Dawn: America's Quest for Culinary Glory at the Legendary Bocuse d'Or Competition read 7/4/2015
L - We Were Liars read 1/2/2015
M - Montana 1948 read 1/1/2015
N - We Need New Names read 3/13/2015
O - The Orphan Master's Son read 8/24/2015
P - A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France read 1/13/2015
Q - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking read 2/23/2015
R - Run read 1/12/2015
S - Social Blunders read 1/5/2015
T - Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll read 1/24/2015
U - Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity read 3/17/2015
V - Vintage read 2/17/2015
W - All the Light We Cannot See read 1/30/2015
X - Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer read 9/20/2015
Y - Because of You read 6/15/2015
Z - Beautiful Fools: The Last Affair of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald read 6/11/2015

26/26 completed
Challenge completed!

I'm in! And since I'm from Finland we have three more letters in alphabets, so I'm going to add those too. Books I add as I read.

A - About a Girl
B - Always the Bridesmaid
C - A Clash of Kings
D - Douglas Preston - Crimson Shore
E - "Et muuten tätäkään usko..." - Ville Haapasalon 2000-luku Venäjällä
F - A Girl’s Best Friend
G - What A Girl Wants
H - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I - Irish Drinking Socks - A Novel Excerpt
J - J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
K - Satu Rämö and Katja Lahti: Vuoden mutsi 2
L - The Single Girl's To-Do List
M - Musta mamba
N
O - Outlander
P - Clockwork Prince
Q - The Snow Queen
R - The Rosie Effect
S - Still Alice
T - Terry Pratchett: The Light Fantastic
U
V - Väärä nainen
W - The Perks of Being a Wallflower
X
Y
Z - A Zombie Christmas
Å
Ä
Ö

22/29

Challenge Complete 9/12/15

I just checked my TBR list for 2015, and I already had plans for all but X. In my TBR list was Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian, so I marked that as TBR 2015, and I'm good for A to Z.

A. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 1/19/15
B. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness 1/18/15
C. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by Anne Rice writing as A.N. Roquelaure 1/24/15
D. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 2/23/15
E. A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison 2/14/15
F. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 1/28/15
G. The Good Girl by Mary Kubica 2/9/15
H. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins 2/21/15
I. The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro 3/14/15
J. A Memory of Light by Robert Jordan 5/22/15
K. The King's Curse by Philippa Gregory 1/14/15
L. The Silver Chair by C.S. Lewis 3/5/15
M. The Romanovs: The Final Chapter by Robert K. Massie 2/1/15
N. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah 3/4/15
O. Story of O by Pauline Réage 4/8/15
P. Prince Caspian by C.S. Lewis 2/2/15
Q. After the Auake by Haruki Murakami 9/12/15
R. The Gathering Storm by Robert Jordan 3/22/15
S. The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami 1/12/15
T. Restoration by Rose Tremain 1/4/15
U. Ulysses by James Joyce 8/30/15
V. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis 2/8/15
W. The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice 1/24/15
X. Xingu by Edith Wharton 8/27/15
Y. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee Casts Off: The Yarn Harlot's Guide to the Land of Knitting by Stephanie Pearl-McPhee 2/10/15
Z. Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 8/23/15

Merja, that is so cool!

I've added everyone. Welcome to the A-Z challenge!

I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author names. Still looking for Q, U, and Y. I would love any suggestions!

26/26 DONE! October 23rd

A - For One More Day by Mitch Albom
B - The 25th Hour by David Benioff
C - The Hours by Michael Cunningham
D - The Brothers K by David James Duncan
E - Mimi by Lucy Ellmann
F- The Collector by John Fowles
G - Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ by Daniel Goleman
H - A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
I - The Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
J - Dubliners by James Joyce
K - The Stand by Stephen King
L - The Lost Language of Cranes by David Leavitt
M - The Birth House by Ami McKay
N - Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City by Michelle Nevius
O - The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
P - Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Q - The Breakwater House by Pascale Quiviger
R - Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie
S - Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
T - All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
U - Tomi: A Childhood Under the Nazis by Tomi Ungerer
V - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
W - Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
X - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet by Xinran
Y - Translations of Beauty: A Novel by Mia Yun
Z - I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak

Sign me in... I still have to decide the books but for sure something will come up

Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author names. Still look..."


Jane, John Updike has some good books. The Witches of Eastwick is supposed to be pretty good.

Sign me up. I will make a list as I go along.

07/26

A. Assassin's Quest - Robin Hobb. (1/11/15)
B
C
D
E
F. Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes. (1/26/15)
G
H. Hearts in Atlantis - Stephen King. (1/22/15)
I
J
K
L. Lisey's Story - Stephen King. (2/7/15)
M
N. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss. (2/4/15)
O
P
Q
R
S. 2001: A Space Odyssey - Arthur C. Clarke. (1/15/15)
T
U
V
W. The Walking Dead, vol.11 - Robert Kirkman. (1/4/15)
X
Y
Z

I'm in I'll figure my books out as I go, which I usually do anyways lol.

6/26

A
B
C - The Conspiracy of Us Finished January 12, 2015
D
E
F - The Fifth Gospel Finished February 10, 2015
G - Guilt Finished February 11, 2015
H
I
J
K
L
M - The Mime Order Finished: Jan 2,2015
N
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P
Q
R - RemoteFinished Jan 16, 2015
S - Senate Proof Jan 23, 2015
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Z

Jane, that's fine! Glad you could make the challenges fit together so well.

Updated to here.

I'm in for this one! Last year (Well still this year but you know...) the Randomiser Challenge was my favorite, but this year I didn't want to tie myself down with any yearly challenges so I could have more freedom to read what I wanted and also to do the shorter term challenges, but this one gives a ton of freedom! I will also figure out what to read for this challenge as I go along. Awesome challenge idea!
24/26 Completed

A- All the Light We Cannot See
B- The Body
C- Dexter's Final Cut
D- Dexter Is Delicious
E- Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
F- Michel Faber The Book of Strange New Things
G- The Hunger Games
H- Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons
I- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
J- The Death of Jack Hamilton
K- Kody Brown Becoming Sister Wives: The Story of an Unconventional Marriage
L- Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
M- Mr. Mercedes
N-
O- That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French
P- Apt Pupil
Q- Luckey Quarter
R- Autopsy Room Four
S- Different Seasons
T- LT's Theory of Pets
U- Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
V- The Road Virus Heads North
W- We Were Liars
X-
Y- All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
Z- Less Than Zero

I'm in for this! I agree with Alisia, it's nice to have more freedom with some challenges. :)

A-Z CHALLENGE.
January 1st - December 31st 2015
Goal: To read 26 Children's books
15/26

A. Simpson's Sheep Won't Go to Sleep! / Bruce Arant
B. The Lonely Book / Kate Bernheimer
C. The Cloud Spinner / Michael Catchpool
D.
E. Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf / Lois Ehlert
F. My New Shirt / Cary Fagan
G. Snowboard Twist / Jean Craighead George
H. Bluenose Adventure / Jacqueline Halsey
I. Peekaboo Morning / Rachel Isadora
J. My Sister Gracie / Gillian Johnson
K. Library Mouse: Home Sweet Home / Daniel Kirk
L.
M. Tuesday Tucks Me In: The Loyal Bond between a Soldier and his Service Dog / Luis Carlos Montalván
N. The Book with No Pictures / B.J. Novak
O. Sparky! / Jenny Offill
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W. The Pigeon Needs a Bath! / Mo Willems
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Y. What Do You Do with an Idea? / Kobi Yamada
Z.

I'm glad you like it! I like more open-ended challenges too.

Game on

Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author names. Still look..."

Jane, for Y for these kind of challenges I always go to Banana Yoshimoto. She's a Japanese novella/short story author and she's really great!

I'm in for all 26.



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Updated

Reserving my spot. I'll choose books later.

20/26
A. The All Girl’s Filling Station’s Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg – Complete
B. Beloved by Toni Morrison – Complete
C. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge – Complete
D. The Dog Next Door: And Other Stories of the Dogs We Love. – Complete
E. The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson – Complete
F. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn – Complete
G. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Complete
H. How to Love – Katie Cotugno – Complete
I. Interview with a Vampire by Anne Rice – Complete
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K. The History of Love by Nicole Krauss – Complete
L. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult – Complete
M. Me Before You by JoJo Moyes – Complete
N. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - Complete
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P. Princesses Behaving Badly by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie – Complete
Q.
R. Attachments by Rainbow Rowell – Complete
S. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion – Complete
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W. The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder by Rebecca Wells – Complete
X. X vs Y – Complete 2/15/15
Y. Ya –Yas in Bloom by Rebecca Wells – Complete
Z. Z A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler – Complete

Janet wrote: "Guess I will have to pass on this one. Don't have any books with an X that I plan to read this year. Filled out a chart for the rest of the alphabet however.

P.S. Changed my mind. I found a short..."

Janet, I read Xingu a month or so ago because I did an alphabet challenge of my own this year. It's a delicious satire that I really enjoyed reading. I hope you like it!

Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author names. Still look..."
I'm doing the same thing, Jane! I haven't selected my books yet. I'll probably just add them as the year progresses.

Cassandra, can you please add me for all 26?

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F. Michel Faber
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W. Rebecca West
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2/26

Kindly add me as well. I will fill out my list as we go. Though I really Erika's and Alissa's lists. I will probably borrow some titles from them. Hopefully we can be reading buddies. :)

I'm in for this one using only the first letter of the title.

26/26

A The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
B The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss
C Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
D Double Indemnity by James M Cain
E Etta and Otto and Russell and James by Emma Hooper
F Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
G Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin
H The Hobbit: Graphic Novel by Chuck Dixon
I I, Claudius by Robert Graves
J July's People by Nadine Gordimer
K The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
L Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
M Middlemarch by George Eliot
N Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
O One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
P Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Q The Quiet American by Graham Greene
R A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
S Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
T Tender Is the Night by F Scott Fitzgerald
U Up at the Villa by W Somerset Maugham
V The Valley of Heaven and Hell - Cycling in the Shadow of Marie-Antoinette by Susie Kelly
W War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
X Xingu by Edith Wharton
Y The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life by Andy Miller
Z Zuleika Dobson by Max Beerbohm

Claire P wrote: "Janet wrote: "Guess I will have to pass on this one. Don't have any books with an X that I plan to read this year. Filled out a chart for the rest of the alphabet however.

P.S. Changed my mind. I..."
Thanks Claire. I am sure I will since Edith Wharton has never disappointed me.

Erika wrote: "Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author name..."

Erika wrote: "Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the
rules a wee bit for mine and just use author name..."

Thanks Erika! I've actually read one of her novellas and enjoyed it. Totally forgot about her so thanks for the reminder.

I would like to join in, and will adds books as I read them.


A
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C - Cinder read 21/1/15
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G
H
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J
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L We Were Liars read 8/1/15
M The Martian read 31/1/15
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S Scarlet read 24/2/15
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U Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption read 5/1/15
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Sign me up please. I will get the a-z this year!!

2/26

A. Alone - Robert J. Crane
B. Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding (04/01/2015)
C. Clariel - Garth Nix
D. Divergent - Veronica Roth
E. Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China - Jung Chang
F. Forbidden - Tabitha Suzuma
G. The Gospel of Loki - Joanne Harris
H. Hush, Hush - Becca Fitzpatrick
I. The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie
J. The Golem and the Jinni - Helene Wecker
K. The Killables - Gemma Malley
L. The Long Way Home - Louise Penny
M. Moon Over Soho - Ben Aaronovitch
N. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss (02/01/2015)
O. The Fault in Our Stars - John Green
P. The Paper Magician - Charlie N. Holmberg
Q. Quicksand - Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
R. Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus - Bill Wasik
S. The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History - Elizabeth Kolbert
T. The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
U. Under the Never Sky - Veronica Rossi
V. Vampire Academy - Richelle Mead
W. The Wise Man's Fear - Patrick Rothfuss
X. Daughter of Xanadu - Dori Jones Yang
Y. The Year of the Flood - Margaret Atwood
Z. The Zahir - Paulo Coelho

I do this as my own personal challenge every year but decided to aim to read a book set in (or written by) all 50 states for next year. Not joining for now but depending on what I read I may jump in later.

I'm doing the same challenge as Sharon. This challenge looks fun especially since it gives a bit of leeway with the title -X and Z should be a little hard but here's my list so far:

A-
B- Blue Heaven
C-
D- Delirium
E- Elsewhere
F-
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H- The Host
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M- Monument 14
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P- Pandemonium
Q-
R- Rebel Belle
S- Second Star
T-
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V- The Vespertine
W- Where Things Come Back
X-
Y-
Z-

Completed: 20/26

A - Attachments - Rainbow Rowell: 01/21/15
B - Batman: Earth One
C - The Cabinet of Curiosities - Douglas Preston
D - Dreams of Gods & Monsters- Laini Taylor
E - Emily St. John MandelStation Eleven : 01/28/15
F - Bossypants- Tina Fey
G - Neil Gaiman - Coraline: 01/18/15
H- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone12/01/15
I - I've Got You Under My SkinMary Higgins Clark -04/21/15
J
K - Dean Koontz- Forever Odd
L - Landline- Rainbow Rowell: 01/19/15
M - Eimear McBride - A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing: 01/30/15
N - The Nightingale Circus - Ioana Visan: 01/25/15
O - Out of Time (Nine Minutes) - Beth Flynn: 08/03/15
P - The Paying Guests- Sarah Waters- 08/19/15
Q
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S - Shadow of Night - Deborah Harkness: 01/20/15
T Two Graves Douglas Preston -06/12/15
U
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W - Water for Elephants - Sara Gruen: 01/16/15
X -XO- Jeffery Deaver: 02/26/15
Y - You- Caroline Kepnes: 09/12/15
Z

Jane wrote: "I committed to doing an alphabet challenge using authors' last names JUST before I saw and joined this group, so I'm going to bend the rules a wee bit for mine and just use author names. Still look..."

Y - Jane Yolen

To help everyone out: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

This list leads to more lists for each letter.

Ok so I will write my challenge, some of these titles may change over the year.... And I am still pending X and Y we will see what I pick later for these two letters I will put in the link the Author or title that contain the letter..... Any suggestions are very welcome

A. Aldous Huxley The Island
B. Clive Barker Books of Blood
C.Oscar Wilde The Canterville Ghost
D. David Foenkinos Delicacy
E. Michael Ende Momo
F. Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451
G.Garth Stein The Art of Racing in the Rain
H. Ransom Riggs Hollow City
I. Isabel Allende La casa de los espiritus
J. Jon Ronson Shame: A Journey Through the World of Public Humiliation
K.Klein, Naomi This change everything
L.Elena Poniatowska Leonora
M. Matthew Inman The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distance
N.Melissa NathanThe Learning Curve
O. German Castro Caicedo Objetivo 4
P. Tony MacAulayPaperboy: An Enchanting True Story of a Belfast Paperboy Coming to Terms with the Troubles
Q.Quino Mafalda todas las tiras
R. Roxanne GayBad Feminist
S.Stephen King The Shining
T.Khaled Hosseini A Thousand Splendid Suns
U. Neal Shusterman UnWholly
V.Vladimir Nabokov Lolita
W.Allan MooreWatchmen
X. PENDING
Y. Amy Poehler Yes Please
Z. PENDING

I'm all in
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I'll join this one and add books as I read them.

A All I Want ✔ 25/01/15
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D Drawn ✔ 24/01/15
E
F First Term at Malory Towers ✔ 09/02/15
G Graceling ✔ 25/02/15
H The Homecoming Masquerade ✔ 20/01/15
I Isla and the Happily Ever After ✔ 14/02/15
J
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L The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud ✔ 31/01/15
M The Marriage Pact ✔ 09/03/15
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P The Perks of Being a Wallflower ✔ 03/03/15
Q
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V Vampire Academy ✔ 13/02/15
W We Were Liars ✔ 01/03/15
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My list by Last Name.


A - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
B -
C - The Alchemist Paulo Coelho
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F - The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
G - Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ Daniel Goleman
H - A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini
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K -
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O - 1984 George Orwell
P -
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S - The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger
T - Anna Karenina Leo Tolstoy
U -
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W -
X -
Y -
Z -

Please sign me up! I love this challenge and am probably going to do it once more with my bookcrossing group - for this purpose, I am also bending the rules a little bit and just use authors' last names, I hope this is fine!

I really like these spell out challenges. Put me down for the entire alphabet!

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Sharon, that's fine! You can join at any time.

Welcome to the challenge, everyone!

Hey, I'm in :)

A. Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty
B. The Book Thief by Markus Suzak
C. Cinder by Marissa Meyer
D. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
E. The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
F. Forbiden by Tabitha Suzuma
G. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
H. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
I. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
J. The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
K. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
L. Looking for Alaska by John Green
M. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
N. The Night Circus by Erin Morgernstern
O. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
P. Personal by Lee Child
Q. The White Queen by Phillipa Greggory
R. Revival by Stephen King
S. The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
T. The Time Travellers Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
U. Under the Dome by Stephen King
V. Vanishing Acts by Jodi Picoult
W. Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
X.
Y. Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Z.

I'll find X and Y soon :)

A-Z Challenge 2015
2/26

A: Anna and the French Kiss
B: Before I Fall
C: Cinder
D: Daughter of Smoke & Bone
E: The Edge of Never
F: Flat-Out Love
G: Grave Mercy
H: Hopeless
I: If I Stay (****) (21/03/15)
J: Just One Day
K: To Kill a Mockingbird
L: There is No Light in Darkness
M: More Than This
N: The Night We Said Yes
O: The Opportunist
P: The Perfect Game
Q: Red Queen
R: The Raven Boys
S: Shatter Me (****) (30/01/15)
T: Take Care, Sara
U: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
V: Vicious
W: Watch Over Me
X: Soldier X
Y: The Year We Fell Down
Z: Alice in Zombieland