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message 301: by Alexandra (new)

Alexandra Nunney (alexandracn) | 28 comments Message 152 updated, 4/26 :)


Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (travelerbetweenworlds) | 76 comments I'm so in. I will post everything here.


message 303: by Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (last edited Jan 13, 2016 02:34AM) (new)

Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (travelerbetweenworlds) | 76 comments 2/26

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D - Darkling from Shadow and Bone
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M - Magnus Chase from The Sword of Summer
N - Noah Shaw from The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
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message 304: by Kate (new)

Kate | 22 comments Updated message 97: 7/26


message 306: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 26.

3/26


message 307: by Susan C (new)

Susan C (sacorwin) | 906 comments Updated message 25


7/26


message 308: by Tori-Ilana (new)

Tori-Ilana Evans | 22 comments Edited post 128 - completed 3/26


message 309: by Megan BG (new)

Megan BG (meganbgreads) | 1562 comments 5/26

W: Allison Weiss (also Dave and Eloise) from All Fall Down


message 310: by Zita (new)

Zita H. K. | 538 comments Update msg. 41 - 9/26


message 311: by Alex (new)

Alex Shelby (jynxmecrazie) | 277 comments msg 4 - 8/26


message 312: by Austen_Wodehouse (new)

Austen_Wodehouse | 65 comments 1/26
C:Charles Lindbergh One Summer 1927


message 313: by Haley (new)

Haley (haleymarie555) | 22 comments V - Vito Corleone from The Godfather

P - Poehler, Amy from Yes Please

That makes me 3/26!


message 314: by Gwen S. (new)

Gwen S. (gwen1629) | 449 comments Please update: 4/26

C: 'Carter Mallory' in "The Dream! (Crosslyn Rise series)" by Barbara Delinsky. 250 pgs/ published 1997.


message 315: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments [9/26]

A. Alexandre Manette in A Tale of Two Cities (★★★)
B. Beth Johanssen in The Martian (★★★★★)
C. Celia Bowen in The Night Circus (★★★★★)
J. Jacob Portman in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (★★★★)
L. Lennie Small in Of Mice and Men (★★★)
M. Mallow in The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland - For a Little While (★★★★)
R. Rylee Adamson in Elementally Priceless (★★★)
S. September in The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making (★★★★★)
V. Vladek Spiegelman in Maus, I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (★★★★)

/NN


Catarina (TravelerBetweenWorlds) (travelerbetweenworlds) | 76 comments message 307 updated: 3/26


message 317: by Liana (last edited Jan 13, 2016 12:45PM) (new)

Liana (lianasiobhan) | 22 comments Message #207 update: 3/26
(W for Winter in Winter by Marissa Meyer)


message 318: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updating message 17 with E: Elizabeth Grant from The Girl Who Would Be King

6/26


message 319: by Nik (new)

Nik (bleepnik) | 852 comments Silja wrote: "I'm in for all 26 letters.
I just have one question: can you put Darth Vader under V like Vader? (The book is Darth Vader and Friends)"


Kadijah Michelle wrote: "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."

Silja, I think if Vader can be considered his surname, you are fine. =)


message 320: by Monica (new)

Monica (moni78) | 300 comments Completed G. Gabriella. The Blessings of the Animals.
H. Huck (the dog). Huck


message 321: by Charity (new)

Charity (faeryrebel78) | 1465 comments Updated message 26.

4/26


message 322: by Chalmation (last edited Jul 08, 2016 08:40AM) (new)

Chalmation | 3724 comments I'll join this! I will add as I go.


Books Completed: 26/26
Complete!

A: Armand Gamache from A Rule Against Murder Finished 2/13/16

B: Bel Arvardan from Pebble in the Sky Finished 3/13/16

C: Cameron Dawson from While the Savage Sleeps Finished 3/15/16

D: David Desh from Amped Finished 1/22/16

E: Ethan Bryant from Guardians: Caretaker Chronicles #2 Finished 2/17/16

F: Biron Farrill from The Stars, Like Dust Finished 2/24/16

G: Gladia from Robots and Empire Finished 2/14/16

H: Hilda James from Lost Olympics Finished 1/16/16

I: Isabelle Lacoste from The Brutal Telling Finished 2/20/16

J: Jean Guy Beauvoir from Bury Your Dead Finished 2/21/16

K: Kira Miller from Wired Finished 1/20/16

L: Jasmine LeMieux from The Good, The Bad and The Murderous Finished 1/13/16

M: Alex Mendez from Irrefutable Finished 2/14/16

N: Takeo Nomura from Robopocalypse Finished 5/2/16

O: Cassie Oldfield from Quicksilver Finished 1/14/16

P: Robert Peary from Peary to the Pole Finished 1/2/16

Q: Quindor Shandess from Foundation's Edge Finished 4/5/16

R: Raymond Shaw from The Manchurian Candidate Finished 4/20/16

S: Sid Chance from The Surest Poison Finished 1/12/16

T: Tommy West from The Company of Fellows Finished 2/29/16

U: Ursula from Much Ado About Nothing Finished 7/8/16

V: Valona March from The Currents of Space Finished 3/11/16

W: Walter Shaws from Badwater Finished 1/27/16

X: Xavier March from Fatherland Finished 3/2/16

Y: Yugo Amaryl from Forward the Foundation Finished 3/19/16

Z: Zef Van Brunt from SLEEPY HOLLOW: General of the Dead Finished 1/11/16


message 323: by Monica (new)

Monica (moni78) | 300 comments M. Meredith. Winter Garden


message 324: by Carol (new)

Carol | 31 comments I'm in for all the letters and I'll update as I go.
Here's what I have so far:
A: Anastasia Furan - Aftershock
M: Margot Radcliffe - Remember Me
R: Rincewind - The Light Fantastic


message 325: by Marina (new)

Marina Updated message # 20

H - Hyeonseo Lee from The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story

Read: 5/26


message 326: by Tarah (new)

Tarah Traynor | 98 comments Updated message 264


message 327: by Cheri (new)

Cheri (jovali2) Update: 8/26

Letter T - Don Tillman in The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion (5 stars)


message 328: by Carri (last edited Jan 20, 2016 09:34PM) (new)

Carri | 316 comments completed: 6/26

E. Elie Wiesel of Night by Elie Wiesel Read 01/10/16
J. Julia of The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker READ 01/09/16
.L. Lisa of Lisa, Bright and Dark by John Neufeld READ 01/08/16
M. Maybeth of Godmother: A Cinderella Story by Carolyn Turgeon READ 01/13/16
P. Paige of Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge READ 01/07/16
V. Violet of The BoxCar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner READ 01/06/16


Susan (dalmatian21) (dalmatian21) | 405 comments 5/26

E: Dr. Edward Kender (Whiplash)
H: Harold (the dog) (The Bunnicula Collection) (with daughter)
J: Jessie Alden (The Boxcar Children) (with daughter)
P: Pam Buckman (Keep Quiet)
Z: Zaphiel (Eve of Warfare) -- novella


message 330: by Tina (new)

Tina | 155 comments Updated post 212

Nora from, "In a dark dark wood."


message 331: by Kiki (new)

Kiki Miranti (kikimiranti) | 108 comments updated message 197

total 3/26


message 332: by Julie (new)

Julie | 11 comments What a good idea. I would like to join!


message 333: by Paul Emily (new)

Paul Emily Ryan (kickbackyak) Updating message 17 with V: Havelock Vetinari from Men at Arms

7/26


message 334: by Dominique (new)

Dominique  | 1223 comments No 9 updated: 7/26


message 335: by Geri (last edited Apr 09, 2016 10:35AM) (new)

Geri | 63 comments I'll participate in this interesting challenge

A: Abby Abernathy from Beautiful Disaster
B: Bree Prescott from Archer's Voice
C: Adam Christian Taylor from Willing Captive
D: Daisy Miller from Last Hit
E: Ehd from Transcendence
F: Felicity from Equal Parts
G: Gavriel from His
H: Hannah Baker from Thirteen Reasons Why
I: Ishraq from Stormbringers
J: Jake Madsen from Leo
K: Kieran Masters from Fear Me
L: Lia Antonio from Otherwise Alone
M: Graeme Montgomery from Never Seduce a Scot
N: Nicole Lee from Pushed
O: Owen from Commodity
P: Jimmy Paulson from The Deal
Q: Quentin from Fear You
R: Ron Redwine from Held
S: Salome from It Ain't Me, Babe
T: Ty MacFarlane from Stolen: A Letter to My Captor
U: Mrs Umbrade from Sabriel
V: Valerie Klein from Terrorscape
W: Frederick Wentworth from Persuasion
X: Xavier Forul from Throne of Glass
Y: Malala Yousafzai from I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Z: Zach Taylor from The Hunter

26/26

Challenge completed! Yay!


message 336: by Dominique (new)

Dominique  | 1223 comments no 8 updated: 8/26


message 337: by Deborah (last edited Feb 15, 2016 03:40PM) (new)

Deborah Pickstone | 74 comments oh that's a bit different! I'm in!

Ahmose in The Horus Road
Brutus, GaiusThe October Horse
Cato, Quintus Licinius - The Legion
Dian Fossey (also author) Gorillas in the Mist
Ectorius in The Mists of Avalon
Fara - The Big Fisherman
Gerald in My Family and Other Animals
Hynde, Chrissie Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Isabella Camhurst A Natural History of Dragons
Juba II from Cleopatra's Daughter
Kamose from The Hippopotamus Marsh
Larry Durrell My Family and Other Animals
Marcellus in The Robe
Nora - In a Dark, Dark Wood
Olegos the synodiarch in Fire in the East
Pa Salt in The Seven Sisters
Quirke in Christine Falls: Quirke Mysteries Book 1
Roberta Muldoon - The World According to Garp
Spiro Hakiopoulos - The Garden of the Gods
Theodore Stephanides - Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
Uther Pendragon - The Saxon Shore
Vespasian - Tribune of Rome
William Ozanne - Green Dolphin Street
X, Madame I Am Madame X
Yann le Couennec Angelique and the Demon
Zeus Gods Behaving Badly


message 338: by Heather (last edited Mar 15, 2016 09:51PM) (new)

Heather (musing_metzger) I finally found a challenge worth taking up this year!

26/26

A. Allein, Under His Spell
B. Bridget Jones, The Edge of Reason
C. Charlie Coltrane, The Naughty List
D. Deadpool, Return of the Living Deadpool
E. Esme, Lips Touch: Three Times
F. Ford Walker, The Sweetest Thing
G. Molly Gilmore, Baking and Babies
H. Evret Hayle, Fairest
I. Iko, Cress
J. Jess Harper, Brash
K. Prince Kaito, Cinder
L. Simon Lewis, The Fiery Trial
M. Maddie Moore, Simply Irresistible
N. Nick Reagan, Binding of a Witch
O. Jimmy Olsen, Bizarro
P. Pinocchio, Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire
Q. Quinn Sawyer, Just Say Yes
R. Reid McCormack, Make Me Stay
S. Scarlet Benoit, Scarlet
T. Chloe Traeger, Head Over Heels
U. Unknown Subject, Sleeping Giants
V. Venkat Kapoor, The Martian
W. Willyn Brousseau, Conviction of a Witch
X. Xander Harris, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Freefall
Y. Yvaine, Stardust
Z. Ze'ev "Wolf" Kesley, Winter


message 339: by Fatemeh (new)

Fatemeh (alexxy) | 271 comments [update]
7/26
C - Celie - The Color Purple


message 340: by Natalie (new)


message 341: by Alexandra (new)

Alexandra Nunney (alexandracn) | 28 comments Message 152 updated, 5/26 :)


message 342: by Gretchen (new)

Gretchen (eab2012) | 596 comments Edit message 40
5/26 books read


Stephanie (Chinchillita) (chinchillita) | 427 comments Update Message 81 1/15/2016: First 5 Books Read. Characters
A- Ajax Penumbra - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore 1/4/2016
G- Gonff Prince of Mousethieves - Mossflower - 1/13/2016
J - June Iparis - Champion - 1/4/2016
M - Matthias of Redwall - Redwall 1/7/2016
P - Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama - Prudence - 1/13/2016

5/12


message 344: by Maria (new)

Maria (mariah90602) | 2284 comments 8/26

H- Holden Caulfield from the Catcher in the Rye 1-14-16


message 345: by Stephanie (new)

Stephanie  | 976 comments I just got my V! So I am up to 5/25 now. Just finished "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah


message 346: by Zita (new)

Zita H. K. | 538 comments Update to msg. 41 - 12/26 :)


message 347: by Tina (last edited Sep 23, 2016 09:45AM) (new)

Tina Choy | 144 comments I'll try this one.

A - Amir - The Kite Runner
B - Bran - The Stars of Fortune
C - Charlotte - Sweet Salt Air
D - Daphne Knight - Secret Sisters
E - Emory Charbonneau - Mean Streak by Sandra Brown
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G- Georgia - How to be Single
H- Harlow Evans - To the Star
I
J - Jane Rizzoli - The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen
K -Kate Page - Every Second -Rick Mofina
L-Lucy Lang - The Next Best Thing - Kristan Higgins
M- Miri Ammerman - In the Unlikely Events
N-Nikki Liska - The Bitter Season by Tami Hoag
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R-Roarke - Naked in Death
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U-Ursula - Garden of Lies
V - Virgina (Ginny) Carter - Blue by Danielle Steel
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X - Xander Keaton - The Obsession by Nora Roberts
Y
Z - Zach Jordan - NYPD Red 4 - James Patterson


message 348: by Betwixt the (new)

Betwixt the Pages (betwixtthesepages) | 54 comments Updated message 50: 8/26


message 349: by TerryJane, Challenges (last edited Jun 30, 2016 04:53PM) (new)

TerryJane | 4020 comments I'd like to join this one.

A TO Z CHALLENGE -- CHARACTER EDITION
Duration: January 1, through December 31, 2016
Progress: 26/26


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 350: by Helen (new)

Helen (hpfish13) | 272 comments 4/26 Completed

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J - Jasper - The Lump of Coal by Lemony Snicket
K - Carol Kane - As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
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M - Maerad - The Riddle by Allison Croggan
N
O
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Q - Leonard da Quirm - Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett
R
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T
U
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W
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Y - Azaze Yopali - Melting Stones by Tamora Pierce
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