The A to Z Challenge: Character Edition 2016 Showing 1,351-1,400 of 1,507

[Sherry]

Updated:
26/26 Completed ✔

A : Alex Morgan- I'll Never Let You Go by Mary Burton [Read 1/12/2016]
B : Dean Barton- Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll [Read 2/3/2016]
C : Carmela Bertrand- Gossamer Ghost by Laura Childs [Read 1/17/2016]
D : Dina Gregory- On the Naughty List by Sugar Jamison [Read 1/1/2016]
E : Eva d'Orsey- The Perfume Collector by Kathleen Tessaro [Read 1/8/2016]
F : Falin Andrews -Grave Memory by Kalayna Price [Read 1/2/2016]
G : Graham Bloomwood- Shopaholic to the Rescue by Sophie Kinsella [Read 2/21/2016]
H : Miranda Hawthorne -A Noble Masquerade by Kristi Ann Hunter [Read 1/15/2016]
I : Iko -Cress by Marissa Meyer [Read 1/27/2016]
J : Julia Ansdell- Playing with Fire by Tess Gerritsen [Read 1/4/2016]
K : Prince Kaito - Winter by Marissa Meyer [Read 2/8/2016]
L : Queen Levana Blackburn- Fairest by Marissa Meyer [Read 1/25/2016]
M : Prince Maxon Schreave -The Eliteby Kiera Cass [Read 1/10/2016]
N : Noelle Tremain- Black and Blue by Gena Showalter [Read 2/15/2016]
O : Kevin O'Neal- Notorious by Allison Brennan [Read 1/20/2016]
P : Peri Reed- The Drafter by Kim Harrison [Read 1/21/2016]
Q : Quinn- Always a Thief (Quinn/Thief #2) by Kay Hooper [Read 4/7/2016]
R : Jack Rayner- Secret Sisters by Jayne Ann Krentz [Read 1/3/2016]
S : Seema Singh- There's Cake in My Future by Kim Gruenenfelder [Read 2/1/2016]
T : Tsukiko- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [Read 1/7/2016]
U : Usopp- One Piece, Volume 03: Don't Get Fooled Again (One Piece #3) by Eiichiro Oda
V : Vika Lukas- Last Kiss Goodnight by Gena Showalter [Read 2/14/2016]
W : Princess Winter- Winter by Marissa Meyer [Read 2/8/2016]
X : Xander- Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park, Matt Phelan [Read 7/19/2016]
Y : Yoko Taneda- The Girl from the Well (The Girl from the Well #1) by Rin Chupeco [Read 7/19/2016]
Z : Zoe Dennings- Never Die Alone by Lisa Jackson [Read 2/10/2016]

[Stephanie]

Update 19/27

Uriah Pedrad, Allegiant 2 Stars
Zeke Pedrad, Insurgent 4 Stars

[Julie]

Updated message 108

[Samantha]

A-Avis Richardson (!0th Anniversary-James Patterson)
B-Jason Blayney (11th Hour-James Patterson)
C-Christine Nilsson (Most Wanted-Lisa Scottoline)
D-Alex Dubois (Calendar Girl-Volume One-Audrey Carlan)
E-Emma Carstairs (Lady Midnight-Cassandra Clare)
F-Fiona Maye (The Children Act-Ian McEwan)
G-Geoffrey Shafer (Pop Goes the Weasel-James Patterson)
H-Heidi Gordon (The 9th Judgment-James Patterson)
I-Isabel Cunningham (Calendar Girl Volume Three-Audrey Carlan)
J-Junie Moon (7th Heaven-James Patterson)
K-Keith Herman (12th of Never-James Patterson)
L-Louisa Clark (Me Before You-JoJo Moyes)
M-Mia Saunders (Calendar Girl-Volume Two-Audrey Carlan)
N-Naomi (Orphan #8-Kim van Alkemade)
O-Maureen O’Mara (5th Horseman-James Patterson)
P-Nick Pellisante (Judge & Jury-James Patterson)
Q-Isaac Quintana (6th Target-James Patterson)
R-Rich Conklin (Unlucky 13-James Patterson)
S-Steven Traynor (After You-JoJo Moyes)
T-Travis Parker (The Choice-Nicholas Sparks)
U-Dolores Umbridge (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix-J.K. Rowling)
V-Oswaldo Vasquez (14th Deadly Sin-James Patterson)
W-Skip Wilkinson (8th Confession-James Patterson)
X-Xander Keaton (The Obsession-Nora Roberts)
Y-Yuki Castellano (4th of July-James Patterson)
Z-Steven Ziegler (A Child Called “It”-Dave Pelzer)


Completed! =)

[Owlonmywrist]

I'm nearly finished 4 out of the 5 reading challenges for this year, so I think I'm going to add this one.

A- Ada Bates from The Magician's Lie by Greer Macalister
B- Beowulf from Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney
C- Clarissa Dalloway from Mrs. Dalloway
D- Douglas from The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
E- Captain Edward Ashburnham from The Good Soldier by Ford Maddox Ford
F- Tiffany FaNelli from Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll
G- Georgina Tuskin from Girl, Interrupted by Georgina Kaysen
H- Rescuing Patty Hearst: From a Decade Gone Mad by Virginia Holman
I- Ruben Iglesias from Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
J- The Jinni from The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
K- Ken Kesey from The Electric Koolaid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
L- Lenina Crowne - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
M- Margaret Lea - The Thirteenth Tale by Diana Setterfield
N- Narrator - The Canterbury Tales by Gregory Chaucer
O- Ona Vitkus - The One-in-a-Million Boy by Monica Wood
P- Ajax Penumbra from Mr. Penumbra’s 24 hour Book Store by Robin Sloan
Q- Queenie Bligh from Small Island by Andrea Levy
R- Father Ralph de Bricassart from The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
S- Sammy Klayman from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
T- Thomas Ratterer from An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
U- Uncle Pa Keating - Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
V- Victor Amedeo - Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi
W- Roberta Weis - We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride
X- Xavier Quinn - Persuader by Lee Child
Y- Young Poet from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
Z- Zus Bielski from The Brothers Bielski by Peter Duffy

26/26

[Louise]

Update msg 597 20/26
N - Nic - Gathering Darkness

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

B- Beowulf from Beowulf: A New Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney

1/26

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

P- Ajax Penumbra from Mr. Penumbra’s 24 hour Book Store by Robin Sloan

2/26

[Ariel]

Update - 24 of 26 read, Post #375

[Claire]

Updated #663

13/26

[Kiki]

updated message 197

total is now 21/26

[Kaitlyn]

I'm joining this challenge pretty late, but good thing I've already read a lot this year ;) I'm going to focus primarily on the first names of characters, unless they get called by their last names throughout the book (like Mr. Wickham)

A- Aza Ray Boyle from Magonia by Maria Dahvana Headley
B- Bathsheba Everdeen from Far From the Madding Crowd by Tom Hardy
C- Celeste from Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
D- Dee Moray from Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter
E- Emma Bloom from Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
F- Felicity Worthington from The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
G- George Emerson from A Room with a View by EM Forster
H- Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
I - Idris from And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
J- Jean Brodie from The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
K- Kat Potente from Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
L- Laila from A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
M- Maya from The Storied Life of AJ Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
N- Nuria Monfort from The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
O- Odge from The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
P- Pax from Pax by Sara Pennypacker
Q- Querig from The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro
R- Rose Lacey from Brooklyn by Colm Toibin
S- Scott Hipwell from The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
T- Trudy Swann from The Edge of the Earth by Christina Schwarz
U-
V- Vida Winter from The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
W- Mr. Wickham from Death Comes to Pemberley by PD James
X-
Y- Yaw from Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Z- Mr. Zylberberg from Maus by Art Spiegelman

[Susan (dalmatian21)]

25/26 complete -- 1 more to go! Dreaded letter Q!

A: Aaron ben Simon (Winds of Time)
B: Brady (14th Deadly Sin)
C: Charley Davidson (The Dirt on Ninth Grave)
D: Dafydd (David) (Footsteps in Time)
E: Dr. Edward Kender (Whiplash)
F: Miranda Fenster (The Fairy Tale Bride)
G: Gideon Cross (Captivated by You)
H: Harold (the dog) (The Bunnicula Collection) (with daughter)
I: Iko (Winter)
J: Jake Manion A Little Bit of Déjà Vu
K: Katniss Everdeen (Mockingjay)
L: Llywelyn (Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance)
M: Mackie Morales (Unlucky 13)
N: Jane Nuru (Save Me)
O: Patricia Olden (First World)
P: Pam Buckman (Keep Quiet)
R: Reyes Farrow (Brighter Than the Sun)
S: Sarah Rawlings (Good Girl Gone Plaid)
T: Tudor (Prince of Time)
U: Uriah Pedrad (Divergent)
V: Veronica Tipton (Run Girl)
W: Wiress (Catching Fire)
X: Xander (Alexander) Todd (Brave)
Y: Yuki Castellano (12th of Never)
Z: Zaphiel (Eve of Warfare) -- novella

[Kiki]

updated message 197

total is now 22/26

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

L- Lenina Crowne - Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

3/26

[Carrie]

Edited message 106 19/26 complete

[Nurai]

Update: 16/26

Malyen Oretsev from Shadow and Bone.

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

F- Tiffany FaNelli from Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

4/26

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:


A- Ada Bates from The Magician's Lie by Greer Macalister

5/26

[Maxine]

updated post 1049

22/26

[Kadijah Michelle]

Happy August! Wow we are entering the 8th month of the year already!

Here are the stats for this challenge.

We have 215 participants, have read 2702 books of the 5634 pledged, and have 28 participants who have completed the challenge!

[Gwen S.]

Wow, only one more to go : 25/26 completed

Y: York Ellis- Bachelor Undone by Brenda Jackson 2011/224pgs
U: Uriel Lassiter- Bachelor Unforgiving by Brenda Jackson 2016/224pgs
W: Walter Eddy M.D.- Not Quite Forever by Catherine Bybee 2014/ 306pgs
X: Xavier Kane - Bachelor Unleashed by Brenda Jackson 2010/224pgs

Only letter 'I' remains!

[Gwen S.]

2016 A to Z Book Character Challenge completed! 26/26

I: Isha Wagh in Private India- City on Fire by Ashwin Sanghi and James Patterson 2014/ 474pgs

Yippee!!! ;-) This was fun.

[Gwen S.]

Please Update: 26/26 A to Z Book Character Challenge completed!

Not sure if X was added,
X: Xavier Kane in Bachelor Unleashed by Brenda Jackson 2010/224pgs!

[Kelly]

Updated #19.

O - Ojka - A Gathering of Shadows

23/26 complete!

[Monica]

Updated Message 159 21/26

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

W- Roberta Weis - We are Called to Rise by Laura McBride

6/26

[Carrie]

20/26 completed Think I might've stretched things a bit this time, but . . .
updated message 106

[Tina]

Updated post 212

20/26

[Taylor C]

update msg 962.
19/26
Almost there!

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

V- Victor Amedeo - Sacred Time by Ursula Hegi

7/26

[Monica]

Message 157 updated 24/26

[Katariina]

I updated message 34: 15/26

[Victoria]

July update 22/26

U - Uriah Pedrad Allegiant by Veronica Roth

Full list at page 2 message 51

[Nurai]

Update: 17/26


G. George from How To Be Both by Ali Smith.

[Claire]

Updated post #662

15/26

[✨ jami ✨]

updated #820. I've finished !!

[Mary Pat]

UPDATE:


23/26

A - Anonymous - Letters From People Who Hate Me
B - Geoffrey Bartell - The Copy
C - Catelyn Stark - A Game of Thrones
D - Bayta Darell, Foundation and Empire
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
R - John Rothstein, Finders Keepers
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
Z - Zeus, A Tangled Web

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

C- Clarissa Dalloway from Mrs. Dalloway

8/26

[Kiki]

updated message 197

total is now 23/26

[Sam F]

All done!

Updated Message 18

26/26

[Maria]

25/26


Updated message 22

[Jade]

Updated Message 191
(25/26)

[Louise]

Update msg 597
22/26

[Tori]

Update

Autumn - This Is Where It Ends
Michel Chikwanine - Child Soldier

[Kiki]

updated message 197

total is now 24/26

[Austen_Wodehouse]

21/26
T- Thora Grey The A.B.C. Murders

Message 434 updated

[Owlonmywrist]

Update to post 1375:

M- Margaret Lea - The Thirteenth Tale by Diana Setterfield

9/26

[Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds)]

message 534 updated


21/26
O - Orrin form The Heart of Betrayal

More info here.

[Jaime]

I only at characters that I really like, I've noticed. So it's going a bit slow.

14/26