Karlee's 2014 A-Z Challenge

[Brightness]

New 2014 List!!

Going by book titles here - in no particular order. Books are subject to change. :)

Start date: January 1st, 2014
End date: December 31st, 2014

* = Goodreads 2013 Awards

Books completed: 1/26

A - Allegiant *
B - The Bone Season *
C - Cress
D - Doctor Sleep *
E - Eleanor & Park *
F - The Fault in Our Stars Read 6/11/14
G - The Golem and the Jinni *
H - The House of Hades *
I - Insurgent Read 4/14/14
J - Jurassic Park
K - The Kitchen House
L - The Longest Ride *
M - Murder on the Orient Express
N - Northanger Abbey
O - Orphan Train *
P - The PassageRead 4/27/14
Q - The Queen's Army
R - The Rosie Project *
S - Shadow of Night Read 1/16/14
T - Through the Ever Night *
U - Under the Never Sky
V - Vienna Nocturne: A Novel Read 7/6/14
W - Wolf Hall
X - Don Quixote
Y -
Z - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald

Books finished so far:

[Kristie, Moderator]

Welcome to the challenge! :D

[Brightness]

Thank you! I'm excited. This was a great idea Kristie. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks! I didn't actually make it up myself, but I'm glad so many people are interested in participating. I think it's a lot of fun.

[Cathie]

Great challenge list Karlee :-). A lot of good classics on it :-)

[Anima]

The list looks very interesting, I see, that I also have some of the books in my challenge :)

And thanks once again for the tip on listopia, I found really good books there :)

[Brightness]

Thanks guys! I'm loving reading everyone's lists. This is going to be fun. :)

[Brightness]

I can't stop tinkering with my list! Anyone else having the same problem? ;)

[Kristie, Moderator]

I do that too! Then, I'll read something completely different and put that in for the letter instead. lol

[Kristie, Moderator]

I already have a new list started for next year because there are some books that I really want to read and they don't fit on my current list! (Ok, that might be a little OCD or something...lol)

[Brightness]

No you aren't Kristie! Unless I am too, because I've started doing that as well. (The entire Outlander series for instance)

Ok, maybe we both are.

[Cathie]

You two are toooo funny! ROFLOL!

[Brightness]

Cathie, you're only laughing 'cause you can relate, right? ;-)

[Cathie]

Sure Karlee, lol.

Have you seen my TBR list???!!

[Brightness]

LOL! You should be able to fill up A-z challenge lists for the next 20 years!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hahaha...at least I'm not the only one!! Next time I want to do the challenge with no "the" or "a" titles. :)

[Brightness]

As if it isn't difficult enough already.

Actually, it wouldn't be to difficult if I could just stop CHANGING MY MIND!

[Kristie, Moderator]

If you look at your list, most of them don't have "the" or "a". I bet you could do it! My new list has a lot of...I'm going to read this or this or this. For example, for "S" I have - Shift Omnibus or Sharp Objects or Shadow and Bone. I have a lot of "ors". I'm sure I'll have a lot more as time goes by too.

[Brightness]

Yeah, that sounds like me as well. Actually, it isn't the "a" or "the" words in the titles that stump me. It's those pesky "x" "q" "z" and other letters that I find difficult. My "Z" letter this year was easy, I already had Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald downloaded to my kindle. "X" is being a bit tricky. I have a tentative one down, but that may change if I find something better.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Yes, those are more difficult. I am planning to read x0, y1, and z2 next time. It's a very conveniently titled series that looks interesting. :)

I have a couple Q books. Those don't seem as difficult for me. I have Queen of Babble Bundle and Quest for a Maid.

I sometimes just think of a word that starts with the letter I need (such as Quest for Q) and do a search. A bunch of stuff comes up.

[Brightness]

That's a good idea. I'll have to try that next time. I'm reading Anne Rice's vampire chronicles for my "V" and "Q" books. But after those, plus A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night, I think I'm gonna be vampired out for a while.

I've haven't heard of the XOy1 and z2 series. I'll have to put them on my list for next year.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Funny, I think I'm convincing everyone to read them, but I haven't read them myself so I don't know if they're actually any good. I hope everyone likes them!

[Cathie]

Karlee wrote: "LOL! You should be able to fill up A-z challenge lists for the next 20 years!"

yep, smirk;)

[Brightness]

Finally at the beach and hoping to knock a few letters off my list this week. :)

[Anima]

Good luck with the reading, and I envy you this beach option :)

[Cathie]

Enjoy your sun time :-)

[Brightness]

Thanks guys! I always love going to the beach, I feel like I get to catch up on my reading! :)

[Brightness]

Well, I went to Barnes and Noble and bought The Orphan Master's Son, Northanger Abbey, Jurassic Park...

...and The Kitchen House - which my mother promptly stole from me. My sister may have dibs on it next. It may be a while before I get to that one. ;)

[Cathie]

lol, i love families that read together!

Must be something about The Kitchen House. I started to read it last week; got about 10 pages into it, put it down to grab a coffee and my friend scooped it up and said "Ohhhh, I'm borrowing this one, you already are reading too many books!!

So mine also has gone to someone's else's eyes, lol (for awhile)

[Brightness]

Lol! Every year at the beach I ask my mom and sister if they want to come to Barnes & Noble with me to pick out beach books and every year they say no. They just wait for me to get back with a stack of books and then they call dibs on the ones they want to read! That's why I get at least three or more, so I'll have something left for me. ;)

The fact that they both want the Kitchen House just makes me want to read it even more! I hope you get your copy back soon. :)

[Cathie]

Wouldn't they be surprised if all you came back with was middle grade Hardy boy novels one year, snickers!

[Brightness]

Lol. Cathie you may be on to something!!

[Sarah]

Karlee wrote: "Lol! Every year at the beach I ask my mom and sister if they want to come to Barnes & Noble with me to pick out beach books and every year they say no. They just wait for me to get back with a stac..."

Yeah Kitchen House is goooood. Great.

[Sarah]

Cathie wrote: "lol, i love families that read together!

Must be something about The Kitchen House. I started to read it last week; got about 10 pages into it, put it down to grab a coffee and my friend scooped ..."

Cathie,
After the opening of that book I am surprised you gave it up. U r a generous friend.

[Sarah]

Karlee wrote: "Well, I went to Barnes and Noble and bought The Orphan Master's Son, Northanger Abbey, Jurassic Park...

...and The Kitchen House - which my mother promptly stole from me. My sister may have dibs o..."

Oh, but I really really want to read The Orphan Master's Son. I keep trying to get it as a group read - it would be a great book for discussion I think. But I haven't had any success yet. I am gonna keep trying.

[Brightness]

Sarah, I will join forces with you and try to get The Orphan Master's Son as our July additional reads book!

[Brightness]

Well, my mom just returned The Kitchen House and said it was wonderful. Can't wait to start it now. :)

[Brightness]

Ok, I fell off the Goodreads face of the earth for a month, but I'm back and ready to start knocking some books off this list! ;)

[Anima]

That's really great, Karlee, good to have you back :)

[Lynn, Moderator]

Welcome back Karlee! :)

[Brightness]

Thanks Lynn & Anima! I missed you guys. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Welcome Back!! :D

[Brightness]

Thank you Kristie! :)

[Cathie]

Welcome back Karlee :-). I think a few of us have been off of the Goodreads site over the summer months.

[Brightness]

Thanks Cathie! That makes me feel better. I didn't want you guys to think I had just abandoned you! :)

[Brightness]

New list for a new year! I didn't finish the one for last year so some of the titles are carryovers. Happy New Year everybody! :)

[Cathie]

Yay Karlee! :-) Happy New Year :-)

[Brightness]

Thank you Cathie! I'm looking forward to 2014! :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Great list Karlee!

[Janet]

I loved the Golem and the Jinni - long book but well worth it and very original and different than any book I had read before. Hope you like it!