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message 1301: by Shannon (new)

Shannon (spaultpaul) Updated msg 1174

I- Isabell The Light Between Oceans

25/26 Only X left :)


message 1302: by Mary (new)

Mary (marylane1021) Updated #865 Y-Yukito


message 1303: by Tina (last edited Jun 25, 2016 03:03PM) (new)

Tina Choy | 144 comments Updating message 352
B-Bran - Stars of Fortune


message 1304: by Darlene (new)

Darlene (gryffreads) | 27 comments Updated message #581
26/26

With this addition of Mayor Quentlee for Q, I am now finished my first 26 letters challenge!!!!

I am going to do a further 26 letters, but this time all from the sci-fi/fantasy/paranormal genres. Will add an extra post for that.


message 1305: by Darlene (last edited Jun 24, 2016 01:30PM) (new)

Darlene (gryffreads) | 27 comments Darlene's Second A to Z Character Challenge
Subcategory: Sci-fi/Fantasy/Paranormal

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H is for Hogfather from Hogfather
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message 1306: by Margaret (last edited Jun 25, 2016 05:32AM) (new)

Margaret Updating Post #1169:

Added

H: Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy, The Grand Sophy
N: Newt, And West is West

22/26!


message 1307: by Tiffany (new)

Tiffany Herndon | 74 comments updated message 407

finished 17/26


message 1308: by Laurie (new)

Laurie Updated message 3

19/26 complete

A Abigail from The Keepers of the House
B Bigger Thomas from Native Son
C Christopher Christopherson from Anna Christie
D Death from My Name is Red
E Esteban Trueba from The House of the Spirits
F Fleur Forsyte from The Forsyte Saga
G Gregor Samsa from The Metamorphosis
H Heidi from Heidi
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J Jim Burden from My Ántonia
K Kula from Radiance of Tomorrow
L Lennie Small from Of Mice and Men
M Mustafa ibn Muhammad from The Moor's Account
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O Ove from A Man Called Ove
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Q
R
S Simon Gillayley from The Bone People
T Theodore Morde from Jungleland: A Mysterious Lost City, a WWII Spy, and a True Story of Deadly Adventure
U Ugwu from Half of a Yellow Sun
V
W Woland - The Master and Margarita
X
Y Mr Yates from Mansfield Park
Z


message 1309: by Ariel (new)

Ariel  (lamot_amant) | 728 comments Update - 21 of 26 read, Post #375


message 1310: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1087.

F: Frank Churchill - Emma by Jane Austen

24/26


message 1311: by Jaime (new)

Jaime (jaimesuus) | 96 comments My progress so far:

Atticus Finch: To Kill a Mockingbird
Basilton Pitch "Baz": Carry On
Chaol Westfall: Throne of Glass
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H
Iseult det Midenzi: Truthwitch
Jean Louise Finch: Go Set a Watchman
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Lisbeth Salander: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Magnus Bane: City of Fallen Angels
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Q
Reagan: Fangirl
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T
U
V
W
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Y
Z

8/26


message 1312: by Marina (new)

Marina Update post #20

N: Noah from Noah Barleywater Runs Away

Completed: 21/26


message 1313: by Nurai (new)

Nurai Update: 15/26

T. Danaerys Targaryen from A Dance With Dragons.


Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (travelerbetweenworlds) | 76 comments message 534 updated

19/26
F - Freddie Gallagher from This Savage Song

More info here.


message 1315: by Louise (new)

Louise Updat msg 597
18/26 J - Jonas Falling Kingdoms


message 1316: by Tania (new)

Tania | 1118 comments Updating message 784, progress 23/26

I: Ibn al Khaldun from The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley


message 1317: by Clare (new)

Clare Skeets | 1073 comments Updated message 23

Now at 21/26


message 1318: by Sam F (last edited Jun 29, 2016 04:20AM) (new)

Sam F | 1355 comments Updated:

Message 18

24/26 - 2 more to go!


message 1319: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman Pretty Kings
I for Iakov
25/26


message 1320: by Victoria (last edited Jun 29, 2016 11:32PM) (new)

Victoria | 27 comments June update 21/26 after completing

N - Nick Franklyn Lady of Hay

Full list at page 2 message 51


message 1321: by Kiki (new)

Kiki Miranti (kikimiranti) | 108 comments updated message 197

total is now 18/26


message 1322: by Surupa (new)

Surupa Mukhopadhyay (surupam17) | 39 comments B - Bob Marley, A Brief History of Seven Killings
C - Charles Jacobs, Revival
J - Jeremiah Blake The Printer's Coffin: The Blake and Avery Mystery Series
L - Louisa Clarke Me Before You
R - Roger Yount, Capital


message 1323: by Surupa (new)

Surupa Mukhopadhyay (surupam17) | 39 comments Books 7/20 done.


message 1325: by TerryJane, Challenges (new)

TerryJane | 4020 comments I've completed this challenge with 26/26! My original post is here, but I'm also copying my completed list below.

A - Antoinette Conway - The Secret Place 1/14/16
B - Hans Bjelke - Journey to the Center of the Earth 2/17/16
C - Conall - Snow Like Ashes 2/15/16
D - Dwight Bleichert - The Black Dahlia 1/30/16
E - Ernestine Gilbreth - Cheaper by the Dozen (Stageplay) 1/31/16
F - Ani FaNelli - Luckiest Girl Alive 2/16/16
G - Frank Gilbreth - Cheaper by the Dozen (novel) 1/26/16
H - Helen Wheelwright - Summer House 2/18/16
I - Inej - Six of Crows 1/21/16
J - Josef Lichtenstein - I am Forbidden 1/22/16
K - Karana - Island of the Blue Dolphins 1/31/16
L - Henrietta Lacks - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2/5/16
M - Mackenzie Allen Philips - The Shack 1/31/16
N - Neil Patrick Harris - Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography 1/28/16
O - Nobody Owens - The Graveyard Book 2/15/16
P - Patty Berglund - Freedom 1/20/16
Q - Quisqueya Solis - The Book of Unknown Americans 2/9/16
R - Jacob Reckless - Reckless 2/24/16
S- Scarlet Benoit - Winter 1/25/16
T - Theresa Leong - Diamond Head 2/8/16
U - Dr. Juvenal Urbino - Love in the Time of Cholera 4/12/16
V - Victor Frankenstein - Frankenstein: Or The Modern Prometheus 2/3/16
W - Mark Watney - The Martian 1/23/16
X - Xavier Ulysses Lightman - Armada 4/11/16
Y - Malala Youfsafzai - I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban 3/20/16
Z - Zaphod Beeblebrox - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 1/4/16


message 1326: by Angelique (new)

Angelique Hi, here's my status update at the end of June, I managed to add 1 more book:

A - Amy Little Women
B - Bill Notes from a Small Island
C - Cal Weaveworld
D - Derfel The Winter King
E - Erin Irish Rose
F - Phillias Fogg Around the World in Eighty Days
G - GizzardGulper The BFG
H - Hazel The Fault in Our Stars
I - Isobel The Night Circus
J - Jean-Paul The French Gardener
L - Lysander A Midsummer Night's Dream
M - Mogli The Jungle Book
N - Natalee Tear
P - Phillip Partridge and the Peartree
R - Rudy The Book Thief
S - Sutherland Dancer from the Dance
T - Turo The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
U - Urian Divergent
V - Victor Frankenstein
W - Mark Watley The Martian
X - Xayide The Neverending Story
Y - Yossarian Catch-22

22/26


message 1327: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1087.

X: Xavier Forul - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

25/26


message 1328: by Kadijah Michelle (new)

Kadijah Michelle (kadmich) | 2176 comments Happy July! I'm sorry for missing the May statistics. It has been a very busy time for me, but I have them for the end of June.

As of today we have 213 participants, and we have read 2588 of the 5582 books we have pledged. 20 participants have completed the challenge!


message 1329: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie | 316 comments Update 17/26

Grace Ivers, The Mistake (Off-Campus, #2) by Elle Kennedy 5 Stars

Kellan Braden, Evil by Tijan 5 Stars


message 1330: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 26.

25/26


message 1331: by Natalie (new)

Natalie Shipman V for Vonni Heart and Soul
26/26
Completed!


message 1332: by Ariel (new)

Ariel  (lamot_amant) | 728 comments Update - 23 of 26 read, Post #375


message 1333: by Mary Pat (new)

Mary Pat | 2186 comments UPDATE:


19/26

A - Anonymous - Letters From People Who Hate Me
B - Geoffrey Bartell - The Copy
E - Elayne Trakand - A Memory of Light
F - Jamie Fraser - Drums of Autumn
G - Gong Su - League of Dragons
I - Iskierka - Blood of Tyrants
J - Jerome Robinson - Mr. Mercedes
K - Kell - A Darker Shade of Magic}
L - Lan Mandragoran - New Spring
M - Matt - Messenger
N - Nynaeve - Towers of Midnight
O - Madam Ellen Olenska - The Age of Innocence
P - Piper - The Lost Hero
Q - Quen - The Outlaw Demon Wails
S - Hari Seldon Foundation
T -Thomas - Gathering Blue
U - Roderick Usher The Fall of the House of Usher
V - Egwene al'Vere - The Gathering Storm
X - X, X Out Of Wonderland


Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (travelerbetweenworlds) | 76 comments message 534 updated

20/26
H - Harshaw from Ruin and Rising

More info here.


message 1335: by Louise (new)

Louise Update msg 597
X- Xanthus Rebel Spring


message 1336: by Mary (new)

Mary (marylane1021) Update message 865. Z-Zart.


message 1337: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1087.

***COMPLETE***

Q: Quentin Jacobsen - Paper Towns by John Green

26/26

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!


message 1338: by [deleted user] (new)

Update to message #1087.

***COMPLETE***

A: Agnes Grey - Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
B: Billy Pilgrim - Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
C: Cullen Witter - Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley
D: Dinah - Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
E: Emma Bovary - Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
F: Frank Churchill - Emma by Jane Austen
G: Guy Montag - Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
H: Henry Branwell - Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
I: Imogen Herondale - City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
J: Josef Švejk - The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek
K: Kai - Cinder by Marissa Meyer
L: Lincoln O'Neill - Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
M: Marianne Dashwood - Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
N: Nick Carraway - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
O: Otto Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
P: Pontius Pilate - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Q: Quentin Jacobsen - Paper Towns by John Green
R: Ralph - Lord of the Flies by William Golding
S: Sebastian Morgenstern - City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
T: Tom Parsons - 1984 by George Orwell.
U: Ursula Iguaran - One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
V: Valentine Morgenstern - City of Bones by Cassangra Clare
W: Walter Fane - The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
X: Xavier Forul - Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
Y: Yevdoksiya Kushkina - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
Z: Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley - Scarlet by Marissa Meyer

26/26

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!!


message 1339: by Chalmation (new)

Chalmation | 3724 comments Updated message #326
26/26

Complete! Finally got my "U"!


message 1340: by Gary (new)

Gary Sundell | 199 comments DONE Finally got the X. See message 990 for details.


message 1341: by Jaime (new)

Jaime (jaimesuus) | 96 comments Progress: 10/26

I added Vin from Mistborn: The Final Empire and TenSoon from Mistborn: The Well of Ascension


message 1342: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 25

✓ A - Amy from Yes Please read 1/8/2016
✓ B - Ben from Bird in Hand read 1/9/2016
✓ C - Charlie from A Dirty Job read 1/1/2016
✓ D - David from Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography read 2/22/2016
✓ E - Evelyn from The Engagements read 5/1/2016
✓ F - Fiona from The Running Dream read 3/21/2016
✓ G - Grit from Little Night read 1/11/2016
✓ H - Harry from Astonish Me read 1/16/2016
✓I - Iannis from Corelli's Mandolin read 2/17/2016
✓ J - Janis from Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin read 1/6/2016
✓ K - Kira from Gathering Blue read 1/29/2016
✓ L - Lydia from Everything I Never Told You read 1/7/2016
✓ M - Melissa from Little Lady, Big Apple read 1/3/2016
✓ N - Natan from Burial Rites read 2/10/2016
✓ O - Ove from A Man Called Ove read 1/27/2016
✓ P - Philemon from World Without End read 2/2/2016
✓ Q - Detective Quigley from Broken Harbor read 5/23/2016
✓ R - Roger from A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty read 1/14/2016
✓ S - Snow from Boy, Snow, Bird read 1/21/2016
✓ T - Trent from A Dog's Journey read 1/26/2016
✓ U - Ula from A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read 4/22/2016
✓ V - Professor Von Vollensteen from The Power of One read 3/12/2016
✓ W - Walker from Up at Butternut Lake read 1/19/2016
✓ X - Xerxes from A Fine Balance read 7/9/2016
✓ Y - Yehudah from The Golem and the Jinni read 1/24/2016
✓ Z - Z. G. from Shanghai Girls read 3/10/2016

26/26 Challenge completed!


message 1343: by Tania (new)

Tania | 1118 comments Updating message 784, progress 24/26

Y: Lena Younger from A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry


message 1344: by Amy (new)

Amy Higdon (amyhigdon) | 270 comments Update message 167

24/26 now done!


message 1345: by Kiki (new)

Kiki Miranti (kikimiranti) | 108 comments updated message 197

total is now 19/26


message 1346: by Fallon (new)

Fallon | 56 comments Update message 196

24/26

I – Iestyn (I Let You Go)


message 1347: by Monica (new)

Monica (moni78) | 300 comments Updated Message 159. 19/26


message 1348: by GailW (new)

GailW (abbygg) | 1112 comments Update Message 24:
I have completed the challenge!


message 1349: by Margaret (new)

Margaret Updated post 1169, 23/26

Alicia VanDamm, Murder on Astor Place


message 1350: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie  | 976 comments Update: I just finished The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt. In it, Hatshepsut hires a man named Useramen to be vizier for southern Egypt. He is part of her design to remain in power despite an aging co-ruler in her nephew Thutmoses III. He is my U. I now have 25/26. One more to go!


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