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message 1: by Alannah (last edited Aug 06, 2025 01:03AM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
I came across this while archiving old posts and really wanted to do it again.

The aim of the challenge is very simple, it's just picking letters from my name and finding books that match that first letter, for example, the first letter of my name:: A = Affinity by Sarah Waters

Overall Total:
10/18


message 2: by Alannah (last edited Aug 19, 2025 02:28PM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
First Name
6/7

A - Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman by Lucy Worsley (finished 2nd January)
L Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner (finished 18th August)
A Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (finished 4th August)
N Normal Women: Nine Hundred Years of Making History―Unveiling the Untold Stories of Women Who Shaped England from 1066 to Modern Times by Philippa Gregory (finished 27th April)
N Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari (finished 1st March)
A A Dance of Lies by Brittney Arena
H House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas (finished 15th January)


message 3: by Alannah (last edited Jul 06, 2025 02:08AM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Middle Name
4/5

J = James by Percival Everett (finished 4th July)
A =
I = Intimacy: A field guide to finding connection and feeling your deep desires – with foreword from Gillian Anderson by Ita O'Brien (finished 30th May)
D = Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (finished 27th April)
E = Excellent Women by Barbara Pym (finished 14th February)


message 4: by Alannah (last edited Feb 12, 2025 03:05AM) (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Last Name
1/6

C =
L
A =
R = Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson (finished 20th January)
K =
E =


message 5: by Jade (new)

Jade | 717 comments Good luck Alannah


message 6: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Thank you.


message 7: by Kat (new)

Kat (kat_falkenroth) | 584 comments That's a great idea!


message 8: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Kicking off this challenge with adding Agatha Christie: A Very Elusive Woman to the very first A in my name.


message 9: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Finished my first book.


message 10: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Adding House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas to the H in my first name.


message 11: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Finished House of Sky and Breath.


message 12: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
I have added my third book - Recovering from Emotionally Immature Parents: Practical Tools to Establish Boundaries & Reclaim Your Emotional Autonomy by Lindsay C. Gibson to the R in my surname.


message 13: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Added Excellent Women by Barbara Pym to the E in my middle name.


message 14: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
4 books completed so far.


message 15: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Now that I have finished university for the summer, I hope to get stuck into this challenge.


message 16: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
I'm starting with adding Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor to the D in my middle name.


message 17: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
5 books completed so far.


message 19: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
7 books completed so far.


message 20: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
8 books completed so far.


message 21: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
I am now halfway through completing this challenge with 9 out of 18 books.


message 22: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Letters left

L = 2
A = 4
C = 1
K = 1
E = 1


message 23: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Adding Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid to the second A in my first name.


message 24: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
I have finished Atmosphere which brings me to 10 and added Lolly Willowes to the L in my first name.


message 25: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Finished Lolly Willowes, meaning I have one more letter and my first name is finished.


message 26: by Alannah (new)

Alannah Clarke (alannahclarke) | 14702 comments Mod
Added A Dance of Lies by Brittney Arena to the third A in my first name. Once I finish this book, that's one name done.


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