Author Alphabet Reading Challenge: 2014

[Renee]

Stacie wrote: "Woah, a Z. I found a Z. I'm kind of in shock."

The Book Thief is a good one for Z if anyone is looking. How did you go with X? That's a tricky one too!

[Stacie]

Renee wrote: "Stacie wrote: "Woah, a Z. I found a Z. I'm kind of in shock."

The Book Thief is a good one for Z if anyone is looking. How did you go with X? That's a tricky one too!"

Still looking on X. I have some that have X in the name but I'm holding out for now because I want to see how "pure" I can get it. I'm down to I, Q, U and X to finish so we'll see!

[Michelle]

10 more to go!
Michelle's 2014 author alphabet challenge

[Stacie]

I have U and X left to go.

[Lisarenee]

Oh Stacie, I feel for you. Those are two hard ones.

[Lisarenee]

I just found the Random House Author Browse list. It might help:

U
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/lst...

X
http://www.randomhouse.com/author/lst...

[Lisarenee]

Here's HarperCollins'
U
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors
X
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors

[Lisarenee]

Macmillan only had one author listed under u and none for x: Adrian Underhill

[Hayley]

My first challenge!
DURATION: 01/01/2014 -
PROGRESS: 19 of 26

A → Nutting, Alissa - Tampa - 07/11
B → Bickle, Laura - The Hallowed Ones
C → Stevens, Courtney C. - Faking Normal - 04/17
D → du Maurier, Daphne - Rebecca - 07/03
E → Lockhart, E. - We Were Liars - 05/24
F → Stolarz, Laurie Faria - Project 17
G → Grant, Mira - Parasite - 03/22
H → Haas, Abigail - Dangerous Girls - 07/24
I → Pochoda, Ivy - Visitation Street
J → Jameson, Jenna - How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale - 03/28
K → Krakauer, Jon - Into Thin Air - 01/02
L → Genova, Lisa - Still Alice - 04/12
M → Moriarty, Liane - The Husband's Secret - 03/30
N → Shusterman, Neal - UnSouled - 07/22
O → Oliver, Lauren - Panic - 06/04
P → Plath, Sylvia - The Bell Jar - 05/04
Q → Quick, Matthew - The Silver Linings Playbook - 07/27
R → Rowell, Rainbow - Attachments - 07/06
S → Kaysen, Susanna - Girl, Interrupted - 07/19
T → Tartt, Donna - The Goldfinch - 05/16
U → Updike, John - Couples
V → Verdi, Jessica - My Life After Now
W → Weir, Andy - The Martian - 05/31
X → Xinran - Sky Burial: An Epic Love Story of Tibet
Y → York, Kelley - Hushed
Z → Fortier, Zach - Hero To Zero - 07/06

[Renee]

Hayley, Yay! Your first challenge!

[Apoorv]

Its always interesting to see if you complete the whole alphabet series with variegated authors.

Challenge : Author Alphabet Reading Challenge - 2014
Duration : January, 2014 - December, 2014

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Alphabets

✔ A
Achebe, Chinua | Things Fall Apart | 4/29/2014
Albom, Mitch | The Five People You Meet in Heaven | 4/8/2014
Albom, Mitch | Tuesdays with Morrie | 7/11/2014
Alexie, Sheman | The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian | 3/24/2014
✔ B
Barnes, Julian | The Sense of an Ending | 2/3/2014
Barr, Nevada | Blood Lure | 6/15/2014
Brennert, Alan | Moloka'i | 5/31/2014
Burd, Nick | The Vast Fields of Ordinary | 7/21/2014
Burroughs, William | The Cat Inside | 4/30/2014
✔ C
Cain, James M. | Double Indemnity | 2/28/2014
Cain, Susan | Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking | 4/11/2014
Camus, Albert | The Stranger | 4/15/2014
Cather, Willa | One of Ours | 6/29/2014
Christie, Agatha | Murder on the Orient Express | 3/22/2014
Cohn, Rachel | Dash & Lily's Book of Dares | 7/5/2014
✔ D
Dickens, Charles | A Christmas Carol | 2/25/2014
Ducornet, Rikki | Netsuke | 3/2/2014
✔ E
Evanovich, Janet | One for the Money | 7/26/2014
✔ F
Fitzgerald, F. Scott | The Great Gatsby | 6/17/2014
Ford, Jamie | Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet | 3/27/2014
✔ G
Goldberg, Billy - Leyner, Mark | Why Do Men Have Nipples?: Hundreds of Questions You'd Only Ask a Doctor After Your Third Martini | 3/5/2014
Green, Abby | The Brazilian's Blackmail Bargain | 7/18/2014
Green, John | The Fault in Our Stars | 3/12/2014
✔ H
Haddon, Mark | The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time | 2/13/2014
Halliday, Gemma | Spying in High Heels | 5/17/2014
Halliday, Gemma | Killer in High Heels | 5/21/2014
Halse Anderson, Laurie | Speak | 6/13/2014
Heinlein, Robert A. | Between Planets | 1/31/2014
Hemingway, Earnest | The Old Man and the Sea | 6/23/2014
Higashida, Naoki | The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism | 4/4/2014
Higgins Clark, Mary | Loves Music, Loves to Dance | 3/19/2014
Hinton, S.E. | Taming the Star Runner | 7/15/2014
I
✔ J
Johnson, Craig | As The Crow Flies | 6/8/2014
✔ K
King, Stephan | Carrie | 4/19/2014
Knowles, John | A Separate Peace | 3/31/2014
✔ L
Levithan, David | Boy Meets Boy | 4/11/2014
Levithan, David | Two Boys Kissing | 1/21/2014
Lowry, Lois | The Giver | 7/28/2014
✔ M
Maher, Bill | When You Ride Alone You Ride With Bin Laden: What the Government Should Be Telling Us to Help Fight the War on Terrorism | 4/1/2014
Murakami, Haruki | Norwegian Wood | 2/8/2014
Murakami, Haruki | After Dark | 5/3/2014
N
✔ O
Olsen, Tillie | Yonnondio: From the Thirties | 7/27/2014
Orwell, George | Animal Farm | 2/28/2014
✔ P
Peck, Dale | Sprout | 7/7/2014
Plath, Sylvia | Ariel | 4/22/2014
Q
✔ R
Raskin, Ellen | The Westing Game | 6/30/2014
Roberts, Nora | Enchanted | 7/31/2014
Rose, Karen | I Can See You | 6/22/2014
✔ S
Seles, Monica | Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self | 1/5/2014
Sparks, Nicolas | The Notebook | 6/7/2014
✔ T
Thompson Walker, Karen | The Age of Miracles | 5/25/2014
U
V
✔ W
Waller, Robert James | The Bridges of Madison County | 1/11/2014
X
Y
Z

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Summary
Total Alphabets Read : 18 / 26
Total Books Read : 52

[Jessica]

A - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
B -
C - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
D - A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly
E -
F -
G - Paper Towns by John Green
H -
I -
J - Looking for Alaska by John Green
K - The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
L - Parallel by Lauren Miller
M - Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
N - The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks
O - Panic by Lauren Oliver
P - Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult
Q -
R - The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
S - The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
T - Daughter of Smoke & Bone by Laini Taylor
U -
V - Divergent by Veronica Roth
W -
X -
Y -
Z - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

[Suzanne]

Done!

Progress: 26 out of 26

A - Sarah Addison Allen; Lost Lake - ***** - 2/24/2014
B - Beth Harbison; Chose the Wrong Guy, Gave Him the Wrong Finger - ***** - 1/16/2014
C - Francene Carroll; Colton Manor - **** - 2/28/2014
D - David Sedaris; Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls - **** - 1/14/2014
E - Eloisa James; When Beauty Tamed the Beast - *** - 1/9/2014
F - Fannie Flagg; Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - ***** - 3/17/2014 - 416 Pages
G - Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez; One Hundred Years of Solitude - * - 3/5/2014
H - Heather Killough-Walden; Avenger's Angel - *** - 1/22/2014
I - Ilona Andrews; On the Edge - ***** - 4/1/2014
J - Jim Butcher; Summer Knight - ***** - 2/13/2014
K - Kristin Hannah; Winter Garden - ***** - 1/15/2014
L - Lynsay Sands; Devil of the Highlands - *** - 2/11/2014
M - Melissa Joan Hart; Melissa Explains It All: Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life - ***** - 1/10/2014
N - Nora Roberts; Dark Witch - *** - 3/9/2014
O - Lauren Oliver; Annabel - *** - 3/6/2014
P - Susan Elizabeth Phillips; Nobody's Baby But Mine - ***** - 1/8/2014
Q - Anna Quindlen; Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake - *** - 4/3/2014
R - Ruth Reichl; Not Becoming My Mother: and Other Things She Taught Me Along the Way - **** - 1/12/2014
S - Sara Shepard; Pretty Little Liars - ***** - 1/14/2014
T - Tara Sivec; Troubles and Treats - **** - 3/12/2014 - 230 Pages
U - Ursula K. Le Guin; Gifts - *** - 8/19/2014 - 274 Pages
V - Veronica Roth; Allegiant - ***** - 3/18/2014 - 526 Pages
W - J.R. Ward; Lover Reborn - **** - 2/3/2014
X - Aldous Huxley; Brave New World - **** - 7/21/2014 - 268 Pages
Y - Yasmine Galenorn; Harvest Hunting - *** - 2/20/2014
Z - Markus Zusak; I Am the Messenger - ***** - 7/14/2014 - 360 Pages

[Marie (UK)]

Challenge : Author Alphabet Reading Challenge - 2014
Duration : January, 2014 - December, 2014

Completed 27/12/2014

A Broken Homes 26/07/2014
B Stonemouth 28/04/2014
C The Luminaries 10/01/2014
D The God Delusion 19/05/2014
E The Universe Versus Alex Woods 11/04/2014
F The Woman Who Died a Lot 30/04/2014
G The Cellist of Sarajevo 24/04/2014
H Panic And The Inner Monkey 28/05/2014
I A Prayer for Owen Meany 27/03/2014
J Washington Square 16/01/2014
K The Unbearable Lightness of Being 28/04/2014
L The Girl Who Played with Fire 29/04/2014
M A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 17/06/2014
N Her Fearful Symmetry 29/07/2014
O The Distance Between Us 23/05/2014
P The Last Lecture 08/02/2014
Q Still Life with Bread Crumbs 06/06/2014
R Eleanor & Park 13/02/2014
S The Quantity Theory of Insanity 24/03/2014
T The Goldfinch 28/01/2014
U Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time 27/12/2014
V Cutting for Stone 03/05/2014
W Auto 02/02/2014
X The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices 29/09/2014
Y Peach Blossom Pavillion 22/08/2014
Z We 16/08/2014

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[Sarenna]

I'm done!!!

A-Feed Anderson, MT
B- Inferno Brown, Dan
C-My Antonia Cather, Willa
D-Killer Listing Duodera, Vicki
E-Queenmaker: A Novel of King David's Queen by India Edghill
F- The Diary of a Young Girl Frank, Ann
G- Obsidian Greenwood, J. Alexander
H- Driving with Dead People Holloway, Monica
I- A Good Death Ironside, Elizabeth
J- Making the System Work for Your Child with ADHD Jensen, Peter
K- Orphan Train Kline, Catherine Baker
L- In Darkness, Lake, Nick
M- Rot and Ruin, Mayberry, Jonathan
N- Prisoner of Tehran: A Memoir Nemat, Marina
O- Island of the Blue Dolphins, O'Dell, Scott
P- Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Q- One Blood by Qwantu Amaru
R- Eleanor & Park, Rowell, Rainbow
S- Full Tilt, Shusterman, Neal
T-The Pearl Diver, Talarigo, Jeff
U- The Space Between Us by Thrity Umrigar
V- The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
W-Pandora's Lunchbox: How Processed Food Took Over the American Meal, Warner, Melanie
X- The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran
Y- My Enemy's Cradle by Sara Young
Z- How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr

[Deborah]

Sarenna wrote: "I'm done!!!

A-Feed Anderson, MT
B- Inferno Brown, Dan
C-My Antonia Cather, Willa
D-Killer Listing Duodera, Vicki
E-[book:Queenmaker: A Nov..."

Awesome!! Congratulations!

[Amanda]

Congratulations Sarenna!

[Stacie]

Completed!

I actually finished on August 16 but never came and updated the post. Hooray a challenge finished!

[Amanda]

Congratulations Stacie! :)

[Elena]

Took me forever but finally done! Updated here .

[Asha]

Done & Done! I really like this challenge. :) I found some really good books i wouldn't have read had i not done this challenge.

26/26

A: Opal by Jennifer L. Armentrout ★★★★☆ – 19.01.14
B: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ★★★★☆ - 23.01.14
C: Clockwork Prince by Cassandra Clare ★★★☆☆ – 07.01.14
D: Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson ★★★★☆ - 30.01.14
E: Finger Lickin' Fifteen by Janet Evanovich ★★★★☆ – 28.02.14
F: Anew by Chelsea Fine ★★★★☆ - 17.12.14
G: The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame ★★★☆☆ – 17.02.14
H: Bread Alone by Judi Hendricks ★★★★☆ - 28.01.14
I: Pleasure Unbound by Larissa Ione ★★★★☆ - 14.12.14
J: The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan ★★★★☆ - 18.03.14
K: The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa ★★★☆☆ – 18.01.14
L: Sugar Daddy by Lisa Kleypas ★★★★☆ – 27.02.14
M: Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta ★★★☆☆ – 17.02.14
N: The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger ★★★★☆ – 18.02.14
O: Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell ★★★☆☆ - 20.12.14
P: Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell ★★★☆☆ – 27.03.14
Q: The Duke and I by Julia Quinn ★★★★☆ - 27.07.14
R: Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb ★★★★★ - 25.01.14
S: Echoes by Danielle Steel ★★★★☆ – 29.01.14
T: The Hobbit or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien ★★★☆☆ – 07.06.14
U: Fragile by Lisa Unger ★★★☆☆ - 29.12.14
V: Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi ★★★★☆ - 27.01.14
W: Dark Lover by J.R. Ward ★★★★☆ – 13.02.14
X: Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian ★★☆☆☆ - 31.12.14
Y: Life of Pi by Yann Martel ★★★★☆ - 30.12.14
Z: Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar ★★★☆☆ – 23.03.14

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats everyone ☺

[Ruth]

done as I am getting!

Author Alphabet Reading Challenge: 2014

READ: 24/26

A-Abbott, Megan...The End of Everything...May 1, 2014
B- Baldacci, David...Split Second ...March 10, 2013
C- Child, Lee Running Blind...April 4, 2014
D-DiGiacomo, Marc A. In a Small Town August 30, 2014
E- Evanovich, Janet...Foul Play...Jan 1, 2013
F- Freethy, Barbara...One True Love ...January 18, 2014
G-Green, John...The Fault in Our Stars...January 5, 2014
H-Hyde, Catherine Ryan..Don't Let Me Go Feb. 17,2014
I- Ivy, Janice....Taking Out the Trailer Trash...June 21, 2014
J-Jackson, Joshilyn...Someone Else's Love Story...May 26, 2014
K-Krueger, Wlliam Kent...Trickster's Point...January 4, 2013
L-Locke, M.Louisa...Uneasy Spirits ..Feb.9, 2014
M-Musser, Rebecca... The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice....April 11, 2014
N- Neal, Toby...Black Jasmine Feb.1,2014
O- Oram, Jean...Champagne and Lemon Drops ...Feb.24, 2014.
P- Pardoe, Blaine Lee Virginia Creeper Feb. 21, 2014
Q-Quaver, P.D. Unplugged by P.D.Quaver...Jan 8,2015
R- Rue, Nancy...The Reluctant Prophet January 11, 2014
S-Shelby, Don...The Season Never Ends - Wins, Losses, and the Wisdom of the Court...January 8, 2014
T-TerKeurst, Lysa...Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food ..Jan. 24, 2014
U-
V-Vaughn, Carrie...Kitty and the Dead Man's Hand...March 28, 2014
W- Wilder, Eric... Prairie Sunset - Of Love and Magic...October 1, 2014
X-
Y- Yousafzai, Malala.. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban...Feb. 27, 2014
Z- Zarr, Sara...Story of a Girl..April 6, 2014

[❀Tea❀]

Congrats Ruth ☺

[Melissa]

2015 Alphabet Challenge


A. - Sarah Addison Allen - The Girl Who Chased the Moon 9/7
B. - M.C. Beaton- Death of a Dentist 8/4
C. - Cassandra Clare- Clockwork Angel 9/30
D. -
E. -
F. - Gillian Flynn - Dark Places 4/13
G. - Kerstin Gier - Ruby Red 8/14
H. - Wendy Higgins- Sweet Evil 9/16
I. -
J. - Stacey Jay- Romeo Redeemed 9/13
K. - Karen Marie Moning -Shadowfever 4/21
L. - Lois Lowry- The Giver 8/6
M. - Liane Moriarty- Big Little Lies 7/3
N. - Nora Roberts- The Collector 5/21
O. - Bill O'Reilly - Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 5/27
P. - Paula Hawkins- The Girl on the Train 3/19
Q. - Amanda Quick- Deception 9/11
R. - Marie Rutkoski- The Winner's Curse 8/5
S. - Sarah J. Maas- Throne of Glass 7/29
T. - Laini Taylor- Days of Blood & Starlight 7/15
U. -
V. - Veronica Roth - Four: A Divergent Story Collection 12/15
W. - Andy Weir -The Martian 9/5
X. -
Y. -
Z. -

[CiCi]

This was the first challenge I ever started when joining Goodreads back in 2014. I'm happy to say I'm FINALLY finished.

My Challenge Link

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

Congratulations CiCi!

I've just posted the new one for 2019! Try again?

[CiCi]

Moderators of NBRC wrote: "Congratulations CiCi!

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I just signed up!

[Moderators of NBRC, Challenger-in-Chief]

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I've just posted the new one for 2019! Try again?"

I just signed up!"

Wonderful. Have fun!