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2017 A-Z Reading Challenge
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How To Participate:
1. Post here telling the challenge leader that you'd like to join the challenge. You can choose your books for the challenge at the beginning, or add them as you go. You can join a challenge at any time, as long as the challenge is still active.
2. Whenever you finish a book for the challenge, post here and let the challenge leader know so they can update your progress.
Some members choose to update their original post with their progress to keep track of their challenge more easily, but make sure to also post a new message so the challenge leader knows to go look at your original post.
Participants:
Andrea (13/26)
Ashley (1/26)
Brooke (1/26)
Chelsea (1/26)
Dana (18/26)
Elsa (5/26)
Elsbeth (2/26)
Farren (17/26)
Melanie (18/26)
Sarah (20/26)
I am definitely interested in joining this challenge.A to Z with Book Titles, Author's first or last name, or Character's name
A The Awakening 4 stars 1/25/17
B Beautiful Disaster 5 stars 2/9/17
C A Certain Slant of Light 5 stars 1/27/17
D Deborah Harkness Shadow of Night 4 stars 2/26/17
E Erica M. Chapman Teach Me to Forget 5 stars 3/15/17
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H Heaven 3 stars 3/6/17
I Island of Lost Girls 4 stars 1/1/17
J Jenny Han The Summer I Turned Pretty 3 stars 1/28/17
K Kelley Armstrong The Reckoning 4 stars 2/7/17
L Leaving Paradise 5 stars 1/22/17
M Katie McGarry Pushing the Limits 4 stars 3/16/17
N The Night Sister 4 stars 2/1/17
O One Week Girlfriend 5 stars 3/10/17
P Patty Blount Send 2 stars 3/29/17
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R Return to Paradise 5 stars 2/3/17
S Small Great Things 5 stars 1/12/17
T Twenty Boy Summer 4 stars 1/21/17
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V V.C. Andrews Sage's Eyes 2 stars 1/30/17
W Walking Disaster 4 stars 3/21/17
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18/26
This is a great idea for a challenge!A to Z with Book Titles, Author's first or last name, or Character's name
A Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea 5 Stars 1/23/17
B Breathe 4 stars 1/27/17
C Catching Jordan 4 stars 1/26/17
D Dear Killer 3 stars 1/1/17
E The Dreamer E.J. Mellow 4 stars 1/16/17
F If I Stay Gayle Forman 3 stars 2/22/17
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H Halfway to the Grave 4 Stars 1/10/17
I I Am Number Four 5 stars 1/18/17
J The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Jennifer E. Smith 4 stars 2/21/17
K Ruby Red Kerstin Gier 5 stars 2/19/17
L L.A. Candy 3 stars 1/22/17
M Not a Drop to Drink Mindy McGinnis 4 stars 1/19/17
N Neverwhere 3 stars 1/12/17
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P The Princess Diarist 4 stars 2/7/17
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R Rise of the Wolf 3 stars 1/3/17
S The Sleeper and the Spindle 3 stars 1/2/17
T Teen Idol 4 stars 1/25/17
U Ugly Love 3 stars 2/12/17
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W White Cat 4 stars 1/12/17
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Y Blood Red Road Moira Young 3 stars 2/6/17
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I'll join! I'll post a new message after every five to keep you updated. Other than that, I'll just edit this one. ^-^ I'm doing titles!Books Completed: 1/26
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I'm going to join! I'll try with title name, and then author name if I can't find a title that matches for some of the harder ones.A
B Bagpipes, Brides, and Homicides by Kaitlyn Dunnett 9/1/17
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K Kilt Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett 5/1/17
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R Rise of the Sea Witch by Stacey Rourke 7/15/17
S Scone Cold Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett 5/1/17
T The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman 1/26/17
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Z Zodiac by Sam Wilson 9/20/17
I'm going for the option:Title: the first letter in the title of the books should correspond to a letter in the alphabet.
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B - The Breath of Aoles by Alan Spade (4-1-2017)
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I - In the Dark of Light by Bettina Melher (5-1-2017)
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A to Z - I am doing Book TitlesBooks Completed For Challenge: 17/26
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All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook-5.06.17-5 Stars
The Abominables-5.08.17-3 Stars
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Bad Romeo - (Started 1.02.17 - )
Beast Keeper- 5.12.17- 4 Stars
Bob's Burgers, Volume 1-6.03.17- 3 Stars
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Co-operative Revolution: A graphic novel-6.03.17-2 Stars
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Dial Em for Murder -1.01.17-3 Stars
The Diva Rules: Ditch the Drama, Find Your Strength, and Sparkle Your Way to the Top-2.03.17-5 Stars
Dark Places- 5.04.17-4 Stars
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Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures- 5.14.17- 5 Stars
The Four-Story Mistake-5.15.17-4 Stars
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The Glorious Heresies-April 2017- 4 Stars
Gretchen- 6.3.17-3 Stars
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Hold Me Closer: The Tiny Cooper Story-5.09.17-1 Stars
The Heirs-5.26.17- 4 Stars
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Illuminae-5.11.17-4 Stars
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Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil-5.04.17- 3 Stars
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Keeper-5.15.17-5 Stars
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Little Fish: A Memoir from a Different Kind of Year- 5.13.17-5 Stars
Long Red Hair- 5.07.17-4 Stars
Love That Dog-6.05.17-4 Stars
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The Merchant of Death-5.14.17- 4 Stars
Marble Season-5.13.17-3 StarsThe Travelers
The Marshmallow Test: Mastering Self-Control-5.07.17- 3 Stars
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Othello-6.01.17- 5 Stars
Once Was Lost-6.03.17- 4 Stars
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The Problem with Forever-5.09.17- 4 Stars
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Story of a Girl-5.04.17- 4 Stars
Saving Montgomery Sole-5.08.17- 4 Stars
Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop-5.13.17- 5 Stars
Shatter me- 5.14.17- 4 Stars
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The Travelers-01.01.17- 4 Stars
The Tinder Box - 1.02.17 - 4 Stars
Trees, Vol. 1: In Shadow-5.13.17-3 Stars
Trees, Vol. 2: Two Forests- 5.13.17- 4 Stars
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Witch Child- 01.01.17-4 Stars
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The Young Inferno- 5.08.17- 5 Stars
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Just claim a message and begin! :)Have fun, Melanie!
I'm in!A-Z I'm going to try to do Locations
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- CaliforniaC.
- ChicagoC.
- CanadaC.
- CamelotC.
- Cornwall, EnglandG.
- GeorgiaN.
- New YorkN.
- New YorkV.
- VerosW.
- Washington
I'll join! I'll go by title.A
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have a question.....I'm doing Locations and just read a book about King Author and of course it's location is Camelot. Weather it's fictional or not some would argue. Anyway, the rules on locations are a bit gray, doesn't really say if we can use fictional locations or not.
What do you say Wise Master? :) Can I use Camelot as my location for the letter "C".
A to Z Reading Challengea) Abducted by T.R. Ragan 01/05/17
b) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak 01/20/17
c) Columbine by Dave Cullen 01/05/17
d) The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken 01/17/2017
e) Endless by Kate Brian 01/12/17
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g) God Awful Loser by Silvia Acevedo 02/02/2017
h) Hereafter by Kate Brian 01/11/17
i) In the After light by Alexandra Bracken 03/16/2017
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l) A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah 01/20/2017
m) Me, Earl, and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews 01/24/2017
n) The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern 02/01/2017
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p) Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 02/02/2017
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s) Shadowlands by Kate Brian 01/05/17
t) This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp 01/11/17
u) Unwind by Neal Schusterman 3/17/2017
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w) The Walking Dead Compendium 2- Robert Kirkman 01/10/17
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y) Yes, please by Amy Poehler 02/02/2017
z) Zom-B by Darren Shan 01/15/17
18/26 Read
I'm going to keep it simple and go with title20/26
A: Awake at Dawn by C.C. Hunter 1/31
B: The Bird and the Sword by Amy Harmon 1/11
C: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas 2/23
D: The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid 1/30
E: Eliza and Her Monsters byFrancesca Zappia 6/20
F: Firstlife by Gena Showalter 2/10
G: Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow 5/4
H: Hate List by Jennifer Brown 1/18
I: Insurgent by Veronica Roth 6/7
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K: The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness 5/10
L: Legend by Marie Lu 3/4
M: My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni 4/16
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O: Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst 4/17
P: Prodigy by Marie Lu 4/4
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R: Replica by Lauren Oliver 3/11
S: Scythe by Neal Shusterman 3/17
T: To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han 1/3
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V: The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides 4/11
W: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson 5/19
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Y: You by Caroline Kepnes 3/9
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Elsa wrote: "have a question.....I'm doing Locations and just read a book about King Author and of course it's location is Camelot. Weather it's fictional or not some would argue. Anyway, the rules on location..."
Fictional locations are allowed.
update2 more "C"
California and Chicago
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New York
I was just updating and realized I forgot to ask this when I signed up. In another group doing an A-Z challenge, the letter "x" can be anywhere the title since it's difficult. Is that acceptable for this group? I have thousands of kindle books but not a single title beginning in X =(
Farren wrote: "I was just updating and realized I forgot to ask this when I signed up. In another group doing an A-Z challenge, the letter "x" can be anywhere the title since it's difficult. Is that acceptable fo..."Yes, the letter "X" can be anywhere in the title. I know how hard it can be to find titles starting with X.
I just updated 6/26. I have been a tad absent with school work and work work.
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Books mentioned in this topic
Wintergirls (other topics)Insurgent (other topics)
Eliza and Her Monsters (other topics)
The Travelers (other topics)
Witch Child (other topics)
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Authors mentioned in this topic
Laurie Halse Anderson (other topics)Francesca Zappia (other topics)
Veronica Roth (other topics)
Sarah J. Maas (other topics)
Kathleen Glasgow (other topics)
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Rules:
- Read one book for every alphabet.
- You can read in any order.
- The articles “a”, “an” & “the” are not counted as part of the title
- Any books are acceptable: young adult, new adult or adult books. However, since we are young adult group, you are encouraged to read as many young adult books as possible.
– The challenge runs from 1 January to 31 December 2017
– eBooks and audiobooks are Allowed
– Crossovers with other challenges and re-reads are also more than welcome!
- Letters Q, X, Y and Z can be positioned anywhere in the title.
Pick Your Option: Choose how you are going to read for this challenge
Title: the first letter in the title of the books should correspond to a letter in the alphabet.
Author: the first letter in the author’s name (first or last) should correspond to a letter in the alphabet.
Character: the first letter in the main character’s name (first or last) should correspond to a letter in the alphabet.
Series: the first letter in the title of the series should correspond to a letter in the alphabet.
Location: use location where the story takes place to complete this challenge. It can be the town, city or country. Fictional Locations are allowed.