Kristie's A-Z & Color Challenges 2014 :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

OK, I am ditching my old challenge and starting again so that I can have my challenge run within the year. It's just easier to keep track of that way. Plus, I want to have my A-Z & Color challenges in one thread. :) Here goes!

A-Z Challenge 2014

Duration: 1/1/14-1/1/15
Completed: 26/26

✔ A - All the Light We Cannot See 8/18 ✭✭✭✭
✔ B - Breed of Innocence 4/22 ✭✭✭
✔ C - Champion 4/1 ✭✭✭✭
✔ D - Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 1/10 ✭✭✭✭
✔ E - Elizabeth is Missing 8/20 ✭✭✭
✔ F - Fool Moon 2/24 ✭✭✭✭
✔ G - Good Omens 3/20 ✭✭✭
✔ H - Hounded 1/4 ✭✭✭✭
✔ I - If I Stay 6/4 ✭✭✭
✔ J - Jurassic Park 1/1/2015! ✭✭✭✭
✔ K - Killing Sarai 12/16 ✭✭✭✭
✔ L - Legend 1/2 ✭✭✭✭
✔ M - Mr. Mercedes 7/30 ✭✭✭✭
✔ N - The Next Time You See Me 11/13 ✭✭✭✭
✔ O - The Opposite of Maybe 5/24 ✭✭✭✭✭
✔ P - The Princess Bride 1/5 ✭✭✭✭
✔ Q - Queen of Babble 11/23 ✭✭
✔ R - The Rosie Project 2/27 ✭✭✭✭
✔ S - Stardust 1/21 ✭✭✭
✔ T - Tangled 3/27 ✭✭✭✭
✔ U - Unwind 12/19 ✭✭✭✭
✔ V - Vicious 10/15 ✭✭✭✭
✔ W - Wool Omnibus (Silo, #1) 5/27 ✭✭✭✭
✔ X - Xingu 8/31 ✭✭✭
✔ Y - Year Zero 8/31 ✭✭✭
✔ Z - Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 10/6 ✭✭✭

[Kristie, Moderator]

Color Challenge 2014 ***COMPLETED***
Level: Medium / 2 of each

Duration: 1/1/14-12/31/14
Completed: 24/24

✔ Blue Cover:
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 1/10
A Test of Mettle 3/24



✔ Green Cover:
The Princess Bride 1/5
The Lost Hero 4/18



✔ Red Cover:
The Rosie Project 2/27
Tangled 3/27



✔ Black Cover:
Good Omens 3/20
Prodigy 2/14



✔ White Cover:
Stardust 1/21
Champion 4/1



✔ Yellow Cover:
Hexed 2/5
Hyperbole and a Half 6/2



✔ Pink Cover:
Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald 10/6
The Husband's Secret 6/10



✔ Purple Cover:
The Little Android 2/8
The Crowded Street 12/21



✔ Orange Cover:
Tricked 5/6
The Invention of Wings 6/18



✔ Gray Cover:
Legend 1/2
Prime Deception 9/5



✔ Brown Cover:
Hounded 1/4
Orphan Train 6/29



✔ Colorful Cover:
Clan Rathskeller 1/5
Elizabeth Is Missing 8/20

[Anima]

I really like this idea of putting the challenges in one thread. I may do the same with my YA A-Z challenge :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks! It's helpful to have them all in one spot.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thank you, Tullia!

[Kristie, Moderator]

What do you guys think? White cover?

[Lynn, Moderator]

Hhhmmm, I would instinctively put it under blue but you could probably get away with white if you need to fill that space.

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hmmm...I think I might put it under white. I tend to get a lot of blue books. Plus, somehow the regular book cover looks more white than the audio one. Probably just because it's elongated, so more white. Oh, and no blue strip at the bottom!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Yup, that one would go in the white for me

[Kristie, Moderator]

Finally started adding books to my A-Z challenge again! I keep reading books with the same letters. Just added All the Light We Cannot See and Elizabeth is Missing. I have Year Zero and The Next Time You See Me planned to read soon that will fit in too. Then, I'm going to have to go on a book hunt for more letters!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I got a couple of the difficult letters done this week! I finished "X" - Xingu - and "Y" - Year Zero. Made some good progress this month with 4 books added after slowing down for a while. I might actually make it this year!

[Lynn, Moderator]

Ooohh well done on getting the tricky letters out of the way!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks! Hoping I can actually squeeze in the rest of the letters this year!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Only 5 left!!! And I've finished a couple more of the difficult letters. (Z and V) :D I just might make it....I hope!

[Alycia]

Good job!! :))

[Alycia]

You should read Jurassic Park next...I love that book!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks! Glad to hear that you loved it. It was a toss up between that and Jaws. :)

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Yessssssss! Jurassic Park was amazing!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Jurassic Park it is!!

[Kristie, Moderator]

I might actually make it this year!! Only 4 left to go for my A-Z challenge and I have them planned to read before the end of the year. I tried to double up on my colors and I'm one purple bookcover shy. I don't think I'll be able to squeeze that one in.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

WooHoo! Nice! I have one left... Q... I doubt it will happen to be honest :P

[Kristie, Moderator]

I'm reading Queen of Babble for my Q now. I'm about 20% in and so far, the main character is pathetic and annoying. :/

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Pathetic and annoying sums up every Q book I've ever tried.

[Lynn, Moderator]

It's because the authors know they don't have to make an effort, their books will be read regardless because of these stupid lists ;o)

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Haha!

[Alycia]

ROFL Lynn!!! :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Haha..same with X books! If I ever wrote a book, I'd start it with an X. I'm pretty sure there are authors out there that have done that. Hmmm...what should I name it? I don't know, but it should start with a Q or an X.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

If the book starts with X then your pen name needs to start with Q (or vise versa). That way you get both the Title and Author Name challenge purchasers. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Hahaha! Good call, Ally!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Woohoo! Finished Queen of Babble! Ended up giving it three stars, which might be generous of me since I considered bailing on the book for the first 20%. The narrator was so needy and pathetic that I just found her annoying. Fortunately, she grew as a character as the book went on. I have to say the biggest surprise for me was that it was not YA. I don't know why I thought it was, but I was a bit surprised that when I found out that it wasn't.

Next up is Jurassic Park!! Yeah! I've been looking forward to this one. Also, Killing Sarai and Unwind. I plan to read all three in December to complete my challenge. :)

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Oooooh! Enjoy Jurassic Park! I loved it!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, Ally! I'm really looking forward to it. :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

I finally found my purple cover!! The GR cover is blank, but I'll post this pic from Audible. :) The Crowded Street

[Kristie, Moderator]

Only one left for my A-Z, which I am currently reading, and one for my color challenge! I just might make it! :)

[Kristie, Moderator]

Woohoo!!! I completed my color challenge! :D Just need to finish Jurassic Park and I'll have my A-Z challenge done too!

[Lynn, Moderator]

HURRAH!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Woohoo! Great Job Kristie!

I still haven't started a Q book.... (although I appreciate you trying to find an easy one for me)

Next year I'm going to stick to colour challenge only! LOL!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Thanks, ladies! Q is a tough one, Ally!

[Kristie, Moderator]

That's ok, everyone...go out and enjoy your New Year. No, no really... I'm determined to finish Jurassic Park before midnight. lol almost done... I'll be back to update tomorrow!

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Hahaha! I was just thinking "I wonder if Kristie finished her challenge"

[Kristie, Moderator]

Oh really?! Hahaha...no! Unfortunately, December was much busier than I anticipated. I finished it, but not until today, so one day late! I'm still counting it towards this challenge though and saying, "Yay, I finished!!" lol I thought about saying this was a fail and using it for my 2015 challenge, but it was just too close.

[ally ¯\(ツ)/¯]

Haha! that's what i did last year... for my Z book.
I used it both years (because i'm a CHEATER)!

Congrats on finishing! It definitely counts!

[Kristie, Moderator]

Haha! I'm sure I'll find something before December...famous last words! lol

Thanks!!