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The A to Z Challenge: Character Edition 2016

A-Alison Starvecrow from Plague Land
B- John Bristow from The Cuckoo's Calling
C- Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmations
D- Dumbledore from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
E- Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility
F- Dirch Frode from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
G-Hermione Granger from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
H- Hagrid from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
I- Imogen Fludd from The Children's Book
J-Jack Dawkins from Dodger
K- Kalinda Black from Just One Damned Thing After Another
L-Lincoln O'Neill from Attachments
M-Missus from Starlight Barking
N-Nasuada from Eldest
O- Oliver Twist Dodger of the Dials
P- Harry Potter from Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone #1
Q-Owen Quine from The Silkworm
R- Robin Ellacott from Career of Evil
S- Severus Snape Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
T-Thomas Tulley from The Butcher Bird
U-Urgals from Eragon
V- Voldemort from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
W- Ron Weasley from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
X- Xavier March from Fatherland
Y- Yuri Zhivago from The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book
Z- Zophiel from Company of Liars

S- Sammy Klayman from The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Y- Young Poet from Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
20/26

25/26
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)
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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 going to finish this one this weekend.

G- Georgina Tuskin from Girl, Interrupted by Georgina Kaysen
Q- Queenie Bligh from Small Island by Andrea Levy
22/26

O - Odd Thomas Odd Thomas
Q - Leo Quinn Black Roses
Z - Zak Henshaw Witness
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Completed 10/26/16
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)

Challenge Complete!!!
26/26 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 Fanny Price from Mansfield Park
G Gregor Samsa from The Metamorphosis
H Heidi from Heidi
I Irene from The Forsyte Saga
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
N Neil Cotton from I Capture the Castle
O Ove from A Man Called Ove
P Puck from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Q Queequeg from Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
R Richard from Bleak House
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 Valeria from Lolita
W Woland from The Master and Margarita
X Wu Xiaoming from Death of a Red Heroine
Y Yaw from Homegoing
Z Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Anyway, here's my progress:
23/26
A - Auburn Reed from Confess
B - Benjamin Button from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
C - Cupid the Cat from A Cat Called Cupid
D - Rick Deckard from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
E - Eugenie Markham from The Dark Swan: Storm Born
F - Winnie Foster from Tuck Everlasting
G - Jay Gatsby from The Great Gatsby
H - Prince Humperdink from The Princess Bride
I - Adrian Ivashkof from The Indigo Spell
J - Jericho Barrens from Bloodfever
K - Kenton from White Sand, Volume 1
L - Lucy from The Literomancer
M - MacKayla Lane from Darkfever
N - Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby
O - Offred from The Handmaid's Tale
P - Peregring Took from The Fellowship of the Ring
Q - Quentin Coldwater from The Magicians
R - Royce Westmoreland from A Kingdom of Dreams
S - Sydney Sage from Bloodlines
T - Trillion from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
U -
V - Adrian Veidt from Watchmen
W - Dean Winchester from Supernatural - Beginning's End Issue #1
X -
Y -
Z - Zaphod Beeblebrox from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I've just amended Message 94 to show I have now completed 24 of 26 books in my challenge.
Thanks,
Dug

A - Amy from Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
B - Bill from Notes from a Small Island by Bill Bryson
C - Cal from Weefwereld by Clive Barker
D - Derfel from The Winter King by Bernard Cornwell
E - Erin from Irish Rose by Nora Roberts
F - Phillias Fogg from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
G - GizzardGulper from The BFG by Roald Dahl
H - Hazel from The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
I - Isobel from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
J - Jean-Paul from The French Gardener by Santa Montefiore
K - Konstatin Levin from Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
L - Lysander from A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
M - Mogli from The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling
N - Natalee from Tear by Rachel Van Dyken
O - Ogden Morrow from Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
P - Phillip from Partridge and the Peartree by Patricia Kiyono
Q - Professor Qin from Het Lelietheater by Lulu Wang
R - Rudy from The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
S - Sutherland from Dancer from the Dance by Andrew Holleran
T - Toru from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
U - Urian from Divergent by Veronica Roth
V - Victor from Frankenstein by by Mary Shelley
X - Xayide from The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Y - Yossarian from Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Z - Zeus from The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Thank you for organizing this challenge, it was fun to do!

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I have updated Message 94 to show that I have now completed 21 of 26 books in my challenge.
Thanks,
Dug