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A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022
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🎶ABC, it’s easy as 1 2 3, as simple as Do Re Mi🎶
Happy reading and warmest wishes with your ABCs!
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORSYou'll find the most up-to-date participation rosters in the next post.
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A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORSHOPEFULS Read a book to move to the next roster!
Amanda (#106) - 0 / 10
Anu - 0 / 26
Bray - 0 / 26
Carrie - 0 / 26
cheesestick - 0 / 26
Christina - 0 / 15
CrazyAsACupcake - 0 / 26
Emily - 0 / 26
Frankie - 0 / 26
Helen - 0 / 6
Jennifer B (#209) - 0 / 26
Kathleen - 0 / 26
Khushbu - 0 / 20
Laura Jane - 0 / 26
Lazy - 0 / 26
Leslie - 0 / 26
Leticia - 0 / 26
Lindsey - 0 / 26
Lynsey - 0 / 26
Mary - 0 / 26
mussolet - 0 / 26
Olivia - 0 / 6
Raimondo - 0 / 20
Rina - 0 / 26
Saraf - 0 / 26
Sarah (#73) - 0 / 26
Snezana - 0 / 26
Subhayu - 0 / 26
Tresdivas - 0 / 26
ACTIVELY ALPHABETIZING
Allison - 1 / 26
Amy (#11) - 18 / 20
Amy (#96) - 22 / 26
Ashleigh - 19 / 20
Bev - 16 / 26
Beverly - 25 / 26
Brittany - 16 / 26
Chrissie - 22 / 26
Christene Paula - 20 / 25
Claire - 10 / 26
Clare - 12 / 26
Clbrend - 11 / 26
Craig - 19 / 26
Dana - 21 / 26
Deidre - 4 / 20
Greg - 18 / 26
Gwen S. - 7 / 26
Irphen - 15 / 26
Jaida - 14 / 26
Jenn (#251) - 47 / 78
Jennifer G (#190) - 14 / 26
Jim - 17 / 20
Jodie (JT) - 10 / 26
Julie - 9 / 26
Justicia - 5 / 52
Karianne - 9 / 26
Kiawi - 6 / 26
Kylie - 2 / 18
Lara - 1 / 20
Laureen - 23 / 26
Leandra - 5 / 26
Linda - 10 / 26
Lindey - 44 / 52
Lisa Marie - 5 / 26
Lucille - 5 / 26
Lynn - 7 / 26
Mario - 4 / 10
Marsha - 8 / 26
Mary Ellen - 6 / 12
Monica - 11 / 26
Nicole - 13 / 26
Pamela - 11 / 26
Patricia - 13 / 26
Patty - 19 / 26
Piper - 4 / 26
Rachael - 9 / 26
Regina (#16) - 3 / 26
ReGina (#82) - 23 / 26
Roop - 19 / 23
rxa ♥ - 4 / 26
Selena - 12 / 26
Sharon - 1 / 26
Sara (#363) - 15 / 26
Shari - 25 / 26
Shreya - 3 / 26
Sonal - 12 / 50
Sophia - 9 / 13
Stephanie - 17 / 26
Suzanne - 20 / 26
Tessa - 15 / 26
Tracey - 4 / 26
Toni - 18 / 26
Ushashi - 11 / 26
Wolf - 3 / 26
Zita - 17 / 26
VICTORIOUS ALPHABETIZERS
Allie - 52 / 52
Alyana - 26 / 26
Amanda (#71) - 20 / 20
Ariail - 26 / 26
Ashley - 26 / 26
Barb - 20 / 20
Bookspective - 20 / 20
Carmen - 52 / 52
Carri Carey - 26 / 26
Chalmation - 26 / 26
Echo - 26 / 26
Gail - 26 / 26
Gwen - 26 / 26
Heather - 26 / 26
Jean - 26 / 26
Karen - 26 / 26
Kendra - 26 / 26
Kristina - 26 / 26
Maria - 52 / 52
Marissa - 26 / 26
Megan BG - 18 / 18
Mie - 21 / 20
Mystique - 26 / 26
NuNu - 26 / 26
oshizu - 52 / 52
Raluca - 26 / 26
rika - 52 / 52
Sarah (#57) - 26 / 26
SarahKat - 26 / 26
Sheila - 26 / 26
Sunny - 21 / 21
TerryJane - 26 / 26
Veena - 26 / 26
Ziggy - 20 / 20
TOTALS - 1810 / 2704
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GROUP PROGRESS
Q1: 884/2,238 books read/pledged (39.5%); 1/84 challenges done/begun (1.2%)
Q2: 1,218/2,415 books read/pledged (50.4%); 5/88 challenges done/begun (5.7%)
Q3: 1,429/2,491 books read/pledged (57.37%); 13/90 challenges done/begun (14.4%)
Q4: 1,810/2,704 books read/pledged (66.94%); 34/99 challenges done/begun (34.34%)
Final update Jan. 8, 2023 through message #851.
Please sign me up for 26!✅ A: Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Read 4/18/22
✅ B: Brian Asman - Man, Fuck This House - Read 5/22/22
✅ C: Colleen Hoover - Layla - Read 2/23/22
✅ D: Dennis Lehane - Live by Night - Read 6/6/22
✅ E: Dave Eggers - The Circle - Read 2/25/22
✅ F: Lucy Foley - The Guest List - Read 1/6/22
✅ G: J.G. Ballard - Empire of the Sun - Read 2/4/22
✅ H: Rachel Howzell Hall - These Toxic Things - Read 5/27/22
✅ I: Greg Iles - The Quiet Game - Read 6/20/22
✅ J: Shirley Jackson - The Haunting of Hill House - Read 4/6/22
✅ K: Stephen King - The Green Mile - Read 5/24/22
✅ L: Ryan La Sala - Reverie - Read 1/26/22
✅ M: Seanan McGuire - Every Heart a Doorway - Read 6/3/22
✅ N: Trevor Noah - Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood - Read 2/11/22
✅ O: Joyce Carol Oates - Black Girl/White Girl - Read 7/13/22
✅ P: Sylvia Plath - The Bell Jar - Read 2/1/22
✅ Q: Carrot Quinn - The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West - Read 8/3/22
✅ R: Taylor Jenkins Reid - Daisy Jones & The Six - Read 1/5/22
✅ S: John Sandford - Certain Prey - Read 5/28/22
✅ T: T.J. Klune - Under the Whispering Door - Read 7/7/22
✅ U: John Updike - Rabbit, Run - Read 8/16/22
✅ V: Viktor E. Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning - Read 3/23/22
✅ W: Walter Tevis - The Queen's Gambit - Read 5/12/22
✅ X: Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet - Read 10/11/22
✅ Y: Yangsze Choo] - The Night Tiger - Read 4/4/22
✅ Z: Zlata Filipović - Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo - Read 8/22/22
I think, I can just about make 20, so I’ll have a go 🤗20/20 COMPLETE ✔️
+ bonus letter Ø
My plan
📗 A - Mightier Than the Sword - Archer
📗 B - Dead Beat - Butcher
📗 C - Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories - Christie
📗 D - A Breath of Snow and Ashes - Diana
📗 E - Isola - Engberg
📗 F - Forfeit - Francis
📗 G - Kasper Hjulmand - Fodbolddrømmer - Glinvad
📗 H - Hjemmehjælperen Ramona og andre englelige væsner og væsentlige engle - Hella
I -
📗 J - Dem der dræber drømme sover aldrig - Jan
📗 K - Imperiet - Krefeld
📗 L - The Rose Society - Lu
📗 M - Vintage Murder - Marsh
📗 N - The Stone Sky - N. K.
O -
📗 P - Innocent Graves - Peter
Q -
📗 R - The Shadow Sister - Riley
📗 S - Arvingen - Sandemo
📗 T - Lykkelige Irene - Thorkil
U -
📗 V - Uden skyld - Viveca
📗 W - Network Effect - Wells
📗 X - Death of a Red Heroine - Xiaolong
Y -
Z -
BONUS LETTER
📗 Ø - Evas sidste nat - Øbro
A-Z Challenge: AuthorsDuration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Progress: 26/26
A: Anderson, Laurie Halse - Fever 1793 (4/6)
B: Barry, Brunonia - The Fifth Petal (1/10)
C: Conrad, Lauren - Sweet Little Lies (2/28)
D: Donne, Alexa - The Stars We Steal (2/25)
E: Edwards, Mark - The Lucky Ones (5/3)
F: Flynn, Gillian - Dark Places (4/3)
G: Gong, Chloe - Our Violent Ends (1/19)
H: Hemingway, Ernest - A Farewell to Arms (1/11)
I: Ireland, Justina - Deathless Divide (11/18)
J: Jahren, Hope - Lab Girl (5/22)
K: Krakauer, Jon - Into the Wild (1/13)
L: Lee, Stacey - Luck of the Titanic (1/23)
M: Madeline, Miller - Circe (1/2)
N: Nezhukumatathil, Aimee - World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments (5/18)
O: Orwell, George - Animal Farm (1/16)
P: Picoult, Jodi - The Pact (2/13)
Q: Quinn, Kate - The Alice Network (12/3)
R: Riordan, Rick - The Battle of the Labyrinth (3/31)
S: Swanson, Peter - Eight Perfect Murders (2/3)
T: Thomas, Angie - Concrete Rose (2/27)
U: Unger, Lisa - Confessions on the 7:45 (4/18)
V: Verday, Jessica - The Hollow (1/6)
W: Wells, H.G. - The War of the Worlds (1/24)
X: Xarissa, Diana - The Chalmers Case (3/31)
Y: Young, Adrienne - Sky in the Deep (3/15)
Z: Zarr, Sara - Sweethearts (11/7)
I'm in for 26!26/26
A: Moonflower Murders by Anthony Horowitz
B: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
C: The Woods by Harlan Coben
D: The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo
E: Song of the Forever Rains by E.J. Mellow
F: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
G: If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
H: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
I: Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death, and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard
J: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell
K: Death of a Nightingale by Lene Kaaberbøl
L: The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell
M: The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty
N: The October Faction, Vol. 1 by Steve Niles
O: Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks
P: The Sanctuary Sparrow by Ellis Peters
Q: The Sunset Route: Freight Trains, Forgiveness, and Freedom on the Rails in the American West by Carrot Quinn
R: Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid
S: Lion Down by Stuart Gibbs
T: The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien narrated by Andy Serkis
U: A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
V: Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti by Genevieve Valentine
W: The Mysterious Howling by Maryrose Wood
X: Frontier by Can Xue
Y: The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yōko Ogawa
Z: A Night in the Lonesome October by Roger Zelazny
Hola!Count me in, please! 😉
PROGRESS: 52/52
👩💼♀️👩🏻💼🔎✒📚WOMEN OF MYSTERY📚✒🔍👩🏾💼♀️👩🏼💼
❎A: Lori G. Armstrong Shallow Grave
❎B: Penny Brooke A Page of Murder
❎C: Agatha Christie The Clocks
❎D: Jana Deleon Trouble in Mudbug
❎E: Janet Evanovich Lean Mean Thirteen
❎F: Tana French Faithful Place
❎G: Kerry Greenwood Flying Too High
❎H: Patricia Highsmith The Talented Mr. Ripley
❎I: Susan Isaacs Compromising Positions
❎J: J.A. Jance Desert Heat
❎K: Mary Kennedy Dead Air
❎L: Camilla Läckberg Los gritos del pasado
❎M: Ngaio Marsh Death of a Fool
❎N: Saskia Noort The Dinner Club
❎O: Diana Orgain Bundle of Trouble
❎P: Louise Penny Still Life
❎Q: Amanda Quick The Girl Who Knew Too Much
❎R: Deanna Raybourn A Curious Beginning
❎S: Nalini Singh A Madness of Sunshine
❎T: Josephine Tey The Daughter of Time
❎U: Dorothy Uhnak The Investigation
❎V: Fred Vargas The Chalk Circle Man
❎W: Patricia Wentworth The Catherine Wheel
❎X: E. X. Giroux A Death for Adonis
❎Y: Ovidia Yu Aunty Lee's Deadly Specials
❎Z: Anne Zouroudi The Messenger of Athens
👱♂️♂👨🏾🦱🔎✒📚MEN OF MYSTERY📚✒🔍👨🏾🦰♂👨🏿🦳
❎A: Jussi Adler-Olsen The Scarred Woman
❎B: Samuel Bjørk I'm Traveling Alone
❎C: John Connolly Perfil asesino
❎D: Robert Dugoni My Sister's Grave
❎E: Åke Edwardson Death Angels
❎F: C.S. Forester Plain Murder
❎G: Luiz Alfredo Garcia-Roza The Silence of the Rain
❎H: Parnell Hall Last Puzzle & Testament
❎I: Arnaldur Indriðason La mujer de verde
❎J: Ragnar Jónasson La sombra del miedo
❎K: Jack Ketchum The Girl Next Door
❎L: Manel Loureiro La ladrona de huesos
❎M: Henning Mankell The Man Who Smiled
❎N: Jo Nesbø The Bat
❎O: Richard Osman The Thursday Murder Club
❎P: Chris Pavone The Expats
❎Q: Kwei Quartey Death at the Voyager Hotel
❎R: William Ryan The Holy Thief
❎S: Søren Sveistrup El caso Hartung
❎T: Fernando Trujillo Sanz El secreto de Tedd y Todd
❎U: Ahmet Ümit La tumba negra
❎V: Domingo Villar La playa de los ahogados
❎W: Janwillem Van de Wetering Tumbleweed
❎X: Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine
❎Y: Süichi Yoshida Villain
❎Z: Carlos Ruiz Zafón El príncipe de la niebla
I would like to join for all 26. Looking forward to this!A-Z Challenge: Authors
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Progress: 25/26 - I'm finished.
📘 A: Adams, Sara Nisha The Reading List
📘 B: Boyne, John The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
📘 C: Coyle, Cleo Billionaire Blend
📘 D: Dahl, Roald Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
📘 E: Evanovich, Janet Game On: Tempting Twenty-Eight
📘 F: Fuller, Kathleen An Amish Love
📘 G: Gabriele, Lisa The Winters
📘 H: Hamilton, Hugo The Pages
📘 I: Ingelman-Sundberg, Catharina The Little Old Lady Who Broke All the Rules
📘 J: Jewell, Lisa The Girls in the Garden
📘 K: Kelly, Angela The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe
📘 L: Larsen, Nella Passing
📘 M: Moriarty, Liane The Husband's Secret
📘 N: Nichols, Phyllis Clark The Christmas Portrait
📘 O: Otsuka, Julie The Swimmers
📘 P: Picoult, Jodi Handle with Care
📘 Q: Quinn, Anna The Night Child
📘 R: Richardson, Kim Michele The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
📘 S: Steel, Danielle Flying Angels
📘 T: Thomas, Sarah Loudin The Finder of Forgotten Things
📘 U: Unger, Lisa Confessions on the 7:45
📘 V: VanPelt, Shelby Remarkably Bright Creatures
📘 W: Worth, Lenora Amish Christmas Hideaway
X:
📘 Y: Young, Wm Paul Eve
📘 Z: Zafon, Carlos Ruiz The Shadow of the Wind
Please count me in for this one! Going for 20 authors.18/20
A: Amy Harmon - 'The Bird and the Sword'
B: Robert Bryndza - 'Cold Blood'
C: Colleen Hoover - 'Reminders of Him'
D:
E: Mark Edwards - 'A Murder of Magpies'
F: Lucy Foley - 'The Hunting Party'
G: Geoff Camphire - 'Charlie Dead and the So-Called Zombie Apocalypse'
H: Jane Hennigan - 'Moths'
I:
J: Jodi Picoult - 'Wish You Were Here'
K: Scott Kershaw - 'The Game'
L: T.M. Logan - 'The Catch'
M: Claire McGowan - 'I Know You'
N: Nick Spalding - 'You Again?'
O: Bella Osborne - 'The Library
P: Lynn Painter - 'Better Than the Movies'
Q:
R: Rebecca Serle - 'One Italian Summer'
S: Erin Sterling - 'The Ex Hex'
T: Teresa Driscoll - 'Her Perfect Family'
U:
V:
W: Tia Williams - 'The Perfect Find'
X:
Y:
Z:
I'm signing myself up for 26 authors. I might be shuffling my books around later, depending on which I read first and which ones I might DNF. :)Edited on 13 Feb: I've decided to copy Allie and do a separate alphabet just for mystery authors.
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORS
Progress: 52/52
Round 1: Crime Fiction & True Crime (26/26)
✔️A: A. R. Torre: Every Last Secret
✔️B: John Berendt: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
✔️C: M.C. Beaton: The Vicious Vet
✔️D: Donna Leon: Death and Judgment
✔️E: Ellis Peters: The Raven in the Foregate
✔️F: Joanna Fluke: Strawberry Shortcake Murder
✔️G: Rosie Genova; Murder and Marinara
✔️H: Hilary Latimer: The Dyeds of March: A Knitting Game Mystery Book 2:
✔️I: Liz Ireland (Liz Freeland=pseudonym): Murder in Greenwich Village
✔️J: Jim Butcher: Proven Guilty
✔️K: Kate Atkinson: Case Histories
✔️L: Louise Penny: A Rule Against Murder
✔️M: Diane Mott Davidson: The Main Corpse
✔️N: Ngaio Marsh: The Nursing Home Murder
✔️O: Ovidia Yu: The Frangipani Tree Mystery
✔️P: Andrea Penrose: Andrea Penrose: Murder at Half Moon Gate
✔️Q: Spencer Quinn: Paw and Order
✔️R: Dolores Redondo: All This I Will Give to You
✔️S: Simone St. James: The Sun Down Motel
✔️T: Tess Gerritsen, Under the Knife
✔️U: Tommy Ueland: Viking Private Investigation: Season One
✔️V: Vaseem Khan: Midnight at Malabar House
✔️W: Sarah Waters: The Little Stranger
✔️X: Diana Xarissa: The Adams File
✔️Y: Pamela Samuel Young: Every Reasonable Doubt
✔️Z: Chad Zunker: An Equal Justice
Round 2. Any Book Genre (26/26)
✔️A: Alicia Keys: More Myself: A Journey
✔️B: Bae Su-ah: Nowhere to Be Found
✔️C: Alyssa Cole: When No One Is Watching
✔️D: David Brin: The Postman
✔️E: Akwaeke Emezi: Pet
✔️F: Fonda Lee: Jade War
✔️G: Stephen Greenblatt: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
✔️H: Robin Hobb: Dragon Keeper
✔️I: Irma Venter: Hard Rain
✔️J: Jordy Rosenburg: Confessions of the Fox
✔️K: Mary Robinette Kowal: The Calculating Stars
✔️L: Lulu Miller: Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
✔️M: Maja Lunde: The History of Bees
✔️N: Trevor Noah: Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
✔️O: Olga Tokarczuk: Flights
✔️P: Patrik Svensson: The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
✔️Q: Qiu Xiaolong: Inspector Chen and Me: A Collection of Inspector Chen Stories
✔️R: Patrick Radden Keefe: Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
✔️S: Robin Sloan: Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore
✔️T: Jun'ichiro Tanizaki: The Makioka Sisters
✔️U: Ursula LeGuin: The Lathe of Heaven
✔️V: Catherynne M. Valente: Space Opera
✔️W: Lauren Wilkinson: A Scandal in Brooklyn
✔️X: Can Xue: Frontier
✔️Y: Yuko Tsushima: Of Dogs and Walls
✔️Z: Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God
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My planning post
I'll try it for all 26! I'll add books as I read them.Progress: 17/26
A: My Evil Mother: A Short Story by Margaret Atwood
B: Feather and Flame by Livia Blackburne
C: The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
D:
E: The Dollhouse by Sara Ennis
F:
G: The Woman in the Library by Sulari Gentill
H: Star Mother by Charlie N. Holmberg
I:
J:
K: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
L: Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon
M: The Final Heir by Jon Monson
N: Stealing Infinity by Alyson Noel
O: Daughters of a Dead Empire by Carolyn Tara O'Neil
P: Vows of Gold and Laughter by Edith Pawlicki
Q: Signal Moon by Kate Quinn
R: Carve the Mark by Veronica Roth
S: The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski
T:
U:
V: Fairest of All: A Tale of the Wicked Queen by Serena Valentino
W: Roommaid by Sariah Wilson
X:
Y:
Z:
A big welcome to all you early-bird signups! 💖I'll be posting the starting HOPEFULS roster in another week.
Plan on!
P.S. What a fabulous idea, Carmen, to read all women mystery novelists! Hats off to you!
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORSDuration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
I'm going to give this a try...surely I can come up with 26 different names in all the books I read in a year. Since I have my list of all next years books, I'll fill in where I can and then fill in with what I need. I am aiming for the letters to all be for the last name of the author. 25/26
A. Avery Aames, The Long Quiche Goodbye
B. Mary Burton, The Shark
C. Blake Crouch, Recursion
D. Sandra Dallas, Westering Women
E. Akwaeke Emezi, Pet
F. Joseph Fink, The Halloween Moon
G. Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing
H. Rachel Harrison, Cackle
I. Antonio Iturbe, The Librarian of Auschwitz
J. Karla M. Jay, When We Were Brave
K. Dean Koontz, Quicksilver
L. Tosca Lee, The Line Between
M. Heather Morris, Cilka's Journey
N. Erica Ruth Neubauer, Murder at the Mena House
O. Emily Organ, Limelight
P. D.M. Pulley, The Buried Book
Q. Kirstin Valdez Quade, The Five Wounds
R. Suzanne Redfearn, No Ordinary Life
S. V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,
T. Stuart Turton, The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
U. Lisa Unger, All My Darkest Impulses, Love the Way You Lie, Fog Descending, Circling the Drain
V. Margaret Verble, Cherokee America
W. Alisa Hope Wagner, F'lorna of Rodesh
X. Zhang Xianliang
Y. Kanehito Yamada, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Vol. 1
Z. Carolyn Zane, Beyond the Storm
3/26
A-
B-
C-Ann Cleeves Telling Tales
✅D-Denise Mina Rizzio
✅E-Elizabeth Jane Howard Confusion
F-Virginia Feito Mrs. March
G-Rumer Godden
✅H-Janice Hallett The Appeal
I-Iris Murdoch Under the Net
J-
K-
L-
M-
N-Barbara Noble The House Opposite
O-Ruth Ozeki The Book of Form and Emptiness
P-Barbara Pym
Q-Kirsten Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas
R-Robin Hobb Assassin's Apprentice
S-Sarah Moss Bodies of Light
T-
U-Ursula Orange Company in the Evening
V-Virginia Woolf
W-Sarah Winman Still Life
X-Xochitl Gonzalez Olga Dies Dreaming
Y- Hanya Yanagihara To Paradise
Z-
A-
B-
C-Ann Cleeves Telling Tales
✅D-Denise Mina Rizzio
✅E-Elizabeth Jane Howard Confusion
F-Virginia Feito Mrs. March
G-Rumer Godden
✅H-Janice Hallett The Appeal
I-Iris Murdoch Under the Net
J-
K-
L-
M-
N-Barbara Noble The House Opposite
O-Ruth Ozeki The Book of Form and Emptiness
P-Barbara Pym
Q-Kirsten Valdez Quade Night at the Fiestas
R-Robin Hobb Assassin's Apprentice
S-Sarah Moss Bodies of Light
T-
U-Ursula Orange Company in the Evening
V-Virginia Woolf
W-Sarah Winman Still Life
X-Xochitl Gonzalez Olga Dies Dreaming
Y- Hanya Yanagihara To Paradise
Z-
🔠 A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORS - Yearly ChallengeDuration: January 1 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 26/26 -- COMPLETE
🔠 A - Audrey Blake - The Girl in His Shadow
🔠 B - Billie Letts - Where the Heart Is
🔠 C - Rachel Cohn - My Almost Flawless Tokyo Dream Life
🔠 D - Ellen DeGeneres - Seriously... I'm Kidding
🔠 E - Anne Enright - The Gathering
🔠 F - Alex Finlay - Every Last Fear
🔠 G - Lisa Genova - Remember: The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
🔠 H - Alice Hoffman - Faithful
🔠 I - Henrik Ibsen - An Enemy of the People
🔠 J - Judithe Little - The Chanel Sisters
🔠 K - Sophie Kinsella - Remember Me?
🔠 L - Bjørn Lomborg - False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
🔠 M - Helen Macdonald - H is for Hawk
🔠 N - Nnedi Okorafor - Binti
🔠 O - Orson Scott Card - Eye for Eye
🔠 P - C Pam Zhang - How Much of These Hills Is Gold
🔠 Q - Spencer Quinn - Dog on It
🔠 R - Ellen Raskin - The Westing Game
🔠 S - Sarah Graves - Death by Chocolate Cherry Cheesecake
🔠 T - Helene Tursten - An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good
🔠 U - Lisa Unger - Confessions on the 7:45
🔠 V - Nghi Vo - The Chosen and the Beautiful
🔠 W - Winston Groom - Forrest Gump
🔠 X - Xenophon - Stories from Xenophon: Excerpts
🔠 Y - Nicola Yoon - Instructions for Dancing
🔠 Z - Michelle Zauner - Crying in H Mart
Please add me in for all 26.26 / 26
* A: Annette Dashofy: Bridges Burned
* B: Banana Yoshimoto: Goodbye Tsugumi
* C: Lesley Cookman: Murder in Steeple Martin
* D: Diane Wilson: The Seed Keeper
* E: Esi Edugyan: Washington Black
* F: Helen Haught Fanick: Moon Signs
* G: Graham Norton: A Keeper
* H: Hazel Prior: How the Penguins Saved Veronica
* I: Kim Izzo: Seven Days in May
* J: James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time
* K: Hiromi Kawakami: The Nakano Thrift Shop
* L: Louise Erdrich: The Sentence
* M: Matt Haig: The Midnight Library
* N: Leslie Nagel: The Book Club Murders
* O: Richard Osman: The Man Who Died Twice
* P: Jodi Picoult: Wish You Were Here
* Q: Spencer Quinn: A Cat Was Involved
* R: Ellen Raskin: The Westing Game
* S: Kate Saunders: The Mystery of the Sorrowful Maiden
* T: Toshikazu Kawaguchi: Before the Coffee Gets Cold
* U: Nicola Upson: Nine Lessons, The Unquiet Dead
* V: Victoria Mas: The Mad Women's Ball
* W: Colson Whitehead: The Nickel Boys
* X: Diana Xarissa: Aunt Bessie Assumes
* Y: Nicola Yoon: Instructions for Dancing
* Z: Ausma Zehanat Khan: The Unquiet Dead
Hello!!! Count me in.A-Z Challenge: Author
📕📚📖A-Z Challenge: Author 2022📖📚📕
January 01 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 26/26
✔️A. Aleksandr Voinov Hostile Ground 1/25/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️B. Brooke Blaine Danger Zone 2/11/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️C. Crista Crown Family Ties 8/4/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️D. Daryl Banner When I See You Again 1/28/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️E. Eli Easton Five Dares 1/6/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️F. Felice Stevens Under the Boardwalk 6/12/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️G. Garrett Leigh Heartscape 10/18/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️H. Hailey Turner A Ferry of Bones & Gold 1/30/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️I. Indra Vaughn Vespertine 2/13/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️J. J.R. Loveless Forgiving Thayne 1/16/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️K. K.A. Merikan Wrong Way Home - Criminal Delights: Taken 1/18/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️L. Leta Blake Mr. Jingle Bells 1/2/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️M. Mary Rundle Blood Prophecy 4/13/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️N. Nicky James Confused Hearts 2/2/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️O. Onley James Unhinged 1/24/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️P. Parker St. John Risk Assessment 10/14/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️Q. Quinn Ward Santa's Little Helper 11/30/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️R. Rhys Ford Ramen Assassin 1/30/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️S. Susi Hawke Alpha's Solstice 10/19/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️T. Tal Bauer Never Stay Gone 1/26/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️U. Madeleine Urban Snowed In 12/19/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️V. Victoria Sue His First Noel 11/24/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️W. Witt, L.A. It Was Always You 1/19/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️X. X. Aratare Transformation 10/19/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️Y. Yamila Abraham Xenoskar 9/30/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
✔️Z. Z.A. Maxfield The Long Way Home 10/13/22 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Count me in! X is going to be a tough oneA-Z Challenge: Authors
Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Progress: 23/26
A: Angeline Boulley Firekeeper's Daughter
B: Brigid Kemmerer A Vow So Bold and Deadly
C: Kristin Cashore Winterkeep
D: Anthony Doerr All the Light We Cannot See
E: L.E. Modesitt Jr Outcasts of Order
F: Ryan Ferrrier The Once and Future King
G: Stephanie Garber Once Upon a Broken Heart
H: Anna Lee Huber A Stroke of Malice
I: Ilona Andrews Ruby Fever
J: Benedict Jacka Risen
K: Sarah Kuhn I Love You So Mochi
L: Leigh Bardugo The Lives of Saints
M: Michelle Moran The Heretic Queen
N: Lynette Noni The Prison Healer
O:
P: Nita Prose The Maid
Q: Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye
R: J.D. Robb Rapture in Death
S: Brandon Sanderson Shadows of Self
T: Sherry Thomas A Study in Scarlet Women
U:
V: Vanessa Len Only a Monster
W: Tao Wong The First Step
X: Xiran Jay Zhou Iron Widow
Y: Samantha Young Down London Road
Z:
Hello ..Count me in Aiming for 20 books for now
Challenge completed 20/20
A : Amor Towles : A Gentleman in Moscow
B: Holly Black : The Wicked King
C:
D: Douglas Stuart : Shuggie Bain
E: Emily Henry : Book Lovers
F:
G: George Takei : They Called Us Enemy
H: Haruki Murakami : The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
I: Indu Sundaresan : Shadow Princess
J: Jane Austen : Persuasion
K: Khaled Hosseini : A Thousand Splendid Suns
L: Leigh Bardugo : Shadow and Bone
M: Toni Morrison : Sula
N: Neil Gaiman : Preludes & Nocturnes
O: Orhan Pamuk : My Name Is Red
P:Rahul Pandita : Our Moon Has Blood Clots: The Exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits
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R: Taylor Jenkins Reid, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
S: Simone St. James : The Broken Girls
T: Walter Tevis : The Queen's Gambit
U:Thrity Umrigar : Honor
V: Jules Verne : Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
W: Jen Wang : The Prince and the Dressmaker
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Y:
Z:
Hi! I'm going to sign-up for 26 books:D
I'm in for 26.26/26
Challenge complete
A: Agatha Christie
--The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories
B: Bill Clinton
--The President's Daughter
C: Michael Crichton
--Odds On
D: Lawrence De Maria
--Splicer (Jake Scarne #9)
E: Emily St. John Mandel
--Sea of Tranquility
F: Jack Finney
--Invasion of the Body Snatchers
G: Griffin Hayes
--Malice
H: Mike Holgate
--Agatha Christie's True Crime Inspirations
I: Isaac Asimov
--The Gods Themselves
J: Jules Verne
--Five Weeks in a Balloon
K: Stephen King
--Christine
L: Dennis Lehane
--Shutter Island
M: J. Mitchell Kraft
--The Nexus (The Nexus #1)
N: Sylvia Nobel
--Benevolent Evil (Kendall O'Dell #6)
O: Emmuska Orczy
--The Elusive Pimpernel
P: Edgar Allan Poe
--The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Q: Patrick Quinlan
--The Falling Man
R: J.K. Rowling
--The Hogwarts Collection (Pottermore Presents #1-3)
S: Shirley Jackson
--The Haunting of Hill House
T: P.L. Travers
--Mary Poppins
U: John Urban
--A Single Deadly Truth
V: Ann Voss Peterson
--Pushed Too Far (Val Ryker #1)
W: Tennessee Williams
--A Streetcar Named Desire
X: Xavier de Maistre
--A Journey Round My Room
Y: Ronald E. Yates
--Music of the Winds
Z: Jamie Zerndt
--The Cloud Seeders
I'm in for all 26 :DTBR to be determined at a later date :)
A: Murder on the Orient Express (Agatha Christie)
B: Cinderella Is Dead (Kalynn Bayron)
C: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Becky Chambers)
D: Vox (Christina Dalcher)
E: The Lamplighters (Emma Stonex)
F:
G:
H: Ugly Love (Colleen Hoover)
I: Tomie (Junji Ito)
J: Shine (Jessica Jung)
K: The House in the Cerulean Sea (T.J. Klune)
L: The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You (Lily Anderson)
M: The Midnight Library (Matt Haig)
N:
O: Where the Crawdads Sing (Delia Owens)
P: The Dead Romantics (Ashley Poston)
Q:
R: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Taylor Jenkins Reid)
S: Ariadne (Jennifer Saint)
T: Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)
U:
V: The List (Siobhan Vivian)
W: In My Dreams I Hold a Knife (Ashley Winstead)
X:
Y: The People in the Trees (Hanya Yanagihara)
Z: How We Fall Apart (Katie Zhao)
20/26
oshizu wrote: "P.S. What a fabulous idea, Carmen, to read all women mystery novelists! Hats ..."I have the feeling that 2022 is going to be a great year! 🔮🕵️♀️📚
Count me in please. I'll do 52. (will try to do first and last names total 52)52/52
A:Aurora Rose Reynolds -Rushed (Adventures in Love #1) 1-5/Belle Aurora-Vik (Shot Callers #2)1-10
B:Boo Walker-The Singing Trees2-10/Cora Brent - Tristan (The Ruins of Emblem #1)2-3
C:Carolyn Brown- Hidden Secrets 1-17/Jeanine Cummins- American Dirt 5-24
D:David Sosnowski-Buzz Kill 3-21/Robert Dugoni-The Silent Sisters #3 2-23
E:Elizabeth Bard- Picnic in Provence: A Memoir with Recipes 2-28/Kendra Elliot- In The Pines #7 8-20
F:Melissa Foster-Crazy, Wicked Love (The Wickeds: Dark Knights at Bayside #3)4-12/Fiona Valpy-The Storyteller of Casablanca 4-16
G:Lisa Gray-Lonely Hearts #4 2-9/Glendy Vanderah- The Light Through the Leaves 4-8
H:Hazel Grace-Crazy for This Girl 2-18/Helen Hardt for Flames (Steel Brothers #20)1-24
I:Camilla Isley-Let's Be Just Friends #1 8-28/Isabella Maldonado-The Cipher(Nina Guerrera#1) 1-26
J:J.B. Turner/No Way Back( A Jack McNeal Thriller #1)1-19/Rosalind James - Guilty as Sin (Sinful,Montana#1) 7-6
K:Keith Houghton-Her Only Regret (Maggie Novak#4 )3-30/Dean Koontz -Quicksilver 2-15
L:Adriana Locke-Resolution (The Mason Family #5)1-20/Luanne G. Smith-The Vine Witch 1-18
M:Melanie Harlow/for Ignite(Cloverleigh Farms #6) 2-7/Ilsa Madden-Mills for Beauty and the Baller 3-29
N:/Naima Simone- Heated (Burned Inc #1) 8-4/Christine Nolfi-Sweet Lake#1 4-5
O:Oyinkan Braithwaite-Treasure (Hush collection#2) 5-2/Mike Omer-Damaged Intentions (Abby Mullen #2) 3-28
P:Pippa Grant-The One Who Loves You #1 7-20/Melissa Payne-The Night of Many Endings 2-25
Q:Meghan Quinn- The One Night 1-14/Q.B. Tyler-Love Unexpected 8-16
R:Ruth Cardello- He Said Together#3 2-24/Aurora Rose Reynolds-Risky-(Adventures in Love #2)5-30
S:Susan Walter-Good as Dead 1-14/Susan Stoker- Claiming Grace (Ace Security #1) 1-1
T:Tif-Marcelo-It Takes Heart (Heart Resort #1)5-18Liz Talley- Deconstructed 3-7
U:Ursula K. LeGuin-The Lathe of Heaven 8-24/Lisa Unger - Let Her Be 5-16
V:Vivian Barz-Hidden Bones #2, 2-2/Glendy Vanderah- The Light Through the Leaves 4-08
W: Weina Dai Randel-The Last Rose of Shanghai 4-21/Debra Webb - Can't Go Back (Devlin & Falco #3) 1-13
X:Xander Gray-Prison of Souls 10-11 /Tianna Xander-The Golden Dragon:Dragon Bound #1 11-6
Y:Y:Yolanda Olson-Love, Not War6-2 /Debbie Young-Dastardly Deeds at St. Brides (Gemma Lamb Cozy Mystery #1 ) 10-17
Z:Chad Zunker- An Equal Justice (David Adams #1)2-22/Zoe Blake- Sweet Cruelty (Ruthless Obsession #1) 10-9
I procrastinated for a few days, seeing if I could resist signing up for this one ... my resistance mode failed 😄 I'm reading enough books to cover all but a 6 of them; so I went and searched the shelves here at the library and found the ones I needed -- other than an X.Progress:21/21
📕Atkinson, Kate
📕Block, Lawrence
📕Cotterill, Colin
📕Deighton, Len
📕Farrell, Henry
📕Genova, Rosie
📕Harris, Charlene
📕Inman, Robert
📕James, Miranda
📕Kellerman, Jonathan
📕Larson, Erik
📕Matsuda, Aoko
📕Noble, Diane
📕Orwell, George
📕Penny, Louise
📕Ross, Ann B.
📕Shannon, Dell
📕Tremayne, Peter
📕Vonnegut, Kurt
📕Weir, Andy
📕Xue, Can
Sign me up for 26Progress 52/52 COMPLETED!
changed to 52 on 1.17.22
Progress 26/26 Completed
✔️A: Anthony Doerr Cloud Cuckoo Land
✔️B: Bill Nye Everything All at Once: How to Unleash Your Inner Nerd, Tap Into Radical Curiosity, and Solve Any Problem
✔️C: Connie Willis To Say Nothing of the Dog
✔️D: David Christian Origin Story: A Big History of Everything
✔️E: Emily St. John Mandel Sea of Tranquility
✔️F: Frank Herbert Dune
✔️G: Georgette Heyer The Grand Sophy
✔️H: Alice Hoffman Practical Magic
✔️I: Justina Ireland Dread Nation
✔️J: Jonathan Franzen Crossroads
✔️K: Patrick Radden Keefe Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
✔️L: Erik Larson Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
✔️M: Michelle Zauner Crying in H Mart
✔️N: Audrey Niffenegger The Time Traveler's Wife
✔️O: Maggie O'Farrell The Marriage Portrait
✔️P: Pat Barker The Silence of the Girls
✔️Q: Kate Quinn The Diamond Eye
✔️R: Rick Riordan The Battle of the Labyrinth
✔️S: Stanley Tucci Taste: My Life through Food
✔️T: Amor Towles The Lincoln Highway
✔️U: Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness
✔️V: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five
✔️W: Thomas Wolfe The Notebooks Of Thomas Wolfe
✔️X: Xiran Jay Zhao Iron Widow
✔️Y: Yuval Noah Harari 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
✔️Z: Richard Zacks The Pirate Coast: Thomas Jefferson, the First Marines, and the Secret Mission of 1805
To make this more interesting i am going to run two lists the second will be only mystery/thriller books
Mysteries
Progress 26/26 Completed!
✔️A: Agatha Christie Death in the Clouds
✔️B: James Lee Burke A Private Cathedral
✔️C: Colson Whitehead Harlem Shuffle
✔️D: Donna Leon Give Unto Others
✔️E: Elizabeth George Something to Hide
✔️F: Alice Feeney Rock Paper Scissors
✔️G: John Grisham The Whistler
✔️H: Anthony Horowitz The House of Silk
✔️I: Isabel Cañas The Hacienda
✔️J: James McBride Deacon King Kong
✔️K: Brian Klingborg Thief of Souls
✔️L: Lucy Foley The Paris Apartment
✔️M: Michael Dibdin Ratking
✔️N: N.L. Holmes. Bird in a Snare
✔️O: Richard Osman The Bullet That Missed
✔️P: Patricia Cornwell Cruel & Unusual
✔️Q: Qiu Xiaolong Hold Your Breath, China
✔️R: Richard Osman The Man Who Died Twice
✔️S: Alexander McCall Smith The Sunday Philosophy Club
✔️T: Tana French In the Woods
✔️U: Lisa Unger Fragile
✔️V: Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) Gallowglass
✔️W: Patricia Wentworth Lonesome Road
✔️X: Qiu Xiaolong Death of a Red Heroine
✔️Y: Ovidia Yu The Betel Nut Tree Mystery
✔️Z: Anne Zouroudi The Messenger of Athens
A-Z Challenge: Authors - 2022
Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Progress: 26/26
✅A: Toni Anderson of A Cold Dark Place - 02/25
✅B: Becky Albertalli of Here's to Us - 01/09
✅C: Carol Potenza of Hearts of the Missing - 01/06
✅D: Robert Dugoni of The Academy - 01/01
✅E: David Ellis of The Black Book - 03/08
✅F: Gillian Flynn of Dark Places - 02/07
✅G: Graeme Simsion of The Rosie Project - 01/01
✅H: Elin Hilderbrand of 28 Summers - 01/17
✅I: Kōtarō Isaka of Bullet Train - 08/23
✅J: J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - 01/20
✅K: Mary Kubica of The Good Girl - 02/09
✅L: Lisa Gardner of The Other Daughter - 01/07
✅M: Meredith Russo of If I Was Your Girl - 01/11
✅N: N.L. Hinkens of The Class Reunion - 01/01
✅O: Mike Omer of A Killer's Mind - 04/02
✅P: Paula Hawkins of A Slow Fire Burning - 03/01
✅Q: Matthew Quick of Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock - 03/23
✅R: Robert Dugoni of Third Watch - 01/02
✅S: Samantha Downing of Sleeping Dogs Lie - 01/03
✅T: Angie Thomas of Concrete Rose - 01/19
✅U: Lisa Unger of Die for You - 07/23
✅V: Vincent Bugliosi of Helter Skelter - 01/03
✅W: Ruth Ware of The Woman in Cabin 10 - 01/04
✅X: Xóchitl González of Olga Dies Dreaming - 09/01
✅Y: Nicola Yoon of Everything, Everything - 04/06
✅Z: Gabrielle Zevin of Elsewhere - 09/30
📚 COMPLETED 📚
I'll be trying to read 26 books!A to Z Authors
A - Joe Abercrombie The Blade Itself
B - R.J. Barker Age of Assassins
C- Cora Carmack Roar
D - J.S. Dewes The Last Watch
E- Nicholas Eames Kings of the Wyld
F- Raymond E. Feist Daughter of the Empire
G- Max Gladstone Three Parts Dead
H -Nathaniel Hawthorne Rappaccini's Daughter
I - Emmi Itäranta The City of Woven Streets
J - N.K. Jemisin The Fifth Season
K - Amie Kaufman Obsidio
L - D.H. Lawrence The Plumed Serpent
M - Michael Mammay Planetside
N -Annalee Newitz Autonomous
O - Nnedi Okorafor The Night Masquerade
P -Elizabeth Marie Pope The Perilous Gard
Q - Eça de Queirós O Mandarim
R - William Ritter Jackaby
S - R.A. Salvatore Homeland
T - Adrian Tchaikovsky Guns of the Dawn
U - ?
V - Erico Verissimo Incidente em Antares
X-?
W-Jo Walton The Just City
Y - Suzanne Young The Program
Z - Roger Zelazny A Night in the Lonesome October
Not sure how I'll go considering I'm planning to finish some series in 2022 but sign me up for 20!---
Tracking
19/20 COMPLETE
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✅A - In My Dreams I Hold a Knife - Ashley Winstead
✅B - The Actual Star - Monica Byrne
✅C - Paper and Fire - Rachel Cain
✅D - Outlander - Diana Gabaldon
✅E - The Once and Future Witches - Alix E. Harrow
✅F - Rock Paper Scissors - Alice Feeney
✅G - Children of Earth and Sky - Guy Gavriel Kay
✅H - While the Baby Sleeps - Stephanie Hazeltine
✅I - Bullet Train - Kotaro Isaka
✅J - In Another Time - Jillian Cantor
✅K - Empress - Karen Miller
✅L - A Diamond In My Pocket - Lorena Angell
✅M - Fearless Magic - Megan Crewe
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✅P - I Am Number Four - Pittacus Lore
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✅R - The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid
✅S - An Ember in the Ashes - Sabaa Tahir
✅T - The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune
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✅V - Vicious - V. E. Schwab
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✅Z - The Order of the Pure Moon Reflected in Water - Zen Cho
Completed 26/26A - Epitaf pentru un spion by Eric Ambler
B - Îngeri şi demoni by Dan Brown
C - The Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr
D - Școlărița by Osamu Dazai
E - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee
F - Nuanțe de cenușiu by Jasper Fforde
G - Violoncelistul din Sarajevo by Steven Galloway
H - Pădurea norvegiană by Haruki Murakami
I - O sută de ani de zile la Porțile Orientului by Ioan Groșan
J - Astronautul din Boemia by Jaroslav Kalfar
K - The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
L - Ghepardul by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
M - Mărturisirile escrocului Felix Krull by Thomas Mann
N - Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
O - Heartstopper: Volume One by Alice Oseman
P - Heat and Dust by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Q - Breakthrough!: How the 10 Greatest Discoveries in Medicine Saved Millions and Changed Our View of the World by Jon Queijo
R - Hollow City by Ransom Riggs
S - East of Eden by John Steinbeck
T - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
U - Vrăjitoarele din Eastwick by John Updike
V - The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
W - To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis
X - The True Story of Ah Q by Lu Xun
Y - Pușca de vânătoare by Yasushi Inoue
Z - Aşteptarea by Rui Zink
A-Z Challenge: AuthorsJanuary 1-December 31, 2022
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A-Z Challenge: Authors Hi, Sign me up for all 26!
Progress: 11/26
✅ A: Ann Patchett - The Dutch House
✅ B: Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay - অশনি-সংকেত
✅ C: Chloe Timms - The Seawomen
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✅ E: Elif Shafak - 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
✅ F: Lucy Foley - The Hunting Party
✅ G: William Golding - Lord of the Flies
✅ H: Han Kang - The Vegetarian
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✅ K: Sachin Kundalkar - Cobalt Blue
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✅ M: Martha Wells - All Systems Red
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✅ O: George Orwells - Animal Farm
✅ P: Pat Barker - The Silence of the Girls
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A - Alice Oseman - Heartstopper: Volume Two ✓
B - Brigid Kemmerer - Ein Fluch so ewig und kalt ✓
C - Cassandra Clare - Clockwork Princess ✓
D - Tatiana de Rosnay - Fünf Tage in Paris ✓
E - Mariana Enriquez - Unser Teil der Nacht ✓
F - Donatien Alphonse François de Sade - Gesammelte Werke: Die 120 Tage von Sodom - Justine - Juliette - Die Philosophie im Boudoir ✓
G - Gerry Stratmann (part of Kuschelgang) - Farben der Liebe ✓
H - Carolyn Haines - Das Mädchen im Fluss ✓
I - Ichinose Yuma - No God in Eden 01 ✓
J - John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - The Return of the King ✓
K - Kay Monroe - Vor die Füße gefallen ✓
L - Lesley-Ann Jones - Freddie Mercury: Die Biografie ✓
M - Thomas Mann - Der Tod in Venedig ✓
N - Miika Nousiainen - Quality Time ✓
O - Oscar Wilde - The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poems ✓
P - Mario Puzo - Der Pate ✓
Q - Pascale Quiviger - Eckstein: Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs ✓
R - Chris P. Rolls - Dirty Devil ✓
S - Sebastian Fitzek - Der Insasse ✓
T - J.R.R. Tolkien - The Two Towers ✓
U - Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz - Der Reisende ✓
V - Ocean Vuong - Auf Erden sind wir kurz grandios ✓
W - Thomas Wright - Oscar's Books: A Journey Around the Library of Oscar Wilde ✓
X - Xenophon - Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates ✓
Y - Hanya Yanagihara - A Little Life ✓
Z - Zariya Ranmaru - Coyote 4 ✓
I'll go for 26!Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
Progress: 0/26
A: A.B. Whelan If I Had Two Lives ⭐⭐⭐⭐
B: Bette Lee Crosby A Million Little Lies⭐️⭐️⭐️
C: Cherie Dimaline Hunting by Stars⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
D:Delia Owens Where the Crawdads Sing
E: Erin Morgenstern The Night Circus
F:Freya MarskeA Marvellous Light
G: George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo
H: Heidi Heilig The Girl from Everywhere
I:Isabel GreenbergThe Encyclopedia of Early Earth
J: Jodi Daynard A Transcontinental Affair
K: Kerry Anne King Everything You Are
L:Liu CixinThe Three-Body Problem
M: Margot Lee Shetterly Hidden Figures
N: Nevil Shute On the Beach
O: Octavia E. ButlerKindred
P: Paola Mendoza Sanctuary
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S: Suzanne Redfearn In an Instant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
T: Tamsyn Muir Gideon the Ninth
U: Ursula K. Le GuinRocannon's World
V: Victoria Schwab Gallant
W: William Kamkwamba The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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Z: Zeyn JoukhadarMap of Salt and Stars
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORSDuration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
Sign me up for 26!
Progress: 26/26 as of December 21, 2022
√ A - Agatha Christie - A Deadly Affair : Unexpected Love Stories from the Queen of Mystery
√ B - Pauline Baer de Perignon - The Vanished Collection
√ C - M. M. Crane - Bold Fortune (The Fortunes of Lost Lake, #1)
√ D - Carrie Doyle - It Takes Two to Mango (Trouble in Paradise, #1)
√ E - Eva Jurczyk - The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections
√ F - Lucy Foley - The Paris Apartment
√ G - Gu Byeong-mo - The Old Woman with the Knife
√ H - Farah Heron - Kamila Knows Best
√ I - Peter Interland - DYING TO GET IN
√ J - G.R. Jordan - The Bothy (Highlands & Islands Detective, #2)
√ K - Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1)
√ L - Linn Chapel - The Foe in the Forest (Stonehaven Mysteries, #3)
√ M - Dervla McTiernan - The Ruin (Cormac Reilly, #1)
√ N - R.J. Norgard - TROPHY KILL (A Sidney Reed Mystery, #1)
√ O - Andrew Orange - The Interchange
√ P - James Patterson - Steal
√ Q - Isabel Quintero - My Papi Has a Motorcycle
√ R - Rhys Bowen - Her Royal Spyness (Her Royal Spyness, #1)
√ S - Scott Mari - The Gods We Dreamt of as Children (Calliope, #4)
√ T - Toshikazu Kawaguchi - Tales from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #2
√ U - Tommy Ueland - Viking Private Investigation: Season One (Viking P.I., #1)
√ V - Victoria Thompson - Murder on Astor Place (Gaslight Mystery, #1)
√ W - Shelton L. Williams - Washed in the Blood
√ X -Carlos X - BEK - Black Eyed Kids
√ Y - Anne Ylvisaker - Iamasaurus
√ Z - Zoulfa Katouh - As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow
A-Z CHALLENGE: AUTHORSDuration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
I will try for all 26. I will add books as I go. Thank you!
I'm in for 26COMPLETED - 26/26
A: Aimee Molloy Goodnight Beautiful
B: Blaine Harden Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West
C: Clare Mackintosh Hostage
D: David Putnam The Innocents
E: Erin Johnson Spells & Caramels Box Set Books #1-3
F: Helen Haught Fanick Moon Signs
G: Heather Gudenkauf The Overnight Guest
H: Rachel Hawkins Reckless Girls
I: Ivy Smoak The Truth in My Lies
J: Jean Chen Ho Fiona and Jane
K: Ken Follett A Column of Fire
L: Lisa Jewell Then She Was Gone
M: Casey McQuiston Red, White & Royal Blue
N: Nella Larsen Quicksand
O: Diana Orgain Bundle of Trouble
P: David Putnam The Reckless
Q: Matthew Quirk Red Warning
R: Rachel Abbott Only the Innocent
S: Shel Silverstein A Light in the Attic
T: Tariq Ashkanani Welcome to Cooper
U: Andrew Updegrove The Alexandria Project
V: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five
W: Wanda M. Morris All Her Little Secrets
X: Malcolm X The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Y: Debbie YoungBest Murder in Show
Z: Chad Zunker Family Money
I´m in for 26 :).17/26
A: Ellery Adams - Peach Pies and Alibis 12/15/22
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C: Julie Caplin - Kavárna v Kodani 7/29/22
D: Anthony Doerr - Město v oblacích 6/3/22
E: Lauren Elliott - Murder by the Book 5/23/22
F: Jiří Fišar - Americké prázdniny 3/3/22
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H: Marc Hamer - Od semínka v prach 3/2/22
I: Ivana Jindřichová - Cat & Cook Rychlá 1/6/22
J: Josef Maršálek - Sexy dorty 6/6/22
K: Kateřina Kuranova - Naše: Kuchařka, která spojuje 1/7/22
L: H. P. Lovecraft - Měsíční močál 1/23/22
M: Michael Christie - Greenwoodové - Sága a rodině spjaté s letokruhy v kmeni posledního umírajícího stromu 1/2/22
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O: Janette Oke - Volání srdce 9/14/22
P: Douglas Preston - Tajemství škorpiona 8/20/22
Q: Julia Quinn - Skandál na spadnutí 5/26/22
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W: J. R. Ward - Území vlků 7/14/22
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I'm in for 26!10/26
A-Ashley FlowersAll Good People Here
B- Betsy LernerFood and Loathing: A Lament
C- Celeste Ng Little Fires Everywhere
D-Sean Dietrich Stars of Alabama
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Duration: January 1-December 31, 2022
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I'm in!! I love this challenge, I will definitely do more than 6, but I doubt I'll get to the 26. Luckily, I am used to not meeting the challenge goals lol but it is nice to dream. I'm going to try for it all!A-Z Challenge: Authors
January 1 - December 31, 2022
Goal: 19/26
A. Ashford, Edward - Mickey 7
B. Brackston, Paula - City of Time and Magic
C. Cruz, Melissa de la - Blue Bloods: After Life
D. Tracy Deonn - Legendborn
E. Erin Jade Lange - Mere Mortals
F. Flanders, Sue - Nordic Knits: 42 Beautiful Patterns to Knit and Keep You Cozy
G. Greer Hendricks - The Golden Couple
H. Hanan, Sally - My Heart Went Walking
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K. Kenyon, Sherrilyn - Phantom Lover
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N. Nicholas Sparks - Dreamland
O. Kelly Ohlert - To Get to the Other Side
P. Prusa, Carolyn - None of This Would Have Happened If Prince Were Alive: A Novel
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S. Seanan McGuire - Seasonal Fears
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W. Wasserman, Robin, Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson - Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy #1-10
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Sign me up for the whole alphabet! I'm not going to plan ahead, but I am going to try to fulfill as many prompts as possible with books I already own. Link to my member corner comment tracking my progress is here.
2025 Reading Challenge
Books mentioned in this topic
Sokratische Gespräche aus Xenofons denkwürdigen Nachrichten von Sokrates (other topics)No God in Eden 01 (other topics)
Die Kunst des Schiffbruchs (other topics)
Kiss Number 8 (other topics)
Drums of Autumn (other topics)
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Eve Epstein (other topics)Betty White (other topics)
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Colleen A.F. Venable (other topics)
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Duration: January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
This year’s A-Z challenge involves the names of authors. Read books by authors whose names fit a letter of the alphabet. You may count the first letter of an author’s given name, middle name, or family name, whether it be their nom de plume or birth name. Each book, however, may only be counted once within this challenge.
A few examples:
W: William Shakespeare or Virginia Woolf
X: Can Xue or Qiu Xiaolong
Y: Yaa Gyasi or Banana Yoshimoto
Z: Zora Neale Hurston or Zadie Smith