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The A to Z Challenge: Character Edition 2016
Alex wrote: "Ooh! I love this!
I'm getting worried I am getting a little too challenge happy over here. Hope I can keep up with them all. lol
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I'm going to keep a spread sheet to help me.
I'm getting worried I am getting a little too challenge happy over here. Hope I can keep up with them all. lol
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I'm going to keep a spread sheet to help me.

A- Arran MacLawry -Rogue with a Brogue
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C-Cal Patterson -Small Town Christmas: Return To Promise / Mail-Order Bride
D-Dakota North-Afterglow
E-Emma Reynolds -Burning Wild
F-Faith Fairchild -The Body in the Birches
G-Grant Benton,-What the Bride Wore
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Spell out the alphabet using a main character's first, middle, or last name. You can only use one book per name.
✸Easy Level: 1 list from A to Z with a combination of male & female names
✸Hard Level: 2 lists from A to Z, one list of female names & one list of male names

FEMALES 26/26
Amelia The Tightrope Walker by Dorothy Gilman finished 2/21/16 ★★★
Bayroo Ghost at Work by Carolyn Hart finished 3/23/16 ★★★★
Christina Shop Till You Drop by Elaine Viets finished 2/12/16 ★★★
Delia Peabody Imitation In Death by J.D. Robb finished 2/29/16 ★★★★
Eve Dallas Purity in Death by J.D. Robb finished 1/7/16 ★★★★★
Flavia de Luce A Red Herring Without Mustard by Alan Bradley finished 2/24/16 ★★★★
Goldy Schulz Double Shot byDiane Mott Davidson finished 4/15/16 ★★★★
Hannah Swensen Blueberry Muffin Murder by Joanne Fluke finished 1/2/16 ★★★
India Black India Black by Carol K. Carr finished 2/5/16 ★★★★
Jessica Undead and Unwed by MaryJanice Davidson finished 5/24/16 ★★★★
Kara Kensington Sandstorm by James Rollins finished 1/27/16 ★★★★
Lydia Crick The Anatomist's Apprentice by Tessa Harris finished 4/25/16 ★★★★
Mayfleet, Lina The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau finished 5/11/16 ★★★★
Next, Thursday Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde finished 10/31/16 ★★★★
O-Lan The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck finished 2/18/16 ★★★★
Peg Turnbull Unleashed by Laurien Berenson finished 6/4/16 ★★★
Queen Levana Cinder by Marissa Meyer finished 3/28/16 ★★★★★
Rachel Verona Map of Bones James Rollins finished 3/20/16 ★★★★
Stephanie Plum Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich finished 7/7/16 ★★★
Tekla Night Rounds by Helene Tursten finished 6/6/16 ★★★
Ursula The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman finished 4/14/16 ★★★★★
Vitt, Cassiopeia The Venetian Betrayal by Steve Berry finished 4/22/16 ★★★★
Whitney MacAllister Hot Ice by Nora Roberts finished 4/11/16 ★★★
Xuereb, Akilah The Body Electric by Beth Revis finished 11/20/16 ★★★
Yoder, Magdelena Too Many Crooks Spoil... by Tamar Myers finished 4/28/16 ★★★
Zlata Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in... by Zlata Filipović finished 10/29/16 ★★★★


























MALES 26/26
Ariel Kafka Nights of Awe by Harri Nykänen finished 7/15/16 ★★★
Burton Wooster My Man Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse finished 7/13/16 ★★★★
Charlie Chan The House Without a Key by Earl Derr Biggers finished 2/22/16 ★★★
Derek Stone The Lies That Bind by Kate Carlisle finished 1/18/16 ★★★★
Enyclopedia Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective by D. J. Sobol finished 1/1/16 ★★★★★
Fian Earth Girl by Janet Edwards finished 4/27/16 ★★★★
Gage, Ethan Napoleon's Pyramids by William Dietrich finished 2/19/16 ★★★★
Hamlet Double-Booked for Death by Ali Brandon finished 3/6/16 ★★★
Ivan The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate finished 6/25/16 ★★★★★+
Joe Morelli Twelve Sharp by Janet Evanovich finished 1/13/16 ★★★★
Kvothe The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss finished 1/8/16 ★★★
Logan The Face Of Deception by Iris Johansen finished 3/10/16 ★★★★
Marc Undead and Unemployed by MaryJanice Davidson finished 8/13/16 ★★★★
Napoleon Bonaparte The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich finished 2/21/16 ★★★★
Orsinio Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare finished 2/13/16 ★★★★★
Prometheus The Fire Thief by Terry Deary finished 3/9/16 ★★★★
Quentin BlackBlack As Night by J.C. Andrijeski finished 2/10/16 ★★★★
Roarke Portrait in Death by J.D. Robb finished 1/20/16 ★★★★★
Steven Sable (Dr.) What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie finished 4/9/16 ★★★
Toby Aldshaw Tell the Wolves I'm Home by Carol Rifka Brunt finished 1/6/16 ★★★★★
Underwood, Grover The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan finished 9/29/16 ★★★★
Vandenburg, James Clay Addition by Toni Jordan finished 2/23/16 ★★★
Winston The Puzzling World of Winston Breen by Eric Berlin finished 7/27/16 ★★★
Xander Matched by Ally Condie finished 11/1/16 ★★★★
Yoakum, John The Last Child by John Hart finished 2/20/16 ★★★
Ze'ev "Wolf" Kelsey Scarlet by Marissa Meyer finished 5/30/16 ★★★★



























I'm in for this challenge!
26/26 - Completed 6/3/16
Abaddon, Bettina - Shadow's Claim ~ February 16 ****
Burnett, Dan - Depraved ~ May 1 ****
Cameron Hillard - Scare Crow ~ January 22 ***
Denison, Melanie - Before He Finds Her: A Novel ~ March 6 ***½
Eva Cross - Captivated by You ~ April 2 ****½
Ford Dixon - Suddenly One Summer ~ March 10 ****
Gallagher, Sara - Never Knowing ~ May 6 ***½
Hart, Melissa Joan - Melissa Explains It All ~ January 28 ***
Iverson, Carl - The Life We Bury ~ March 2 ****
Jack Trenholm - The House on Tradd Street ~ February 1 ****
Knight, Sylvia - Fatal Secrets ~ February 29 ***½
Lily Kintner - The Kind Worth Killing ~ March 15 ****½
Marshall, Jenna - Have You Seen Her? ~ January 27 ****
Newton, Rennie - The Crush ~ February 11 ***
Olson, Jake - No Coming Back ~ April 19 ****
Potter, Harry - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince ~ May 26 *****
Quinn Cortez - Killing Her Softly ~ January 17 **½
Remini, Leah - Troublemaker ~ May 3 ****½
Sara Linton - Blindsighted ~ May 10 **
Tina Fey - Bossypants ~ February 18 ****
Ursula St Clare - Colton Manor ~ February 16 **
Vada Bergen - Cam Girl ~ February 13 **
Winnifred Waverley - Cast in Ice ~ February 14 ***½
Xenophilius Lovegood - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ~ June 3 *****
Yvette - Hush ~ February 16 *½
Zach Travis - The Kill ~ February 7 ***

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- CHARACTER EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2016.
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Playing off of our I-Spy “Book Title” edition, we are introducing the A to Z Challenge “Character Edition.” Read a book with a character to fit for each letter of the alphabet. You can use the first letters of character’s first or last name. You may only use one character per book, and you may use memoirs/biographies/autobiographies for this challenge.
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A: Alessandra ✔ B: Bianca ✔ C: Carina ✔ E: Emily✔ F: Finbar ✔ J: Joaquin "Jack" ✔K: Kendra ✔ L: Lorna ✔ M: Mia✔ O: Owen ✔ P: Pat ✔Q: Quinn ✔ R: Roz✔ S: Sophie ✔T: TarquinW: Wes✔ Z: Ze'ev Kelsey (Wolf)✔


















Yes, you can use the same series, just not the same book.

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message 50: by Elizabeth (new) Dec 17, 2015 12:58PM
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A - A-to-L, the wyverary in in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente
B - Theo Bernstein from Doughnut by Tom Holt
C - Cormoran Strike from Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith
D - Delphi in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling
E - Elliot Baranski in A Corner of White by Jaclyn Moriarty
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H - Bill Hodges and Brady Hartfield in End of Watch by Stephen King
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K - Maurice Katz in When it's a Jar by Tom Holt
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S - September (yes, a little girl) in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making and The Girl who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There by Catherynne M. Valente
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The A to Z Challenge: Character Edition
Duration: January-December 2016
Completed: 11/24
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B: Bronwyn Bruntley, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
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V: Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
W: Will Russet, The Midwife's Apprentice
X: Teacher Xiao, Mao's Last Dancer
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P: Pam Buckman (Keep Quiet)

Completed: 6/26
A: Herbert Agar in A Time For Greatness
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H: Mitchell Hundred in Ex Machina (1/17)
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Rachel Watson in The Girl on the Train (4/16)

24/26
A - Annie Black in A Small Indiscretion by Jan Ellison
B - Becky Bloomwood in Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
C -Coraline in Coraline by Neil Gaiman
D - Pamela Des Barres in I'm With the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
E - Emma Blair in One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid
F - Frank Haydn - Montana 1948
G - Glenn Hughes - Glenn Hughes The Autobiography: From Deep Purple to Black Country Communion
H - Harry Goldfarb - Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby
I - Ida J Mancini - Choke
J - Jack Elliot in These Is My Words The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901 by Nancy E. Turner
K - Kate Baron in Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
L - Leslie Burke in Bridge to Terebithia by Kathleen Paterson
M - Mitch and Morrie in Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
N - Nick Love in What Alice Forgot by Liane Moriarty
O - Olly, in Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon
P - Padma Lakshmi - Love, Loss and What We Ate by Padma Lakshmi
Q - Quinn - The One In A Million Boy
R - Rosie the Elephant, in Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
S - Sayuri, in Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
T - Theodore Tipton - Big Stone Gap
U - Ursula, Anna's mother-in-law, Bruno's mother... in Hausfrau by Jill Alexander Essbaum
V - Vivian Baxter Johnson - I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
W - Nancy Whitehead - The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl
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B:Bod in The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
C: Coraline in Coraline by Neil Gaiman
J: Jerry Holkins in The Splendid Magic of Penny Arcade: The 11 1/2 Anniversary Edition by Jerry Holkins
X: Xavin in Runaways, Vol. 6: Parental Guidance (Runaways, #6) by Brian K. Vaughan

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- CHARACTER EDITION
Duration: January 1 through December 31, 2016
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A- Ajax Penumbra - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 1/4/2016
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C -Connal MacconSoulless
D- Daniel Burnham - The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
E - Ellie the Ghost Repossession
G- Gonff Prince of Mousethieves - Mossflower - 1/13/2016
H - Helper Dog - Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
I - Ivan No-Surname If You Could See Me Now
J - June Iparis - Champion - 1/4/2011
K - Kennedy - Repossession
L - Lars the Awkward Yeti - Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection
M - Matthias of Redwall - Redwall 1/7/2016
N - Nicola Tesla - Goliath
P - Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama - Prudence - 1/13/2016
R - Rufe Brush - Mariel of Redwall
S - September - The Girl Who Circumnavigated
U - Urthstrype - Salamandastron
V - Vibana - Saints
W - Winter - Winter
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Goal: 26 Letters, OF COURSE ~
I'll keep track of it in my corner! (:

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A - Andrew Ryan - Bones of the Lost
B - Jamie Berger - The Scarpetta Factor
C - Ceighton Melice - The Rook
D - Dix Dodd - The Case of the Flashing Fashion Queen
E - Errol Rich - The White Road
F - Lacey Flint - Now You See Me
G - Gregory Dermott - Think of a Number
H - Scot Harvath - The Lions of Lucerne
I - Ivy - Anathema
J - Joseph Morelli - Tricky Twenty-Two
K - Kay Scarpetta - Scarpetta
L - Lisbeth Salander - The Girl in the Spider's Web
M - Mitch Rapp - Kill Shot
N - Nick Bell - Dead Scared
O - Octavian The Normans: From Raiders to Kings
P - Charlie Parker - Dark Hollow
Q - Mr. Quincy - The Dead Room
R - Simone Rashid The Einstein Prophecy
S - Sophia Avallone Port Mortuary
T - Temperance Brennan - Bones Never Lie
U - Ummu - A Dark and Twisted Tide
V - Emilio Vandez - The Knight
W - Rachel Wolfe - The Killing Kind
X- Xin Zhang - Sandstorm
Y - Yardem Hane - The Dragon's Path
Z - Zombie - The 5th Witch

I'd like to give this challenge a go this year. I'll post my books as I complete them.
Many thanks,
Dug
2016 Alphabet Character Challenge (with different countries / cities)
A : Anne Louvet (Janvilliers, France) : The Girl at the Lion D'Or by Sebastian Faulks
B : Bertie Pollock (Edinburgh, Scotland) : The Revolving Door of Life by Alexander McCall Smith
C : Inspector Chopra (Mumbai, India) : The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra by Vaseem Khan
D : Douglas Stone (London, England) : The Case of Lady Sannox by Arthur Conan Doyle in Capital Crimes-London Mysteries edited by Martin Edwards
E: Ezinma (Uruofia, Nigeria) : Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
F: Florence Dombey (Brighton, England) : Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
G: Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Grasse, France) : Perfume by Alexander Suskind
H: Adolf Hitler (Berlin, Germany) : Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes
I: Irimias (Hungary) : Satantango by László Krasznahorkai
J: Jake Barnes (Pamplona, Spain) : Fiesta- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
K: Kimball O'Hara (Lucknow, India) : Kim by Rudyard Kipling
L: Lorenzo Todesco (Venice, Italy) : Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen
M: Doctor Alexandre Manette (Paris, France) : A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
N: Nicholas Bracewell (York, England) : The Trip to Jerusalem by Edward Marston
O: Ocky (Bournemouth, England) : Mr. Nobody's Eyes by Michael Morpurgo
P: Paul Lohman (Amsterdam, Netherlands) : The Dinner by Herman Koch
Q: Harry Quebert (Somerset, New England, USA) : The Truth about the Harry Quebert Affair by Joel Dicker
R: Richard Barnes (Battersea, England) : Offshore by Penelope Fitzgerald
S: Squirm (Los Angeles, USA) : I Am Death by Chris Carter
T: William Thornhill (New South Wales, Australia) : The Secret River by Kate Grenville
U: Ulf / Jon (Finnmark, Norway) : Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo
V: Dr. Vladimir Dragan (Cloonoila, Ireland) : The Little Red Chairs by Edna O'Brien
W: Father Wilfred (Coldbarrow, Lancashire, England) : The Loney by Andrew Michael Hurley
X: Xavier Ansotegui (Guernica, Spain) : Guernica by Dave Boling
Y: Yazmina (Kabul, Afghanistan) : The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul by Deborah Rodriguez
Z: Zelda (Poland) : Once by Morris Gleitzman
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A: Axel Locke Blood Magic 1/12/16
B: Bryn Aven Frostfire 1/2/16
C: Cameron Hamilton Wait for You 1/7/16
D: Daemon Black Obsidian 1/8/16
E: Elena Deveraux Angels' Blood 1/10/16
F: Brenna Flanagan Night's Kiss 1/4/16
G: Matthew Garrison Onyx 1/28/16
H: Erica Hathaway Hardpressed 1/21/16
I: Iona Duncan Mate Claimed 2/11/16
J: Josten Crewel 1/14/16
K: Karou Daughter of Smoke & Bone 2/5/16
L: Blake Landon Hardwired 1/20/16
M: Cole McCall Her Fated Cowboy 1/27/16
N: Nancy Husher Origin 1/30/16
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S: Jack Sheridan Virgin River 2/9/16
T: Andrew Thompson Opal 1/29/16
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W: Heather Wallace A Rush of Wings 1/19/16
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A - ANNE Bronte in Hark! A Vagrant (1/2/16)
B - BRENT in The Burn Journals (1/24/16)
C - CELIA in All the Old Knives (4/10/16)
D - DAVID Lawney in Doomware (1/27/16)
E - ENSEL in Under the Skin (2/8/16)
F - FATE in The Color of Magic (2/27/16)
G - GABE Andrews in Wilbur the Gay Unicorn (2/16/16)
H - Horatio in The Tent (1/12/16)
I - Ivy in Echo: Collider (1/27/16)
J - Julie in Echo: Black Hole (1/28/16)
K - Helen KELLER in The Story of My Life (2/1/16)
L - Hong LIU in Echo: Desert Run (1/19/16)
M - MARSH in In the Midst of Life by Ambrose Bierce (2/20/16)
N - Napoleon in Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection (2/11/16)
O - OYARSA in Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis
P - Ralph PINCUS in Ralph Pincus, Occultist Extraordinaire (2/11/16)
Q - Queen Titania in God Save the Queen 10/26/16
R - Raju in The Snake Charmer: A Novel (1/18/16)
S - Sophie in The Expendables: Stories (2/28/16)
T - TITA in Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments, with Recipes, Romances, and Home Remedies (2/12/16)
U - Ulrich in The Weekend 8/7/16
V - Vijay in Echo: The Last Day (1/28/16)
W - Tony WEBSTER in The Sense of an Ending (1/6/16)
X - Xenya in The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks: Life and Death Under Soviet Rule (2/24/16)
Y - Yudhishthira in Bhagavad Gita: The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies Guide (3/20/16)
Z - Master ZANE in Deadly Class, Vol. 2: Kids of the Black Hole (2/20/16)
I'm in! Love this!
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I'd like to give this challenge a go this year. I'll post my books as I complete them.
Many thanks,
Dug
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Nice twist! Last year I filled my A to Z, and added authors, I may do the same thing with places this year. In my one and only literature class, we learned that location is very much a character.
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Anna Karenina (other topics)The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (other topics)
Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted (other topics)
When Magic Sleeps (other topics)
The Light Between Oceans (other topics)
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