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Ticked off another with one-day read One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus, who happens to have I- the Same Initials as me. :DWhat a little guilty pleasure that was! Here's the link to my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Finished my... actually not sure what number I'll have to go back to my original list but I think I'm past half way! lolFor X, a book with a X in the title:
Froi of the Exiles - Melina Marchetta ~3.5 stars
Finished my 20th book: The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons which has been Neglected since 2013. I appreciate the me that was putting off reading this coz it was a steaming pile of ...Anyway, here's my review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 17th: O-orange cover-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough AA ★★★★★
Absolutely loved it. Now to read the rest of her books and hope I like them too...
Laura wrote: "Finished my 17th: O-orange cover-The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough AA ★★★★★Absolutely loved it. Now to read the rest of her books..."
I've had this on my shelf for a little while but just haven't got around to it. Glad to hear it's a winner!
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I - Author with my initials (L.P.): Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat AA
Any suggestions on how to find authors with specific i..."
Do you read ebooks Laura? That one is available on Amazon.
Failing that I usually do the "add book/author", using the author and list all the christian names starting with my letter that I can think of, plus the initial of my surname, and "search" - you'd be surprised what comes up! Good luck!
Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "I can't find my "I" book at the library :(I - Author with my initials (L.P.): Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat AA
Any suggestions on how to find authors w..."
I browsed along the shelves in the library that started with my surname initial & eventually found one with the same first initial too!
Finished #21!! Definitely wouldn't have read this one if it didn't have a Dog on the cover.Waiting For Doggoby Mark Mills
My review here: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 21st book for this challenge:Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story: The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman - 3★
Finished my 16th K - Book with kissing on the cover
The Cryptographer by Alice Wallis-Eton
4★'shttps://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Finished my 17th Book with an X in the title.
Max: Best Friend. Hero. Marine. by Jennifer Li Shotz 4½★'s
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I've finally linked up all the reviews to books read before I joined the challenge! It's been quite a bit of a mixed bag this year! Please enjoy at your leisure. :)
This challenge looks to be a lot of fun! I'm a little sad I wasn't on GR to see this at the time! Oh well, hopefully next year's annual challenge will be just as fun! :)
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I don't doubt it! I cannot wait to see what you lovely mods come up with for the 2018 challenge/s! :)
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Having tried twice, unsuccessfully, to post my complete list of titles to this thread, I'm now advising my progress to date is 19/26. Titles and ratings - be damned if I'm going to try yet again to get a long post, full of links and other formatting, through the GR platform. It let me down in Dec 2016, when this thread started. It let me down last night. You'll just have to believe me, I have indeed read 19 books for this challenge. About to start on the 20th!
I sympathise with you Mary! It's annoying having to go onto the website rather than using the app to link titles etc!
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Did you do an original list and post Mary? Because you're not linked. I thought I'd go to that and your list would be there :)
Brenda wrote: "MaryG2E wrote: "Having tried twice, unsuccessfully, to post my complete list of titles to this thread, I'm now advising my progress to date is 19/26. Titles and ratings - be damned if I'm going to ..."I believe that I did Brenda, because I still have my original ideas in longhand in my notebook from late December last year. I also looked for my original post, hoping you'd linked it, but can't find it anywhere. I think it didn't go through properly, and because it was just before Christmas I didn't follow up as I normally would.
A - Z ChallengeDuration: 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Progress: 25/26
A - Read a book that has won an Award: The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes (Man Booker winner) 4★s
B - Read a Best selling novel: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer 4.5★s
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover: The Bit In Between by Claire Varley (AA) 4★s
D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover: Horrie The War Dog by Roland Perry (AA) 4★s
E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something: I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh 5★s
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up: Angels by Marian Keyes 3.5★s
G- Read a book that was a Gift: The Trivia Man by Deborah O'Brien (AA) 4.5★s
H - Read a Horror book: The Wonder by Emma Donoghue 4★s
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you: The Women In Black by Madeleine St. John (AA) 3.5★s
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J: Mercy by Jussi Adler-Olsen 5★s
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover: The Millionaire's Marriage Demand by Sandra Field 2.5★s
L - Read a book from a friends TBR List: A Time to Run by J.M. Peace (AA) 3.5★s
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries: The Long Road From A Broken Heart by Jeremy Scott (AA) 4★s
N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read: Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 5★s
O - Read a book with an Orange cover: Here Come The Dogs by Omar Musa (AA) 5★s
P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title: Deadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne (AA) 4★s
R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4: Triptych by Karin Slaughter 4★s
S - Read a book which is part of a Series: Bleed for Me (Joseph O'Loughlin #4) by Michael Robotham (AA) 3.5★s
T - Read a Time Travel book: The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier 4★s
U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read: Crimes of the Father by Thomas Keneally (AA) 5★s
V - Read a book with a Violet cover: Winter Prey by John Sandford 3★s
W - Read a book that features a Witch: Dark Witch by Nora Roberts 3★s
X - Read a book with an X in the title: X by Sue Grafton 4★s
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you: The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer 3★s
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story: Zoo by James Patterson 4.5★s
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Brenda wrote: "Well done Mary!!! You are linked now too :)"Thanks Brenda
Amanda wrote: "Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "I can't find my "I" book at the library :(I - Author with my initials (L.P.): Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat AA
Any suggestions on how to..."
Great idea! Thanks!
Brenda wrote: "Laura wrote: "I can't find my "I" book at the library :(I - Author with my initials (L.P.): Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat AA
Any suggestions on how to find authors w..."
Wow! I had to read that a few times to get it but it's genius! I'll try it!
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Mary I'm pleased to see your 5 stars for Mercy! Really loving this series myself and that was an exceptional beginning!
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A - Z Challenge - PART 3
Duration: 01/09/2017 – 31/12/2017
26/26
A. Won an Award -
B. Best Selling Novel -
C. Colourful Cover -
D. Dog on Cover -
E. Character Escaping -
F. Characters Fight and make up -
G. Book that was Gift -
H. Horror -
I. My Initials in title -
J. - Author whose name starts with J -
K. Kissing on cover -
L. Friend's TBR List -
M. Set in Multiple Countries -
N. Book Neglected to read -
O. Orange cover -
P. Paranormal aspects -
Q. Question in title -
R. GR Rating higher than 4 -
S. Book part of Series -
T. Time travel -
U. Uncomfortable to read -
V. Violet cover -
W. Features Witch -
X. "X" in title -
Y. Author Younger than you/me -
Z. Zoo in title or part of story -
You go Brenda! You're awesome!
Wow Brenda! Good luck! (even though you don't need it!)
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I'll be perfectly happy to finish the first one!! =o)
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm giving up on book 18/26-neglected book: King Hereafter by Dorothy Dunnett.I got up to page 422 of 721 (and tiny font to boot!) but I just can't finish it. Dorothy Dunnett seems to me to be both amazing and impossible.
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Brenda wrote: "Now you know why it was NEGLECTED Laura! lol"Haha! Should have just kept neglecting it...
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Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
finished another one....A - Read a book that has won an Award - 2015 Ned Kelly Award
Eden / Candice Foxonly 4 left to go!
Finished another one! H for Horror The Fireman by Joe Hill. An interesting book! Fahrenheit 451 meets The Road. Main criticism is its length of 750 pages.
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I enjoyed it too - just took a while to read & was big & heavy to hold. I had the hard copy.
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