The Reading Challenge Group discussion

A member favorite! 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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🌸 Alphabet Soup Challenge 2023 🌸

Total: 11/26

🌸A- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenze - Read: 02/01/23
🌸B- Beach Read by Emily Henry - Read: 16/01/23
🌸C- Crownbreaker by Sebastien de Castell - Read: 03/01/23
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🌸E- Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett - Read: 04/03/23
🌸F- Fire Touched by Patricia Briggs - Read: 12/01/23
🌸G- Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert - Read: 09/03/23
🌸H- Half a Soul by Olivia Atwater - Read: 09/01/23
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🌸M- Malice by John Gwynne - Read: 05/03/23
🌸N-Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo - Read: 15/01/23
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🌸T-Thereby Hangs a Tail by Spencer Quinn - Read: 06/01/23
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🌸W- Wanderlust by Ann Aguirre - Read: 06/01/23
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B- Between Scandal & Desire, by Alyssa Clarke, 01-02-2023
C- Chef Sugarlips, by Tawna Fenske, 01-12-2023
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E- Five Winters, by Kitty Johnson, 01-08-2023
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I'm in for this one again!

As of 11/29/23 - 26 complete DONE!

✔️A-Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience 4/22/2023
✔️B-Being Texan: Essays, Recipes, and Advice for the Lone Star Way of Life 1/22/2023
✔️C-Cloud Cuckoo Land 1/17/2023
✔️D-Daisy Darker 2/20/2023
✔️E-El Deafo 4/22/2023
✔️F-French Braid 1/3/2023
✔️G-Glory Over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House 8/7/2023
✔️H-Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened 3/20/2023
✔️I- The Intangible 3/4/2023
✔️J- Jane Eyre 10/12/2023
✔️K-Killers of a Certain Age 1/26/2023
✔️L-Lucy by the Sea 5/14/2023
✔️M-Measure What Matters 1/24/2023
✔️N-Northanger Abbey 6/30/2023
✔️O-On the Road 5/24/2023
✔️P-Pilgrim at Tinker Creek 2/19/2023
✔️Q-The Quiet American 7/7/2023
✔️R-The Round House 3/11/2023
✔️S-The Song of Achilles 2/13/2023
✔️T-Taft 5/26/2023
✔️U-The Uncommon Reader 2/8/2023
✔️V-The Velveteen Rabbit 2/28/2023
✔️W-We Are the Brennans 5/7/2023
✔️X-The Poet X 3/27/2023
✔️Y-You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington 11/17/2023
✔️Z-Zconomy: How Gen Z Will Change the Future of Business—and What to Do About It 11/22/2023

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⭕︎ C - Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke
⭕︎ D - Dead Serious Case #1: Miz Dusty Le Frey by Vawn Cassidy
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✓ F - From Garden To Grave by Rickie Blair 5/5 3★ review
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⭕︎ H - Hag's Nook by John Dickson Carr
⭕︎ I - Iced Chiffon by Duffy Brown
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✓ L - Lightning Born by Sam Burns 2/5 2★ review
⭕︎ M - The Moonshine Shack Murder by Diane Kelly
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⭕︎ P - The Pickled Piper by Mary Ellen Hughes
✓ Q - The Question of the Missing Head by E.J. Copperman 28/3 2★ review
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✓ S - Shoe Done It by Grace Carroll 1/5 2★ review
⭕︎ T - Thyme of Death by Susan Wittig Albert
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⭕︎ W - Witch Way to Murder by Shirley Damsgaard
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