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N: Nine Princes in Amber - January 7
R: The Name of the Rose - February 25
W: Words of Radiance - February 11
4/26

A - BreakAway
B- The Princess Bride
C- Candlelight for Rebecca
D- Day of Doom
E- MEEt Cécile
F- The Fugitive Factor
G- The Golden Braid
H - The Battle of Hackham Heath
I- ChIldren of Blood and Bone
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K- Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story
L- The Cat Who CouLd Read Backwards
M- The Metamorphosis (Kindle edition)
N- A Noble Groom
N- The Old MaN and the Sea
O- Marie-Grace and the Orphans
P- The Flame of Olympus (Pegusus #1)
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R- Rebecca and the Movies
S- Stoneheart
T- A Tale of Two Cities
U- PersUasion
V- Valkyrie
W-Wildwood Dancing
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Y- ReallY TrulY Ruthie
Z- The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora
24/26 (need J, Q, X)
Thanks :-)

A: The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket
B: Beartown by Fredrik Backman
C: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
D: Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams
E: The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket
G: The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
H: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
L: The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
M: The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket
N: 1984 by George Orwell
P: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
S: Solar by Ian McEwan
T: Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
V: The Vile Village by Lemony Snicket
W: The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

Going for it again!!!! Double Down!!! for 52/52
26 of 26 *********!!!!!!!!!
52 of 52 *********!!!!! going to try it again!!!!
78 of 78 !!!!! THIRD TIME'S A CHARM!!!!!!!!
A - After We Fall-- Melanie Harlow ****
A- The Great Alone -- Kristen Hannah **
B- Whiskey Beach -- Nora Roberts ****
B- Beneath the Mask -- Meghan March ****
C-Combust -- K Bromberg ****
C- Cinder -- Marissa Meyer ****
D- Driving Whiskey Wild -- Milissa Foster **
D - She-Hulk, Law and Disorder -- Charles Soule ***
E - Divine Evil -- Nora Roberts ****
E - Envy -- Sandra Brown *****
F- Friends Without Benefits -- Penny Reid ****
F- The Fallen -- David Balducci ****
G- The Girl Who Drank the Moon -- Kelly Barnhill **
G- Girl Unknown -- Karen Perry ***
H - Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore -- Robin Sloan ****
H - How the Light Gets In -- Louise Penny *****
I - The Madness of Lord Ian Mackensie -- Jennifer Ashley *****
I - You Think It, I'll Say It -- Curtis Sittenfeld *****
J - Jake Undone -- Penelope Ward ***
J- Jed Had to Die -- Tara Sivec ****
K- You Will Know Me -- Megan Abbott ****
K - The Knockoff -- Lucy Sykes ****
L- Sweet Little Thing -- Abbi Glines ***
L -Little Fires Everywhere -- Celeste Ng *****
M -Mean Streak -- Sandra Brown ****
M -The Mystery of the 99 Steps -- Carolyn Keene **
N- Gentleman Nine -- Penelope Ward *****
N- Everything I Never Told You -- Celeste Ng ****
O- Only You -- Melanie Harlow **
O- The Oracle Year -- Charles Soule *****
P- The Power -- Naomi Alderman****
P- Shelter in Place -- Nora Roberts *****
Q- A Quiet Kind of Thunder -- Sara Bernard *****
Q - Suzie Down in the Quiet -- Matt Fraction *
R- Seeing Red -- Sandra Brown ****
R- Worth the Risk -- K Bromberg ***
S- Still Me -- Jojo Moyes ***
S- The Late Show -- Michael Connelly *****
T- Two Alone -- Sandra Brown ****
T- I Wrote This for You -- Ian Thomas **
U- In the Unlikely Event -- Judy Blume ****
U- The Wife Between Us -- Hendricks and Greer **
V- Vacationland -- John Hodgman *****
V- "Las Vegas Girl" -- Leslie Wolfe *****
W- A Wrinkle in Time --Madeline L'Engle ***
W -King of Wall Street -- Louise Bay ****
X- "X" -- Jack Croxall ***
X- Orphan X -- Gregg Huritz *****
Y- Before We were Yours -- Lisa Wingate ***
Y - This Is Where I Leave You -- Johnathan Tropper *****
Z - "Zoo" by James Patterson ***
Z- "XO, Zach" by Kendall Ryan ****
A -- ***** American Wife
B- **** Magic Bites
C-- * The Woman in Cabin 10
D-- * Double Dirty Mountain Men: An MFM Menage Romance horrible! don't waste your time.
E --**** You Me Everything
F -- **** Deep Freeze
G -- *** The Girls of Mischief Bay
H -- ** Hollywood Roommates
I -- *** If You Were Mine
J -- **** Judgement in Death
K -- **** The Friends We Keep
L -- **** River of Love
M -- ***** An American Marriage
N -- *****The Nowhere Man
O -- **** Love Online
P -- ***** The President Is Missing
Q -- ***** The Kiss Quotient
R -- *** Rebel Heir
S -- **** Still Lives
T -- ***** Tailspin
U -- ***** Dead Until Dark
V -- ***** The Villa
W-- *** Wild Like the Wind
X -- *** X
Y -- *** If Not for You
Z -- ** If I Ran the Zoo

C. Creativity Inc. Ed Catmull
E. Carta sobre el poder de la escritura. Claude-Edmond Magny
F. Flash Boys. Michael Lewis
H. Aliados y adversarios: Historia del TLCAN. Carlos Salinas
P. Para combatir esta era. Rob Riemen
U. La Uruguaya. Pedro Mairal
V. El Viaje del Elefante. José Saramago
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R: River Notes: The Dance of Herons by Barry Lopez (finished 2/27), my review is here

A: Paris Adrift
B: Beartown
C: The Death Cure
D: The Dark Days Club
E: The Exact Opposite of Okay
F: The Fever Code
G: Goldenhand
H: High-Rise
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K: The Kill Order
L: The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic
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N: Nerve
O: Outliers: The Story of Success
P: A Confusion of Princes
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R: Ruin and Rising
S: The Scorch Trials
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W: The Hazel Wood
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Progress: 8/15
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F: The Onesies, Fall (Totlandia #1)
G: The Girl With All the Gifts (The Hungry Plague #1)
H: Heartless
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O: Sharp Objects
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Q: Island Games: Mystery of the Four Quadrants
R: Ready Player One
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14 of 26 completed *Revised on 3/1/18*
See tracking @ Chetara’s Try Something Different 2018

UPDATE - As an extra personal challenge for myself, I'm going to try to read both a fiction and nonfict..."
UPDATE to post 653 - currently at 24/52

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Z: Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea by Charles Seife (finished 3/2), my review is here

UPDATE - As an extra personal challenge for myself, I'm going to try to read both a fiction and nonfict..."
That is so awesome. I don't think I could do it... I read 90 books last year, but a lot of them were easy-peasy, 100MPH books. I think it's great that you are doing both novels and non-fiction!!!
Brava!!!

A: After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
B: The Baby
C: Curious Minds
E: The Ex
G: Misadventures of a City Girl
H: Never Love a Highlander
M: The Medical Examiner
N: Never Seduce a Scot
P: Pop Goes the Weasel
R: Real Murders
W: Highlander Most Wanted
S: Grave Sight

I am aiming for all letters, so 26/26!
I am going to use the books I have already read so far in 2018.
A-Z Challenge 2018
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B: Beartown - Fredrik Backman, Birdbox - Josh Malerman
C: The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
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F: Things We Lost in the Fire - Mariana Enriquez
G: The Glass Castle - Jeannette Walls
H: This Is How You Lose Her - Junot Diaz
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L: Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Shiguro
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N: Night - Elie Wiesel
O: Option B - Sheryl Sandberg, Our Souls at Night - Kent Haruf
P: The Princess Saves Herself In This One - Amanda Lovelace
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S: A Separation - Katie Kitamura
T: Turtles All The Way Down - John Green
U: The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
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W: We Should All Be Feminists - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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21/26
A. The Atomic City Girls
B. The Belles
C. Caraval
D. Daughter of Smoke & Bone
E. Eternal Life
F. The Family Plot
G. Grave Mercy
H. The Handmaid's Tale
I. Ink and Bone
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L. Lucky Boy
M. The President Is Missing
N. Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
O. Outpost
P. Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Q. The Queen's Rising
R. Reign the Earth
S. The Smell of Other People's Houses
T. Tomorrow
U. Into the Bright Unknown
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W. Whichwood
X. The Poet X
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