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An additional Annual Challenge for 2017 - A-Z
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Completed A - Read a book that has won an Award
B - Read a Best selling novel
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms by Anita Heiss D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover
To Catch a Bad Guy by Marie AstorE - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up
G- Read a book that was a Gift
H - Read a Horror book
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover
Heaven In His Arms by Lisa Ann VergeL - Read a book from a friends TBR List
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries
N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read
O - Read a book with an Orange cover
Tell a Thousand Lies by Rasana AtreyaP - Read a book with Paranormal aspects
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title
R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4
S - Read a book that’s part of a series
T - Read a Time Travel book
U - Read a book that makes you uncomfortable
V - Read a book with a Violet cover
Accidental Leigh by Melanie JamesW - Read a book that features a Witch
Looking for Mr. Good Witch by Joyce Lavene and Jim LaveneX - Read a book with an X in the title
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title
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Not sure I'm going to make it :( - still have 8 to go ... how did that happen ... I started out really well!Have just finished V - Violet cover
which really looked more blue when I got it from the library than on Goodreads but ... I have gone with it anyway! 3★
Finished the A-Z challenge and just over a month to spare!A - Read a book that has won an Award – 2015 Ned Kelly Award
Eden / Candice FoxB - Read a Best selling novel
Big Little Lies / Liane Moriarty C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Scarlet / Marissa MeyerD - Read a book with a Dog on the cover
The Phantom Tollbooth / Norton JusterE - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something
Escape From Wolfhaven Castle / Kate Forsyth AA 4*F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up
Faro's Daughter / Georgette HeyerG- Read a book that was a Gift
Death in Zanzibar / M.M. KayeH - Read a Horror book
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War / Max BrooksI - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you
Time, Flow Softly / Nancy CatoJ - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J
Beyond The Sunset / Anna JacobsK - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover
Her Outback Surprise / Annie SeatonL - Read a book from a friends TBR List
The Red Notebook / Antoine LaurainM - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries
The Bourne Dominion / Eric Van LustbaderN - Read a book that you have Neglected to read
A Princess of Landover / Terry BrooksO - Read a book with an Orange cover
The Book of Three / Lloyd AlexanderP - Read a book with Paranormal aspects
Dancing with the Devil / Keri Arthur Q - Read a book with a Question in the title
Deadly, Unna? / Phillip GwynneR - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4
A Breath of Snow and Ashes / Diana GabaldonS - Read a book which is part of a Series
Geomancer / Ian IrvineT - Read a Time Travel book
A Girl in Time / John BirminghamU - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read
Stone Butch Blues / Leslie FeinbergV - Read a book with a Violet cover
The Convenient Marriage / Georgette HeyerW - Read a book that features a Witch
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2 / John TiffanyX - Read a book with an X in the title
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer: The Life of William Dampier / Diana PrestonY - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you
Weapons of Choice / John BirminghamZ - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story
Zoo / James Patterson
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Finished!!!26/26
A - Award - Dead Heat by Bronwyn Parry AA 5★
B - Best selling - The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty AA 3.5★
C - Colourful Cover - Colters' Promise by Maya Banks 3★
D - Dog on the cover - A Shot in the Bark by C.A. Newsome 3.5★
E - Escape - A Time to Run by J.M. PeaceAA 4.5★
F - Characters Fight and make up - Tamed by Emma Chase 4.5★
G - A Gift - W is for Wasted by Sue Grafton 3.5★
H - Horror - Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith 3★
I - Same Initials as you - A Perfect Mess by Zoe Dawson 3★
J - Author name starts with J - Mount! by Jilly Cooper 2★
K - Kissing on the front cover - Ice by Linda Howard 3.5★
L - Friends TBR List - Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley AA 4★
M - Set in Multiple countries - Murder On The Orient Express by Agatha Christie 4★
N - Neglected to read - Friends Of The Family by Tommy Dades 2★
O - Orange cover - The Darling Strumpet by Gillian Bagwell 4
P - Paranormal - Dead to the World by Charlaine Harris 3.5★
Q - Question in the title - Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark 4★
R - Goodreads Rating higher than 4 - Jilted by Rachael Johns AA 5★
S - Part of a Series - Different This Time by Tess McCallumAA 4★
T - Time Travel - The Rose Garden by Susanna Kearsley 5★
U - Uncomfortable to read - Colters' Daughter by Maya Banks 1★
V - Violet cover - Magic Bleeds by Ilona Andrews 5★
W - A book that features a Witch Dark Witch by Nora Roberts 4★
X - X in the title - X by Sue Grafton 5★
Y - An author who is Younger than you - Fall by Candice Fox AA 4.5★
Z - Zoo - What the Animals Taught Me by Stephanie Marohn 2★
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I finished my Initials book this evening - Falling for the Ghost of You by Nicole Christie, which I give 3.5★Two books left for this challenge!
Niamh wrote: "I finished my Initials book this evening - Falling for the Ghost of You by Nicole Christie, which I give 3.5★Two books left for this challenge!"
Plenty of time to finish - doing well :)
20/26 done..Who Could That Be at This Hour? by Lemony Snicket. I love the Lemony Snicket books and this was another 4★ effort. The quirky sense of humour and love of word play makes me giggle out loud. I think I am going to enjoy this series almost as much as the Series of Unfortunate Events.
20th book and probably the last one I will get done for this challenge....B. Best Selling Novel
I have 4 books to go but am sadly not really excited about 3 of them 😫I'm stuck halfway through Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon and still have 600 pages to go... what?!
And am not sure about Leap by Myfanwy Jones.
Has anybody read these? Are they worth it? Thanks 😊
Laura wrote: "I have 4 books to go but am sadly not really excited about 3 of them 😫I'm stuck halfway through Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon and still have 600 pages to go... what..."
I second the hesitation with Leap, Laura... It's not long but it's not gripping. I quite readily put it down halfway through to read another book and can't say I'm terribly thrilled at the prospect of picking it up again...
Kathryn wrote: "Laura wrote: "I have 4 books to go but am sadly not really excited about 3 of them 😫I'm stuck halfway through Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon and still have 600 pages..."
In fact, not only is Leap not gripping, but I remember being quite irritated by bits of it...
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I'm stuck halfway through Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon and still have 600 pages to go... what..."
You can swap the books with others that fit the criteria Laura :)
Thanks Kathryn and Brenda 😊I'm not sure what to replace them with but I'll see how I go. I'm so close!
Switched out my X for Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo leaving me with 2 to go.My review:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Hi Brenda. For the time travel book would A Christmas Carol be ok?
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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens would be fine Jennifer. It was this Journeying with them through Christmases past, present, and future which convinced me :)
Brenda wrote: "Jennifer wrote: "Hi Brenda. For the time travel book would A Christmas Carol be ok?"A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens would be fine Jennifer. It was this Journeying..."
Thanks I thought it would be but better to double check. I only have 4 books left on my 2nd list. Hopefully I will have them read by the end of the month :)
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Just finished my 23rd- Time travel: Beyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie MoningNot bad, not great, but a welcome replacement for my original choice of Drums of Autumn by Diana Gabaldon which is probably a better book but I got stuck half way and didn't have the heart for another 600 pages. I'd still like to finish it some day...
I have one book to go, but I have decided to put it on hold as I have so many on the go at the moment. But I got 25 finished!.Thanks to the mods again for another fun challenge.
A - Z Challenge
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Aussie Authors = 7
Progress: 25/26
✔A - Read a book that has won an Award
The Book of Strange New Things by Michel Faber
Aussie Author
✔B - Read a Best selling novel
Papillon by Henri Charrière
✔C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover
Here Comes the Sun by Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
✔D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover
The Eye of the Sheep by Sofie Laguna
Aussie Author
✔E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something
Wool by Hugh Howey
✔F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up
The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante
Lenu and Lina constantly fighting and making up!
✔G- Read a book that was a Gift
Buy Me the Sky: The remarkable truth of China’s one-child generations by Xinran
My x-boss gifted this book to me in Hong Kong.
✔H - Read a Horror book
The Twelve by Justin Cronin
✔I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you
A Caribbean Mystery by Agatha Christie
✔J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J Lock In by John Scalzi
K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover
The Gardener Who Could See by John Zanetti
✔L - Read a book from a friends TBR List
Moonborn by Marina Finlayson (from Marianne's TBR)
Aussie Author
✔M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries
The Unexpected Mrs. Pollifax by Dorothy Gilman]
✔N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena by Anthony Marra (This has been my "next read" for months!)
✔O - Read a book with an Orange cover
Sleight Malice by Vicki Tyley
Aussie Author
✔P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects
The City of Mirrors by Justin Cronin
✔Q - Read a book with a Question in the title
Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
✔R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Rating 4.39)
✔S - Read a book which is part of a Series
No Man's Land [John Puller #4] by David Baldacci
✔T - Read a Time Travel book
Version Control by Dexter Palmer
✔U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read
Wolfsangel by Liza Perrat (About war/holocaust)
Aussie Author
✔V - Read a book with a Violet cover
Frontier Incursion by Leonie Rogers
Aussie Author
✔W - Read a book that features a Witch
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
✔X - Read a book with an X in the title
The Expatriates by Janice Y.K. Lee
✔Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you. Inside the O'Briens by Lisa Genova
✔Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story Leap by Myfanwy Jones
Aussie Author
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Funny, I have the letter K left to read as well and no real inclination to read the book I chose.
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Finished 25th book. Just one more to go!Q - Read a book with a Question in the title: Tell Me Why by Sandi Wallace - 4★
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I've been struggling with my last book: Question in the title Who Killed Sherlock Holmes? by Paul Cornell. I didn't realise that it's the third book in a series and there's a lot of refering back to events in the last book, so I'm going to ditch it (at 20%) and read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple instead. No question mark, but definitely a question in the title.
Carolyn wrote: "I'm going to ditch it (at 20%) and read Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple instead. No question mark, but definitely a question in the title. ..."That's the book I read Carolyn, its very good and quite funny.
Good to hear Ace, it's on my Kindle already so that makes the decision easy!
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Brenda wrote: "I've finished my final book in Part 3 of this challenge with "D" - Dog on Cover - 
Murder on Bainbridge Island by [author:Dianne Harm..."A fantastic effort Brenda, well done!
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Completed my second list for this challenge :)A - Z Challenge - Part 2
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Progress: 26/26
The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro 4 stars
Incubus Dreams by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars
A is for Alibi by Sue Grafton 3.5 stars
Breaking Creed by Alex Kava 5 stars
Dark Threat by Jamie Garrett AA 4 stars
Narcissus in Chains by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars
Third Time Lucky by Karly Lane AA 4 stars
Prince Lestat by Anne Rice 5 stars
NYPD Red by James Patterson 4 stars
Dark Control by Jamie Garrett AA 4.5 Stars
Lainey by Jamie Garrett AA 4 Stars
Dark Lies by Jamie Garrett 5 stars
Family Secrets by Liz Byrski 3.5 stars
The Bone Bed by Patricia Cornwell3.5 stars
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 5 stars
Micah by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars
Why Didn't They Ask Evans? by Agatha Christie 3.5 Stars
Rosalee Station by Mandy Magro AA 4.5 stars
The Bourbon Kings by J.R. Ward 4 stars
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 5 stars
Finding Hannah by Fiona McCallum AA 5 stars
Cerulean Sins by Laurell K. Hamilton 5 stars
Empire of Storms by Sarah J. Maas 5 stars
Food, Sex and Money by Liz Byrski 4 stars
Dark Lies by Jamie Garrett AA 4 stars
The Midnight Zoo by Sonya Hartnett 3.5 stars
Just finished my 24th: Z-zoo in title or story Leap by Myfanwy Jones AA ★★★☆☆I wasn't excited about reading it but it turned out better than expected and I'm glad I made myself give it a go. Quick read too, that helped.
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Finished this challenge with Dragonclaw by Kate Forsyth. Not a great read for me, due to the genre. I have found out now that I am not keen on fantasy, though I like SF and time slip novels.A - Read a book that has won an Award:
B - Read a Best selling novel:
C - Read a book with a Colourful Cover:
D - Read a book with a Dog on the cover:
E - Read a book where someone is trying to Escape from someone or something:
F - Read a book where the characters Fight and make up:
G- Read a book that was a Gift (won in a giveaway):
H - Read a Horror book:
I - Read a book by an author with the same Initials as you:
J - Read a book written by an author whose name starts with J:
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K - Read a book where people are Kissing on the front cover:
L - Read a book from a friends TBR List:
M - Read a book that is set in Multiple countries:
N - Read a book that you have Neglected to read:
O - Read a book with an Orange cover:
P - Read a book with Paranormal aspects:
Q - Read a book with a Question in the title:
R - Read a book with a Goodreads Rating higher than 4:
S - Read a book which is part of a Series:
T - Read a Time Travel book:
U - Read a book which you know will be Uncomfortable to read;
V - Read a book with a Violet cover:
W - Read a book that features a Witch:
- 3.5★AA
X - Read a book with an X in the title:
Y - Read a book by an author who is Younger than you:
Z - Read a book with Zoo in the title OR a Zoo is a big part of the story:
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A - Z Challenge - Part 2
Duration: 01/01/2017 – 12/31/2017
Progress: 26/26
A - Read a book that has won an Award
The Buried Giant b..."
Well done Jennifer! Congratulations :)
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I wasn't excited about reading it but it turned out better than expected and I'm glad..."
Good when that happens :)
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Congratulations Odette! Great job :)
Thanks, Brenda. An enjoyable challenge!
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