Read the Alphabet Challenge: Twenty Seventeen

[Rach , Moderator]

We are back! We took a year off this challenge, so now your lists will be fresh!


Rules
Each book must be the letter of the alphabet.
If you need to, don't include "The" "A" or "Of"
Cannot read a book for two letters (For example: The Fault in our Stars read for T and F)


Duration: January 1st 2017 to January 1st 2018

[Rach , Moderator]

I'm in!!

14/26

A-
B-
C- Commonwealth read on: 07.8.17
D- Darling Days: A Memoir read on 1/3/2017
E-
F- The Fault in Our Stars read on: 4.20.17
G- The Girls read on: 2.22.17
H- Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis read on: 06.28.17
I- Into the Water read on: 7.19.17
J-
K-
L- The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing read on: 1.11.17
M- milk and honey read on: 1.10.17
N-
O- Our Souls at Night read on: 03.27.17
P- The Poet's Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry
Q-
R-
S-
T- Tasty Other read on: 08.18.17
U-
V- Vinegar Girl read on: 3.7.17
W- When Breath Becomes Air read on: 1.7.17
X- Exit West read on: 07.22.17
Y-
Z-

[Lauren]

I'm in!

[Gia]

I'm in

[Kel]

I'm in!
5/26

A-
B-
C-
D-
E-
F-
✔G-The Girl on the Train 1/29/17
H-
I-
J-
K-
✔L- The Life We Bury 1/14/17
M-
✔N-Night 1/4/17
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S-
T-
✔U-Underwater 1/25/17
V-
W-
X-
✔ Y- Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone 1/21/17
Z-

[Dawn]

I'm in!

Completed: 20/26

A- All Is Not Forgotten (04/24) 4 stars
B- Behind Her Eyes (01/29) 4.5 stars - reviewed
C- The Cutting (05/24) 4 stars
D- Daisy in Chains (03/17) 5 stars
E- Everything You Want Me to Be (01/07) 4 stars - reviewed
F- Finders Keepers (04/06) 4 stars
G- The Girl from Venice (01/10) 3 stars
H- He Said/She Said (07/01) 4 stars
I- If I'm Found (03/19) 5 stars - reviewed
J-
K- The Kept Woman (02/06) 4 stars
L- Life Unexpected (01/15) 4 stars - reviewed
M- Mr. Mercedes (01/05) 4 stars
N- Never Let You Go (07/03) 4 stars
O- The Orphan's Tale (02/26) 4 stars
P-
Q-
R- Rosemary: The Hidden Kennedy Daughter (07/28) 4 stars
S- Second Star to the Right (01/08) 4 stars
T- The Things We Wish Were True (06/13) 5 stars
U- Unpunished (08/31) 3 stars
V- The Vanishing (03/31) 5 stars
W- The Weekenders (02/01) 4 stars
X-
Y-
Z-

[amber]

I'm in!!

00/26

A-
B-
C-
D-
E-
F-
G-
H-
I-
J-
K-
L-
M-
N-
O-
P-
Q-
R-
S-
T-
U-
V-
W-
X-
Y-
Z-

[Dorota]

I'm in!

A - AC/DC - The Early Years With Bon Scott (18.02)
B - Big Little Lies (15.01)
C - Coraline (02.02)
D - Dispatches (12.02)
E - Enklawa (25.03)
F - Fatum (15.08)
G - Galveston (21.02)
H - The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things (13.01)
I - I'm Traveling Alone (07.03)
J - Ja, Olga Hepnarová (30.03)
K - Krew elfów (09.02)
L - Lärarinnan i Villette (03.01)
M - Mind's Eye (10.03)
N - Niewidzialny człowiek z Salem (05.02)
O - Okropności (22.02)
P - Piaskowa Góra (27.03)
Q - Queer (17.11)
R - Rzeczy, których nie wyrzuciłem (20.05)
S - Sugar Rush (09.01)
T - Tony and Susan (29.03)
U - Uptight: The Story of the Velvet Underground
V - Valerie Solanas: The Defiant Life of the Woman Who Wrote SCUM (05.09)
W - We Were Liars (13.01)
X - X/1999, Volume 14: Concerto-X/1999, Volume 18: Inversion (04-05.02)
Y - You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas (02.04)
Z - Zmorojewo (08.10)

Completed!

[Erin]

I'm in!

26/26

A-After Anna
B-Blood Vow
C-The Couple Next Door
D-Double Time
E-Everything We Keep
F-Freedom: My Book of Firsts
G-The Girl In The Ice
H-Hot Ticket
I-I Am Not A Serial Killer
J-Jane Doe 235
K-Keep Me Safe
L-The List
M-Most Wanted
N-Need
O-One with You
P-The Perfect Husband
Q-The Quiet Child
R-Rock Hard
S-Small Great Things
T-The Things We Wish Were True
U-The Upside of Unrequited
V-Vicious
W-When Breath Becomes Air
X-Exit West
Y-You're Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations
Z-Z for Zachariah

Completed October 29, 2017!!!

[Diann]

I am in! 14/26

A- An Angel With Fur 2/18/17
B- Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity 1/15/17
C- Chosen?: Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict 1/23/17
D- Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority 1/12/17
E- The Eagle Tree 1/24/17
F-
G- Gilead 2/6/17
H- The Husband's Secret 1/8/17
I-
J-
K-
L- Love Warrior 2/9/17
M- Middlepause: On Turning Fifty 1/16/17
N-
O- Oceans Apart 1/5/17
P-
Q-
R- A Rage for Order: The Middle East in Turmoil, from Tahrir Square to ISIS 2/18/17
S- Surviving and Preventing Cancer 2/24/17
T-
U-
V-
W- Water for Elephants 1/18/19
X-
Y- The Year of Magical Thinking 1/26/17
Z-

[sam]

21/26

A- Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce
B- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
C- Charmed by Michelle Krys
D- Does My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
E- Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire
F- The Fate of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
G- The Grownup by Gillian Flynn
H- Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
I- I Believe in a Thing Called Love by Maurene Goo
J-
K-
L- Lioness Rampant by Tamora Pierce
M- The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis
N-Noggin by John Corey Whaley
O-
P- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Q- The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
R- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
S- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
T- The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
U- The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
V-
W-When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
X-Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Y- You by Caroline Kepnes
Z-

[Rach , Moderator]

working on it! :)

[Rach , Moderator]

caught myself up again!

[Diana S]

Reading the Alphabet - 2017
Starting 6/1/17
Books Read: 16/26 (10 more to go)

A-
Book of Lies (The) by Brad Meltzer (6/12/17) ★★★★
Child 44 by Rob Tom Smith (6/2/17) ★★★★
Dead Heat by Patricia Briggs (7/3/17) 3.5 ★★★
Everything Box (The) by Richard Kadrey (6/8/17) ★★★★
Flight of Gemma Hardy (The) by Margot Livesey (7/5/17) ★★★★
Girl With All the Gifts (The) by M. R. Carey (7/10/17) ★★★★
Home Front by Kristen Hannah (6/24/17) ★★★★
I-
J-
K-
Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson (The) by Nancy Peacock (7/25/17) 4.5 ★★★★
Monsters of Templeton (The) by Lauren Groff (6/11/17) ★★★★★
Necessary Lies by Diane Chamberlain (6/17/17) ★★★★
Orleans by Sherri L. Smith (6/27/17) ★★★★
Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker (6/22/17) ★★★
Q-
R-
Sweetly by Jackson Pearce (7/27/17) ★★★
Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty (6/7/17) ★★★★
U-
V-
Whole Town's Talking (The) by Fannie Flagg (6/10/17) ★★★★
X-
Young World (The) by Chris Weitz (6/20/17) ★★★
Z-

Now I Know My A-B-C's

[Ashleigh]

I'm in!

A - Abandon
B
C
D- Dark Matter
E - Everything, Everything
F- Final Girls
G - The Grownup
H - How Dogs Love Us: A Neuroscientist and His Adopted Dog Decode the Canine Brain
I -In the Shadow of Lakecrest
J
K
L
M
N
O
P - The Possessions: A Novel
Q
R
S - The Sun Is Also a Star
T - The Spy
U
V
W - The Wangs vs. the World
X
Y
Z

[Rach , Moderator]

Love the abc challenge! I gotta update mine !

[Dawn]

Just updated mine! I've got 6 more to go.

[Ashley]

Little late to the game, but I'm in!

23/26

A – ‘the’ Absence of Mercy
B- Bluebird, Bluebird
C - 'the" Chalk Pit.
D- Death’s Half Acre
E
F – Flesh and Fire
G – ‘the’ Greenway
H- Hard Row
I – In Close
J – Journal of the Dead
K – Killer Harvest
L – Limbo of the Lost
M- Murder in the Lincoln White House
N – ‘the’ Night Circus
O – One Soldier’s War
P – ‘the’ Priest’s Madonna
Q
R – Rituals of the Season
S- Second Street Station
T - Those Who Save Us.
U – Uncommon Clay
V – ‘the’ Valley of Amazement
W- ‘the’ Winter Ghosts
X – X (by Sue Grafton)
Y
Z – Zero Degree Murder


I went ahead and added all the books I read from Jan 1st to now.

[Rach , Moderator]

Dawn wrote: "Just updated mine! I've got 6 more to go."

Amazing job!! And its only September!

[Rach , Moderator]

Ashley wrote: "Little late to the game, but I'm in!

23/26

A – ‘the’ Absence of Mercy
B- Bluebird, Bluebird
C - 'the" Chalk Pit.
D- Death’s Half Acre
E
F – Flesh and Fire
G – ‘the’ Greenway
H- Hard Row
I – In ..."

Perfect! Great job Ashley!

[Lauren]

Almost there!
24/26
- [x] A- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryan Greenwood (6/4)
- [x] B- (BRANDT) The Whites by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt (6/8)
- [x] C- Caraval by Stephanie Garber (6/19)
- [x] D- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (2/21)
- [x] E- ((EUGENDES) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugendes (7/26)
- [x] F- Freedoom's Child by Jax Miller (2/5)
- [x] G- The Grownup by Gillian Flynn (1/13)
- [x] H- Homesick For Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh (1/26)
- [x] I- I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh (2/5)
- [x] J- (JACKSON) The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson (6/8)
- [ ] K- (KUSHNER) The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner
- [x] L- (LEHANE) Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane (7/1)
- [x] M- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt (3/30)
- [x] N- The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (8/3)
- [x] O- One Day by David Nicholls (8/4)
- [x] P- The Possessions by Sara Flannery Murphy (2/28)
- [x] Q- A Quest of Heroes by Morgan Rice (8/10)
- [x] R- The Revenant by Michael Punke (8/20)
- [x] S- The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon (11/ 7)
- [x] T- (TUCKER) The Lion in the Living Room by Abigail Tucker (8/8)
- [ ] U- Unwell by Leslie Lipton
- [x] V- (VEGA) The Merciless by Danielle Vega (7/6)
- [x] W- Wildflower by Drew Barrymore (5/6)
- [x] X- X by Sue Grafton (8/10)
- [x] Y- You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott (8/3)
- [x] Z- (ZUSAK) The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (4/11)

[Rach , Moderator]

Keep going y'all!