A-Z Challenge Guidelines

[Anima]

I think we can come up with some ideas, there are various types of challenges - spell it out, reading books according to genres, themes or setting some other goals to achieve through reading.

[Roberta]

Would In Cold Blood be an "I" or a "C" book? I'm thinking "I" but I'm not sure.

[Anima]

I would put it under "i" as only "a", "an" and "the" do not count.

[Lynn, Moderator]

Yup, definitely under I

[Rachel]

I have only just discovered this and think it is a great idea. Is it only a 2013 thing or can it be done any time? I doubt I'd get through 26 books between now and the end of December!

[Erica]

Rachel wrote: "I have only just discovered this and think it is a great idea. Is it only a 2013 thing or can it be done any time? I doubt I'd get through 26 books between now and the end of December!"

I thought this was a really neat idea and I'm starting a 2014 list. Perhaps a new thread can be started for a 2014 A-Z challenge just so it would be easier to differentiate?

[Lynn, Moderator]

No new thread is needed, the challenge is entirely personal to yourself. You can start and finish when you want, just like you can choose the rules of what type of books / what order you read etc. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Each person has their own thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

I have two different A-Z Challenges going right now. I won't be done until sometime in 2014 too. Feel free to set up a thread and personalize your challenge.

[Rachel]

Erica wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I have only just discovered this and think it is a great idea. Is it only a 2013 thing or can it be done any time? I doubt I'd get through 26 books between now and the end of Decembe..."

Excellent idea Erica :) I will start mine in January and it will be a 2014 challenge :)

[Rachel]

Kristie wrote: "Each person has their own thread here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...

I have two different A-Z Challenges going right now. I won't be done until sometime in 2014 too. Feel fre..."

Thank you, I will start my own thread for my 2014 A-Z challenge, gives me a bit of time to pick my books too!

[Rachel]

I have just finalised my A-Z challenge list, so I'll post my own thread so others can see what I'll be reading if anyone is interested. I'll probably blog it too, so it's like a journal for myself :)

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

I think I might do this too. Can you back date at all?

[Lynn, Moderator]

Heather - It's a very relaxed A to Z over here, you create your own rules. If you want to back date then you do it :)

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Lynn wrote: "Heather - It's a very relaxed A to Z over here, you create your own rules. If you want to back date then you do it :)"

LOL - thanks Lynn... I like that

[Stephanie]

love this idea I think I will start it on Jan 1 2014 and give my self a year max to do this challenge.

[Stephanie]

how do you do a strike through, I think I want to make my list then do that this way I read the books I have piled up to read

[Lynn, Moderator]

Stephanie - < s > write your text here < /s >
(but without the gaps)

[Stephanie]

Thanks

[Stephanie]

I am going to develop my list this week and have it ready for jan first to start can't wait

[Rachel]

Stephanie wrote: "love this idea I think I will start it on Jan 1 2014 and give my self a year max to do this challenge."

That's exactly what I'm doing Stephanie :)

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Test

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Heather wrote: "Test"

Cool, was just testing out your post Lynn

[Kristie, Moderator]

Heather - I don't know if you know this already, but if you change the "s" to an "i", it will italicize your word or change the "s" to a "b" for bold. If you change the "s" to the word "spoiler", it will hide the text under a spoiler tag. Keep everything else the same, just change out the one letter.

[Stephanie]

thats great to know i didn not this any other cool functions like that

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Kristie wrote: "Heather - I don't know if you know this already, but if you change the "s" to an "i", it will italicize your word or change the "s" to a "b" for bold. If you change the "s" to the word "spoiler",..."

THANK YOU !!! !! (no, I didn't know)

[Kristie, Moderator]

You're welcome!!

[[deleted user]]

ok.. I like this... will begin on 2014!!

[Stephanie]

Can we use the choice award challenge for the a to z challenge

[Kristie, Moderator]

You can read any books you'd like to for the A-Z challenge, even if they are BOMs or count towards your choice awards challenge. :)

[Stephanie]

Great this won't be smash bad as I thought then

[Stacey]

Too many life changes in 2013 prevented me from reading much this year. This challenge is the perfect way to get back into the game.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Glad to hear it Stacey! Welcome to the challenge.

[Susan]

Just came across this list: 100 books to read before they're movies
http://www.buzzsugar.com/Books-Made-M...

It covers a lot of letters :)

Some, of course, have already been addressed in this group, but there are others than I hadn't heard about.

[Anima]

Susan, it is an awesome list, thanks for the link!

[✿ ♥ Heather ♥ ✿]

Susan wrote: "Just came across this list: 100 books to read before they're movies
http://www.buzzsugar.com/Books-Made-M...

It covers a lot of letters :)

Some, of course, have already b..."

looks great

[Shannon]

I have just started this challenge as of 1st jan, its fab! So far:
B beneath your beautiful
E embrace
R rome

[Anima]

Shannon, welcome to the challenge, you can create your personal folder in this thread to trace your books more easily. :)

[[deleted user]]

Am I able to include books that I have read since the beginning of the year?

[Lynn, Moderator]

Yes Kelsi, you can :)

[Sarah]

Susan wrote: "Just came across this list: 100 books to read before they're movies
http://www.buzzsugar.com/Books-Made-M...

It covers a lot of letters :)

Some, of course, have already b..."<

Soooo cool. My A-Z challenge this year already has and . I would love to see them as movies. I also have . On hold at the library I have . These I have read that I really look forward to are and and and and and . So many others I would love to read before the movie - ...

[Kirsten]

Someone is going to make a movie of The Thin Man? Sacrilege! William Powell and Myrna Loy are the ONLY Nick & Nora!

[☼♎ Carmen the Bootyshaker Temptress ☼♎]

I think will be a great challenge. I'm in. I am going to mix it up with author's names and book titles too. I'm going to add a post when I'm at my computer.

[Susan]

@Sarah - how was Beautiful Ruins? I've been debating whether or not to read that one...

LOVED Dark Places. Did you also read Sharp Objects?

[Lynn, Moderator]

Hey Paula

You need to start your own thread rather than on here.

Go to https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group... then click on the link at top right hand side of the page that's called 'new topic'

[Jennifer]

I'm having a hard time finding books that start with the letters Q, X, Z.

Any suggestions?

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hi Jennifer - The first post has some helpful hints to find books for the hard letters. I'm not at my computer to leave links, but I have a few ideas. I'll try to post later.

[Jennifer]

Kristie wrote: "Hi Jennifer - The first post has some helpful hints to find books for the hard letters. I'm not at my computer to leave links, but I have a few ideas. I'll try to post later."

Thank You