A - Z challenge

[Justin]

Here's another one Xombies

[Maxine Marsh]

Kate wrote: "I found something that looks passable for X.

http://www.amazon.com/Xoe-Vampires-We..."

Sweet, thanks Kate! I could do that one for free with Prime (although its only $0.99) and it will count towards my young adult challenge too :) I'm really doing way too many challenges, but I've recently gotten into young adult, so...

[Justin]

I almost joined a ya a-z challenge since I have been reading a lot of it lately but I have to many challenges going already and don't want it to get confusing.

[Kate]

I set up some personal challenges for myself this year as well.
Must Read 2014
Authors Never Read
Extreme Horror

I might make some more.

[Andy]

Xombies

Mr. X????

We could always agree to count books that start with "Ex" for the letter X.

[Addy]

What about ExHeroes? Maybe I'll do that one.

[Kate]

Addy wrote: "What about ExHeroes? Maybe I'll do that one."

I've got that one, that would be great to use it for X. Is everyone okay with a slight bend in the rules?

[Justin]

It is all just for fun anyway I say each person interprets the rules however they want to do their challenge.

[Andy]

How about titles with the word Sex?

[Robert Krone]

Doing it that way for the X is a good idea, will allow me to use Ex-Purgatory, which I just won at LibraryThing. Probably going to change my D entry to The Dead Lands which I also just won there. Pretty cool to have won both of them for December :D

I've also recently won The Eye Unseen, Dog Days - Deadly Passage, Ardent Forest: A Novella, Mister October, Volume I - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala, and Mister October, Volume II - An Anthology in Memory of Rick Hautala through LibraryThing since October, so I will probably be changing more than just the D entry, lol

[Kate]

@Justin- exactly, it's just fun. There'd be nothing worse then finding an appropriate book and feeling like you HAD to finish it, takes the enjoyment away.

@Andy- Whatever floats your boat. :D

@Robert-That's an amazing haul if books, nice one.

[Maxine Marsh]

Yeah, in other groups I've seen they allow Q, X and Z to be anywhere in the title.

[Kate]

Maxine, for Q I found Quarantined by Joe McKinney. It's supposed to be pretty good.

[Robert Krone]

Thanks Kate. Have to agree, it's been a GREAT last few months for me on LibraryThing! Have only won on GR once in the last several months. So far they have all been eBook copies, but that is ok! The Ex-Purgatory book is a physical copy, but I haven't gotten it yet since I just won. Have not read any of the others in the series, but it sounds like that should be ok.

[Maxine Marsh]

Thanks Kate, I'll add that to my list of possible Qs! I see some of you have completed Snowblind on yours list- I loved that book!

[Maxine Marsh]

Kate wrote: "I set up some personal challenges for myself this year as well.
Must Read 2014
Authors Never Read
Extreme Horror

I might make some more."

I like those categories for a challenge! I would probably do something similar if I weren't already doing 4 challenges already! I would probably make a Japanese Literature challenge since I have some 40 Japanese novels on my Kindle right now. What are you must reads for 2014?

[Kate]

Maxine wrote: "Kate wrote: "I set up some personal challenges for myself this year as well.
Must Read 2014
Authors Never Read
Extreme Horror

I might make some more."

I like those categories for a challenge! I w..."

My personal challenges for this year are:

Must Read 2014
1. Dead Sea (Read 6/1/14)
2. Summer of Night
3. Murder as a Fine Art
4. Every Dead Thing (Read 3/8/14)
5. The Children's Hour
6. That Which Should Not Be
7. Naomi's Room
8. Carved in Bone
9. Something Wicked This Way Comes
10. Swan Song

[Addy]

Naomi's Room is awesome. You won't be disappointed. I should do a reread of that one. Its classic!

[Addy]

Every Dead Thing has been on my mind for a while now. Let me know when you read that one and I'll join you.

[Kate]

I'm going to try and get a few more books read from my other challenges. Could maybe start it in Feb?

[Addy]

Sure. Just remind me.

[Pierre]

I'm game for this challenge. Here is my list
(my shelf a-z-challenge-2014)
Titles are the ones I have read so far.

0-9 - 14
A - Afraid
B - Bleeding Season
C - Confessions of a Red Neck Zombie Killing Psycho and Curve Day
D - A Dead Horse Named Caleb and The Devil's Metal
E - Exquisite Corpse
F - The Five
G - The Gathering Dead
H - House of Small Shadows
I - In Silent Graves
J - John Dies at the End
K - Kin
L - The Light Is the Darkness and Lockdown
M - The Monstrumologist
N - Naomi's Room
O - The Other Side
P - The Painted Bird and Penpal
Q - Quest for Sex Truth Reality
R - Rot and Ruin and Raven's Gate
S - Snowblind and The Summer I Died and Soul Consumer
T - Teatro Grottesco
U - The Unblemished
V - The Void
W - What Hides Within and The Wide Game
X - Maybe a goodreads author can write a novel, novella, or short story this year with a title starting with a X. Meanwhile, if you are interested in graphic novels, there is
X Isle Vol 1
Y - You Don't Scare Me
Z - The Zombie Survival Guide

[Maxine Marsh]

Nice list, Pierre! I also added X Isle to my 'want to read' list, it looks interesting.

Also found a Titles That Begin With X list.

[Pierre]

Good list. I forgot about Mario Acevedo's
X - X-Rated Bloodsuckers
You first have to read
N - The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
of the Felix Gomez series but I am interested in reading both.

[Justin]

Pierre wrote: "Good list. I forgot about Mario Acevedo's
X - X-Rated Bloodsuckers
You first have to read
N - The Nymphos of Rocky Flats
of the Felix Gomez series but..."

I actually read the nymphos of Rocky flats, I think I got it at a yard sale or something. I completely forgot about it until now. I remember it as being all right but nothing spectacular. I may use that suggesting for x, I guess I will decide when the time comes.

[Justin]

Kate wrote: "I set up some personal challenges for myself this year as well.
Must Read 2014
Authors Never Read
Extreme Horror

I might make some more."

I may still end up putting together a "books I own in print" personal challenge for myself. I have some good ones that I have been overlooking for way too long because I'm so used to reading on my kindle.

[Maxine Marsh]

Justin wrote: "Kate wrote: "I set up some personal challenges for myself this year as well.
Must Read 2014
Authors Never Read
Extreme Horror

I might make some more."

I may still end up putting together a "books..."

If you do, maybe you could start a thread and I could join in. I have accumulated a lot of paperbacks recently and some of them might help with other challenges!

[Kate]

Maxine wrote: "Can I save my spot here?
A-Z Challenge 2014

19/26...

A -
B -
The Bleeding Season
by Greg F. Gifune 2/3/2014 ★★★★★
C -
Children of the Night
by Dan Simmons 1/14/2014 ★★★★★
----
The Concr..."

Fantastic list, Maxine. Only 7 letters to go to complete your challenge. :)

[Justin]

I forgot all about this as well as the other challenges. I'm debating if it is worth the work to look up what I have read and fill it in.

[Kate]

It is a bit of work but I like seeing what everyone's read and where they're at in the challenge.

[Matt]

Something to do if you get bored. I have kept track fairly well, though i've been reading some books that are repeat letters lately so i haven't needed to do much updating to the list.

[Kate]

I decided to put everything I read in and then just tag one for the challenge.

[Maxine Marsh]

Kate wrote: "Maxine wrote: "Can I save my spot here?
A-Z Challenge 2014

19/26...

A -
B -
The Bleeding Season
by Greg F. Gifune 2/3/2014 ★★★★★
C -
Children of the Night
by Dan Simmons 1/14/2014 ★★★★★
-..."

Thanks, Kate. Apparently I'm a total nerd for keeping lists of things :) I will probably do a double A-Z list for horror.

Justin, fill yours in! Catch it up whenever. If you don't I'll be all alone here, in this lonely, lonely challenge thread...

[Kate]

Maxine wrote: "Can I save my spot here?
A-Z Challenge 2014

24/26...

A - The Arena by Jonathan Janz 6/25/2014 ★★★★☆
B -
The Bleeding Season
by Greg F. Gifune 2/3/2014 ★★★★★
BB - [book:The Bir..."

You're doing really well on your challenge, Maxine. Well done!

[Maxine Marsh]

Thanks Kate! Just Q and Y to go. I think this may be the only challenge I actually complete this year though, ha.

[Kate]

Maxine wrote: "Thanks Kate! Just Q and Y to go. I think this may be the only challenge I actually complete this year though, ha."

I'm not doing that great with my challenges either. I have about 8 letters to complete this challenge so I'm like you in that it may be the only challenge I manage to complete. :D

[Matt]

Completely forgot about this...will have to update my earlier post.

[Matt]

Hmm i still need L, O, Q, U, V, Y, and Z

[Kate]

I'm getting E from Every Dead Thing and still need
I,P,Q,U,V,X,Y

[Justin]

mine is updated. i will start working on the blanks

[Justin]

i still need e g i j u v w x y z

[Matt]

Y and Z i think will be the hard ones for me. I think i have stuff for the other letters.

[Kate]

Matt wrote: "Y and Z i think will be the hard ones for me. I think i have stuff for the other letters."

Have you read Yaccub's Curse?

[Maxine Marsh]

Nice to see your lists filling in, gentlemen :) Kate, I can't believe how big your list is!

I was thinking to read Queen of Blood (the sequel to House of Blood) for my Q, but now I see Quest for Sex, Truth & Reality on Justin's list and I may have to check that one out.

[Kate]

Thanks, Maxine. :)
Can't believe I forgot to include Z in my missing letters. That makes 9 books to complete the challenge.

[Justin]

Maxine wrote: "Nice to see your lists filling in, gentlemen :) Kate, I can't believe how big your list is!

I was thinking to read Queen of Blood (the sequel to House of Blood) for my Q, but now I see Quest for S..."

After filling out my list I was looking at what other people read for letters I was missing and saw it on pierre's list and remembered that I had just read it recently but it wasn't marked as read on goodreads, I found my kindle and opened it up and I'm at 80% but apparently forgot about it and never finished. I just went ahead and added IT to my list and I will finish it up real quick tomorrow night.

[Matt]

Dany wrote: "Matt wrote: "Y and Z i think will be the hard ones for me. I think i have stuff for the other letters."
Matt, look up "Zombie, Ohio" by Scott Kenemore. It looks kind of fun. But I'm thinking you mi..."

I have not read that book, but i have read one of Scott Kenemore's books and was not too thrilled with it.

[Matt]

Kate wrote: "Matt wrote: "Y and Z i think will be the hard ones for me. I think i have stuff for the other letters."

Have you read Yaccub's Curse?"

No i have not. I'll look into it though.

[Justin]

You Are My Everything is another good y book. I have read both that one and yacubs curse though.

[Kate]

7 more letters to go. Just finished Every Dead Thing and I Am the New God for E& I.
Still have P,Q,U,V,X,Y & Z