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A-Z Challenge (Jan-Dec)
Gotta love me some (or many) challenges <3A-Z Challenge (Jan-Dec)
10/26 completed
A - Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
C - Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
F - The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
G - Gone Girl by Gillan Flynn
H - Hounded by Kevin Hearne
J - Just One Day by Gayle Foreman
K - Knife by R.J. Anderson
O - One Night That Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt
Q - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain
R - Reboot by Amy Tintera
T - This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
U - Ultraviolet by R.J. Anderson
W - Warm Bodies by Issac Marion
X - X in Flight by Karen Rivers
Y - You Against Me by Jenny Downham
Z - Zombies vs. Unicorns (Anthology)
I'm in, but I'm not trying to do them in order. 23/26 complete updated 6/19/13
✔ A All In COMPLETED 1/4***3.5 stars
✔ B Beautiful Bastard 3/11***3.5 stars
✔ C Consequences COMPLETED 2/23**2.5 stars
✔ D Dance Upon The Air COMPLETED 1/10***3 stars
✔ E Explosive 3/20****4 stars
✔ F Fire After Dark COMPLETED 2/22 Fire After Dark ***2.5-3.0 stars
✔ G Grounded 4/4/13 ***3 stars
✔ H Honor Student COMPLETED 1/8**2 stars
✔ I In Flight COMPLETED 1/6****4 stars
✔ J Just This Once COMPLETED 2/20***3.5 stars
✔ K The Coincidence of Callie and Kayden****4 stars 3/15
✔ L Letting Go3/17 ***3 stars
✔ M Mile High***3 stars 3/13
✔ N Noah COMPLETED 2/10 ***3.5 stars
✔ O Opal COMPLETED 4/26***3 stars
✔ P SEDUCED BY THE PARK AVENUE BILLIONAIRE Boxed Set 3/3***2.5-3 stars
Q Q: A Novel
✔ R Take This Regret 3/5/13****4.5
✔ S Secrets After Dark 3/2***3.5 stars
✔ T Tidal COMPLETED 1/12****4 stars
✔ U Undeniable 6/10 ****3.5 stars
✔ V The Vincent Boys 3/25***3.5 stars
✔ W Wallbanger COMPLETED 1/2****4 stars
X The Story of X
✔ Y If I Were You 5/24 *****4.5 stars
Z Zane's Way
I'm in! So many fun challenges :D14/26 completed
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B Blood, Sweat & Tea: Real-Life Adventures in an Inner-City Ambulance 4/5
C Changeless finished 1/26
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E Etiquette & Espionage 3/24
F The Face Of Deception finished 2/26
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H The Host finished 1/7
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J Juliet Immortal 4/5
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L The Lion, the Lamb, the Hunted: A Psychological Thriller finished 1/11
M The Moon Dwellers finished 1/17
N Nobody's Princess finished 3/11
O Obsidian finished 4/18
P The Pox Party finished 2/15
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R Rot & Ruin 2/19
S Sugarbabefinished 2/16
T A Tale of Two Cities 3/7
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Count Me in too! And yeah I'll be reading in A-Z order! Wish me luck!26/26 Completed
A - Almost
B - Boy Heaven
C - Caribbean Cruising
D - Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
E - Entangled
F - Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters
G - Getting Lost with Boys
H - Her Forbidden Hero
I - In Honor
J - Jessica Rules the Dark Side
K - Kissing Shakespeare
L - Lucid
M - My So Called Death
N - Numbers
O - Opal
P - Possessions
Q - Quicksilver
R - Ransom My Heart
S - Songs of the Wind
T - The Almost Truth
U - Under the Same Sky
V - Vicious Little Darlings
W - Witch Weigh
X - Xombies
Y - You Are Mine
Z - Zombie Queen of Newbury High
A-Z Title ChallengeStart: 1/1/2013 Finish: 12/31/2013
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Can any of these books be books we have already read? Or would that be CHEATING ?
A-Z CHALLENGEA-
read 1/30B-
read 2/25C-
read 2/18D-
read 1/16E-
read 1/1F-
read 1/4G-
read 2/14H-
read 1/5I-
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read 1/19N-
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read 1/25P-
read 1/11Q-
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read 3/7S-
read 1/12T-
read 3/23U-
read 3/25V-
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read 3/10X-
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read 9/1Z-
read 5/5
Clare wrote: "Can any of these books be books we have already read? Or would that be CHEATING ?"
You can already have read them, as long as you read them again in 2013!
You can already have read them, as long as you read them again in 2013!
Sheri wrote: "Clare wrote: "Can any of these books be books we have already read? Or would that be CHEATING ?"You can already have read them, as long as you read them again in 2013!"
Can they be used in other challenges as well?!
I'll try!A - Z Challenge
January 2013 - December 2013
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Brandy wrote: "Can they be used in other challenges as well?!"
Yep, you can use them for other challenges, just as long as you read them in 2013 :)
Yep, you can use them for other challenges, just as long as you read them in 2013 :)
I think i will try this challenge. Will post books as they come to Me. :)0/26
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I think I will have a go at this too!COMPLETED 07/11/2013
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Sheri wrote: "Brandy wrote: "Can they be used in other challenges as well?!"Yep, you can use them for other challenges, just as long as you read them in 2013 :)"
Sheri - for the 'rare' letters can we do as I have done in my list above and knock 'the' off of them or must the title definitely beging with those letters? Just wanted to check before I invalidate my list when I begin!
Nope, you can use any word in the title...
example- "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" can be used for D, O, S, A, or B
example- "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" can be used for D, O, S, A, or B
Sheri wrote: "Nope, you can use any word in the title...example- "Daughter of Smoke and Bone" can be used for D, O, S, A, or B"
Ohhh. Excellent!
January to December 2013A-Z Challenge!
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January to December 2013
A-Z Challenge!
10/26
• A - Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels √
• B - Doctor Who: Business Unusual
• C – Doctor Who: The Nameless City (50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #2) √
• D - Doctor Who: Devil in the Smoke √
• E - Doctor Who: Doctor Who Encyclopedia √
• F - Doctor Who: The Forgotten (The Forgotten, #1-6) √
• G - Doctor Who: The Silurian Gift √
• H - Doctor Who: A Big Hand For The Doctor (50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #1) √
• I - Doctor Who: Illegal Alien
• K - Doctor Who: The King of Terror
• L - Doctor Who: Last Man Running
• M - Doctor Who: The Murder Game √
• N - Doctor Who: The Devil Goblins from Neptune √
• O - Doctor Who: The Wages of Sin
• P - Doctor Who: Players
• Q - Doctor Who: The Quantum Archangel
• R - Doctor Who: The Roots of Evil (50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #4) √
• S - Doctor Who: The Spear of Destiny (50th Anniversary E-Shorts, #3) √
• T - Doctor Who: Tomb of Valdemar
• U - Doctor Who: The Ultimate Treasure
• V - Doctor Who: Verdigris
• W - Doctor Who: The Witch Hunters
• X - Doctor Who: The Hollow Men (Book 10 ~ X)
• Y – Doctor Who: Time of Your Life
• Z - Doctor Who: Zeta Major
Making mine Doctor Who themed if you couldn't guess
A-Z CHALLENGE...JAN 1-DEC 31A-A Demon Made Me Do It- Penelope King
B-Before I Fall- Lauren Oliver
C-Carrie Diaries- Candace Bushnell
D-Daughter of Smoke and Bone- Laini Taylor
E-Existence- Abbi Glines
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G-The Gamble- Kristen Ashley
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J-Jemima J- Jane Green
K-Kite Runner- Khaled Hosseini
L-Dark Lover- J.R. Ward
M-Mobster's Girl- Amy Rachiele
N-Under the Never Sky- Veronica Rossi
O-Obsidian- Jennifer Armentrout
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Q-Quiver- S.L. Naeole
R-Rock Me- Cherrie Lynn
S-Sorta Like A Rock Star- Matthew Quick
T-Touched- Corrine Jackson
U-Unbecoming Of Mara Dyer- Michelle Hodkin
V-Vincent Boys- Abbi Glines
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X-Devotion of Suspect X- Keigo Higashino
Y-Yesterday- C.K. Kelly Martin
Z-Zahir- Paolo Coehlo
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Sannie wrote: "Making mine Doctor Who themed if you couldn't guess"
I've never read any of the books. How are they? My husband and I watch the show (both the old and the new).
I've never read any of the books. How are they? My husband and I watch the show (both the old and the new).
Got one for every letter now apart from Y... can anyone make any suggestions for a particularly good book beginning with a Y?
I'm probably going to be using one of these for Y...
But found this, too:
Listopia list of books beginning with X, Y, and Z-
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17...
But found this, too:
Listopia list of books beginning with X, Y, and Z-
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/17...
Sheri wrote: "I'm probably going to be using one of these for Y...

But found this, too:
Listopia list of books beginning with X, Y, and Z..."
Thanks! You are very good at this!
Sheri wrote: "Sannie wrote: "Making mine Doctor Who themed if you couldn't guess"I've never read any of the books. How are they? My husband and I watch the show (both the old and the new)."
Neither have I... Only the first one in the Past Doctor series, and that was all right. All of these books are from the Past Doctor series, but I have heard that the newer books should be awesome, so looking forward to be getting to them, there's like 300+ before the new ones :p
I'm in :) Across the Universe by Beth Ravis
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Clockwork princess by Cassandra Clare
Delirium by Lauren Oliver
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The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen
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The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Matched by Ally Condie
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The Kill Order by James Dashner
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Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
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The Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson
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This sounds like fun! XDBut i'm only going to read books coming out next year (so I won't accidentally read any of them before the challenge starts.
EDIT: Okay, since the new year is only a few days away... i'm going to go ahead and fill in the blanks with books that are already out...
Total Read: 26/26
Jessica (Goldenfurpro) wrote: "This sounds like fun! XDBut i'm only going to read books coming out next year
Sounds expensive! :D
Sannie wrote: "Would number ten in a series count for X? As 10 is actually X (Roman number wise) ..."
Sure I'd count that.
Sure I'd count that.
W option was changed due to the fact that I can't get my hands on a copy of the initial book that was there.COMPLETED: 23/26
A – Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
P – The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Y – Yellow Crocus: A Novel by Laila Ibrahim
Yay Sheri! My list can now be completely doctor who past doctors series except for one book! Awesome, cheers
Carina wrote: "Got one for every letter now apart from Y... can anyone make any suggestions for a particularly good book beginning with a Y?"I was looking for a Y also and came across
Elizabeth wrote: "Carina wrote: "Got one for every letter now apart from Y... can anyone make any suggestions for a particularly good book beginning with a Y?"I was looking for a Y also and came across [bookcover:..."
Thanks! I put it on my to read list. I found one last night about life at the end of the first millenium but if that one is a no-go I will have this as back-up!
A-Z Challenge1.1.2013 - 31.12.2013
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Jessica (Goldenfurpro) wrote: "Question!
Can we go with author's names?"
For this one we are just using titles or the name of the series. Since you have all year, there is plenty of time to find books!
Can we go with author's names?"
For this one we are just using titles or the name of the series. Since you have all year, there is plenty of time to find books!
I’m definitely keen to give this a try :)More book titles to come soon, and possibility of some adjustment.
6/26 completed
A- Art of racing in the rain {Garth Stein}
B- Breaking Dawn {Stephanie Meyer}
E- Enshadowed {Kelly Creagh}
G- The Golden Lily {Richelle Mead}
H- Hex Hall {Rachel Hawkins}
J- Jane Eyre {Charlotte Bronte}
M- Mockingjay {Suzanne Collins}
N- Nineteen Minutes {Jodi Picoult}
O- Obsidian {Jennifer L. Armentrout}
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R- Reached {Ally Condie}
T- Twenty Boy Summer {Sarah Ockler)
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V- Vincent Boys {Abbie Glines}
X- XVI {Julia Karr}
Y- You Wish {Mandy Hubbard}
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I tried this challenge this year (2012) and didn't finish :( I found I seemed to get all my books that started with the first part of the alphabet. Letters like q ,w,x,y were hard to get.I am going to try again this year, and maybe I go in reverse order and get those pesky letters out of the way :)
A. A Beautiful EvilB. Before I Wake
C. City of Heavenly Fire
D. Dark Triumph
E. Etiquette & Espionage
F. The Fiery Heart
G. The Grimm Legacy
H. Hollow
I. The Indigo Spell
J. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
K. My Soul to Keep
L. Loki's Wolves
M. Me, Him, Them and It
N. The Son of Neptune
O. Origin
P. Pure
Q. Quicksilver
R. The Rising
S. Splintered
T. Touch of Death
U. Ultraviolet
V. Valkyrie Rising
W. With All My Soul
X. XVI
Y. You Wish
Z. Zombies Vs. Unicorns
I think i'm good but i'm always open to suggestions! :^D
Anastasia wrote: "Any suggestions for Y and Z?"Y -
(I personally recommend 'You against me cause I have read it and it was an awesome book compared to 'You Wish')
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Hope that helps!
Gayatri wrote: "Anastasia wrote: "Any suggestions for Y and Z?"Y -



(I personally recommend 'You against me cause I..."
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll check them out!
Anastasia wrote: "A. A Beautiful EvilB. Before I Wake
C. City of Heavenly Fire
D. Dark Triumph
E. Etiquette & Espionage
F. The Fiery Heart
G. The Grimm Legacy
H. Hollow
I. The Indigo Spell
J. Percy Jackson and t..."
for z- Zahir by Paulo Coehlo
YAY!! Can't wait to get started! I will not be attempting to do them in order and will probably be adding alot as I go!2/26
A. Awry
B. Beautiful Darkness
C. Clockwork Angel
D. Daughter of Smoke and Bone
E. Everneath
F. Fated
G. Girl with a Dragon Tattoo
H. The Host
I. Insatible
J. Jessica's guide to Dating on the Dark Side
K. Key to Midnight
L. Lexie World
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Mistletoe and Margaritas (Completed)1/1/13
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P. Pure
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Son (Completed)1/1/13
T. Timepiece
U. Unsuspecting Mage
V. Valley of Dust
W. Waking up Married
X. Xone of Contention
Y. Yon Ill Wind
Z. Zombies Don't Cry
Will try for this... ;)) Still trying to figure out listA -
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non fiction count as well?
I'm in and will post the books as I go. 15/26 books read
A: Ascension (1/8 - 4stars)
B: A Beautiful Lie (1/16 3.5stars)
C: Courageous (1/16 - 3.5stars)
D: Dominion (1/4 - 3.75stars)
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F: Fated (1/13 - 4.5stars)
G: Gone Girl (1/8 - 3.25stars)
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I: Iced (1/2 - 3.75stars)
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K: Kiss and Tell (1/17 - 3.5stars)
L: Lover Awakened (1/8 - 5stars)
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N: NYPD Red (1/18 - 4stars)
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R: Rock Chick Regret (1/3 - 4.5stars)
S: Shadow of Night (1/6 - 3.75stars)
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W: Wildest Dreams (1/10 - 4stars)
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Z: Zane's Redemption (1/1 - 4.5sta)
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26/26 books readA: Ascension (1/8 - 4stars)
B: A Beautiful Lie (1/16 3.5stars)
C: Courageous (1/16 - 3.5stars)
D: Dominion (1/4 - 3.75stars)
E: Enraptured (1/21 - 4.5stars)
F: Fated (1/13 - 4.5stars)
G: Gone Girl (1/8 - 3.25stars)
H: Hide and Seek (1/31 -- 4stars)
I: Iced (1/2 - 3.75stars)
J: Jekyll (4/2 - 3/5stars)
K: Kiss and Tell (1/17 - 3.5stars)
L: Lover Awakened (1/8 - 5stars)
M: Mate Claimed (3/31 - 4.5stars)
N: NYPD Red (1/18 - 4stars)
O: On the Steamy Side (1/22 - 2stars)
P: Phantom Shadows (1/7 - 4.5stars)
Q: Queen of Song and Souls (4/20 - 3.25stars)
R: Rock Chick Regret (1/3 - 4.5stars)
S: Shadow of Night (1/6 - 3.75stars)
T: Trapped (1/25 -- 3.5stars)
U: Unveiled (4/24 - 3.5)
V: Vampires Not Invited (4/17 - 2.5stars)
W: Wildest Dreams (1/10 - 4stars)
X: Xenofreak Nation (4/15 - 3.5stars)
Y: Down London Road (6/7 - 4stars)
Z: Zane's Redemption (1/1 - 4.5stars)
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Challenge #1 - A-Z Challenge
This one is a classic. Simply read a book for each letter of the alphabet, using the book title. If you're up for an additional challenge, read the books in A-Z order!
Everyone who participates in and completes this challenge will get their name in the hat for a drawing for a $15 Amazon or B&N gift certificate (winner's choice) at the end of December!
To be entered into the drawing, you must let me know when you complete the challenge. There will be too many posts for me to go through them all looking for finished ones. Simply copy and paste your entire post into a new post at the end – or post a new message saying "I finished in thread #??."
Go ahead and post your books now, but do not start reading until January 1st.
Happy reading!
Completed:
Pat - message 51
Gayatri - message 7
Jessica - message 30
Jennifer - message 134
Jennifer - message 136
Alyssia - message 103
Carina - message 16
Belkis - message 113
Ty - message 74
Jennifer - message 116
Aurora - message 125
Tracey - message 61
Lanaia - message 37
Carol - message 122
Athina - message 117
Andrea - message 73