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A-Z Challenge - 2018

A: After Dead: What Came Next in the World of Sookie Stackhouse
B: The Baby
C: Curious Minds
D: Sh*t My Dad Says
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
S: Grave Sight
V: Misadventures of a Virgin
W: Highlander Most Wanted

E - Educated: A Memoir
G - We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories
S - Salt to the Sea
U - Sing, Unburied, Sing

C - City of Bones
G - Grit
L - Love in the Time of Cholera
P - The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less
R - Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future
S - Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
W - When Breath Becomes Air

A: Citizen: An American Lyric, finished 2/5, *****
B: Beneath the Sugar Sky, finished 3/5, ****
C: How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child, finished 3/2, ****
D: Dawn, finished 2/10, ****
E: We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy, finished 3/10, *****
F: Little Fires Everywhere, finished 3/20, *****
G: Iron Gold, finished 2/5, ****
H: Homegoing, finished 2/20, *****
I: Illuminae, finished 3/26, ****
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L: The Last Lecture, finished 3/6, ****
M: The Weight of Memories, finished 3/11, ****
N:
O: My Own Words, finished 1/26, ****
P: What Color Is Your Parachute?, finished 1/21, **
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S: Sing, Unburied, Sing, finished 3/3, *****
T: Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology, finished 2/2, ***
U: Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game, finished 1/20, ***
V: Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening, finished 1/1, *****
W: The Best We Could Do, finished 1/27, *****
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Y:
Z: Zahrah the Windseeker, finished 2/23, ****
COMPLETED: 19/26

24/26
A- Alanna: The First Adventure
B- The Bone Season
C- The Coldest Girl in Coldtown
D- The Darkest Part of the Forest
E- Ever the Hunted
F- Followed by Frost
G- Gone Rogue
H- Haven
I- In the Hand of the Goddess
J- Jane Eyre
K-Kamisama Kiss, Vol. 1
L- Lioness Rampant
M- Magic Bites
N- Northanger Abbey
O- One Foot in the Grave
P- Paranormalcy
Q- The Queen's Rising
R- Renegades
S- The Silver Linings Playbook
T- The Traitor and the Tunnel
U-Uprooted
V- Victoria
W- The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
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Z- Zodiac


16/26

A- All the Bright Places
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H- Heir of Fire
I- It
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M- The Invisible Man
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O- Murder on the Orient Express
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Challenge Completed - 5/26

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C- Crown of Midnight
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E- Empire of Storms
F- The Final Empire
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H- Heir of Fire
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Q- Queen of Shadows
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S- Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
T- Tower of Dawn
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W- Who Could That Be At This Hour?
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K- Kit Learns a Lesson: A School Story
B- The Princess Bride
14/15 Wooohoo!

15/15 Wooohoo! Can I please change my number of books to 26? I didn't think I would get to 15 that fast :)
Thank you!!

L - The Long Stitch Good Night
P - Promise Not to Tell
Q - The Quick and the Thread
13/26

Update (April 23, 2018): I have added D, E, J, and K. 19 total. Only L, N, Q, V, X, Y, and Z to go!
Update (August 6, 2018): I have added L, Q, and V. Just 4 left (N, X, Y, and Z).
Update (October 29, 2018): Done!
A: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil de Grasse Tyson
B: The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
C: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
D: Real Artists Have Day Jobs by Sara Benincasa
E: The Perfect Resume: Resumes That Work in the New Economy by Dan Quillen
F: The Forest by Edward Rutherfurd
G: The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson
H: How to Stop Time by Matt Haig
I: The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman
J: The Job-Search Navigator: Secrets of a Reluctant Career Expert by Matt Durfee
K: Moms for Hire: 8 Steps to Kickstart Your Next Career by Deborah Jelin Newmyer
L: Just a Geek: Unflinchingly Honest Tales of the Search for Life, Love, and Fulfillment Beyond the Starship Enterprise by Wil Wheaton
M: Ms Marvel: Mecca by G. Willow Wilson
N: Monthly girls' Nozaki-kun #1 by Izumi Tsubaki
O: One Station Away by Olaf Olafsson
P: Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Q: Jane Seymour: The Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
R: Bernie Sanders' Guide to Political Revolution by Bernie Sanders
S: Still Me by Jojo Moyes
T: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
U: United as One by Pittacus Lore
V: Queen Victoria's Matchmaking by Deborah Cadbury
W: White Chrysanthemum by Mary Lynn Bracht
X: Civil War X-Men: A Marvel Comics Event by David Hines, Aaron Lopresti, and Yanick Paquette
Y: The Years of Rice and Salt by Kim Stanley Robinson
Z: Zodiac Starforce Volume 1: By the Power of Astra by Kevin Panetta and Paulina Ganucheau

24/26!!! Two more to go!!! Dastardly Z and J!!!

1 A
2 B Beasts of Extraordinary Circumstance
3 C Cobalt Blue: A Novel
4 D Daughter of Smoke & Bone
5 E Every Day
6 F
7 G Go
8 H Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
9 I in the absence of the sun
10 J
11 K Kindred
12 L
13 M Memoirs of a Geisha
14 N
15 O
16 P
17 Q Hemingway Didn't Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
18 R
19 S
20 T
21 U Uncommon Type: Some Stories
22 V
23 W The Watchmaker of Filigree Street
24 X Xingu
25 Y
26 Z

now 33/52
Nonfiction
Z - Zero Waste: Eliminate Your Trash, Simplify Your Life, and Heal the Earth by Shia Su

I finished 5 more books for the challenge which brings my total now to 19 out of 26.

15 - 20 of 26
J. A June Wedding, by Emily Murdoch
K. Kai (Shifters of Anubis, Bk. 1). By Sabrina Hunt
L. Lucky’s Lady (The Caversham Chronicles, Bk. 4), by Sandy Raven
N. Nearly a Lady (Haverston Family Trilogy, Bk. 1), by Alissa Johnson
T. Torment: Reckless Desires (Darke Wolves #1), by Elianne Adams
W. The Wand-Maker’s Debate (Osric’s Wand #1), by Jack D. Albrecht, Jr.
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21 of 26
V - Vacationland by John Hodgman ***** so so so funny!!!