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An additional Annual Challenge for 2017 - A-Z
Hi All,I am so new to this, hope I don't make a mistake, but am excited to be here, love reading, Merv
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Brenda wrote: "Welcome Merv :) Make up your list by following the criteria in post #1 and I'll link you with the rest... good luck and have fun picking!"Hi Brenda, thanks heaps, :), will give it a go, ummm do I post my list here?
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Ok Brenda, here is my list, or what I can think of to relate to the challenge.A - Bell Canto by Ann Patchet
B - Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
C- An Isolated Incident by Emily Mcguire
D- Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain
E- All the Birds Singing by Evie Whyld
F- A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
G- A Little Life by Hanya
Wow this is hard trying to think of books to match the A-Z challenge, will have to put my thinking cap on :)
Completed my 2nd:T: Time Travel Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two ~2 stars
Review here. And yes, I write how I think. Super all over the place and very informally. Until it comes to essays for my uni course and then I have to die inside every time I force myself to write properly!
Finished my first book for this challenge I - Initials same as you Menagerie by Rachel Vincent. I give it around 3 stars.
A - Z ChallengeDuration: 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Progress: 3/26
A - Read a book that has won an Award
Chanson douce by Leïla Slimani Prix Goncourt 2016
B - Read a Best selling novel
The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Ensemble c'est tout, tome 1 by Anna Gavalda
D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover
The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna Aussie
E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up
The Husband's Secret by Liane Moriarty Aussie
G- Read a book that was a Gift
A Few of the Girls by Maeve Binchy
H - Read a Horror book
The Pilo Family Circus by Will Elliott Aussie
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you
Summertime by Vanessa Lafaye
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J
Un sac de billes by Joseph Joffo
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover
En attendant Bojangles by Olivier Bourdeaut
L - Read a book from a friends TBR List
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford (on my husband's list)
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3★
O - Read a book with an Orange cover
Et après ... by Guillaume Musso
P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects
1Q84 BOOK 2 by Haruki Murakami
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title
Où es-tu? by Marc Levy
R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4
In Mortal Danger by Lorraine Campbell Aussie
S - Read a book which is part of a Series
The Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
T - Read a Time Travel book
14-14 by Silène Edgar
U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read
Time's Long Ruin by Stephen Orr (loosely based on the disappearance of the Beaumont children)
V - Read a book with a Violet cover
Je l'aimais by Anna Gavalda
W - Read a book that features a Witch
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman 4★
X - Read a book with an X in the title
Thérèse Desqueyroux by François Mauriac
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you
The Ottoman Motel by Christopher Currie Aussie 3★
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story
Le zoo de Mengele by Gert Nygårdshaug
Finished my 5th book for this challenge:L - Read a book from a friends TBR List (Carolyn's TBR): Home by Harlan Coben - 4★
Finished my 8th of 26
Excellent! I'm excited to read the next in this series!
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my second one for this challenge Z- The Great Zoo of China. Action packed from start to finish. (Australian Author - Matthew Reilly)
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Finished my 3rd & 4th in the past couple of daysS -series book: Crossroads of Twilight - Robert Jordan ~3.5 stars
O -orange cover: This Shattered World - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (AA) ~4.5 stars
Progress 8/26Finished T - Time Travel. Highlander's Challenge by Jo Barrett
4★ My Review. Was a very fun read.
Hey Brenda what happens in this challenge when you read a book and there is just so much grammatical oddity and blatant editing mistakes that you just can't continue to read it? Can I just put a wibbly blue line through it and say "Let's just not talk about that."?!!
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Can I just put a ..."
Haha! Put it down as a DNF (did not finish) and choose another in its place :) And I'm sure it'll be much better!
Brenda wrote: "Asa-Marie wrote: "Hey Brenda what happens in this challenge when you read a book and there is just so much grammatical oddity and blatant editing mistakes that you just can't continue to read it? ..."
Oh thank goodness for that!
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:)
Finished my ninth book. Q - Question in Title: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling, which I give 3★
my 7th:U. Uncomfortable to read
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
my 8th:E. Character Escaping
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 5th: Horror. I didn't really fancy this genre but got Joyland having looked at Brenda's list. So thank you Brenda as I quite enjoyed it and it was not very horrific at all!
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Brenda wrote: "That's good to know Rachael - I'm not a horror reader either and keep putting this book off! So now I can read it knowing you were ok with it!"Brenda it was far tamer than most of the crime fiction is these days!
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Finished number 5:V - Violet cover Their Fractured Light - Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner (AA) ~5 stars
A brilliant YA Sci-Fi series with plenty of romance but also action, adventure, feels and a few more feels when you lease expect them.
And also by an Aus author (in combination with an American) would highly recommend!
You guys are all doing great! Me? Not so great. I keep getting distracted and starting new books. I have about three on the go and I can't even power deeply into the brilliantly written 'All The Light We Cannot See', and it's gorgeous. Sheesh!! Been too busy I guess ...
To those who decide these things (Brenda? Phyrnne? Other admins?)Would this cover be considered an acceptable K -kissing on cover book? Because I'm really struggling to find something for this one that seems interesting to me!
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I'm having the same problem with the kissing book!Does this one look good enough? The Gardener Who Could See
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Hi, I finished my 13th:F - Characters Fight and make up: Bloody Bones by Laurell K. Hamilton. Rated 4★ stars
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Oh my gosh Brenda 23rd?? Once you've finished the challenge, are you just going to start again and do the whole lot twice?!I just finished my 6th: P -Paranormal Obernewtyn - Isobelle Carmody. 4 stars.
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Finished my 10th book: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, which I give 2.5★
Time for an update since I've read 5 books since the last one!Completed 12/26
C - Colourful Cover -
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingE - Escape -
R - GR Rating higher than 4 –
S - Series –
Z - Zoo –
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N. Read a book that you have Neglected to read:
Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol- 4★